Peter Smith is a 36-year-old man in a small town in Sydney. He was (赞扬) on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile's(鳄鱼) back to save his wife Wendy, a(当地的) newspaper reported.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Smith was standing on a river bank when the crocodile swam around. All of a (突然), the crocodile threw itself on her, locking its teeth on both of her legs as it tried to put her under the water. At that time, Peter was standing (在附近) and immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, tried to knock the eyes of the crocodile at a fast (速度) and finally got his wife free. Mrs. Smith was quickly taken to a hospital for a medical treatment because she was (严重地) hurt. Luckily Mrs. Smith was saved at last.
Several days later. Peter's story quickly (传播) around the town and a reporter came to interview him. "Peter, you're so brave! But if it was not your wife then, did you (敢于) to fight with the crocodile?" With a smile, Peter answered firmly," Of course, no matter (谁的) wife she is, I was going to save her without doubt. " Then the reporter put what Peter said on the newspaper and soon became the (英雄) of the town.