*By Taking Examples
#举例式开场欣赏
You feel it welling up inside you, this delicate tingling, as if your every nerve were firing at once. You want to group for the newspaper, your homework─anything─but you no longer control your body.
These seconds of helpless anticipation seem like an eternity, but then the spell is broken. You crash forward, your muscles contracting like a fist, and you can't even see that people are running away from you because something has forced your eyes shut.
And then it's over. You relax. Your head is clear, your body under control.
I am talking, of course, about sneezing. I come from a long line of sneezers. My father sneezed, and his father and his father's father before him were all men for whom a blat from the nose was every bit as bracing as a plunge into the snow following a sauna.
This involuntary reflex known as the sneeze is not one of the burning mysteries of our time, but I'd like to tell you about some superstitions that have sprung up around sneezing and also let you know what's actually happening when you sneeze. Finally, in the interests of social harmony, I'll tell you how to sneeze safely and politely.
你会觉得全身冒汗，发抖，好像你的每一根神经即刻就断了似的；你想收拾一下报纸，整理一下家务，做点什么的，可你一下子却不能自我。
这么一会儿的无可奈何的预兆几乎是永恒的，有时这种发作也会中断。当你猛地向前一倾的时候，你全身的肌肉就会收缩得像一只拳头，看不到前面有人从你身边擦身而过。这是因为好像有点什么东西立刻使你闭上眼睛。
过去了之后，你就轻松了，头脑清醒，也恢复了自我。
当然，我在此是谈谈打喷嚏。我出身于一个打喷嚏有着悠久历史的家族。我的父亲如此，我父亲的父亲如此，我们的先辈都如此。我们这些人鼻子都...