59 The Lucky Couple
An cederly couple were saved by firemen last night when their flat in king’s Road was filled with smoke. Firemen saved John Chen, 74 and his wife, Mary Chen, 69, from the kitchen of their flat of the 12th fool of Seaview Building.
A neighbour, Mrs. Yuan said, di-
aled 999 when she saw smoke coming from the flat
below her. The door of the Chen's flat was locked so the firemen had to break the door with their axes．They found Mr and Mrs. Chen on the kitchen floor, almost dead. The burning flat had started a small fire，which was soon put out．Firemen gave the Chens the kiss一of-life before an ambulance took them to hospital．
It was reported from the hospital last night that the Chens were out of danger and were recovering．
Firemen officer Peter Wong said that Mrs Yuan had saved the lives of her neighbours． “If we had been two minutes later，”he told our reporter，”the Chens would have been dead．That‘s quite certain．It was lucky for them that We arrived
幸运的夫妇
昨晚，消防人员将一对住在国王路的老夫妇从满是浓烟的公寓里救了出来。74岁的陈约翰和他69岁的太太陈玛丽是从海景大楼第12层公寓的厨房中被消防队员救出的。他们的邻居袁太太说当她看见她楼下的公寓冒烟了，就马上拨电话999。因为陈家的门锁上了，消防队员不得不用斧子把门破开。他们发现陈氏夫妇躺在厨房的地上，几乎要死了。烧着的公寓火势较小，很快就被扑灭了。消防队员在救护车把陈氏夫妇送入医院之前为他们做了人工呼吸。
昨晚从医院传来消息，陈氏夫妇已脱离危险并正在康复。
消防队长王彼得说袁太太救了她的邻居的命。 “如果我们晚到两分钟，”他对我们的记者说。“陈氏夫妇可能就没命了。这一点是很肯定的，他们很幸运我们赶到了。”
参考译文
词汇：
Flat 公寓 dial 拨电话
Axe 斧头 kiss-of-life 人工呼吸
Recover 康复
I．听全文录音，判断正(T)误(F)
1 ．The husband was 74 and his wife was 68．
2 ．Mrs Yuan dialed 999 and helped the couple get out．
3 ．Firemen gave the couple the kiss-of-life before taking them to
hospital．
4 ．The Chens were out of danger.
II，听录音，补全下列段落
An 1 couple were saved by firemen last night when their
flat in King’s Road was filled with smoke，Firemen saved John
Chen， 2 and his wife，Mary Chen, 3 ，from the kitchen of
their flat of the 4 floor of Seaview Building．
A neighbour, Mrs Yuan said，dialed 5 when she saw smoke coming from the flat 6 her. The door of the Chen’s flat was 7 so the firemen had to break the door with their 8 ．They found Mr and Mrs Chen on the 9 floor, almost dead. The burning flat had started a small fire，which was soon put out．Fire- men gave the Chens the kiss-of-life before an 10 took them to hospital．
答案：
I．1．F 2.F 3．T 4. T
II．1．elderly 2.74 3．69 4. 12th 5．999
6. below 7．locked 8. axes 9. kitchen 10. ambulance
