My Hero

After hearing that one of the patients in a mental hospital had saved another from a suicide attempt by pulling him out of a bathtub，the director reviewed the rescuer’s file and called him into his office．

“Mr．James，your records and your heroic behavior indicate that you’re ready to go home．”he said．“I’m only sorry that the man you saved later killed himself with a rope around the neck．”“Oh，he didn’t kill himself，”Mr．James replied．“I hung him up to dry．”

英語詞匯

1.mental hospital - 精神病院

2.patient - 病人

3.suicide attempt - 自殺嘗試

4.rescuer - 救人者

5.file - 病歷記錄

6.director - 主任

7.heroic behavior - 英雄行為

8.ready to go home - 準(zhǔn)備回家

9.saved - 救了

10.killed himself - 自殺了

11.neck - 脖子

12.hung him up to dry - 把他掛起來晾干

英雄

在一家精神病院，有人打算自殺，另一位病人把他從浴缸里拖了出來。聽到這個消息，主任重新調(diào)閱了那位救人者的病歷，然后把他叫進(jìn)辦公室。

“詹姆士先生，從你的病歷記錄和你的英雄行為來看，你馬上就可以回家了。”他說，“只是有些遺憾，你救的那個人后來又用繩子套住自己的脖子自殺了。”

“哎，他不是自殺，”詹姆士答道，“我只是用繩子把他掛起來晾晾干。”