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wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite
his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people's lives. He had even
been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on
something she had swallowed.
"I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles
myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope (听诊器) and walked around one of the biggest hospital
in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and others doctors,
it's easy to take people in," he said.
One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted.
When she came to in hospital, York was standing over her.
"He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of
injection," she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn't think there
was anything wrong. "I would never have realized he was a fake if a policewoman hadn't showed me his
photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my cars."
Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was "shocked and horrified" that he got away with his deceiving
for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminal with mental disorders.
"I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity
to study the behaviour of the psychiatrists (精神科医生) who will look after you while you are there. If you
try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you
are given a much longer sentence." Judge Adams warned York.
B. he could perform some duties of a doctor
C. he had cheated doctors for so long
D. people thought he could become a real doctor
B. talking to doctors and nurses
C. getting some training and experience
D. observing doctors while he was a patient
B. She had to have and emergency operation.
C. She had been injured in a road accident.
D. She had lost consciousness while driving.
B. tried to get away from prison
C. was proud of what he had done
D. studied the behaviour of the psychiatrist
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| Subject Slimming down classics? | |
| Mr. Handsome 2007-5-12&24 AM | Orion Books,which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics(经典著作),is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L.Tolstoy,M.Mitchell and C.Bronte.Now,each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 per cent of the original,with words,sentences,paragraphs and,in a few cases,chapters removed.The first six shortened editions,all priced at £6.99 and advertised as great reads “in half the time”,will go on sale next month,with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow.The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions. |
| Mr. Edwards 2007-5-12 9:40 AM | Well,I’m publisher of Orion Group.Thanks for your attention,Mr.Handsome. I must say,the idea developed from a game of “shame”in my office.Each of us was required to confess(承认)to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading.I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times.One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping(跳读)Jane Eyre.We realised that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones. As a leading publishing house,we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but it’s not as if we’re withdrawing the original versions.They are still there if you want to read them. |
| Ms.Weir 2007-5-12 11:35 AM | I’m director of the online bookclub www.lovereading.co.uk. Mr.Edwards,I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air.I’m guilty of never having read Anna Karenina,because it’s just so long.I’d much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book.I am looking forward to more shortened classics! |
| Mr. Crockatt 2007-5-124:38 PM | I’m from the London independent bookshop Crockatt & Powell. In my opinion,the practice is completely ridiculous.How can you edit the classics?I’m afraid reading some of these books is hard work,and that is why you have to develop as a reader.If people don’t have time to read Anna Karenina,then fine.But don’t read a shortened version and kid yourself it’s the real thing. |
| A.opposes the reading of original classics |
| B.is embarrassed for cutting down classics |
| C.thinks cut-down classics have a bright future |
| D.is cautious in its decision to cut down classics |
| A.make them easier to read |
| B.meet a large demand in the market |
| C.increase the sales of literary books |
| D.compete with their original versions |
| A.speaks highly of the cut-down classics |
| B.shows gailty of the original classics |
| C.feels guilty of not reading the classics |
| D.disapproves of shortening the classics |
| A.reading the classic works is a confusing attempt |
| B.shortening the classics does harm to the original |
| C.publishing the cub-down classics is a difficult job |
| D.editing the classic works satisfies children’s needs |
Britain is set to face an increase in cold winters, with up to one-in-seven hitting the UK with longer periods of time when temperatures are below freezing, a study has suggested.The prediction was based on research that found out how low solar activi
ty affected winter weather patterns.
However, the researchers were eager to stress that their findings did not suggest that the region was about to fall suddenly into a "little ice age".The findings appear in the journal Environmental Research Letters."We could get to the point where one-in-seven winters are very cold, as we had at the start of last winter and all through the winter before last," said co-author Mike Lockwood, professor of space environment physics at the University of Reading.
Using the Central England Temperature (CET) record, the world's longest instrumental data series that dates back to 1659, the team said that in general temperatures during recent winters had been obviously lower than the longer-term temperatures."The mean CET for December, January and February for the recent relatively cold winters of 2008 ~ 2009 and 2009~2010 were 3.50℃ and 2.53℃ respectively," they wrote.
"However, the mean value for the previous 20 winters had been 5.04℃.The series of lower winter temperatures in the UK during the last three years had raised questions about the probability of more similar, or even colder, winters occurring in the future."
Last year.Professor Lockwood and colleagues published a paper that found a link between fewer sunspots and atmospheric conditio
ns that "blocked" warm westerly winds reaching Europe during winter months, opening the way for cold easterly winds from the Arctic and Russia to sweep across the region.Professor Lockwood, while acknowledging that there were a range of possible meteorological factors (气象因素) that could influence blocking events, said the latest study moved things forward by showing that there was "impro
vement in the predictive skill" when solar activity was taken into consideration.
【小题1】We can know from the second paragraph that _____.
| A.research shows that Britain will soon fall into an ice age |
| B.Mike Lockwood's research focuses on space environment physics |
| C.it was quite cold in Britain over the entire winter last year |
| D.so far one-in-seven winters have been very cold in Britain |
| A.average | B.stable | C.ungenerous | D.changeable |
| A.It was sunspots that blocked warm westerly winds reaching Europe. |
| B.Meteorological factors hardly have any influence on blocking events. |
| C.The latest study done by Professor Lockwood was of little practical value. |
| D.Considering solar activity or not affects the accuracy of weather forecasting. |
| A.Another big danger approaching the UK |
| B.Research finds out solar activity is to blame for the cold |
| C.UK faces more cold winters due to weaker solar activity |
| D.Changes in weather patterns should be responsible for low solar activity |