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　　John Bird was being hailed as a spiderman(蜘蛛人)hero．

　　John leaped from the roof of an apartment block to save a lovesick woman who had jumped out of her fifth-floor window．

　　It was the kind of action that normally belongs to the pages of the cartoon character．John, wearing a harness(马具)and line, actually caught 25-year-old Jenny Goodman before she hit the ground．

　　Jenny had been leaning out of the window for several hours threatening to jump．“My lover has left me,” she shouted．“I’m alone with a small baby, and I’ve lost my job．”

　　As a priest and policeman talked to her through loudhailer from the street, John and his colleague quietly made their way up the stairs of the six-story building to the roof．

　　John put on his harness and fastened it to a pillar．Then he leaned over a low wall to listen to the woman’s threats．

　　After five hours of fruitless chatting with the priest and the police, the woman climbed out on to the window sill．

　　John was watching her every movement．Then she jumped to what would have been her death．The fireman jumped too．

　　Heavier than Jenny, he fell faster．By the time she was level with 2nd Floor－and only 30ft, from the ground－he grabbed her．John said, “We were swinging in space．Luckily she was so surprised that she did not try to pull herself from grasp．”

　　As the police raced to the roof, the other fireman hauled them up to safety．Later Jenny said, “I must have been out of my mind．”

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　　John Denver, the writer and composer of“Goodbye Again”, is one of the best－known North American country music singers and song writers．His album“John Denver's Greatest Hits”was the first long－playing album in the history of RCA(The Radio Corporation of America)to sell ten million copies．

　　John was a country boy by birth and preferred the mountains of Colorado to the big cities he had visited on his many travels．He was born Henry John Deutschendorf in Roswell, New Mexico on December, Colorado．

　　Even while he was studying architecture(建筑学)at Texas Tech University, John knew that he wanted to be a singer．When he decided to leave school, he found a job as a draftsman(绘图员)in Los Angeles and sang in a coffee house at night．

　　When the audition(试听)was held to replace Chad Mitchell of the famous Chad Mitchell Trio, two hundred and fifty candidates(候选人)went to try．Denver was chosen and sang with the group for two and half years before he decided to try to make it himself．

　　John and his wife, Annie, lived in Aspen, Colorado, not far from his favorite city．John was in great demand for concerts all over the nation and the world, so he had to leave Annie, who often preferred to stay home, and take to the road．His song“Goodbye Again”express his feelings about traveling and being away from home．

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　　Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager,John Janson;was honored at the Lifesaver Awards（奖励）last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbor after a shocking knife 　　1　　．

　　John was presented with his award at a ceremony（仪式）which 　　2　　 the bravery of ten people who have saved the life of 　　3　　．

　　John had been studying in his room when he heard someone 　　4　　．When he and his father rushed 　　5　　 they discovered that Anne Slade,mother of three,had been stabbed（用……捅）repeatedly with a knife 　　6　　 her former boyfriend．The man ran from the scene and left Ms Sladelying in her front garden 　　7　　 very heavily．Her hands had almost been 　　8　　 her body．

　　It was John's quick 　　9　　 and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade's life．He immediately asked a number of nearby people for bandages 　　10　　 nobody could offer any,then his father got some towels（毛巾）and 　　11　　 from their house．John used these to dress the most severe 　　12　　 to Ms Slade's hands．He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds 　　13　　 the police and ambulance arrived．

　　“I'm 　　14　　 of what I did but I was just doing what I had been 　　15　　,”John said．

　　John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school．When 　　16　　 John,Mr Alan southern,Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme said,“There is no doubt that John's quick thinking and the first aid skills that he learnt at school 　　17　　 Ms Stade's life．It shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real 　　18　　．”

　　John and the nine other life savers also attended a special reception yesterday 　　19　　 by the Prime Minister before 　　20　　their awards last night．

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