有声书 | The Jumping Frog 卡城名蛙 06

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书名：

The Jumping Frog 

《卡城名蛙》

作者：

Mark Twain

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Chapter Six: The First Sneeze①

When the White House of Virginia City, Nevada burnt down②, I lost my home, my happiness, my health and my trunk. The loss of my home and my happiness was not a problem. A home without a mother or a sister who care for③ you isn't really a home. The loss of my happiness was not a problem either. I am not a poet, and so I am usually a happy person. But the loss of my good health and of my handsome trunk was a serious problem. On the day of the fire, I caught a terrible cold④.

The first time I began to sneeze, a friend told me to put my feet in hot water and then go to bed. I did this. The next day, another friend advised⑤ me to take a cold shower. I did this too.

After an hour, another friend told me to eat a big quantity of good food. So I went to a new restaurant and started to eat everything I saw. The owner of the restaurant asked me if the people of Virginia City often had colds. I answered that they did. He then went outside, took down the new sign and closed the restaurant.

That day I met another good friend. He told me that I must drink a bottle of warm salt water. This was the only remedy⑥ to cure⑦ a cold. I tried it and the result was surprising. I threw up⑧ everything I had in my stomach!

I will never drink warm salt water again! And I will never advise anyone to do so. I prefer being in a California earthquake⑨ than drinking a bottle of warm salt water. This horrible remedy did not cure my cold, and it made my stomach sick for some time.

I continued to sneeze violently, to blow my nose and to destroy handkerchiefs. My suffering grew⑩.

Words

① sneeze: 打喷嚏。

② burnt down：付之一炬。

③ care of：关心。

④ cold：感冒。

⑤ advised：建议。

⑥ remedy：治疗法。

⑦ cure：治疗。

⑧ threw up：吐出。

⑨ earthquake：地震。

⑩ grew：加重。

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