Boy pulls sister from river after she falls through ice

难词探意

1. current /΄kʌrənt/ n. 水流

2. grab /græb/ v. 抓住

3. hip /hɪp/ n. 臀部

4. waist /weɪst/ n. 腰部

Maïla and Karel Godin said what they had learned in swimming lessons helped them stay calm.

When 10-year-old Maïla Godin ran onto the ice after her dog on Sunday, she never expected that she would fall through it. Just two weeks before, she and her family had been out on the thick ice near their home. But the warm spring weather had made the ice covering thin. “Thecurrentwas bringing me away from shore. And Igrabbedon the ice,” she said.

Maïla screamed to her friend, Lexi, to get 1. _______. She also stayed calm and focused on hanging on. “When I was in the water, I just remembered my swimming lessons. I need to kick my legs and I need to grab onto ice.”Her brother, Karel, 12, wasn't far, riding a bike on the road nearby. He stopped at once and stepped into the water, which was up to hiships. The current was strong and pushed him. He grabbed his sister by the waist and pulled her onto shore.

Karel Godin looks down from a bridge at the river where he saved his sister. He said he was nervous but didn't panic. “To be honest, I was a little bit scared for losing my sister,” said Karel. “And I remembered my swimming lesson to stay 2. _______.” The dog, Ectus, was still on the ice, so he went to get him and brought him to shore. Up at the road, he flagged down someone driving by and asked him to get his dad, who was at home. Maïla said her brother, her dog and her friend Lexi are all her heroes.

“Karel 3. _______ my life,” she said. “I don't know how I could ever thank him. I'm happy to have him.” Their mom, Natalie Léger, said she is 4. _______ for the happy ending, but she stressed that they should all be more careful when they play near the ice this time of year. “It's very difficult because two weeks ago, everybody was walking on the rivers and lakes. So it changes very, very quickly.” She said her son did the 5. _______ thing. “I don't know that an adult could have done better than he did. He knew exactly what to do,” said Léger.

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Her brother, Karel, 12, wasn't far, riding a bike on the road nearby. 她的哥哥，卡雷尔，12岁，在不远处，骑着自行车在附近的道路上。

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