大学英语综合教程 第一册 unit 2b

[05:08.45]His stomach and left hip were covered in deep burns.
[05:13.41]Worse still,his fingers were burned completely out of shape.
[05:18.76]Lying on his back,Bill was in equally bad shape.
[05:23.10]Pieces of blackened flesh and skin hung from his forearms,hands and legs.
[05:30.96]Bill looked across at his friend.
[05:34.12]Reading the despair clouding Royce's face,Bill said,
[05:39.09]"I'll get help.You hang on."
[05:42.72]Royce nodded,but as he wtched Bill set off slowly across the blackened field,
[05:48.91]he wondered how his friend was going to walk almost two miles
[05:54.45]and get over three fences.
[05:57.30](2)A lifetime spent around the tough people
[06:03.36]who make their home in the Australian bush
[06:06.73]had permanently fixed into Bill's soul two principles:
[06:12.19]never give up no matter how bad the odds and never let a friend down.
[06:18.72]Now,with every step sending pain piercing through every part of his body,
[06:25.12]he drew on those twin pillars of character.
[06:30.08](3)If I don't make it,Royce will die out there,
[06:34.89]he told himself over and over.
[06:38.65]"What's the matter with that dog?"
[06:41.55]said Vicky Wedding,Royce's mom,peering out her window.
[06:46.69]Startled by a noise behind her,she turned to see Bill leaning against the door
[06:53.43]"Dear God,what happened?"she exclaimed,
[06:58.08]grabbing Bill as he slid down the doorframe.
[07:03.12]"We got caught in the fire,"he whispered,barely able to speak."Get help."
[07:10.88]Vicky sat Bill down,
[07:13.34]covered him in wet towels to ease the pain of his burns,
[07:17.88]and then picked up the phone
[07:20.91]Throughout the bumpy,hour-and-a-half ride to the hospital in Horsham,
[07:26.45]neither of the two injured men spoke of their pain.
[07:25.45]"We should've gone to the football match,"Royce said,
[07:29.68]trying to keep their spirits up.Bill grinned weakly.
[07:34.65]Not long after Bill found himself at Government House
[07:39.19]being presented with the Bravery Medal for his courageous rescue.
[07:45.85](4)But the real highlight for Bill came six months after the fire,
[07:51.31]when Royce,just out of hospital,
[07:54.55]walked into the Eureka Hotel and bought him a beer.
[07:59.12]"We made it,"said Royce as they raised their glasses.
[08:04.03]"Here's to the best friend a man could have."