UNIT 4 Lesson 16 Exercise 1.1 Husband and Wife Save an Old Man from Burning House One evening, my wife and I went out for a meal at a restaurant near our home. As we were walking back along our street we saw some smoke. It was coming from the first floor window of a house. As we walked closer, we heard a voice. We looked up and saw an old man. He was waving from the upstairs window and he was shouting loudly, "Help!Help!I can't get down the stairs!" Now flames were coming out of the first floor window. We had to act immediately! My wife had an idea. She told me, "Go and get the ladder from our house." I ran to our house quickly. While I was going for the ladder, my wife called the emergency services. I brought back the ladder and carefully placed it against the house. The old man climbed out of the window and I slowly carried him down the ladder. While I was carrying the man down the ladder. a fire truck and an ambulance arrived. While the firefighters were putting out the fire, two doctors took care of the old man.
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