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focus1text 5. What common causes of death are listed in this story? Apart from dying in accidents while traveling and dying naturally in beds, some other causes of death were also mentioned in this story. People may die because they are stabbed, shot, drowned, hanged, poisoned, or meet a similarly violent death in some other popular ways, such as perishing by kerosene-lamp and hoop-skirt conflagrations, getting buried in coal-mines, falling off house-tops, breaking through church or lecture-room floors, taking patent medicines, or committing suicide in other forms. 上海交通大学出版社 Back Next 2. Text: The Danger of Lying in Bed focus1text 12 You will excuse me from taking any more chances on those beds. The railroads are good enough for me. And my advice to all people is: don’t stay at home any more than you can help; but when you have got to stay at home a while, buy a package of those insurance tickets and sit up nights. You cannot be too cautious. Translation 12 现在您该明白为什么我不愿冒险躺在床上了。坐火车旅行对于我来说应该更为安全。而且我要奉劝所有的人，尽可能少呆在家里，如果非要在家中小住，那就买一叠保险然后通宵打坐。小心点总是没错。 上海交通大学出版社 Back Next Meaning: My advice to all people is: avoid staying at home as much as you possibly can; but when you have no choice but to stay at home for a while, you are advised to buy insurance tickets in bulk and not to go to bed at night. The more cautious you are, the better. Question about Para. 12 2. Text: The Danger of Lying in Bed focus1text 6. Would you take seriously the advice of buying a package of insurance tickets for staying at home, and sitting up nights? Why? Normally, I would not take the advice seriously. The author was being humorous when he gave the advice. The home is regarded as the place for us to relax after a day’s hard work. It is like a harbor protecting us from all the stress outside. It is not that risky to stay at home actually. Moreover, buying insurance to stay at home would surely cost a great deal of money, because most people spend a lot of time at home. A