A muscular1 man went to the hospital to inquire2 about a method of curing his insomnia3.
It's easy, the doctor said, "you are only of a little neurasthenia4. When you are on bed at night, you can try to count numbers in your heart, from one to ten, recount the numbers until you fall asleep easily. The point is that you must stick to5 it every night. "
One week later, the muscular man came to the hospital again. And he appeared more gaunter than last time. The doctor was very surprised to ask him the reason.
The patient said, "I follow your advice to count numbers from one to ten, but whenever I counted to 8, I would jump instinctively6."
Why?
I am a boxer instructor. was the answer.
Notes:
1. muscular 肌肉結(jié)實的
2. inquire 詢問
3. insomnia 失眠
4. neurasthenia 神經(jīng)衰弱
5. stick to 堅持
6. instinctively 本能地
一名彪形大漢到醫(yī)院去,向醫(yī)生請教治療失眠的方法。
“這很容易”,醫(yī)生說,“你只不過有輕微的神經(jīng)衰弱。晚上當(dāng)你躺到床上時,就默念數(shù)字,從1數(shù)到10,循環(huán)數(shù),便容易入睡啦。注意:貴在堅持。”
一個星期后,這個大漢又來到醫(yī)院,比上次來時顯得更疲憊不堪。醫(yī)生吃驚地問他怎么會弄到這般田地。
病人說:“我堅持每天晚上一躺到床上就不斷從1數(shù)到10,可是每次數(shù)到8,我就跳起來了?!?
“為什么呢?”
回答是:“我的職業(yè)是拳擊教練?!?
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在拳擊比賽中,拳擊手被擊中后,腳以上身體的任何其他部分接觸臺面可判為倒地。拳擊手被擊倒后,場上裁判開始從1到10數(shù)秒,數(shù)秒時裁判保持一只手在倒地選手面前,用手勢表明數(shù)秒的數(shù)字。數(shù)到10秒后,如果選手還是不能起立,可判對方擊倒對手獲勝。即使倒地選手立刻站立起來,也不能繼續(xù)比賽,他必須先接受臺上裁判員的8次數(shù)秒。數(shù)到8后,認(rèn)為比賽可以繼續(xù)時,裁判員會說“開始”,比賽繼續(xù)。