John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the bravery of ten people小题1: had saved the life of another. John was studying in the room 小题2: he heard screaming. When he and his father rushed outside, a man ran from 小题3: scene. They discovered that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been cut 小题4: (repeat) with a knife. She was lying in her front garden 小题5: (bleed) very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut 小题6: .
It was John’s quick action and knowledge that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked many people 小题7: bandages, but when nobody could put 小题8: hands on any, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these to dress the most severe injuries to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds 小题9: the police and the ambulance arrived.
“I’m proud of what I did, but I was just doing what I 小题10: (teach),” John said.