Unit 1 What’s the matter?
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Bus Driver and Pasngers Save an Old Man
At 9: 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 next to him was 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 into the bus. Thanks to Mr. Wang and the pas ngers, 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.”
公交车司机和乘客救了一位老人
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昨天上午九点，26路公交车正行驶在中华路上，这时司机一位老人躺在地上。在他旁边的一位妇女在喊救命。
公交车司机，24岁的王平，没有多想就停下了公交车。他下了车，问那个妇女发生了什么事。她说那个人有心脏病，应该去医院。王先生知道他必须快点行动。他告诉乘客他必须送老人去医院。他希望大部分或全部乘客下车去等下一辆班车。但出乎他的意料，他们都同意和他一起去。一些乘客帮助王先生把那个老人移到公交车上。
多亏了王先生和乘客们，医生及时挽救了老人的生命。“许多人因为不想有麻烦而不想帮助别人，这真令人难受”，一位乘客说。“但是这位司机没有考虑自己。他只考虑挽救一条生命。”
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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 was 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.
After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place. This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot em to get out of. In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one’s life. His love for mountain climbing is so great that h e kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.
Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let’s think about it before we find ourlves “between a rock and a hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.
他失去了手臂但还在爬山
阿伦·罗尔斯顿是一个对爬山感兴趣的美国人。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。有许多次，阿伦因为（意外）事故几乎失去生命。在2003年4月26日，在
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尤他州登山时他发现自己在非常危险的处境。
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2000千克的岩石下。因为他的手臂不能自已活动，他在那儿待了五天，希望有人会发现他。
但当他的水喝完了，他知道他将不得不采取措施挽救自己的生命了。他不愿那天就死去。因此他用刀子切除了他的一半右臂。然后，他用左臂给自己打上绷带以至于他不会失去太多的血。这之后，他爬下山去寻求帮助。
impossible is nothing在他失去手臂之后，他写了一本名为《生死抉择》（又译作《生死两难》）的书。它的意思是“处于一个你似乎无法摆脱的困境之中”。在这本书中，阿伦讲述了关于做出明智抉择和掌握自己生命的重要性。他对登山如此酷爱以至于即使这次经历之后他还继续爬山。
我们有和阿伦一样的勇气吗？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。
Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks.
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Mario Green and Mary Brown form Riverside High School give up veral hours each week to help others.
Mario loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job. “It’s hard work,” he says, “but I want to learn more about how to care for animals. I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I e the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners’ faces.”
Mary is a book lover. She could read by herlf at the age of four. Last year, she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. “The kids are sitting in the library, but you can e in their eyes that they’re going on a different journey with each new book. V olunteering here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.”
志愿服务的学生
来自河畔中学的马里奥·格林和玛丽·布朗，每周放弃几个小时去帮助别人。
she comes first马里奥喜欢动物，他想成为一名动物医生。他每周六上午志愿在一家动物医院工
作。马里奥相信这能帮助他在将来找到理想的工作。“这是艰苦的工作”，他说，“但是我想学习更多的关于如何照顾动物的知识。当我看到动物们（病情）渐好，看到它们的主人脸上的喜悦时，我产生出那么一种极强的满足感来。”
玛丽是一名书籍爱好者。她四岁时就能独自看书了。去年，她决定参加一个课外阅读活动小组的志愿者的选拔。她每周仍然在那儿工作一次去帮助孩子们学习阅读。“这些孩子坐在图书馆里，但是你能从他们的眼中看到他们进行的每一本不同的新书之旅。在这里当志愿者对于我来说是梦想成真。我可以做我喜欢做的事情，同时也能帮助别人。”
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Most people today are only worried about getting good jobs to make lots of money. In their free time, they think about what to do for fun. However, few people think about what they can do to help others. There are many people who are less lucky than us. V olunteering our time to help the people is a good way to spend our free time. For example, we can make plans to visit sick children in the hospital or rai money for homeless people. Some people even stop doing their jobs for a few months to a year to move to another place, like one of the countries in Africa, and help people there.学
现在大多数人只是为找一份能挣许多钱的好工作而着急。在他们的闲暇时间，他们考虑做什么来娱乐
或放松。然而，很少有人能考虑他们能做什么来帮助别人。有许多不如我们幸运的人。自愿花费我们的时间来帮助这些人是一个度过我们闲暇时光的好方式。例如，我们可以制定计划到医院里去看望生病的孩子或者为无家可归的人筹钱。一些人甚至离职几个月到一年去另一个国家，像非洲，帮助那儿的人们。
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Dear Miss Li,
inner peaceI’d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers. I’m sure you know that this group was t up to help disabled people like me. You helped to make it possible forthe smurfs
me to have Lucky. Lucky makes a big difference to my life. Let me tell you my story. What would it be like to be blind or deaf? Or imagine you can’t walk or u your hands easily. Most people would never think about this, but many people have the difficulties. I can’t u my arms or legs well, so norm al things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors, or carrying things are difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine helped me out. She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a special trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog.
After six months of training with a dog at Animal Helpers, I was able to bring him home. My dog’s name is Lucky---a good name for him becau I feel very lucky to have him. You e, I’m only able to have a “dog helper” becau of your kindness! Lucky is very clever and understands many English words, he can understand me when I give him orders. For example, I say, “Lucky! Get my book,” and he does it at once.
Lucky is a fant astic dog. I’ll nd you a photo of him if you like, and I would show you how he helps me. Thank you again for changing my life.
女人领地Best wishes,
Ben Smith
亲爱的李小姐，
我想感谢你给“动物帮手”捐款。我确信你知道这个组织建立起来是为了帮助像我这样的残疾人的。有了你的帮助，我才有可能拥有“幸运儿”。“幸运儿”对我的生活产生了很大的影响。让我来告诉你我的故事。
又瞎又聋会是什么样呢？或者想象一下你不能走或自如地用你的手。大多数人从没考虑过这一点，但
是许多人有这样的困难。我不能自如地使用自己的胳膊和腿，因此，一些像接电话、开关门，搬东西这些平常的事对我来说都很困难。后来，去年的一天，我的一位朋友帮我摆脱了困境。她与“动物帮手”组织联系，试图给我找一只经过特殊训练的狗。她也认为一只狗可能会使我振作起来。我喜爱动物，并且我对拥有一只狗的主意感到很兴奋。
在“动物帮手”那里，我与一只狗在一起经过六个月的训练之后，我能够把它带回
