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<p> 《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事，都是日常生活小故事，在学习英语的同时了解美国文化，循序渐进，轻松掌握。</p><p> <span word="Six">Six</span> <span word="consecutive">consecutive</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="raging">raging</span> <span word="river">river</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="Browns">Browns</span> <span word="farm">farm</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="herd">herd</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="cows">cows</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="slipped">slipped</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fallen">fallen</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="trunk">trunk</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="knocked">knocked</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="two">two</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span>, <span word="Lizzie">Lizzie</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="oldest">oldest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="favorite">favorite</span> <span word="cows">cows</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="licking">licking</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="face">face</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="rising">rising</span>. <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="walking">walking</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Lizzie">Lizzie</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="waist">waist</span> <span word="high">high</span>. <span word="Nancys">Nancys</span> <span word="pace">pace</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="slower">slower</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="slower">slower</span>. <span word="Finally">Finally</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="throw">throw</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="arm">arm</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="Lizzies">Lizzies</span> <span word="neck">neck</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hang">hang</span> <span word="on">on</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 20 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="Lizzie">Lizzie</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="raging">raging</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bit">bit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="acres">acres</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="water">water</span>.</p><p> <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="noon">noon</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sky">sky</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="dark">dark</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lightning">lightning</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discover">discover</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="helicopter">helicopter</span> <span word="lowered">lowered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="paramedic">paramedic</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="attached">attached</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="life">life</span>-<span word="support">support</span> <span word="hoist">hoist</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="helicopter">helicopter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="gym">gym</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Cross">Cross</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="shelter">shelter</span>.</p><p> <span word="When">When</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="subsided">subsided</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>. <span word="Lizzie">Lizzie</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="gone">gone</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> 19 <span word="cows">cows</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="owe">owe</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="sobbingly">sobbingly</span>.</p>
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