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原版英文故事与诗歌:Mr Smith's new nose

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   "Well, Mr. Smith, if you prefer a different type of nose, we have a large selection1 available."

 
  "I think this nose is a bit too small."
 
  "Small noses are very fashionable this year, Mr. Smith, very fashionable."
 
  "Do you think it suits me?" asked Mr. Smith.
 
  "I think it looks very nice," said the shop assistant.
 
  "OK, I’ll take it!"
 
  On the airbus home, Mr. Smith called his wife on his wristphone.
 
  "Hello dear! Do you like my new nose?" Mrs. Smith looked at her husband’s new nose on the videophone monitor on the wall in the kitchen.
 
  "I think it’s a bit too small, dear," she said.
 
  "Small noses are very fashionable this year," replied Mr. Smith, "very fashionable."
 
  "It’s all so easy now," thought Mr. Smith. "A hundred years ago, it was impossible to change your body. Or almost impossible – there was the old-fashioned ‘plastic surgery’, but it was expensive, painful and dangerous. Ugh! Now, thanks to our 22nd century genetic2 engineering, we can change our bodies when we want!"
 
  He looked at his new small nose in the mirror, and thought about how fashionable he was. He was very happy with his new nose. The only problem now, he thought, was that he needed some new hair to go with his new nose.
 
  He looked on the Internet for some new hair, but the Internet was so slow. Eventually he decided3 to go to Bodyco in person.
 
  "Good morning, Mr. Smith," said the Bodyco shop assistant. "How can I help you today?"
 
  Mr. Smith remembered the robot shop assistant in the Bodyco shop a few years ago. The robot was friendlier and more efficient, but too many robots made too much unemployment, and the robot was replaced by a human.
 
  "I’d like some new hair, please."
 
  "Certainly, Mr. Smith. What type of hair would you like? Short, blond4 hair goes well with a small nose. How about short, blond hair?"
 
  Mr. Smith looked at his hair. It was old and grey. Yes, he thought, short and blond. When he was young he had short, blond hair. He wanted to look young again.
 
  "Yes, I’ll have short blond hair please. Could it be a bit curly5 as well?"
 
  "Curly?" asked the shop assistant.
 
  "Yes, you know, curly – not straight!"
 
  "Yes, Mr. Smith, I know what ‘curly’ means, but curly hair isn’t very fashionable this year."
 
  "Isn’t it?"
 
  "No, it isn’t."
 
  "But I like curly hair!"
 
  "Very well, Mr. Smith – short, blond, curly hair. Would you like anything else? We have a special offer on ears this week."
 
  "Ears?"
 
  "Yes, Mr. Smith, the things you hear with."
 
  "I know what ears are! What type of ears are on offer?"
 
  Mr. Smith went out of the shop with new short, blond, curly hair, and two new ears.
 
  After this, his interest in his new body started to grow. In the next few weeks he bought new eyes (green, unusual but fashionable), new hands, new arms, new knees and new feet. Mrs. Smith was happy because Mr. Smith’s new feet didn’t smell as bad as his old feet.
 
  His body was now completely different.
 
  "Am I the same man I was a few weeks ago?" thought Mr. Smith. "I have a new nose, new hair, new ears, new eyes, hands, arms, knees and feet. But I have the same brain - so I think I’m the same man." He thought he was the same man, but he wasn’t sure.
 
  One morning, he woke up and his new nose didn’t work.
 
  "What’s the matter?" asked Mrs. Smith
 
  "My new nose doesn’t work – it’s blocked."
 
  "Maybe you’ve got a cold," suggested Mrs. Smith.
 
  "That’s impossible! This is a genetically6 engineered Bodyco nose! It doesn’t get colds!"
 
  But it was true – the new nose did not work. It was blocked and Mr. Smith couldn’t smell anything.
 
  He went back to the Bodyco shop.
 
  "Good morning, Mr. Smith," said the assistant. "What would you like today?"
 
  "I want a new nose," said Mr. Smith.
 
  "You already want a new nose!" said the surprised shop assistant. "But you’ve only had this one for a month! Don’t worry, small noses are still fashionable!"
 
  "No, you don’t understand," said Mr. Smith. "I want a new nose because this one doesn’t work!"
 
  "That’s impossible," said the shop assistant. "You have a genetically engineered Bodyco nose. It can’t go wrong!"
 
  "But it has gone wrong," replied Mr. Smith. "It’s blocked and I can’t smell anything".
 
  "What have you used your nose to do, Mr. Smith?" asked the shop assistant.
 
