George just turned fifty last week. He’’s a (36)________ businessman, who owns a large printing company. He lives in a beautiful home with his wife and two daughters, drives an (37)________car and wears the best clothes. He has everything that money can buy except for one thing, good (38)________.
It happened one evening as he was leaving the office. All day long he had felt (39)________of breath. Suddenly he was a little (40)_______. He can still remember the terrible pains in his (41)________as he fell. For two weeks George lay in the(42)________care unit of the hospital. Before leaving the hospital, he got his orders from the doctor about what to do after a heart (43)________. He is how trying to follow them.
George has to lose weight and exercise each day. (44) ________________________. He can’’t have his usual eggs and sausage breakfast, and must drink water instead of coffee. For lunch, he can’’t order the rich French food that he loves so much. For dinner, he has to eat fish or chicken and vegetables. (45)__________________________.
Our businessman also has to slow down at the office. At first, he is supposed to work only for four hours a day. (46)____________________________ George misses the long hours and the excitement of the office. How did this happen to him He’’s only fifty years old.
【参考答案】
Because he hates vegetables, he daydreams about steak.