An 8-year-old boy saved his classmate

山東 孫啟祿

主題語境：急救

篇幅：335詞

關鍵詞：8-year-old,save,choke

1In seconds,lunchtime in a school cafeteria could have turned into tragedy if it weren't the quick action of an 8-year-old child.

2Garrett Brown is a third-grader at Lakeview Elementary School in Norman,Oklahoma.He and his friends were eating chicken nuggets(塊)for lunch when his classmate Cashton York started to choke.When Cashton couldn't breathe,his classmates jumped up to alert a teacher.

3Music teacher Jordan Nguyen was on lunch duty that day.She recalled hearing a commotion (騷動) and seeing the kids running towards her,but by the time she reached Cashton's side,the emergency was over.Instead of panicking,Garrett had leaped to his feet to help his friend.

4“Instead of shouting,he jumped to the other side of the table,went behind Cashton and gave him first aid,and it only took about two thrusts（猛推）and he was able to dislodge the food,”Jordan recalled.“By the time I reached Cashton,the food had already been out and he was breathing again.”

5Then Cashton was taken to the school nurse and to everyone's excitement,he was fine.After arriving,his parents began to take care of Cashton,and Garrett returned to the cafeteria to get a new plate of nuggets!Meanwhile,Jordan and the other staff members were left in a state of shock.

6“When it was done,we all took a breath and thought,‘Did that just happen?Was that for real?’”said Jordan.“And we had to go back and watch the security footage just to be sure that‘Oh,that is what happened.Oh,my goodness.’”

7Garrett later revealed that he'd once been choking and his dad saved him.His father then taught him how to save someone else if they needed help.

8The school thanked Garrett for his lifesaving action with a special ceremony and“Hero Award”certificate.The Norman's fire and police departments came to honor a fellow hero,and Garrett was filled with pride.

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1.How did the other students react when they found Cashton choked?

A.They got into a panic.

B.They all remained calm.

C.They gave Garrett first aid.

D.They leaped to their feet to help Cashton.

2.What does the underlined word“dislodge”in the fourth paragraph mean?

A.Pick up.B.Force out.

C.Push in.D.Take away.

3.How did Jordan and the other staff members feel?

A.Excited.B.Frightened.

C.Shocked.D.Embarrassed.

4.What can we learn about Garrett from the text?

A.He learned first-aid skills at school.

B.His father must have been a doctor.

C.He was a generous and diligent student.

D.He remained calm in time of emergency.

-語篇解碼

本文是一篇記敘文。在俄克拉荷馬州諾曼市湖景小學，八歲的加勒特使用海姆立克急救法對被食物噎住的同學進行施救，最后受到了學校的表彰。

-語言學習

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.He and his friends were eating chicken nuggets for lunch when his classmate Cashton York started to choke.他和他的朋友午餐正在吃雞塊，這時他的同學凱什頓·約克開始嗆咳。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。He and his friends were eating chicken nuggets for lunch是主句，本句使用的是be doing...when...句式，意為“正在做……，突然……”。

2.“Instead of shouting,he jumped to the other side of the table,went behind Cashton and gave him first aid,and it only took about two thrusts and he was able to dislodge the food,”Jordan recalled.喬丹回憶道：“他沒有喊叫，而是跳到桌子的另一邊，走到凱什頓身后，對他進行急救，只猛推了兩次，就把食物逼出來了。”

【點石成金】本句中，Jordan recalled 是主句，引號里面是直接引語。該直接引語是一個并列句，jumped、went 和gave 是第一個分句的并列謂語，第二個分句也是一個由and連接的并列句。

語言運用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.他正在實驗室里面做實驗，這時物理老師進來了。

________________the physics teacher came in.

2.那時，水手們探索南極需要極大的勇氣和決心。

________________for the sailors to explore the Antarctic at that time.

Ⅱ.寫作實踐

假定你是高二學生李華，請你根據下列要點寫一篇英文周記，記述你與同學參與“紅十字急救培訓”活動的全過程，內容包括：

1.時間和地點；

2.培訓過程；

3.收獲。

注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。