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　　Jeanne Calment took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age114．a(chǎn)nd held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121 st birthday．

　　When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder．She lived to the ripe old age of 122．So is 122 the upper limit(限制)to the human life span(壽命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?

　　Researchers don't entirely agree on the answers．“Calment lived．to 122, SO it wouldn't sul33rise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas．

　　Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees．“People can live longer than we think．”he says．“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110．When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 1 20．So why can’t we go higher?”

　　The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing．“Anyone can make up a number．”says Rich Miller at the University, of guessing

　　　Michigan．“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine．”

　　Won’t new anti－aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of HS living until about 120．Researchers are working on treatments that make the life span of mice longer by 50 percent at most．

　　So, if the average(平均)human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120．”

　　So what can we learn from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有彈性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington．“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer．”he says．“But a fly'snever going to live 150 years．”O(jiān)f course, if you became a new species(物種), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds．

　　Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(進化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about．”He says with a smile．

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　　“Can I see my baby?”the happy new mother asked．When the 　　1　　 was put into her arms, she felt sad．The baby had been born without 　　2　　 But the baby's hearing was 　　3　　

　　When the boy ran home from school one day and 　　4　　 in her arms, she knew that her son's life would be 　　5　　 The boy's father asked the doctor 　　6　　 something could be done．“I believe I could put a pair of ears on him if they could be 　　7　　,”the doctor said．

　　Two years went by．“You are going to the 　　8　　 son,”said the father one day．　　9　　 would give you the ears．

　　The operation was very 　　10　　, and the boy's life became beautiful．The boy asked his father．“Who 　　11　　 so much for me?I could never do enough for him．”“It's a secret,”said his father quietly．

　　The years kept their secret, but the day did come．It was one of the 　　12　　 days for the son．He stood with his father over his mother's casket(棺材)．　　13　　 , the father raised the mother's long thick hair to 　　14　　 that the mother had no ears ！

　　“Mother said she was happy that she never had her hair 　　15　　,”he said．“And nobody had ever thought Mother less beautiful, had they?”

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　　“Sixteen,” I said．I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper asked that day, but I will never forget my 　　1　　．As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started 　　2　　．I felt like the silliest person in the world．

　　Mrs Cooper fixed them with a firm(嚴(yán)格的)look．Then she said：“We're all here to 　　3　　．”

　　Another time, Mrs Cooper asked us to write a 　　4　　 about what we hoped to do with our lives．I wrote：“I want to be a 　　5　　 like Mrs Cooper．”

　　She wrote on my report, “You would make an outstanding(杰出的)teacher 　　6　　 you are determined(堅定的)and you try hard．” I was to carry those 　　7　　 in my heart for the next 27 years．

　　After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children．

　　We needed every penny just to get by．College-and teaching-was out of the question．

　　Then one day I thought of my 　　8　　 of how I wanted to help children．I talked it over with my family and 　　9　　 to attend college classes in the mornings before work．And when I got home from work, I would 　　10　　．Finally after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher．

　　Not long after I started 　　11　　, something happened that brought the 　　12　　 rushing back to me．I had written a sentence with grammatical(語法的)mistakes on the blackboard．Then I asked students to come and 　　13　　 the mistakes．

　　One girl got halfway through, became confused(迷亂的)and stopped．As the other children laughed, 　　14　　 rolled down her face．I gave her a hug and told her to get a drink of water．Then, remembering Mrs Cooper, I fixed 　　15　　 of the class with a firm look．“We're all here to learn,” I said．

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　　“Sixteen,” I said．I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper asked that day, but I will never forget my 　　1　　．As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started 　　2　　．I felt like the silliest person in the world．

　　Mrs Cooper fixed them with a firm(嚴(yán)格的)look．Then she said：“We're all here to 　　3　　．”

　　Another time, Mrs Cooper asked us to write a 　　4　　 about what we hoped to do with our lives．I wrote：“I want to be a 　　5　　 like Mrs Cooper．”

　　She wrote on my report, “You would make an outstanding(杰出的)teacher 　　6　　 you are determined(堅定的)and you try hard．” I was to carry those 　　7　　 in my heart for the next 27 years．

　　After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children．

　　We needed every penny just to get by．College-and teaching-was out of the question．

　　Then one day I thought of my 　　8　　 of how I wanted to help children．I talked it over with my family and 　　9　　 to attend college classes in the mornings before work．And when I got home from work, I would 　　10　　．Finally after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher．

　　Not long after I started 　　11　　, something happened that brought the 　　12　　 rushing back to me．I had written a sentence with grammatical(語法的)mistakes on the blackboard．Then I asked students to come and 　　13　　 the mistakes．

　　One girl got halfway through, became confused(迷亂的)and stopped．As the other children laughed, 　　14　　 rolled down her face．I gave her a hug and told her to get a drink of water．Then, remembering Mrs Cooper, I fixed 　　15　　 of the class with a firm look．“We're all here to learn,” I said．

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