第28课（359字 2分钟）

Passage Twenty-eight

（K4 level）

1. Mr. Smith was ill and he went to see a doctor.

2. The doctor asked him to put out his tongue, and then he said that it was OK and that he could put his tongue back now.

3. The doctor said that there was nothing wrong with him, but that he had a problem: he seldom took exercise.

4. Mr. Smith said that he didn’t think so.

5. The doctor told him not to tell him what he thought, and that he knew what he needed. He added that he saw a lot of people like him.

6. He said that none of them got any exercise, that they sat in offices all day and in front of the television in the evening.

7. He told Mr. Smith that he must walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day.

8. Mr. Smith said that the doctor didn’t understand and that he took enough exercise every day.

9. The doctor told him that he didn’t want to hear any excuse.

10. The doctor said that he must find time for exercise and that if he didn’t, he would get fat and have health problems.

11. Mr. Smith said that he walked every day.

12. The doctor replied that he knew what kind of walking that was.

13. The doctor explained that Mr. Smith walked a few metres to the bus stop from his house, a few more metres from the bus stop to his office, and a few more metres from his office to his dining room for lunch and back.

14. The doctor added that that wasn’t a real walk and that he was talking about a walk in the park or by the lake for twenty minutes every day.

15. Mr. Smith asked the doctor to listen to him, getting a little angry with his doctor.

16. Mr. Smith went on to say that he was a postman and that he walked for nearly seven hours every day.

17. For a moment the doctor was silent, then he said quietly that Mr. Smith should put out his tongue again.

生词表（New Words）

1.ill 生病的                     doctor 医生 

2. ask 让                          put out 伸出                    tongue 舌头 

3. afraid 恐怕                  problem 问题                  seldom 很少

exercise 锻炼 

4. think 认为 

5. tell 告诉                      think 认为                       need 需要 

6. none 没有                   exercise 锻炼                  sit 坐

office 办公室              television 电视 

7. quickly 快速 

8. understand 理解          exercise 锻炼 

9. want 想要                   hear 听                            excuse 借口 

10. must 必须                 find 找到                         time 时间 

11. walk 走                     day 每天 

12. know 知道                kind 种类                        walking 走路 

13. metres 米                  bus 公交车                      office 办公室

dining-room 餐厅       lunch 午餐 

14.real 真实                    walk 走                           park 公园

lake 湖边 

15. listen 听                    angry 生气                      doctor 医生 

16. postman 邮递员        walk 走                           hours 小时 

17. silent 沉默                tongue 舌头

1. 史密斯先生生病了，他去看了医生。

2. 医生让他伸出舌头，然后说：“好了，你可以把舌头收回去了。”

3. 医生说：“你没有任何问题，但恐怕有一个问题：你很少锻炼。”

4. 史密斯先生说：“我不这么认为。”

5. 医生说：“别告诉我你怎么想，我知道你需要什么。我见过很多像你这样的人。”

6. 他接着说：“他们都不锻炼，整天坐在办公室里，晚上又坐在电视前。”

7. 医生告诉史密斯先生：“你每天必须快走至少20分钟。”

8. 史密斯先生说：“医生，您不明白，我每天都有足够的锻炼。”

9. 医生说：“我不想听任何借口。”

10. 医生说：“你必须找到时间锻炼，如果不这样，你会变胖并且有健康问题。”

11. 史密斯先生说：“但我每天都走路。”

12. 医生回答说：“哦，我知道你走的是什么样的路。”

13. 医生解释道：“你每天走几米到公交车站，再走几米到办公室，然后再走几米到餐厅吃午餐，吃完饭再走回来。”

14. 医生说：“那不算真正的走路，我说的是每天在公园或湖边走二十分钟。”

15. 史密斯先生有点生气地说：“医生，您能听我说吗？”

16. 史密斯先生接着说：“我是一名邮递员，我每天走路差不多七个小时。”

17. 医生沉默了一会儿，然后安静地说：“请再把舌头伸出来。”