__47__， over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without __48__ and __49__

　　do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn't __50__

　　whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office __51__ sipping coffee and doing nothing.

　　__52__

　　the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was __53__ that mattered. No one had the __54__ thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were __55__ models from Pressure.

　　Some of the young were addicted to __56__ because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is __57__ for？” But, just before life in the two towns completely __58__， there came a saint­Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be __59__ with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They __60__ the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns' people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don't go to extremes.

　　文章大意：从前有两个仅一墙之隔的压力小镇和快乐小镇，两个小镇的人们彼此不相往来。在压力小镇人们时刻处于竞争的压力下，而在快乐小镇人们都不思进取，碌碌无为。这两种截然不同的生活都导致了很多问题，终于有一天两个小镇的人们意识到了如果不走极端的话，压力和快乐是不分开的。

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