[00:00.00]Unit 2 Heroes
[00:04.76]Lesson 4 Superhero
[00:07.72]Christopher Reeve was a successful actor,
[00:10.39]famous for the superman films.
[00:12.66]But disaster came in 1995
[00:15.03]when he fell from his horse and broke his back.
[00:18.00]The doctors did not expect him to live.
[00:20.66]However,he made amazing progress.
[00:23.35]At first,he couldn't breathe without s machine,
[00:25.99]but he learnt to breathe on his own.
[00:28.92]Christopher also tried to promote
[00:30.35]medical research.
[00:31.85]He made speeches all over the USA
[00:34.16]about his experiences.
[00:36.40]This encouraged a lot of people with
[00:38.45]all kinds of problems.
[00:40.86]From their home,Christopher and his wife Dana
[00:43.54]spoke about their life after the accident.
[00:46.96]Did you suffer from depression
[00:49.06]after the accident?
[00:51.17]"No.Four days after the injury,
[00:53.01]I came to understand my situatin.
[00:55.44]Dana and I were in the hospital.
[00:57.58]The doctor said I was not going to pull through
[01:00.49]Dana said:'But you're still you ,
[01:02.35]and I love you .'And that saved my life.
[01:05.40]Since that moment
[01:06.20]I have never thought of giving up.
[01:08.15]Of course,I've had moments
[01:09.83]of feeling sorry for myself.
[01:11.79]but I've never had any thoughts
[01:13.42]of committing suicide."
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