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听力问题 - Hearing Problem

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发表于 2008-5-22 10:08 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought6 Z. v* d/ ?" Y# ?, I' m
she might need a hearing aid.  Not quite sure how to approach her, he called* \& w4 q5 p) a8 y9 |
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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# B( K3 G2 C  F2 ]  _The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could' X4 _, N0 z$ o1 P  V
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."! V0 a, n+ Y6 v! R. s
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
; U- t! e0 A- X- k2 n. g8 gden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
" F" ]3 B0 G) [  kThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.) _, C4 i4 s! w* n) @2 u8 S
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and2 Y4 ?% O' K- |# u! P8 V. i6 O
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife( O: c+ c1 `1 `# l9 ^  R+ G4 |! J
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?") ^" N0 X7 l6 _/ I
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away.  "Honey, what's
) w% B1 ]! h5 X, n: v* yfor dinner?" Again there is no response.$ z% ?# D5 @5 f! m1 _, B
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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