It’s the textbook beginning of a nightmare: Lost on a hiking trail, with no water, and an injured dog too heavy to carry. Fortunately for the family of thrce this story happened to, they literally ran into a boy scout(童子军).
For JD,Aimee, and their dog Smokey, a two-mile hike had become s seven-mile disaster on the Waimanu Trail above Pearl City, Honolulu,their phone was dead, and it was getting dark. That’s whe they came across 12-year-old David King and his mom Christine. “We asked “oh, do you need any help?” They said “yeah. ”They showed us the dog’s paws had some cuts on them,”David recalled.“When the dog would walk, it would just be really painful.”
David was just three miles short of getting his 15-mile-hike merit.badge(奖章)，but despite having done that and played a soccer match earlier in the day, David did what all boy scouts do: He lent a hand
First,he suggested they build a stretcher(担架)by using two lengths of wood and stringing their T-shirts across it-a technique David had learned from his eagle scout older brother.
“It was his idea to make the stretcher,”Christine said proudly. “We didn't think it would work because we didn’t think the dog would get onto the.stretcher. Smokey was just happy to, and we just carried him out, ”
David knew the way back to the parking lot as well, and so they all worked together, sometimes in twos, sometimes in fours, to get Smokey to safety.
David later suggested when you’re off on a hike, a good way to be prepared should be to imagine what could go wrong, and plan for that.
【小题1】When did the family of three meet David?| A．When they were ontheir 15mile-hike. |
| B．When they were loat with an injured dog. |
| C．When they tried to get help with their phone |
| D．When they were on the way back to the parking lot. |
| A．From his mom. | B．From a hospital. |
| C．From his brother. | D．From a camp experience. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Disapproving | C．Anxious. | D．Favorable. |
| A．Choose the safe hiking rond. | B．Never take a pet to hike together. |
| C．Learn some knowledge about first aid. | D．Make full preparations for all possible problems. |
