学霸导读 遇到借钱不还的朋友怎么办呢?让我们一起来看看故事主人公是怎么做的吧!
Christopher and Jeff have known each other since childhood. One day, Jeff told his friend that he’d fallen in love and planned to get married the n 1 month. He asked Christopher to lend him$1,000 for the wedding party, and promised to pay him back a month later when he started his new job. Christopher knew that Jeff was not very good with money, but he s 2 agreed. As they were old friends, they didn’t put anything in writing.
A month later, Christopher hadn’t heard from Jeff or received any money,s 3 he phoned him. Jeff was very apologetic and said he would surely pay him back within a month. Six weeks later, Christopher tried to phone Jeff and f 4 he had moved and left no contact address.B 5 this time, he was angry.
Then one month later, to his surprise, Chistopher received a cheque (支票) for $100 from Jeff and a letter giving his new address. He explained that he’d been having money p 6 , and wouldn’t be able to pay back the remaining $900 for some time. Christopher wrote back telling Jeff to forget the r 7 of the money and never to reach him again by message or telephone.
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fall in love 相爱,坠入情网
later
adv.
晚些时候,过些时间
hear from 收到(某人)的来信,接到(某 人)的电话
apologetic
adj.
表示歉意的,抱歉的,道歉的
surely
adv.
肯定地,想必,无疑地
contact
n.
联系
be able to 能够
message
n.
信息,消息,口信
学霸导读 让我们一起学习中国传统节日中秋节吧!
It is a Chinese traditional custom that people eat mooncakes at the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival. One s 1 about it is almost 700 years old. In the 14th century, the Chinese planned a surprise attack against their enemies at the time of the festival. The messages for the attack were put into cakes. The cakes were passed from one person to a 2 . Each person read the messages and knew when and where the attack would h 3 . At last the Chinese won the victory.
Mooncakes are still eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival now. However, the fillings (馅) of the mooncakes now are not messages, but food such as meat, fruit and duck eggs. O 4 the fifteenth day of the eighth month of each lunar year,f 5 and friends come together and enjoy the beautiful moon. Shops are crowded with people and the smell of mooncakes f 6 the air.Many people go to a place where they can see the moon clearly. Large parks and the seaside are popular places. Once there, people have a picnic dinner, eat mooncakes and w 7 the moon rise.
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traditional
adj.
传统的
surprise
n.
意想不到的事物
attack
n.
袭击
enemy
n.
敌人
enjoy
v.
欣赏
crowded
adj.
拥挤的,挤满人的
clearly
adv.
清楚地,明白地
popular
adj.
受大众喜爱的,受
欢迎的
rise
v.
上升,升高