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Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man
At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 1 (go) along
He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing
Aron Ralstonis an American man 1 is interested in mountain climbing. 2 a mountain climber, Aron is used 3 (take) risks. This is one of the excitingthings about doing 4 (danger) sports. There 5 (be) many times when Aron almost lost his lifebecause 6 accidents. 7 April 26, 2003, he found 8 (he) in a very dangerous situation when climbingin
On that day,Aron's arm 9 (caught) under a 2,000-kilorockthat fell on him when he was climbing by himself in the mountains. Becausehe 10 (not free) his arm, he stayedthere for five days and hoped that someone 1 (find) him. But when his water ran out, heknew that he would have to do something 2 (save) his own life. He was not ready 3 (die) that day. So he used his knife 4 (cut) off half his right arm. Then, with hisleft arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not lose too 5 (many) blood. After that, he climbed down themountain to find help.
After 6 (lose) his arm, he wrote a book called Betweena Rock and a Hard Place. This means being in a difficult situation that youcannot seem 7 (get) out of. In this book, Aron tells of the 8 (important) of making good decisions, and ofbeing in control 9 one's life. His love for mountain climbingis so great that he kept on 10 (climb) mountains even after this experience.
Do we havethe same spirit as Aron? Let's think about it before we find ourselves “betweena rock and a hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could meanlife or death
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