10.Long Life
A man was lling medicines at a fair.现场实验
At first he sold bottles of a cure for colds
for just a dollar a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the
man's young assistant moved quickly
through the crowd collecting money and
handing out bottles of the cold cure.
Then, when he had a big
crowd, the man held up a very small
bottle.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen," he
shouted, "here is the medicine you have无偿献血活动总结
been waiting for. The cure for old age.
Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever."
"And, ladies and gentlemen," the man continued, "I'm not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I'm not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. No, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to charge you just ten do
llars a bottle. Think, my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever."
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this.
One person shouted, "If it will make you live forever, why don't you drink it?" Then another person cried, "Yes, you look as if you're at least sixty years old." "Thank you, sir, thank you," the man replied, "I'm so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine."
The crowd laughed at this but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she pasd by. "Is that true," he asked, "that he's three hundred and twenty-nine?"
"Don't ask me,"the assistant said, "I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years."
New Words and Expressions
medicine 药
fair 集市
cure药剂，治病
assistant助手
crowd人群
continue 继续
glad 高兴的
EXERCISE I
1. Choo the best ans wer a, b, c or d, to the questions about the story. 在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
A. What did the man ll at first?
(a) a cure for colds
(b) empty bottles
(c) a cure for old age
(d) a medicine that made people live forever
B. Why didn't the people believe the man was lling medicine that could cure old age?才艺展示
(a) The medicine was too cheap.
(b) The medicine was too expensive.
(c) He looked quite old
(d) He didn't look honest.
C. How old did the man lling medicine say he was?
(a) at least sixty
(b) over three hundred
(c) a hundred and fifty
草木摇落露为霜(d) he didn't say
D. How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?
(a) one dollar a bottle名人书籍
(b) twenty-five dollars a bottle
数学十大核心素养(c) ten dollars a bottle
(d) fifty dollars a bottle
2. Complete the follow ing paragraph about the story by putting in the missing w ords.
在下列有关本故事的句子在空白处填上适当的词。
A (a)_____________of people at a fair were listening to a man
lling (b)_____________He told them he had a (c)
_____________for old age. Most of the people in the crowd did
not (d)_____________him. They thought he was at (e)
_____________sixty. One of them asked his (f)
_____________how old he was.
3. Write T for True or F for Fal beside the statements about the story.在下列有关本故事的句子旁标上T（对）或F（不对）
(a) Not very many people wanted to buy the cold cure______
(b) His assistant was over 100 years old______
(c) He charged twenty-five dollars a bottle for the cure for colds______
(d) The man lling medicine had taken his own cure for old age----------
4. Find w ords or phras in the story similar in meaning to the follow ing.
在故事中找出含有下列意思的词。
(a) a large number of people_____________________
(b) to make better, of an illness_____________________
(c) not less than_____________________
(d) one more_____________________
(e) without end, of time"'"'""'_________________
5. Write the questions for the follow ing ans wers.
就下列答句提问。
(a) At a fair. (Where?)
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(b) A cold cure. (What?)
(c) A dollar a bottle. (How much?)
校园的美景
(d) Most of the people in the crowd. (How many?)
(e) One hundred and fifty years. (How long?)
6. Find w ords or phras in the story that are opposite in meaning to the follow ing.
在故事中找出下列单词的反义词或短语。
(a) buying_______________________
'(b) lastly_____________________
(c) slowly_____________________
(d) sad_____________________
(e) a lot of_____________________
EXERCISE II
Write whether the word cure in the ntences is a verb or a noun in the space provided.
(a) Do you think you can really cure old age?-----------------
(b) I don't believe that the pills are really a cure for anything.
(c) This medicine is an excellent cure for sore throats.
(d) I wish I could cure this terrible cough------------------
