Unit 1
He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing
他失去了手臂但还在爬山
Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing.（阿伦是一个对爬山感兴趣的美国人。）As a mountain climber, Aron is ud to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. (作为一名登山者，阿伦习惯于冒险。这是关于做危险运动的令人兴奋的事情之一。) There were many times when Aron almost lost his life becau of accidents.( 有许多次，阿伦因为（意外）事故几乎失去生命。) On April 26,2003, he found himlf in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah.( 在2003年4月26日，在犹他州登山时他发现自己在非常危险的处境。)
On that day, Aron’s arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by himlf in the mountains.( 在那天，当阿伦独自登山时，他的手臂被压在落在他身上的一块360千克的岩石下。) Becau he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him.( 因为他的手臂不能自由活动，他在那儿待了五天，希望有人会发现他。) But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life.( 但当他的水喝完了，他知道他将不得不采取措施来挽救的生命了。)He was not ready to die that day. (他不愿意那天就死去。)
So he ud his knife to cut off half his right arm.( 因此他用刀子切除了他的一半右臂。) Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himlf so that he would not lo too much blood.( 然后，他用左臂给自己打上绷带以至于他不会失血过多。) After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.(在那之后，他爬下山去寻求帮助)
After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place. （在他失去手臂后，他写了一本名为《生死两难》）的书。）This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot em to get out of.( 他的意思是“处于一个你似乎无法解脱的困境之中”。) In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one’s life.（在这本书中，阿伦讲述了关于做出明智择和掌握自己生命的重要性。）His love for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.（他对登山如此酷爱，甚至在这次断臂经历之后他还继续爬山。）
Do we have the same spirit as Aron?（我们有阿伦那样的精神吗？）Let’s think about it before we find ourlves “between a rock and hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.（在我们发现自己处于进退两难的处境之前以及在我们不得不做出生死抉择之前，让我们来想想它。）
