The Goalkeeper’s Instinct
A man is walking down a street in london when he hears a woman screaming and detects a faint smell of burning in the air. He runs down the street and around a corner he runs down the street and around a corner he sees a huge group of people standing and watching a blazing building.
On the tenth floor of the building a woman, clutching a bundle to her chest is leaning out of a window screaming for someone to save hr baby.
The man steps forward and calls up to the woman,” Throw down your baby and I’ll catch it!”
“No! No!” the woman shouts back.”you might miss or drop my baby and she’ll be killed!”
“No, I won’t! shouts the man.” I am David seaman. I was the goalkeeper for English in Euro1996 and I didn’t miss a match all through the tournament. In all that time I only let the ball into my net a few times.”
“What？ Hardlyever/” calls the woman.
“Yes!” shouts back the man.”Every football player in the land agrees that I was the best keeper in the competition and I’m now worth over 3 million pounds”. And with that he adopts the classic goalkenns. Body slightly bent forward at the waist and with his arms stretched downwards at a slight angle away from his body, with palms facing forward.
“OK! Screams the woman.”I’ll trust you. I’ve no choice！ Here she comes!”
So, with the flames roaring all around her, thewoman throws the baby from the window. However, the edge of the baby’s shawl catches on the woman’s watch with the result that the child goes spinning off to one side, tumbling head over heels and with her little arms and legs flailing.
The woman screams and the crowd gasps, all sure that the baby will perish because she will fall out of reach of the man.
The man remains motioness as the child descends spinning and tumbling futher and futher away from him. Then when the baby is only a few feet from hitting the ground the man dives a full 30 feet across the pavement, catches the baby in his outstretched right, pulls her in towards his chest and shields her body with his left hand and arm. He hits the ground heavily on his right side arm. He hits the ground heavily on his right side and lies motionless on the pavement for a few seconds. Tghen, slowly, he raises himself to his feet and turns to face the crowd and everyone sees that the child is alive.
The crowd is owe-struck. Then the corwd erupts with cheers and the woman, still in danger herself, nearly faints with relief. The man, still clutching the child to his chest ih his right arm, waves to the crowd of onlookers to acknowledge their appreciation.
Then, slowly and gracefully he taps the baby twice and throws her at the crowd.
守门员的本能
一个人正沿着伦敦的某条英语培训学校的大街走着，忽然，他听到一名妇女的尖叫声，并闻到空气中一股淡淡的烧焦的气味。他沿街跑去，在拐角处，他看到一大群人站在那里，望着一座熊熊燃烧的大楼。
在大楼的第十层，一位妇女抱着一个婴儿，紧紧地贴在胸前，女士将身探出窗外，向人们求援。
这个人挺身向前对上面的那位妇女喊道：“把你的孩子扔下来，我接住她！”“不！不！那位妇女向他喊道，”你可能接不着，把我的孩子掉到地上的话
她就要被摔死了！“
“不！我不会的！”那个人喊道：“我是大卫，西曼。我是1996年欧洲杯英
格兰孤的守门员，在整个赛季中我参加了所有的比赛。在比赛中，只有几次皮球通过了我的十指关。”
“什么？”你几乎没有失过手吗？”那位妇女说道。
“是的！‘那个人喊道，”国内所有守门员一致认为我是赛场上最好的守门员。如今我的身价已超过300万英镑。“说到这儿，那人摆出了典型的守门员姿
势——两腿分开，膝盖微微弯曲，弓腰，身体向前稍倾，两只胳膊向下张开，与身体形成一个小小的角度，两手心向前。“好吧！”那位妇女大声叫道：“我相信你。我别无选择！我把她扔下去了！”火焰在身边怒吼着，那位妇女摊贩婴儿从窗户扔了出去，然而，婴儿穿的披肩绊到那妇女的手表上，所以婴儿旋转着向一边偏去，头朝下地落着，她幼小的四肢在空中胡乱地挥动着。
那位妇女尖叫起来，人群也惊叫着。所有人都认为婴儿肯定会被摔死，
因为她将摔到西曼够不到的地方
婴儿旋转热着往下落，离那人越来越远。可他却一动不动。就在只差几英
婴儿就要摔到地面时，那人纵身一跃，跃出整整30英尺远，越过人行道路，用张开的右手接住了婴儿，将她揽入怀中，用左臂护住她的身体。他自己身体的右侧重重地摔在了地上。在人行道路上一动不动地躺了一会儿后，他站起身转向人群，每个人都看到婴儿活着。
人们吃惊地看着，尔后爆发出欢呼声。那位妇女仍然身处险境。她宽慰得差
点昏了过去。那个人向围观的人群招手，向对他表示赞赏的人们致意。这时，他仍然用右臂把婴儿紧紧地搂在怀里。
然后，他慢慢地、动作优美地把婴儿拍了两下，一手把她扔向人群。
