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!

根据句意及首字母提示完成单词,将完整的单词写在下边的横线上。

1. If you eat too much meat like this, you will e         get fat. 

2. W         he sang, the girls would love to listen to.

3. Li Hua has been chosen as a v         for the 2008 Olympic Games.

4. I don’t understand. Could you please e         it again in Chinese, please?

5. –Thank you very much for showing us around your company.

--My p         .

1根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1.I saw an alien get out of the UFO. Isn't that a________.

2.The old men should be spoken to p________.

3.——Shall we meet on W_______ or Thursday?——Either day is OK with me.

4.I don't remember w________ I have left my keys at home or in the car.

5.Don’t tell anybody. It’s just b________ you and me.

6.Many young people like to study a________, such as in Britain or in the USA.

7.Keep s________ and have a happier, healthier and better life.

8.S_________ across the Pacific Ocean when it is possible. This is what your parents said.

9.When I got to the school, I r________ I had made a mistake that I had left my homework at home.

10.I think as teenagers, we should be allowed to make d________ for ourselves.