Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬楼梯）. She was soon out of breath.（气喘吁吁）
“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明显的）what your problem is.”
He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心脏病）. It could kill you.”
Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.
“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大块肉片), please,” she said.
“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).
“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.
“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.
The butcher worked out(计算) the price.
“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”
“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.
“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”
“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”
【小题1】. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬楼梯）. She was soon out of breath.（气喘吁吁）

“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明显的）what your problem is.”

He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心脏病）. It could kill you.”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.

“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大块肉片), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).

“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.

“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out(计算) the price.

“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”

1.. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

2.. Why did she ask for ten pounds of steak?

3... What was her real problem?

4.. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

71. 换句话说，世界上像我这样的人并不多见。

_____ _____ _____, there are not many people like me.

72. 当我跑了很短的一段路之后，我就会喘不过气来，或者爬楼梯才爬到一半就得停下来休息。因此上小学的时候有的孩子见了我这种情况就会笑话我。

So sometimes some children in my primary school would laugh, when I got _____ _____ _____ after running a short way or had to stop and rest halfway up the stairs.

73. 你知道，当我还是一个十几岁的孩子的时候，我也吸过烟，而且还上了瘾。

       You see, during adolescence I also smoked and became _____ _____ cigarettes.

74. 在另一方面，还有一些人，像科学家乔治·汉布利，反对上面的观点，他们认为我们不必担心空气中会有高含量的二氧化碳。

       On the other hand, there are those, like George Hambley, who _____ _____ _____ this view and believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air.

75. 遗憾的是， 我们不可能把他们的家搬离岩浆流过的地方，因此，许多房屋被熔岩淹没，或者焚烧殆尽。

       Unfortunately, we cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or _____ _____ _____ _____.