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A teacher began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see, and asked the students, " How much do you think this glass weighs?"
"50 g!" "100 g!" "125 g!" the students answered.
"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the teacher, "but my question is what would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"
" Nothing! " the students said.
"OK. What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?" the teacher asked.
"Your arm would begin to ache," said one of the students.
"You're right. Now, what would happen if I held it for a day?"
"Your arm could go numb. Have to go to hospital for sure!" said another student. All the students laughed.
"Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" asked the teacher.
"No." the students said.
"Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle (肌肉) stress?"
The students fell silent for a moment.
"Put the glass down!" said one of the students.
"Exactly!" said the teacher. "The
problems of life are something like this. Hold them for a few minutes in your
head, and it seems OK. Think of them for a long time and they begin to make you
ache. Hold them even longer and you will not be able to do anything. It's
important to think of the challenges(挑战) in
your life, but it' s even more important to put them down at the end of every
day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed. You wake up fresh
and strong an
d
can deal with any challenge that comes your way!"
Remember to put the glass down today.
1. How much do you think this glass which was held by the teacher weighs?
A.50g B.125g C.I don’t know. D.100g
2.What would happen if the teacher held the glass up like this for an hour?
A. One of the students thought his arm could go numb.
B. One of the students thought his arm would begin to ache.
C. One of the students thought his arm would be changed.
D. One of the students thought his arm would be lost.
3. Why did the teacher hold up a glass in his class?
A. Because he wanted to know how much the glass weighs.
B. Because he wanted to ask some student to weigh the glass.
C. Because he wanted to make his class more interesting.
D. Because he wanted to explain it was important to put the challenges in life down at the end of every day.
4. In this passage, the underlined words "go numb" means_______.
A.疼痛不止 B.消瘦萎缩 C.松弛下垂 D.失去感觉
5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The teacher told his students to face the challenges bravely.
B. The teacher taught his students how to deal with the problems.
C. The teacher used to begin his class with a glass of water.
D. The teacher usually begins his class by holding a glass of water.
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One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He hold up a glass of water and asked the class, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ a 1 ranged from(从……延伸到)50g to 100g.
“It does not matter on the weight i 2 . It depends on how l 3 you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache on the r 4 arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车). It is exactly the same weight, b 5 the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
“If we carry our burdens(负担)all the time, s 6 or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a w 7 before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden s 8 , so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on. So before you return home f 9 work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it back home. You can put it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are h 10 now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
How Long Can People Live?
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the
neighborhood on her 121st birthday.
When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world's recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age
of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span (寿命)? If scientists come up with some sort of pill
or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?
Researchers don't entirely agree on the answers. "Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn't surprise me if
someone alive today reaches 130 or 135," says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. "People can live much longer than we think," he says.
"Experts used to say that humans couldn't live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the
number to 120. So why can't we go higher?"
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it's all just guessing. "Anyone can make
up a number," says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. "Usually the scientist who picks the highest
number gets his name in Time magazine."
Won't new anti - aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would
probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the
life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 year, says Miller,
"adding another 50 percent would get you to 120."
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible
(有弹性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. "We can get flies to
live 50 percent longer," he says. "But a fly's never going to live 150 years." Of course, if you became a new
species (物种), one that ages at a lower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (进化) their way to longer life? "It's pretty cool to
think about," he says with a smile.
A teacher began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see, and asked the students, " How much do you think this glass weighs?"
"50 g!" "100 g!" "125 g!" the students answered.
"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the teacher, "but my question is what would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"
" Nothing! " the students said.
"OK. What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?" the teacher asked.
"Your arm would begin to ache," said one of the students.
"You're right. Now, what would happen if I held it for a day?"
"Your arm could go numb. Have to go to hospital for sure!" said another student. All the students laughed.
"Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" asked the teacher.
"No." the students said.
"Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle (肌肉) stress?"
The students fell silent for a moment.
"Put the glass down!" said one of the students.
"Exactly!" said the teacher. "The problems of life are something like this. Hold them for a few minutes in your head, and it seems OK. Think of them for a long time and they begin to make you ache. Hold them even longer and you will not be able to do anything. It's important to think of the challenges(挑战) in your life, but it' s even more important to put them down at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed. You wake up fresh and strong and can deal with any challenge that comes your way!"
Remember to put the glass down today.
49. Why did the teacher hold up a glass in his class?
A. Because he wanted to know how much the glass weighs.
B. Because he wanted to ask some student to weigh the glass.
C. Because he wanted to make his class more interesting.
D. Because he wanted to ask his students a lot of questions.
50. In this passage, the underlined words "go numb" means_______.
A.疼痛不止 B.消瘦萎缩 C.松弛下垂 D.失去感觉
51. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The teacher told his students to face the challenges bravely.
B. The teacher taught his students how to deal with the problems.
C. The teacher used to begin his class with a glass of water.
D. The teacher usually begins his class by holding a glass of water.
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