慢速英语短文听力 在城市生病

Sick in the City

在城市生病

He was¹ 58. He lost his job. A friend offered² him a job in Miami. He found³ a nice apartment⁴ in Miami. He loved his new job. He loved Miami. Life⁵ was good. Then his friend's company⁶ went bankrupt⁷. Life wasn't so good. He looked for work. But everyone was looking for work. There were plenty⁸ of workers. But there wasn't plenty of work. He was almost⁹ broke¹⁰. He started coughing¹¹ up blood¹². He went to a doctor. "You have lung¹³ cancer," the doctor said¹⁴. "You need treatment¹⁵." He told the doctor he was almost broke. He had¹⁶ no money for treatment, rent¹⁷, or even¹⁸ food. The doctor said the government¹⁹ would²⁰ pay²¹ for his treatment. The government would find him an apartment. The government would give him food stamps. Why have I worked so hard all my life, he wondered²². I should have gone broke 30 years ago.

他58岁了。他失业了。有位朋友为他提供了一个在迈阿密工作的机会。他在迈阿密找到了不错的公寓。他喜欢自己的新工作。他爱迈阿密。生活很美好。之后，他朋友的公司倒闭了。生活并不容易。他开始找工作。所有人都在找工作。求职的人很多。但是工作机会并不多。他快要身无分文了。他开始咳血。他去看了医生。医生说：“你患有肺癌，你需要治疗。”他对医生说他快要身无分文了。他没钱治疗，没钱租房，甚至没钱吃饭。医生说政府会为他的治疗买单。政府会为他找到住处。政府会给予他粮票。他想，我为什么还要这么努力工作。我应该在30年前就破产。

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 offered   

v.出（价）( offer的过去式和过去分词 )；提出；演出；做出

参考例句：

• I offered him my commiseration. 我对他表示同情。
• He offered a grab bag of reasons for his decision. 他为自己所作的决定提出了各种理由。

3 found   

v.建立，创立，创办；vbl.(find的过去分词)找到

参考例句：

• I found him at home.我发现他在家。
• The United Nations was found in 1945.联合国于1945年成立。

4 apartment   

n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间

参考例句：

• How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
• Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。

5 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

6 company   

n.公司

参考例句：

• Is this your company?这是你的公司吗？
• Which company was that?那是哪家公司？

7 bankrupt   

n.破产者；adj.破产的；vt.使...破产

参考例句：

• That factory has gone bankrupt.那家工厂倒了。
• The enemy's scheme went bankrupt.敌人的计谋破产了。

8 plenty   

adj.充足的，相当多的；n.充足，大量；pron.充分，够多

参考例句：

• We have plenty of time to finish the job.我们有充裕的时间完成这项工作。
• Plenty of people have come.来了很多人。

9 almost   

adv.几乎，差不多

参考例句：

• The band has been on the road for almost a month. 那支乐队进行巡回演出近一个月了。
• We stay in almost every night and watch television.我们几乎每个晚上都在家里看电视。

10 broke   

v.(动词break的过去式)折断；打破

参考例句：

• He dropped his glass on the floor and broke it.他把玻璃杯掉到地板上打碎了。
• After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.她沉默了很久之后，忽然笑了起来。

11 coughing   

v.咳嗽( cough的现在分词 )；（从喉咙或肺中）咳出；（突然）发出刺耳的噪音

参考例句：

• I couldn't stop coughing. 我咳嗽不止。
• Another fit of coughing seized him. 他那咳嗽又一次发作了。

12 blood   

n.血，血统，仇恨；vt.流血

参考例句：

• Their hands were full of blood.他们的手沾满了鲜血。
• He was a person of gentle blood.他出身名门。

13 lung   

n.肺，肺脏，空地

参考例句：

• Smoking has a great deal to do with lung cancer. 吸烟和肺癌有很大关系。
• Is there a connection between smoking and lung cancer?吸烟跟肺癌是否有关？

14 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

15 treatment   

n.治疗，疗法；对待，处理

参考例句：

• I don't want special treatment.我不要特别的待遇。
• If the water is pure,it will not need further treatment.如果水是纯的，它就不需要进一步的处理。

16 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

17 rent   

n.租金；vi.出租；vt.出租，租用

参考例句：

• I have rented a house and paid the rent.我已租了房子，并交了租金。
• He decided to rent the house.他决定租这房子。

18 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

19 government   

n.政府，当局，行政管理机构

参考例句：

• Tom works for the government.汤姆为政府机关做事。
• The new government will come into power next month.新政府将在下月开始执政。

20 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

21 pay   

v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金

参考例句：

• How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
• His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。

22 wondered   

vt.对…感到好奇（wonder的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• I wondered uneasily if anything had happened to the children. 我忐忑不安地揣测孩子们是不是出了什么事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother wondered if she could last out another operation. 母亲怀疑自己是否经得起再动一次手术。 来自《简明英汉词典》