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1、八年级英语下册课文UNIT 1 What's the matter? Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man At 9:00 a.m. 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. 2019-8-5The bus dr
2、iver, 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 passengers that he must take t
3、he man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to get off and wait for the next bus. But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man ona the bus. Thanks to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctor
4、s saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want to help others because they don‟t want any trouble," says one passenger. "But the driver didn't think about himself. He only thought about saving a life." He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing 2019-8-5Aro
5、n Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents. On Ap
6、ril 26, 2003, he found himself in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 360-kilorockthatfellonhimwhenhewasclimbingbyhimselfinthemountains.Becausehe could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped
7、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 used his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he wou
8、ld not lose too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help. 2019-8-5After losing his arm, he wrote a book c
