英语四级听写训练:第10期
日期:2013-03-04 14:22

(单词翻译:单击)

In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack.
His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want-ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging out "Going out of Business" sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer.
She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for petite plants to place in the reception areas and offices. "I don't know anything about plants," she said. "I'm sure in a few weeks they'll all be dead." Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing.
Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that evening I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them.
Within a week, I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owner's family. Business is now increasing rapidly.
And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.

32.What do we learn about the greenhouse?
(It is a place where we can buy plants.)
33. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?
(He just finish making a phone call.)
34What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?
(He does not know for sure why he helps her)
35. What was the speaker's hope for the future?
(He hopes to be the proud owner of the green house.)

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重点单词
  • constructionn. 建设,建造,结构,构造,建筑物
  • gloomyadj. 阴暗的,抑沉的,忧闷的
  • announced宣布的
  • greenhousen. 温室,暖房