The Heart Attack
His computer was on. Maybe he should email someone. What would the email say—“I think I’m dying of a heart attack? Wait a minute, he thought. He was about to die, and he was going to email someone who might not open his email for days?! He turned off the computer. Should he leave the dining table lamp on, or turn it off? He didn’t know whether to sit in the chair at the dining table, or go lie down in bed. Should he be sitting down or lying down when he died? Did it matter? He decided to sit in the chair and wait for his death.
He used to teach CPR, and he knew he had the symptoms of a heart attack. Victims usually describe a feeling of fullness. Students always used to ask what the “fullness felt like, but he couldn't tell them. Now he knew exactly what it felt like.
So, this is how it’s going to happen, he thought, as he sat in the chair looking at the TV, waiting to die. He didn’t particularly like the thought of dying at this time, but he accepted it. He was 60 years old. You live, you die. Would he just quietly become unconscious? Or would his heart “explode, causing him to yell out in pain?
And then the fullness in his chest simply disappeared. The numbness in his hand went away, too. He waited, just to be sure. He was okay! From start to finish, perhaps three minutes had passed. Thank You, he said quietly.
Tomorrow he should see a doctor and a lawyer, he thought. And next time, he shouldn’t worry about the cost of an ambulance ride or a hospital stay. He couldn’t believe that when he thought his very life was on the line, he had cheaped out.
英语小故事:The Heart Attack由查字典英语网小编整理,仅供参考。
四级分词系列练习题(附答案)
四级考试概率较高的地名
英语四六级猜词技巧解读一
四级考试词汇的记忆方法
四级真题考点词汇解析:B
大学英语四级词汇训练1200题5
英语四级词汇频率汇总
大学英语四级考试词汇综合训练(1)
大学英语四级词汇训练1200题3
四级高频词汇汇总
英语四级完形填空考前冲刺练习汇总
四级高频词汇汇总(三)
英语四级词汇辨义集合汇总
英语四六级常用同义词辨析8
四级词汇词频统计
四级一词多译解析三
大学英语四级词汇与结构(五)
四级词汇:may和might的用法辨析篇
四级词汇的六大做题原则
四级真题考点词汇解析:F
英语四级完形填空专项训练
英语四级真题词汇专项训练
四级高频词汇汇总(六)
大学英语四级单词记忆法
四六级真题考点词汇解析:C
四级词汇高分必备(三)
四级中五种倍数常见表示方法
四级考点词汇及模拟题解析(五)
四级考点词汇及模拟题解析(四)
四级词汇常考词组(2)
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |