八年级英语下册课文
UNIT 1 What's the matter?
Bus Driver and Pasngers Save an Old Man
At 9:00& yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the side of the road. A woman was next to him, shouting for help.
The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told the pasngers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the pasngers to get off and wait for the next bus.
But to his surpri, they all agreed to go with him. Some pasngers helped Mr. Wang to move the man ona the bus.
Thanks to Mr. Wang and the pasngers, the doctors saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want to help others becau they don‟t want any trouble," says one pasnger. "But the driver didn't think about himlf. He only thought about saving a life."
He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing
Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountain climber, Aron is ud to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. There were many times when Aron almost lost his life becau of accidents. On April 26, 2003, he found himlf in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah
On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him when he wa
s climbing by himlf in the mountains. Becau he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him. But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life. He was not ready to die that day. So he ud his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himlf so that he would not lo too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.
