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[00:-1.00]PRE-READING
[00:-2.00]Do this section all by yourselves
[00:-3.00]and look up in the dictionary all the five words in the chart
[00:-4.00]on page 24 and find as many for-example sentences as you can.
[00:-5.00]Then try to learn them by heart.
[00:-6.00]Reading Better listen to the tape before reading it on your own.
[00:-7.00]THE RESCUE
[00:-8.00]Flora heard somebody shouting.
[00:-9.00]She looked around and saw Jeff running.
[00:10.00]Before she could move,
[00:11.00]she heard a loud noise,which grew to a terrible roar.
[00:12.00]She looked at Jeff,who was waving his arms.
[00:13.00]She looked around,behind her.
[00:14.00]There she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
[00:15.00]She was so surprised that she couldn't move.
[00:16.00]She wanted to watch it.
[00:17.00]However,before she could think twice,the water was upon her.
[00:18.00]"Run!"Jeff shouted,seizing her arm.
[00:19.00]The next moment the first wave swept her down,swallowing the garden.
[00:20.00]Jeff dragged her towards the house.
[00:21.00]Everything went so fast,she couldn't think.
[00:22.00]Before they reached the house,a new great wave came,
[00:23.00]sweeping down trees,and sweeping them down too.
[00:24.00]They both went down under water.
[00:25.00]Then Jeff pulled her up .
[00:26.00]He was standing,holding onto a tree that grew against the wall.
[00:27.00]Flora's head was above the water but she couldn't stand up.
[00:28.00]She struggled and struggled,but could not get on her feet.
[00:29.00]Only his hand was holding her hand.
[00:30.00]She fought for her life,and finally pulled herself up.
[00:31.00]Now,the water,which was cold as ice and flowed faster than a river,
[00:32.00]was above her knees.
[00:33.00]Jeff and Flora looked into each other's face with a look of fright.
[00:34.00]"Get to the steps!" Jeff shouted.
[00:35.00]It was only just around the corner:four big steps!
[00:36.00]She looked at him,but she could not move.
[00:37.00]When the water seemed to go down a little,they ran.
[00:38.00]As they got to the steps,they heard another great roar,
[00:39.00]and the wall of the house shook.
[00:40.00]The water flowed around their legs again,
[00:41.00]but Jeff had opened the hall door.
[00:42.00]Flora quickly began climbing the stairs.Boom!
[00:43.00]Another wave struck the house,and a strange cracking noise began.
[00:44.00]The water moved up like a sea.
[00:45.00]Flora ran up the stairs.
[00:46.00]There she stopped,listening to the strange sounds,while the whole house moved
[00:47.00]Flora,whose beautiful hair and dress were all cold and wet,started crying.
[00:48.00]"The house is falling down!"shouted Jeff.
[00:49.00]"where is the chimney?Which room?The chimney will stand."
[00:50.00]Jeff looked out of the window.
[00:51.00]Below,the water swept past the house like a wild river.
[00:52.00]Tree after tree went down,cut down by the water,
[00:53.00]Which must have been three metres deep.
[00:54.00]The garden that was once to beautiful was completely destroyed,
[00:55.00]swept away by the wild water.
[00:56.00]A terrible noise went through the house.
[00:57.00]A part of the house had gone down
[00:58.00]and the floor moved up and down under their feet.
[00:59.00]For some moments both were silent.
[-1:00.00]"This will stand.This here will stand.See!
[-1:-1.00]That chimney!like a tower.Yes!All right!All right!"
[-1:-2.00]somebody shouting.
[-1:-3.00]She looked around and saw Jeff running.
[-1:-4.00]Before she could move,she heard a loud noise,which grew to a terrible roar.
[-1:-5.00]She looked at Jeff,who was waving his arms.
[-1:-6.00]There she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
[-1:-7.00]before she could think twice,
[-1:-8.00]seizing her arm.
[-1:-9.00]The next moment
[-1:10.00]Everything went so fast,she couldn't think.
[-1:11.00]Before they reached the house,a new great wave came,
[-1:12.00]Flora's head was above the water but she couldn't stand up.
[-1:13.00]She struggled and struggled,but could not get on her feet
[-1:14.00]and finally pulled herself up.
[-1:-3.94]the water,which was cold as ice and flowed faster than a river,
[-1:-4.94]The garden that was once to beautiful was completely destroyed,
[-1:-5.94]swept away by the wild water.
n. 烟囱
