A Pain in the NeckFor many years Eric Hong worked on a farm,but then an uncle died and left him his business in the city．Eric left the farm and went to work in the city．For the first time in his life he dressed like a businessman．His uncle had

A Pain in the NeckFor many years Eric Hong worked on a farm,but then an uncle died and left him his business in the city．Eric left the farm and went to work in the city．For the first time in his life he dressed like a businessman．His uncle had
A Pain in the Neck
For many years Eric Hong worked on a farm,but then an uncle died and left him his business in the city．Eric left the farm and went to work in the city．For the first time in his life he dressed like a businessman．His uncle had been about the same size,so he wore his clothes．
But city life was not good for Eric,because after a few days he began to get very bad pains in his neck．He had never had pains in his neck before,and he was quite worried．
Each day the pains got worse．Finally he went to a doctor．
He undressed and the doctor exam ined him ．When the examination was over,the doctor told him to sit down．
“I've got very bad news for you,”he said．“You've got six months to live．Have a good time．Enjoy yourself while you can．”
Eric took the doctor's advice．He sold his uncle's business and decided to travel around the world．But first he had to buy himself some nice clothes,He went to the most expensive tailor in the city．
“I'd like a dozen of your best shirts,”he said．
“Certainly,sir,I'll take your measurement．”The tailor measured Eric and wrote down the measurements．
Eric saw that he had written down a size 16neck．
“You're made a mistake,”he told him．“My neck size is 14．All my shirts are size 14．”
“No,sir,”the tailor said．“You may be wearing a size 14,but your neck is a size 16．And if you continue to wear a size 14,sooner or later you'll get bad pain in your neck．”

A Pain in the NeckFor many years Eric Hong worked on a farm,but then an uncle died and left him his business in the city．Eric left the farm and went to work in the city．For the first time in his life he dressed like a businessman．His uncle had
颈部之痛
埃瑞克长年在农场工作,他叔叔去世后将城里的生意遗留给他去打理.埃瑞克于是离开了农场去城市工作.这是他有生以来第一次穿的像个生意人的模样啊.他叔叔和他穿同尺码的衣服,因此他就穿他叔叔的衣服.
但城市生活可不适合埃瑞克,几天过后他竟然感到颈部疼痛.他此前从未有过颈部疼痛的病症因此他十分担忧.
这疼痛日益加剧了.于是他去看了医生.
他脱掉上衣让医生来检查他的颈部.检查完毕后医生让他坐下来.
"我有个非常糟糕的消息要告诉你啊,"医生说."你只能活六个月啦.好好度过你的余生吧.尽量愉悦自己的身心."
埃瑞克采纳了医生的建议.他卖掉叔叔留给他的生意并决定周游世界.但首先他得给自己买一些像样的衣服啊,于是他去了整个城市最昂贵的裁缝店.
他对裁缝说道:"我要一打(12件)最好的衬衫."
"当然可以,先生,我来为您量一下尺寸."裁缝量完之后在纸上记下了尺寸.
埃瑞克看到那裁缝记录的是16码.
"嘿,你弄错了,"埃瑞克对裁缝说,"我脖子的尺码是14哟,我所有的衬衫都穿14码."
"哦,不,先生,"裁缝说."你是可以穿14码,但是你的脖子确实是16码的.如果你坚持要继续穿14码的话,你啊,早晚会觉得颈部疼痛的."
翻译完毕!我可是翻译的很认真哟,
P.S.这文章算个笑话?是课文么?还是阅读理解的题啊?