Heroic off-duty firefighter saves 3 neighbors from burning home

华东政法大学在读1650班 张 弛

Duge是一名消防员，在下班途中，他看到了邻居房子里冒着浓烟，听到了里面的尖叫声。Duge奋不顾身地冲了进去，挽救了三位邻居的性命。

Off-duty firefighter Roben Duge smelled thesmoke,saw theflamesand heard the screams from inside his neighbor's house.He thought instantly of his own family.

The hero pulled a grandmother and two children from a serious fire Thursday night,taking a dramatic detour（绕道）while walking home from his job.

“I'm not a hero,I'm just reacting off instinct（本能）,”the fearless father said Friday at his Jamaica home,right next door to the firedamaged house.

His wife Crystal disagreed,“It's just who he is.He's Superman.”

The mild-mannered firefighter was headed home from the subway when he noticed the thick black smokepouring out ofhis neighbor's house.

A child playing downstairs in the basement accidentally started the fire—and was too frightened to tell his grandmother as the flames spread quickly.

Duge,a five-year FDNY veteran（退伍军人）,started running toward the two-story（两层的）residence when he saw the smoke.Visions of his own three kids flashed through his mind.

“When I heard the kids screaming,it hit home,”Duge told the Daily News.“I thought,If I can only get in deep enough and I don't have any tool,and I don't know how dangerous it is.”

The grandmother,a stroke victim,was barely able to get around on her own once hemade his wayinside.

“The lady could stand up,but she needed assistance while walking，”recounted（叙述）Duge.“The kids were screaming,scared to death.”

After getting the three residents out of their house,he assisted them over to his home.

“I gave them water,shelter and blankets for the children,who were cold,”said Duge,sitting inside his home.“Paramedics（护理人员）treated them right there on that couch（长沙发）.”

The fire was broughtunder controlafter about 30 minutes.Duge,reflecting on his daring rescue,shrugged off（不把……当回事）the praise that arrived via text and voicemail from fellow firefighters.

“We operate in organized chaos and we do put ourselves at risk,”said the Flatbush native.“I believe there's a higher powerwatching overme when I do put myself in these situations.”

Reading Check

1.How did the fire break out?（no more than 8 words）

2.What do you think of Roben Duge?（no more than 5 words）

Language Study

Difficult Sentences

1.The hero pulled a grandmother and two children from a serious fire Thursday night,taking a dramatic detour（绕道）while walking home from his job.

翻译____________________________：

【点石成金】本句中taking a dramatic detour（绕道）while walking home from his job 作方式状语，逻辑主语The hero和take之间构成逻辑上的主谓关系；while walking home from his job为省略结构，相当于while he was walking home from his job。

2.A child playing downstairs in the basement accidentally started the fire—and was too frightened to tell his grandmother as the flames spread quickly.

翻译____________________________：

【点石成金】本句中playing downstairs in the basement为后置定语，修饰名词a child，被修饰词a child和play之间构成逻辑上的主谓关系；as the flames spread quickly为时间状语从句。

3.Duge,reflecting on his daring rescue,shrugged off the praise that arrived via text and voicemail from fellow firefighters.

翻译____________________________：

【点石成金】句中reflecting on his daring rescue充当状语，逻辑主语Duge和reflect on之间构成逻辑上的主谓关系；that arrived via text and voicemail from fellow firefighters为定语从句，修饰先行词the praise，that在定语从句中作主语。

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.pour out of涌出

2.make one's way前进

3.be scared to death吓得要死

4.under control处于控制之下

5.watch over监督；保护；照管

Ⅱ.Complete the sentences according to the given Chinese.

1.被美丽的景色吸引着，他骑车前往山上。Attracted by the beautiful scenery,he ______to the mountain by bike.

2.当地政府承诺说让房价得以控制。The local government promised to make the house prices _______.

3.他们看到屋子里有一条大蛇时吓得要死。They _______when seeing a big snake in their room.

4.看这个有趣的节目时，很多好主意从他的脑子里涌现出来。A lot of good ideas _______his mind when he saw the interesting program.

5.他出国旅行时，他的朋友托尼来帮他照看院子。

His friends Tony came to help _______his yard when he travelled aboard.

赠人玫瑰，手留余香。在现实生活中，人们常常会面临很多困难和挫折，当你面对这样的情形时，你是毫不犹豫地伸出援助之手还是视而不见，敬而远之呢？本文作者讲述了自己身上发生的一件事情，体现了人性的真善美。

I passed a man on the way home from work this evening.He was walking down the grass verge（小草地）at the side of the carriageway.Actually,he was staggering（摇摇晃晃地走）sometimes on the verge,sometimes off.I slowed down wondering whether to stop and give him a lift,at least down to a safer part of the road,a half mile further on.Then the carbehind me overtook me and I lost the nerve to stop there as the road was so busy.

I couldn't be sure but he appeared to be quite drunk.I pulled into a lay-by a little way down the road and watched him in my rearview mirror（后视镜）.Yep,he was obviously“well-oiled”.A truck swerved to avoid him at one point—he didn't appear to care.