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The story behind the shopping cart
Characters
Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop
Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)
One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i? 1. – a shopping cart.
Sylvan:????????????? My customers don’t like our shopping cart.
Fred:????????????? Really? So they p? 2. shopping with those heavy baskets?
Sylvan:????????????? (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 3. none of them wants to use the cart.
Fred:????????????? I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.
Sylvan:????????????? (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!
Fred:????????????? So why don’t they like the shopping cart?
Sylvan:????????????? Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 4. and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.
Fred:????????????? Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.
Sylvan:????????????? Um…
Fred:????????????? What? They don’t like the cart e? 5.? ?
Sylvan:????????????? Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!
Fred:????????????? Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g? 6. up on this invention!
Sylvan:????????????? We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.
Fred:????????????? What is it?
Sylvan:????????????? I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.
Fred:????????????? Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”
Sylvan:????????????? E 7. .
Fred:????????????? Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.
Sylvan:????????????? Great idea!
1. Teachers' Day in China is in September while Thanksgiving Day in America is in _______.
2. The cup that I bought yesterday was b_______ by my little brother, so I have to get a new one.
3. It is well known that English is w_______ used all over the world.
4. When I met an old friend of mine in the street, I was so excited that I _______ his hands for a long time.
5. Peter, don't eat u_______ food! It is bad for your health.
6. — I am so glad to have passed the driving test. — C_______!
7. — What makes you so happy, Tom? — Oh, I've got an _______ to Mary and Peter's wedding (婚礼).
8. After b_______ deeply, he jumped into the river to save the drowning child.
9. The children are too young to dress t_______, so the kindergartners have to help them.
10. When I decided to go back home, it got dark, and what was _______, it began to rain.
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