（word完整版）人教版八年级英语下册课文

八年级英语下册课文

UNIT 1 What's the matter?

Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man

At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhon

ghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the

side of the road. A woman was next to him, shouting for

help.

The bus driver, 24-year-

old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without thinking twice.

He got off and asked the woman what happened. She sai

d that the man had a heart problem and should go to th

e hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told

the passengers that he must take the man to the hospita

l. He expected most or all of the passengers to get off an

d wait for the next bus.

But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some

passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man ona the b

us.

Thanks to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors sav

ed the man in time. \

t to help others because they don?t want any trouble,\

ys one passenger. \

elf. He only thought about saving a life.\

He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing

Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mo

untain climbing. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to t

aking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing

dangerous sports. There were many times when Aron al

most lost his life because of accidents. On April 26, 2003,

he found himself in a very dangerous situation when cli

mbing in Utah

On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 360-kilo

rock that fell on him when he was climbing by himself in

the mountains. Because

he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days a

nd hoped that someone would find him. But when his wa

ter ran out, he knew that he would have to do something

to save his own life. He was not ready to die that day. So

he used his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with

his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not l

ose too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mo

untain to find help.