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Teenager Jake Denham was skiing (滑雪) with his family in
the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn't know that
he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the
mountain, there was no sign of Jake.
Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere. In
the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But
he couldn't work out the right way to go.
It was now getting dark and he was a
long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the
cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm (镇定). At home, Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in
difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew
that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the
hill so the wind couldn't blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell
to a dangerous 15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.
But he had to get down the mountain.
The TV programmes always said，"If you are lost, you should find someone else's tracks (轨迹) through the snow and follow them." "I wanted to live my
life，" remembers Jake." So I got up and I
found some ski tracks and I followed those." He walked and walked and
finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of
workers who came to save him. He was safe!
His mum was very happy when she heard
the news. Amazingly, Jake didn't even have to go to hospital. He got through
the terrible experience without any injuries.
So, the next time
someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake.
Sometimes TV can save your life!
