⑧现在分词短语bleeding very heavily作伴随状语。
⑨cut off切断;中断;隔断
⑩It was ... life.为强调句,结构为"It is/was+被强调部分+that/who ...",此处强调了主语John's quick action and knowledge of first aid。
⑪a number of若干;许多
⑫put one's hands on找到
⑬treat [triːt] vt.&vi.治疗;对待;款待 n.款待;招待
⑭apply [ə'plaI] vt.运用,构成短语apply sth. to sth."把某物应用于某事"。
⑮pressure ['preʃə] n.压力;挤压;压迫(感)
⑯ambulance ['æmbjʊləns] n.救护车
英雄青年获奖记
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17岁青年约翰·詹森昨晚在里弗镇的救生员颁奖大会上受到嘉奖,因为在一次骇人听闻的持刀袭击案件发生后,他为他的邻居实施了紧急抢救。
在颁奖大会上,约翰被授予奖赏。大会共表彰了抢救他人生命的十个人的勇敢行为。
(那天)约翰正在房间里学习,突然听到了尖叫声。 当他和父亲冲出去时,看见一个男人从现场逃跑了。他们发现三个孩子的母亲安·斯莱德被连捅了数刀。斯莱德女士躺在前花园的地上,流血不止。她的双手几乎被砍断了。
正是约翰敏捷的动作和急救知识挽救了斯莱德女士的生命。他立即向旁边的一些人要绷带,但当他们都没找到绷带的时候,他的父亲从屋里拿出一些擦杯盘的布和胶带来。约翰用这些东西处理斯莱德女士手上最严重的伤口。他按住伤口,使血流得慢些,一直等到警察和救护车的到来。
"I'm proud of what I did but I was just doing what I'd been taught," John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme⑰ at his high school.When congratulating John⑱, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme said,"There is no doubt that⑲ John's quick thinking and the first aid skills he learned at school⑳ saved Ms Slade's life.It shows that a knowledge of\s\up1(21(21) first aid can make a real difference\s\up1(22(22)."
Before receiving their awards last night, John and the nine other\s\up1(23(23) Life Savers attended a