A man walked into a doctor's examining¹ room.

 

"Put out your tongue²," the doctor said³.

 

The man put out his tongue and the doctor said.

 

"O.K. You can put your tongue back now. " the doctor said. "It's clear⁴ what's wrong with you. You need more exercise."

 

"But, doctor," the man said. "I don't think--"

 

"Don't tell I me what you think, " the doctor said "I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see hundreds of people like you. None⁵ of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the television⁶ in the evening. What you need is to walk quickly for at least⁷ 20 minutes a day."

 

"Doctor, you don't understand," the patient⁸ said "I -- "

 

"I don't want to hear any excuses," the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don't, you will get fat and have health⁹ problems¹⁰ when you are older."

 

"But I walk every day," the patient said.

 

"Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walking that is. You walk a few¹¹ feet to the train station from your house, a few more feet from the station to your office, and a few more feet from your office to a restaurant for lunch and back. That's not real¹² walking. I'm talking about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day. "

 

"Please listen to me, doctor!" the patient shouted, getting angry with this doctor who thought¹³ he knew everything.

 

"I'm a mailman," the patient went on, "and I walk for seven hours every day."

 

For a moment the doctor was¹⁴ silent¹⁵, then he said quietly¹⁶, "Put your tongue out again, will you?"

 

一人走进一家诊所。

 

“伸出舌头，”医生说。

 

那人伸出舌头，医生很快地看了一下。

 

“好了，把舌头缩回去吧。”医生说，“你的病因很明显。你需要更多的运动。”

 

“但是，医生，”那人说，“我不认为——”

 

“不要告诉我你认为怎么样，”医生说，“我是医生，不是你。我知道你需要什么。我看过数以百计的你这样的病人。他们没有一个人锻炼过。他们整天坐在办公室里，晚上就坐在电视机前。你所需要的是每天至少快跑20分钟。”

 

“医生，你不知道，”病人说，“我——”

 

“我不想听任何理由。”医生说，“你应该抽出时间来运动。如果你不锻炼，那么当你老的时候，你就会变得很胖，并且有健康问题。”

 

“但我每天都走路的，”病人说。

 

“喔，是的。我知道那是一种怎样的散步。你走几英尺的路，从家到火车站，又走几英尺从车站到办公室，然后走几英尺从办公室到餐馆去吃中饭再回来。那不是真正的散步。我所说的是每天在公园里散步20分钟。”

 

“请听我说，医生！”病人叫起来，对那位自以为什么都知道的医生很生气。

 

“我是一名邮递员，”病人接着说，“我每天得走7小时的路。”

 

医生闷在那里半天无语。然后他轻声地说：“再把你的舌头伸出来，行吗？”

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