A lady awoke one morning and discovered
her dog was not moving. She called her vet who
asked her to bring the dog in. After a brief
examination, the vet pronounced the dog dead.
"Are you sure", the distraught woman asked?
"He was a great family pet. Isn't there anything
else you can do?"
The vet paused for a moment and said,
"There is one more thing we can do." He left the
room for a moment and came back carrying a
large cage with a cat in it. The vet opened the
cage door and the cat walked over to the dog.
The cat sniffed the dog from head to toe and
walked back to the cage.
"Well, that confirms it", the vet announced,
"your dog is dead."
Satisfied that the vet had done everything
he possibly could, the woman sighed, "How
much do I owe you?"
"That will be $1,330", the vet replied.
"I don't believe it", screamed the woman!
"What did you do that cost $1,330????"
"Well", the vet replied, "it's $30 for the
office visit and $1,300 for the CAT scan."
Key word:
vet （n.）veterinarian的簡寫；獸醫。
distraught （adj.）傷心欲絕的。
pet （n.）寵物。
sniff （v.）嗅；動物用 sniff，人則用smell。
from head to toe 從頭到腳
成寒解說：
CAT scan
與 computed axial tomography (CAT) scans
（電腦斷層掃描）的發音相似。
以前我在美國出車禍時，醫院為我照 CAT scan
檢查是否有腦震盪。最近幾年，據一位唸醫學系的朋友說：
因為老是被人拿來當成 cat scan , dog scan 開玩笑，
所以醫學界已放棄 CAT scan 的說法，改稱 CT scan.
以色列、巴勒斯坦：
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/462697781
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成寒英語教材：
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/288240074
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唸〈成寒英語教材〉，托福、多益 TOEIC 考高分成績榜 ＆ 他們的學習歷程：
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/275932070
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