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1、ThreeMeninaBoatJerome,JeromeKlapka1AboutJerome:JeromeKlapkaJerome(May2,1859–June14,1927)wasanEnglishauthor,bestknownforthehumoroustravelogueThreeMeninaBoat.JeromewasborninWalsall,atthattimepartofthecountyofStafford-shire,wherethereisnowamuseuminhishonour,andwasbroughtup
2、inpovertyinLondon.OtherworksincludetheessaycollectionsIdleThoughtsofanIdleFellowandSecondThoughtsofanIdleFellow;ThreeMenontheBummel,asequeltoThreeMeninaBoat;andseveralothernovels.2Chapter1THREEINVALIDS.-SUFFERINGSOFGEORGEANDHARRIS.-AVICTIMTOONEHUNDREDANDSEVENFATALMALADI
3、ES.-USEFULPRESCRIPTIONS.-CUREFORLIVERCOMPLAINTINCHILDREN.-WEAGREETHATWEAREOVERWORKED,ANDNEEDREST.-AWEEKONTHEROLLINGDEEP?-GEORGESUGGESTSTHERIVER.-MONTMORENCYLODGESANOBJECTION.-ORIGINALMOTIONCARRIEDBYMAJORITYOFTHREETOONE.THEREwerefourofus-George,andWilliamSamuelHarris,and
4、my-self,andMontmorency.Weweresittinginmyroom,smoking,andtalk-ingabouthowbadwewere-badfromamedicalpointofviewImean,ofcourse.Wewereallfeelingseedy,andweweregettingquitenervousaboutit.Harrissaidhefeltsuchextraordinaryfitsofgiddinesscomeoverhimattimes,thathehardlyknewwhathe
5、wasdoing;andthenGeorgesaidthatHEhadfitsofgiddinesstoo,andhardlyknewwhatHEwasdoing.Withme,itwasmyliverthatwasoutoforder.Iknewitwasmyliverthatwasoutoforder,becauseIhadjustbeenreadingapatentliver-pillcircular,inwhichweredetailedthevarioussymptomsbywhichamancouldtellwhenhis
6、liverwasoutoforder.Ihadthemall.Itisamostextraordinarything,butIneverreadapatentmedicinead-vertisementwithoutbeingimpelledtotheconclusionthatIamsufferingfromtheparticulardiseasethereindealtwithinitsmostvirulentform.Thediagnosisseemsineverycasetocorrespondexactlywithallth
7、esen-sationsthatIhaveeverfelt.IremembergoingtotheBritishMuseumonedaytoreadupthetreat-mentforsomeslightailmentofwhichIhadatouch-hayfever,Ifancyitwas.Igotdownthebook,andreadallIcametoread;andthen,inanun-thinkingmoment,Iidlyturnedtheleaves,andbegantoindolentlystudydiseases
8、,generally.IforgetwhichwasthefirstdistemperIplungedinto-somefearful,devastatingscourge,Iknow-and,beforeIhadgla