The Brave Firefighter

A small community had a fire and the local fire department was called to put out the fire．Well，the fire was just too big so they called for mutual aid from their neighboring town．Their fire truck came zooming by the local one and went right down the hill and parked right next to the fire．The fire fighters jumped out of the truck and feverishly went to work putting out the fire．The paint on the truck was bubbling，as they were so close．But soon they had the fire under control．After the fire was out，the local town’s people were so impressed with the work the neighboring fire department did that they decided to give them a reward．The mayor presented the fire chief with a check for $3，000．Then he asked the chief what he was going to do with the money．The chief replied，“Well，the first thing I am going to do is to fix the brakes on that fire truck．”

英语词汇

1.community - 社区

2.fire - 火灾

3.local - 本地的

4.fire department - 消防部门

5.put out - 扑灭

6.too big - 太大

7.mutual aid - 互助

8.neighboring town - 邻镇

9.fire truck - 消防车

10.zooming by - 飞驰而过

11.parked - 停车

12.right next to - 紧挨着

13.fire fighters - 消防员

14.jumped out of - 从...跳出

15.feverishly - 狂热地

16.putting out - 扑灭

17.bubbling - 起泡

18.under control - 得到控制

19.impressed - 印象深刻

20.reward - 奖励

21.mayor - 市长

22.presented - 颁发

23.check - 支票

24.$3,000 - 3000美元

25.asked - 问

26.chief - 首领

27.what he was going to do - 他打算做什么

28.fix - 修理

29.brakes - 刹车

30.first thing - 第一件事

勇敢的消防队员

一个小镇失火了，当地消防队接到火警后赶来灭火，但火势太大了，因此他们向邻镇求援。邻镇的救火车风驰电掣地驶来，一路冲下山去，正好在火场边停了下来。消防队员从车上跳下，积极勇敢地投入了灭火工作。因为和大火的距离太近了，救火车身上的油漆都起泡了。但消防队员很快将火情控制住。大火被扑灭了，邻镇消防队员的杰出表现给当地人留下了深刻的印象，于是他们决定给消防队员颁发奖金。镇长交给消防队长一张3，000美元的支票，并问他准备用这笔钱干什么。队长答道：“是这样的，我要做的第一件事就是去修消防车的刹车。”