7.High School English Reading Listening

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy—five, he gave 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment (设备) for a children’s playground.
　　As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.”he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
　　The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy—five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
译文：
不久前，一个名叫约翰逊的富有而又相当奇怪的老人独自住在英格兰南部的一个村庄里。他在与外国的贸易中赚了很多钱。当他75岁时，他给了村里的学校12,000美元，用于购买土地和设备来建造儿童游乐场。
　　由于他的善举，许多人都来拜访他。其中有一位新闻工作者。在他们的谈话中，约翰逊说他已经75岁了，预计能活到100岁。这位新闻记者问他，他是如何在75岁时还能保持健康的。约翰逊有一种幽默感。他喜欢威士忌酒，每天都喝一些。"他告诉记者："我每天晚上都要在脖子上打一针。
　　这位新闻记者不明白约翰逊的意思。他在报纸上报道说，约翰逊已经75岁了，每天在他的脖子上打针。在一个星期内，约翰逊收到了来自英国各地的数千封信，询问他每天注射的秘密。
重点词汇：
As a result of 为…的结果
many people 许多人 ; 人多 ; 很多人
a sense of 感 ; 的感觉 ; 观念