Quick thinking by his wife saving Steve s life緊要關頭，成功救援

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妻子及時為心臟驟停的丈夫做心肺復蘇術，對911調度員的耐心指導感激不已，并被這位調度員贊為英雄。

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1 Steve Cline was at home with his wife Annette lastDecember when his heart suddenly stopped. Although shehad no medical training， Annette sprung into action andgave him CPR（心肺復蘇術）for six minutes until an am?bulance arrived.“The love of my wife saved my life，”the 70?year?old said.

2 Annette credits 911 dispatcher （調度員） Chris Cook for the lifesaving advice as hetalked her through how to get her husbands heart beating again. She said he also madesure to keep her calm and focused while she went to work.

3“It started with the dispatcher saying the perfect words to me，”Annette said.“Andthe way he talked to me was like， you know，‘Put your feelings aside， just get into actionand follow orders.”

4 Cook coached her through whats called“ hands?only CPR”. Its a technique theAmerican Heart Association says is effective like conventional CPR， but is much easier forthose without a medical background to perform. Steve then underwent physical， occupa?tional（職業的）and speech therapies—and has now made a full recovery.

5 Last week， almost nine months after the terrible experience， the Clines were able to?meet the first responders who helped them that night， including the fire captain， membersof the ambulance crew， and Cook.

6 Cook gives all the credit to Annette， though. He said that if she hadn t acted soquickly， the outcome could have been far worse.“I got to talk to her for the first time. Isaid Im not the hero， the firefighters arent the hero， but youre the hero，”Cook said.

7 Now Annette and Steve are planning to write a book about their experience. Theysaid their goal was to encourage others to make the most of the time they had left in theirlives.

8“We want to touch a million peoples lives on this，”Steve said.“Because its such an‘I dont know why it happenedmoment. But it was so powerful for us， and theres got to bea reason why it happened. And so， we want to share it.”

9 But before all that， Annette expressed her gratitude to the first responders with a gift—a box of homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Reading Check

Detail

1. What did Chris Cook do？

A. He gave hands?only CPR on Steve.

B. He called a 911 dispatcher for help.

C. He guided Annette on the phone.

D. He rushed Steve to the hospital.

Detail

2. What is most important to the outcome according to Cook？

A. The timely arrival of the ambulance.

B. The first aid given by the firefighters.

C. The calm orders from the first responders.

D. The quick action of the mans wife.

Detail

3. Why are the couple going to write a book？

A. To raise awareness of first?aid training.

B. To call on people to value time.

C. To touch people with their love.

Inference

D. To explain why the accident happened.

4. What did Steve think of what happened？

A. It is worth sharing.

B. It caused powerful pain.

C. It was simply bad luck.

D. It was a rare case.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

He said that if she hadnt acted so quickly， the outcome could have been far worse. 他說如果不是她行動迅速，結果可能比這糟糕得多。

【點石成金】該句是一個復合句，that引導的是賓語從句；if引導的是一個條件句，使用了虛擬語氣，表示與過去發生的事實相反。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

spring into action 突然行動起來

get ones heart beating 使某人的心臟跳動

hands?only CPR 胸外按壓的心肺復蘇術

make a full recovery 痊愈

give credit to 稱贊……