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　　One morning last summer Joyce Andrews made some sausage sandwiches for her husband’s lunch．There was one sausage left over．Mrs．Andrews didn’t care for them herself, and so she gave to last one to Henry, their little dog, Henry ate it up quickly．

　　During the morning the dog got ill．He wouldn’t stop shaking his head, and couldn’t stand properly．Joyce thought, “He’s eaten something that didn’t agree with him．Maybe that sausage very bad…” She suddenly remembered her husband’s lunch．She ran to the telephone and called Jim at office．

　　“Jim, I hope you haven’t eaten any of those sandwiches yet．”

　　“You have? Two? Well, listen－don’t eat any more．I gave Henry the last sausage, and now he’s ill．Go to the doctor, Jim．”

　　“What? You feel all right? No, Jim, don’t take a chance with your health．I’m sure the sausages are bad．Please go!”

　　“Yes, Jim．Tell him about the dog．Get some medicine．”

　　Jim came back after work and went to bed．“I had a very unpleasant hour at the doctor,” he told Joyce, “and the medicine made me very sick．”

　　The next morning Jim was fine．Henry seemed quite fit again, too．At eleven o’clock milkman came with the milk．

　　“Morning, Mrs．Andrews,” the milkman said, “How’s your dog this morning? I’ve been thinking about him…”

　　“Have you? Well, he seems all right now, but…”

　　“Yesterday morning he and I had a little accident．He jumped up at me, and I dropped a bottle of milk on his head．”

　　My name's Jim Shelley and I'm an addict(有癮的人)．With these words I began to 　　1　　 the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction．I used to call people 　　2　　, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep, I 　　3　　 to be phoned, I wanted to phone, Just one more call．It started socially－a few calls each day．It seemed 　　4　　, just a quick chat．

　　Gradually though, the 　　5　　 got worse．Soon it was 　　6　　 use, until, finally, addiction．And it began to affect my 　　7　　．During the work day, I would disappear for a quick 　　8　　．If I couldn't make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring．Getting more and more 　　9　　, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, 　　10　　 myself just one more call．I was phoning people and 　　11　　 messages to make sure 　　12　　 calls would see me through the day．

　　I used to arrive at friends homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the 　　13　　 "Is it OK if I just use the phone…?"At work, I became 　　14　　 when my fellow workers tried to 　　15　　 me from using the phone．And one day I hit my boss(with the phone)．Finally the police caught me 　　16　　 a phone box that had take my last one pound coin, and I was 　　17　　 to see a psychiatrist(心理醫(yī)生)．I haven't 　　18　　 a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it's several days 　　19　　 I used a phone box．I try not to watch TV because there are 　　20　　 people on it making phone calls．My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict．