A doctor tells a rich old man that he's going
to die if he doesn't get a new heart soon. The
old man tells the doctor to search the world for
the best heart available, money is no object.
A few days later the doctor calls the old
man and says he has found three hearts but they
are all expensive. The old man reminds the doctor
that he is filthy rich and implores him to tell him
about the donors they came from.
"Well, the first one belonged to 22-year-old
marathon runner, never smoked, ate only the
most healthy foods, was in peak condition when
he was hit by a bus. No damage to the heart,
of course. But it costs $100,000!"
The old man waving off the last part about the
cost asks the doctor to tell him about the second
donor. "This one belonged to a 16-year-old champion
swimmer, high school kid. Lean and mean. Drowned
when he hit his head on the side of the pool. That
heart'll set you back $150,000!"
"Okay,' said the old man, 'what about the third
heart?"
"Well this one belonged to a 58-year-old man,
smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, weighed
over 300 pounds, never exercised, drank like a fish...
this heart is going for $500,000!!!"
"Five-hundred grand?!", the old man exclaimed,
"why so expensive?"
"Well', said the doctor, 'this heart belonged to a
lawyer... so it was never used!"
Key words：
implore （v.）央求、苦求
donor （n.）器官捐贈者
marathon （n.）馬拉松
lean and mean （adj.）結實、不胖不瘦
＊美國人常諷刺律師冷血、沒感情。
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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