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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(jìn)去，挽救了三位鄰居的性命。

Off-duty firefighter Roben Duge smelled

the smoke， saw the flames and heard the screams from inside his neighbors 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.

“Im not a hero， Im just reacting off instinct（本能），” the fearless father said Friday at his Jamaica home， right next door to the fire-damaged house.

His wife Crystal disagreed， “Its just who he is. Hes Superman.”

The mild-mannered firefighter was headed home from the subway when he noticed the thick black smoke pouring out of his neighbors 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 dont have any tool， and I dont know how dangerous it is.”

The grandmother， a stroke victim， was barely able to get around on her own once he made his way inside.

“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(hù)理人員）treated them right there on that couch （長沙發(fā)）.”

The fire was brought under control after about 30 minutes. Duge， reflecting on his daring rescue， shrugged off （不把……當(dāng)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 theres a higher power watching over me when I do put myself in these situations.”

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）

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(gòu)成邏輯上的主謂關(guān)系；while walking home from his job為省略結(jié)構(gòu)，相當(dāng)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(gòu)成邏輯上的主謂關(guān)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(dāng)狀語，邏輯主語Duge和reflect on之間構(gòu)成邏輯上的主謂關(guān)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。

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.pour out of 涌出

2.make ones way 前進(jìn)

3.be scared to death 嚇得要死

4.under control 處于控制之下

5.watch over 監(jiān)督；保護(hù)；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(dāng)?shù)卣兄Z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(jié)目時，很多好主意從他的腦子里涌現(xiàn)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.

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