Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village on the sea and was famous in the land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child.   

    When he grew up, people always said "How handsome Narcissus is!" Villagers thought that Narcissus could not be any more handsome than he already was. But as years passed Narcissus became a teenager. His beauty grew and became so great that he was known all over country of Greece.

    As he grew, Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face.

    "Oh! You are so handsome, Narcissus!" Narcissus said one day as he looked into a pool. "There's nobody more handsome in the whole world! I'd love to kiss you. And that's just what I'll do!"

    He leaned closer to the water. Suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the pool.

    Narcissus tried to reach the bank of the pool, but he could not swim and he drowned.

    Hello, listeners. Welcome to Henton Hospital Radio. Before our music program begins, I'm going to repeat some of our hospital rules.

    The hospital can sleep 800 patients. There are 8 beds in each ward（病房). The visiting hours are in the afternoon from 2: 30 to 3: 30 and in the evening from 7: 00 to 8: 00. But remember only two visitors at a time. Sorry about that, but you can see what would happen if we didn't have these rules.

    The other rules are about our time schedule. We start quite early-you might not be used to that. We wake you at 6 o'clock, and breakfast is at 8 o'clock, lunch at noon. There's tea at 3:30 and supper is at 6 o'clock.

    You can see the "No Smoking" sign-we don't allow smoking in the wards. I'm sure you understand why. However, if you do need to smoke, there are some smoking-rooms for you.

    You will find the radio switch(开关) on the wall near your bed, with your own headphones, if you want to listen. It's our own hospital radio wishing you a quick recovery(康复).

    Edison began to make a talking machine in 1877. At first he 1 paper with holes to make a sound. He worked for months on this 2, at last he 3 how to record a person's voice. But the first machine was very4 and the voice was only one type and not clear enough. Then he 5 another long time on it. He 6some parts and he put some new 7 on the talking machine. This time the voice could be played（被播放) and the voice was also very 8. After the Second World War others used his 9 to record music and songs. Then came the tape recorder. it is much easier to record voice. How 10 Edison was!

— Yes. And there it is quiet too.

— I can't imagine the life without numbers.

— I agree with you. Let's find a way to stop them.