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复述练习There wasice on the road,and thedoctors carhit atree andturned overthree times.To hissurprise,he was not hurt.He gotout of the carand walkedto thenearest house.He wanted to telephonethe garage(汽车修理站);for help.The doorof thehouse wasopened.Oh,doctorshe said,“I haveonly justtelephonedyou.You musthave avery fastcar.You havegot herevery quicklyindeed.There hasbeen a(事故)very badaccident onthe roadoutside.I sawit throughthe window.I amsure thedriver willneedyour help.”At avillage fair,I decidedto visita fortune-teller calledMadam Belly.I wentinto hertent andshetold meto sitdown.After I had givenher somemoney,she lookedinto acrystal balland said:“A relationofyours iscoming to see you.She will be arrivingthis eveningand intendsto stayfor afew days.Themoment youleave thistent,you willget abig surprise.A womanyou knowwell willrush towardsyou.She willspeak toyou and then shewill leadyou awayfrom thisplace.That is all5As soon as Iwent outside,I forgotall aboutMadam Bellybecause mywife hurriedtowards me.Where haveyou beenhiding”she askedimpatiently.Your sisterwillbehere inless thanan hourandwe mustbe atthe stationto meether.We arelate already,As shewalked away,I followedher outof thefair.When Mrs.Joseph diedrecently inVienna,Austria,people askedthe question,“Why didshe livetobe107Answers wereprovided bya surveyconducted among148Viennese menand womenwho hadreached the ageof
100.Somewhat surprisingwas thefact thatthe majorityhad livedmost of their livesincities.In spiteofthecitys imageas anunhealthy place,city livingoften providesbenefits thatcountry(长寿)living canlack.One factorseems tobe importantto thelongevity ofthose interviewed.This factorisexercise.In thecities itis oftenfaster towalk shortdistances thanto waitfor abus.Even takingpublic(电梯),transportation oftenrequires somewalking.Smaller apartmenthouses haveno elevatorsand sopeoplemust climbstairs.City peoplecan usuallywalk tolocal supermarketsSince parkingspaces arehardto find,there is often noalternative towalking.On theother hand,those wholive in the countryand suburbsdo nothave towalk everyday.In fact,the oppositeisoftentrue.To go to school,work,or almostanywhere else,they mustride incars.Mrs.Browns telephonenumber was3464,and thenumber ofthe cinemain hertown was5463,sopeople oftenmade amistake andtelephoned herwhen theywanted the cinema.One eveningthe telephonebell rangand Mrs.Brown answeredit.A tiredman said,“At whattimedoes yourlast filmbegin”Im sorry,“said Mrs.Brown,“but youhave wrongnumber.That isnot thecinema.”Oh,it begantwenty minutesago”said the man.Im sorryabout that.Goodbye!”Mrs.Brown wasvery surprised.So shetold herhusband.He laughedand said,The manswifewanted togoto thecinema,but he was feelingtired,so hetelephoned thecinema.His wifeheard him,butshe didnthear you.Now theywill stayat homethis evening,and thehusband willbe happy!”」、溪)(另注One day,an antwas drinkingat asmall streamand fellin.She madedesperate11——掷)efforts toreach theside,but madeno progressat all.The poorant almostexhausted wasstill(鸽子)bravely doingher bestwhen adove sawher.Moved withpity,the birdthrew hera bladeof grass(——根草),(木筏),which supportedher likea raftand thusthe antreachedthebank again.Whileshe wasresting anddrying herselfinthegrass,she hearda mancome near.He waswalking alongbarefootedwith agun in his hand.As soonas hesaw thedove,he wishedto killit.He wouldcertainlyhave doneso,but theant bithim inthe footjust ashe raisedhis gunto fire.He stoppedtoseewhat hadbithim,and thedove immediatelyflew away.It was an animalmuch weakerand smallerthan herselfthat hadsavedher life.(斧子)One daya poorman wascutting abig pieceof woodnear ariver.Suddenly hisold axefell(仙女)into thewater.He feltvery sadbecause helost hisonly axe.Then allat oncea beautifulfairycame outand askedthe manwhat wasthe matter.“I havelost myaxe.he said,“It fellinto thewater whenI wascutting thewood.”The fairyshowed him a goldaxe andasked,Is thatyours”No.said theman.(艮)The fairythen showed himasilver5axe andasked againJis thisyours”No.again answeredtheman.Then sheshowedhimthe oldaxe.