[00:00.22]UNIT 4
[00:07.12]Lesson 16
[00:12.22]Exercise 1.1
[00:14.43]Husband and Wife Save an Old Man
[00:17.16]from Burning House
[00:19.15]One evening, my wife and I went out for a meal
[00:22.96]at a restaurant near our home.
[00:25.69]As we were walking back along our street
[00:28.93]we saw some smoke.
[00:31.24]It was coming from the first floor window
[00:34.15]of a house.
[00:35.64]As we walked closer,
[00:37.60]we heard a voice.
[00:39.67]We looked up and saw an old man.
[00:42.69]He was waving from the upstairs window
[00:45.78]and he was shouting loudly,
[00:48.57]"Help!Help!I can't get down the stairs!"
[00:53.19]Now flames were coming out
[00:55.60]of the first floor window.
[00:58.27]We had to act immediately!
[01:00.66]My wife had an idea.
[01:03.07]She told me,
[01:04.50]"Go and get the ladder from our house."
[01:07.76]I ran to our house quickly.
[01:10.47]While I was going for the ladder,
[01:13.07]my wife called the emergency services.
[01:16.47]I brought back the ladder
[01:18.47]and carefully placed it against the house.
[01:21.70]The old man climbed out of the window
[01:24.80]and I slowly carried him down the ladder.
[01:28.59]While I was carrying the man down the ladder.
[01:31.91]a fire truck and an ambulance arrived.
[01:35.36]While the firefighters
[01:36.96]were putting out the fire,
[01:39.09]two doctors took care of the old man.
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