  "What have I done with my nose? That’s a stupid question! I haven’t done anything unusual with my nose. I’ve used it to breathe and to smell, as usual!"
 
  "If you have not used your nose correctly, Mr. Smith, it is possible that it will not work correctly."
 
  "That’s absurd7!" shouted Mr. Smith. "I want my money back! I want a refund8!"
 
  "I’m afraid that we do not give refunds9, Mr. Smith. There was no guarantee with this nose."
 
  Mr. Smith was so angry that he didn’t know what to say. He walked out of the shop, and didn’t say anything.
 
  But now he had a big problem: a useless nose. Fashionable, yes. Useful, no.
 
  Unfortunately, his problem started to grow. The next morning he woke up and found he couldn’t hear anything. Then his new blond hair went grey. Then his new knees didn’t move. Then he couldn’t see a thing with his unusual green eyes. His fingers fell off, one by one.
 
  Eventually, Mrs. Smith put him in their aircar and flew to the Bodyco shop. She carried her husband into the shop, because now he couldn’t walk.
 
  "Good morning Mr. Smith," said the shop assistant. "What can I do for you today?"
 
  "Mr. Smith wouldn’t like anything new at all today, thank you," replied Mrs. Smith. "But he would like his old body back!"
 
  "I’m afraid we don’t give refunds, Mrs. Smith."
 
  "I don’t want a refund," explained Mrs. Smith. "I want my husband’s original body again! I liked it more than this new one!"
 
  "I’m afraid that’s very difficult, Mrs. Smith," said the shop assistant. "We are an environmentally-friendly company. All our old bodies are recycled."
 
  "But the new body parts that you sold him don’t work! What can he do now?"
 
  "He could buy a reconditioned body."
 
  "What’s a ‘reconditioned’ body?"
 
  "It’s an old body that has been modified."
 
  "Can I have a look at one?"
 
  "Certainly." The shop assistant spoke10 to his computer, and a reconditioned body appeared. It was a very familiar body. Mrs. Smith recognised the big nose and the grey hair.
 
  "But that’s my husband!" shouted Mrs. Smith. "That’s the original Mr. Smith!"
 
  "Yes, that’s right," said the shop assistant. "We reconditioned Mr. Smith’s old body".
 
  "Can he have his old body back then, please?"
 
  "Certainly, Mrs. Smith. That’ll be 100,000 euros please"
 
  "100,000 euros!" shouted Mrs. Smith. "That’s very expensive, isn’t it?"
 
  "Mr. Smith has been reconditioned!"
 
  Mr. Smith got his own body back, and Mrs. Smith flew him back home in the aircar.
 
  "I’m myself again!" he shouted.
 
  "Not exactly," said Mrs. Smith. "You have been reconditioned."
 
  "What does ‘reconditioned’ mean?"
 
  "Well," said Mrs. Smith. "I think it means that you have a new brain!"
 
  "I think that will be very useful," said Mr. Smith.
 
  "I think so too, dear" said Mrs. Smith.

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1 selection EZ3xX     
n.选择,挑选,精选品,可选择的东西
参考例句:
  • We left the selection of the team to the captain.我们把挑选队员的工作交给了队长。
  • The shop has a fine selection of cheeses.那家商店有各种精美乳酪可供选购。
2 genetic PgIxp     
adj.遗传的,遗传学的
参考例句:
  • It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
  • Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
3 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 blond KRpyb     
adj.金发的;n.白肤碧眼金发的人
参考例句:
  • Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。
  • This blond man delivers newspaper every morning.这个白肤金发碧眼的男人每天早晨送报纸。
5 curly wybxh     
adj.卷曲的,卷缩的
参考例句:
  • The little boy has curly hair.这小男孩长着一头卷发。
  • She is tall and dark with curly hair.她高高的个子,黑皮肤,卷头发。
6 genetically Lgixo     
adv.遗传上
参考例句:
  • All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
  • Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
7 absurd 6ySz2     
adj.荒谬的,荒诞的,荒唐可笑的,不合理的
参考例句:
  • It is ridiculously absurd to believe that the number 13 is unlucky.相信数字13是个不吉祥的数字是荒唐可笑的。
  • It was absurd of you to do such a thing.你做那样的事是愚蠢的。
8 refund WkvzPB     
v.退还,偿还;n.归还,偿还额,退款
参考例句:
  • They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。
  • We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意,我们愿意退款给你。
9 refunds 0084ff716402199f733f841f5937d3ae     
n.归还,偿还额,退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还,退还( refund的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
  • The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句
10 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
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