大学英语综合教程 第一册 unit 7a

[05:45.03]and the sharp-edged snowplow blade at the front of the train
[05:50.77]Anthony sprang forward frogm the ladder.
[05:54.43]Landing on the loose,fist-size stones along side the track
[06:00.49]he had to struggle to keep his balance.
[06:03.81]In two giant steps he almost reached the children
[06:09.66]They stared up at him in wide-eyed shock.
[06:13.32]Anthony,throwing his body into space,flew toward them.
[06:19.59]The unending blast of the train horn struck Kate Pritchard like a hammer blow
[06:26.01]"The boys!"she cried,and raced out the door.They were gone!
[06:31.86]The track, she thought. I must get to the track!
[06:37.71]As his body crashed downward
[06:41.66]Anthony covered Todd while reaching out with one arm to grab Scott
[06:47.12]and pull him clear of the track
[06:50.67]But the train had caught up to them.
[06:54.01]Anthony saw the black steel edge of the snow plow blad
[06:59.76]hit the young child under the chin,
[07:02.87]driving his head back and scraping over his face
[07:08.33]Instantly, blood flashed across the boy's forehead.
[07:13.68]Part of the train then punched into the back of Anthony's work jacket,
[07:19.04]tearing the nylon fabric.Still
[07:23.69]Anthony managed to pull Scott completely under him.
[07:29.62]He's dead,Anthony thought.
[07:32.78]He felt sick with horror.Burying his face in the stones
[07:38.71]he pushed downward on the two boys with all his strength
[07:43.54]as the train passed inches above them.
[07:48.30]The first person Kate saw when she reached the halted train was Tod
[07:54.46]Her older boy was jumping up and down and crying uncontrollably.
[08:00.81]But Kate could see he wasn't injured
[08:05.46]She grabbed and hugged him.
[08:08.02]Then she saw the still figure of a man lying under the third car
[08:14.24]Sott's head,a mask of darkening blood,was visible under him.
[08:21.05]Kate ran to them. "Scott!" she screamed.
[08:26.12]Anthony twisted to face her.
[08:29.44]"Lady,"he said, his voice calm,"go to your house.
[08:36.10]Call the police and ambulance.
[08:39.97]Kate,only half hearing him,extended her arms to take her baby.
[08:45.30]Anthony spoke again
[08:48.46]more sharply,"Ma'am, listen!
[08:52.40]Go to your house and call the police-call an ambulance. Go!"
[09:00.34]Kate tore back to the house,
[09:03.11]made the calls,then reached her husband, Gary,via his beeper.
[09:09.07]When the first police car arrived,Anthony was still holding little Scott.
[09:15.60]The conductor knew from the child's cries
[09:19.83]that he was alive,
[09:22.16]but Scott might have intermal injuries that any movement could worsen
[09:28.82]So Anthony insisted the emergency personnel
[09:34.17]check the boy before he would release his grip
[09:38.93]Miraculously,Scott's injuries were not serious,requiring just 13 stitches.
[09:48.17]There had only been 14 inches between the plow blade and the ground
[09:55.83]Reporters later asked Anthony if he had hesitated before risking his life.
[10:02.98]"No,"he replied.
[10:05.41]"All I could think was that those two little kids
[10:10.06]have their whole lives still ahead of them
[10:13.69]and if I do nothing,they're dead.
[10:17.51]There was no way I could let that happen."
[10:21.77]Soon after the incident,Anthony visited the Pritchards'home
[10:27.02]He recalls putting his arms around Todd and Scott and lifting them.
[10:33.03]"It made me remember the moment
[10:36.37]when I first sheltered them under the train.
[10:40.31]It was a strange feeling,holding them again and wonderful too."
[10:47.26]Since that first visit,
[10:49.90]the Pritchards say that Anthony has almost become a member of the family
[10:55.18]They also report
[10:57.92]that a fence now separates their neighborhood from the railroad track.
[11:04.76]trunk/  struggle with/  grocery/ locomotive
[11:12.71]horn/  nearby/  thumbs-up/  gesture
[11:18.58]echo/  draw sb's attention to/ steep/  kneel
[11:25.53]freight/  overhead/   signal/   out of the way
[11:31.59]resume/  per/   accelerator/  conductor