23. A Bad Doctor
a man walked into a doctor's examining room.
"put out your tongue," the doctor said.
the man put out his tongue and the doctor said.
"0. k. you can put your tongue back now. " the doctor said. "it's clear what's wrong with you . you need more exercise."
"but, doctor, " the man said. "i don't think--"
" don't tell i me what you think, " the doctor said 揑 am the doctor, not you. i know what you need. i see hundreds of people like you. none of them get any exercise. they sit in offices all day and in front of the television in the evening. what you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day. "
"doctor, you don't understand," the patient said "i -"
"i don't want to hear any excuses, " the doctor said. "you must find time for exercise. if you don't, you will get fat and have health problems when you are older. "
"but i walk every clay," the patient said.
"oh, yes, and i know what kind of walking that is. you walk a few feet to the train station from your house, a few more feet from the station to your office , and a few more feet from your office to a restaurant for lunch and back. that's not real walking. i'm talking about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day. "
please listen to me, doctor! " the patient shouted, getting angry with this doctor who thought he knew everything.
"i'm a mailman," the patient went on, "and i walk for seven hours every day. "
for a moment the doctor was silent, then he said quietly, "put your tongue out again, will you?"
notes:
(1) examining room檢查室
(2) mailman n.郵遞員
exercises:
根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：
① the first thing the doctor asked the man to do was to_____ .
a. walk to work
b. exercise
c. show him his tongue
d. see hundreds of other patients
② the doctor would not_____ .
a. tell the patient what was wrong with him
b. let the patient speak
c. took at the man's tongue
d. let the patient watch television
③ the doctor told the man that he____ .
a. should get more exercise
b. should stop making excuses
c. should watch more television
d. was already too fat
④ the doctor_____ .
a. gave him good advice
b. walked seven hours a day
c. was really a mailman
d. was wrong
⑤ so we can know _____.
a. the man was very lazy
b. the man should do more exercise
c. the doctor was very kind to the patient
d. the man was not a good and careful doctor
23.庸醫(yī)
一人走進一家診所。
“伸出舌頭，”醫(yī)生說。
那人伸出舌頭，醫(yī)生很快地看了一下。
“好了，把舌頭縮回去吧。”醫(yī)生說，“你的病因很明顯。你需要更多的運動。”
“但是，醫(yī)生，”那人說，“我不認為----”
“不要告訴我你認為怎么樣，”醫(yī)生說，“我是醫(yī)生，不是你。我知道你需要什么。我看過數(shù)以百計的你這樣的病人。他們沒有一個人鍛煉過。他們整天坐在辦公室里，晚上就坐在電視機前。你所需要的是每天至少快跑20分鐘。”
“醫(yī)生，你不知道，”病人說，“我----”
“我不想聽任何理由。”醫(yī)生說，“你應該抽出時間來運動。如果你不鍛煉，那么當你老的時候，你就會變得很胖，并且有健康問題。”
“但我每天都走路的，”病人說。
“喔，是的。我知道那是一種怎樣的散步。你走幾英尺的路，從家到火車站，又走幾英尺從車站到辦公室，然后走幾英尺從辦公室到餐館去吃中飯再回來。那不是真正的散步。我所說的是每天在公園里散步20分鐘。”
“請聽我說，醫(yī)生！”病人叫起來，對那位自以為什么都知道的醫(yī)生很生氣。
“我是一名郵遞員，”病人接著說，“我每天得走7小時的路。”
醫(yī)生悶在那里半天無語。然后他輕聲地說：“再把你的舌頭伸出來，行嗎？”
練習參考答案：
①c②b③a④d⑤d
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