“Yes,that ismine.called outthe happyman.“I knowit wellenough.said thefairy,I onlywantedtosee ifyou wouldtell methe truth,and nowrilgive youthe goldaxe andthe silveraxe besidesyour ownone.”Johnny Smithwasa good mathstudent ata high school.He lovedhis computer.He camehome earlyeveryday,and thenhe workedwith ittill midnight.But JohnnywasnotagoodEnglish student,not goodatall.He gotan Fin his English class.One dayafter school,Johnny connectedhis computerto thecomputerin hishighschooloffice.The schooloffice computerhad the grades ofall thestudents:the mathgrades,the sciencegrades,thegrades in artsand music,andthegradesin English.He foundhis Englishgrade.An F!Johnny changedhisEnglishgrade froman Fto A.Johnny parentslooked athis reportcard.They werevery happy.“An AinEnglish!said Johnnysdad.Youre avery cleverboy,Johnny.^^(黑客).Johnny isa hackerHackers knowhow totake informationfrom other computers andput(调制解调器),new informationin.Using amodem theyjoin theircomputers toothercomputersecretly.School headmastersand teachersare worriedabout hackers.So arethe police,for somepeople eventake(账户)money frombank computeraccount andput itinto theirown ones.And theynever have to leavehometo doit!They arecalled hackers.Although hackersare goodat computers,they shouldntdoanything againstthe law.
8.Theres abox ofchocolates inthe fridge.Its beenthere formore thana weeksince Iwas givenit asapresent.I dolove chocolates,but theymake mefat ifI eattoo many!Can Icontrol myselfIf Ieat one,will Ihavetoeat allof them(任天堂的一款游戏机)My sonHarry isobsessed withplaying Wii/wi:/,games.Sometimes,itsdifficult to get himto concentrateon his homework becausehe wantsto playsome more.Last weekIhadto wakeup a student inmy class.I askedhim whyhewasso triedand hesaid he hadstayed uplate toplay hisfavorite Internetgame,Farmville.He saidhe justcouldnt stopplaying it!Nowhis academicwork issuffering becausehe cantcontrol hisurge toplay games.What myson,my student,and Imyself needis simplyself-control.In thelate1960s,American psychologistWalter Mitchelllaunched anexperiment aboutself-control.He lefta groupof four-year-olds in a roomand toldthem thatif theycould wait20minutes,they couldhavetwo marshmallows,a kindof sweet.If theycouldnt wait,he wouldonly givethem one.In videosoftheexperiment,you cansee childrensquirming,kicking,hiding theireyes—desperatelytrying tocontrol themselves.Some didwait patiently,while otherscouldnt waita singleminute.Years later,the self-controlled childrenturned outtogethigher SATscores andgot intobettercolleges.The childrenwho couldntwait weremore likelyto becomebullies.So,the chocolatesare stillinthe fridge.My sonHarry isdoing hishomework witha promisethat hecan playontheWii later,and mystudentsays hewill tryharder tocontrol himself.We allhave ourown temptations.But ifwe cancontrolthem,we willachieve more.
9.(梦游者).There isan endlesssupply ofstories aboutsleepwalkers Peoplehave beensaid toclimb onroofs,solve mathematicalproblems,write music,walk throughwindows,and domurder intheir sleep.In Revere,Massachusetts,a hundredpolicemen searchedfor alost boywho lefthishomeinhissleepand wokeup fivehours lateronastrange sofainastrange livingroom,with noidea howhehadgot there.At theUniversity ofIowa,astudentwas reportedto havethe habitof gettingup inthe middleof thenightand walkingthree-quarters ofa miletotheIowa River.He wouldtake aswim andthen goback tohisroom tobed.(声称)An Americanexpert onsleep claimsthat he has neverseen asleepwalker.He issaid toknowmore aboutsleep thanany otherliving man,and duringthe lastthirty-five yearshehaslost alot ofsleepwatching peoplesleep.He says,“Of course,I knowthat thereare sleepwalkersbecause Ihave readaboutthem inthe newspapers.But none of mysleepers everwalked,and ifI wereto advertisefor sleepwalkers(应征者)for anexperiment,I doubtwhether Iwould getmany takersSleepwalking,however,isascientific reality.It isoneofthose strangethings thatsometimes looks(奇特的).quite fantasticDoctors saythat sleepwalking is muchmore commonthan isgenerally supposed.Many sleepwalkersdo nottry tofind helpand theirsleepwalkingisnever recorded.。