Heroic off-duty firefighter saves 3 neighbors from burning home

華東政法大學在讀1650班 張 弛

Duge是一名消防員，在下班途中，他看到了鄰居房子里冒著濃煙，聽到了里面的尖叫聲。Duge奮不顧身地沖了進去，挽救了三位鄰居的性命。

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（繞道）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（退伍軍人）,started running toward the two-story（兩層的）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（敘述）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（護理人員）treated them right there on that couch（長沙發）.”

The fire was broughtunder controlafter about 30 minutes.Duge,reflecting on his daring rescue,shrugged off（不把……當回事）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（繞道）while walking home from his job.

翻譯____________________________：

【點石成金】本句中taking a dramatic detour（繞道）while walking home from his job 作方式狀語，邏輯主語The hero和take之間構成邏輯上的主謂關系；while walking home from his job為省略結構，相當于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.

翻譯____________________________：

【點石成金】本句中playing downstairs in the basement為后置定語，修飾名詞a child，被修飾詞a child和play之間構成邏輯上的主謂關系；as the flames spread quickly為時間狀語從句。

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

翻譯____________________________：

【點石成金】句中reflecting on his daring rescue充當狀語，邏輯主語Duge和reflect on之間構成邏輯上的主謂關系；that arrived via text and voicemail from fellow firefighters為定語從句，修飾先行詞the praise，that在定語從句中作主語。

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.pour out of涌出

2.make one's way前進

3.be scared to death嚇得要死

4.under control處于控制之下

5.watch over監督；保護；照管

Ⅱ.Complete the sentences according to the given Chinese.

1.被美麗的景色吸引著，他騎車前往山上。Attracted by the beautiful scenery,he ______to the mountain by bike.

2.當地政府承諾說讓房價得以控制。The local government promised to make the house prices _______.

3.他們看到屋子里有一條大蛇時嚇得要死。They _______when seeing a big snake in their room.

4.看這個有趣的節目時，很多好主意從他的腦子里涌現出來。A lot of good ideas _______his mind when he saw the interesting program.

5.他出國旅行時，他的朋友托尼來幫他照看院子。

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

贈人玫瑰，手留余香。在現實生活中，人們常常會面臨很多困難和挫折，當你面對這樣的情形時，你是毫不猶豫地伸出援助之手還是視而不見，敬而遠之呢？本文作者講述了自己身上發生的一件事情，體現了人性的真善美。

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（搖搖晃晃地走）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（后視鏡）.Yep,he was obviously“well-oiled”.A truck swerved to avoid him at one point—he didn't appear to care.