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A
“Today my heart beat 103000 times. My blood traveled 168000 miles. I breathed 23000 times. I inhaled 438 cubic feet of air. I spoke 4830 words. I moved 750 major muscles. I used 7000000 brain cells.”
“No wonder you’re so tired.”
（注：inhale 吸入；cubic feet 立方英尺；major，较大的，较多的，主要的；muscle肌肉；brain cell 脑细胞；no wonder 难怪）
B
An old lady from the country visited her rich city grandson. He took her to his fiftieth-storey flat and showed her around.“Well， Granny，”he asked，“What do you think of it?”
“Never have to worry about floods，”said the old lady.
（注：flat 楼层，套房；show sb. around 领某人参观；floods 洪水）
C
“Where do you bathe， little girl?”
“In the spring.”
“I didn’t ask when——I said where.”
（注：spring ①春天，②泉水）
D
A little boy was running in the park and lost his mother. After a while， he met a policeman and asked:“Excuse me，but did you happen to see a lady without a boy like me?”
E
A man took his son to a restaurant， and both ordered steak.
The boy heard his father say to the waiter，“Well done.”“Why are you praising the waiter?”he asked.“He hasn’t even brought the steaks yet.”
(注：steak 牛排；well done①干得好；②煮透些，烧烂些)
“Today my heart beat 103000 times. My blood traveled 168000 miles. I breathed 23000 times. I inhaled 438 cubic feet of air. I spoke 4830 words. I moved 750 major muscles. I used 7000000 brain cells.”
“No wonder you’re so tired.”
（注：inhale 吸入；cubic feet 立方英尺；major，较大的，较多的，主要的；muscle肌肉；brain cell 脑细胞；no wonder 难怪）
B
An old lady from the country visited her rich city grandson. He took her to his fiftieth-storey flat and showed her around.“Well， Granny，”he asked，“What do you think of it?”
“Never have to worry about floods，”said the old lady.
（注：flat 楼层，套房；show sb. around 领某人参观；floods 洪水）
C
“Where do you bathe， little girl?”
“In the spring.”
“I didn’t ask when——I said where.”
（注：spring ①春天，②泉水）
D
A little boy was running in the park and lost his mother. After a while， he met a policeman and asked:“Excuse me，but did you happen to see a lady without a boy like me?”
E
A man took his son to a restaurant， and both ordered steak.
The boy heard his father say to the waiter，“Well done.”“Why are you praising the waiter?”he asked.“He hasn’t even brought the steaks yet.”
(注：steak 牛排；well done①干得好；②煮透些，烧烂些)