Yesterday afternoon John and I were walking along a road where we heard someone shout "Help! Help!" He was in __1__ a lake, about a hundred feet from the shore. There was a __2__ small boat nearby. We knew immediately what happened. __3__ He had fallen out of the boat and could not swim good enough __4__ to reach it or to get to the shore. As we ran towards the lake I saw him sunk, and I was certain that he would drown. But in __5__ a moment his head appeared again. Quickly John took out his __6__ shoes, jumped into the water and started swimming toward the drowned man. He reached him just as the man went down __7__ again. He was close enough as to stretch out his hand and try __8__ to take hold of the man's clothes or his hair before he sank.But the man threw out his arms in fear, caught John across the __9__ neck, and began to draw him down under the water. John fought to keep his head above the water and at the same time tried to swim toward the boat, pulled the man with him. __10__
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1. where—when" L4 j- K& B( l. y5 @
2. a lake—the lake．据上下文判断，这是指离海边唯一的湖泊，因此用定冠词5 X5 @% ~( W% \ J5 A! S6 y. K0 W
3.在happened前加had8 t2 A4 ]+ j1 X0 n7 r; o
4. good—well．副词well修饰swim. U- o" x& I' B u( _
5.sunk—sinking．现在分词表示正在进行的动作$ E2 T# x% T6 P- J9 w5 M. N
6. out—off
}' r- X4 T8 c/ W& y 7. drowned—drowning．drowned意味着此人已经被淹死了，drowning表示正在进行，快要淹死了
3 C9 Q( ^" G3 a! O2 W& G* u9 [ 8. 去掉as．直接由to stretch作状语
3 D5 ]) _: Y& w, H- R- V; Y 9. across—around．across意味“穿过”，即“穿过他的脖子”，意义不通顺。改为around即为“抱着他的脖子”，合乎逻辑和本文意义' \/ H, p; r/ @, l" {
10. pulled—pulling |
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