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八年级英语下册课文 UNIT?1?Whats?the?matter?? Bus?Driver?and?Passengers?Save?an?Old?Man? At?9:00?a.m.?yesterday,?bus?No.?26?was?going?along?Zhonghua?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?said?that?the?man?had?a?heart?problem?and?should?go?to?the?hospital.?Mr.?Wang?knew?he?had?to?act?quickly.?He?told?the?passengers?that?he?must?take?the?man?to?the?hospital.?He?expected?most?or?all?of?the?passengers?to?get?off?and?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?bus.? Thanks?to?Mr.?Wang?and?the?passengers,?the?doctors?saved?the?man?in?time.?Its?sad?that?many?people?dont?want?to?help?others?because?they?don?t?want?any?trouble,?says?one?passenger.?But?the?driver?didnt?think?about?himself.?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?mountain?climbing.?As?a?mountain?climber,?Aron?is?used?to?taking?risks.?This?is?one?of?the?exciting?things?about?doing?dangerous?sports.?There?were?many?times?when?Aron?almost?lost?his?life?because?of?accidents.?On?April?26,?2003,?he?found?himself?in?a?very?dangerous?situation?when?climbing?in?Utah?? On?that?day,?Arons?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?and?hoped?that?someone?would?find?him.?But?when?his?water?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?lose?too?much?blood.?After?that,?he?climbed?down?the?mountain?to?find?help.?? After?losing?his?arm,?he?wrote?a?book?called?B