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Christopher and Jeff had known each other s 1 childhood.One day,Jeff told his friend that he'd fallen in love and planned to get married the n 2 month.He asked Christopher to l 3 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 4 agreed.As they were o 5 friends,they didn't put anything in writing.
A month later,Christopher hadn't heard from Jeff or received any money,s 6 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 7 he had moved and left no link address.B 8 this time,he was angry.
Then one month later,to his surprise,Chistopher received a cheque for $100 from Jeff and a letter giving his new address.He explained that he'd been having money p 9 ,and wouldn't be able to pay back the remaining $900 for some time.Christopher wrote back telling Jeff to forget the r 10 of the money and never to reach him again by message or telephone.
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生詞
apologetic adj. 道歉的,表示歉意的:He was most apologetic about his son's bad behaviour.他對兒子的劣行深感抱歉。
cheque n. 支票:I went to the bank to cash a cheque.我去銀行兌現(xiàn)支票。
remaining adj. 剩余的:The remaining students will serve as the audience.剩下的學生將充當聽眾。
reach v. 和……取得聯(lián)系:How can I reach you?我如何跟您聯(lián)系呢?
參考譯文
克里斯托弗和杰夫從小就認識。有一天,杰夫告訴他的這位朋友說,他戀愛了,打算下個月結婚。他懇請克里斯托弗借給他1000美元準備婚禮,并保證一月后他開始上班時歸還??死锼雇懈ブ澜芊蛟阱X的問題上名聲不大好,但還是同意了。因為他們是老朋友,所以沒有寫下書面的借條。
一個月后,克里斯托弗沒有收到杰夫的來信,也沒有收到錢,于是他給杰夫打了個電話。杰夫表示很抱歉,并說一個月內(nèi)肯定還錢。6周后,克里斯托弗又試著給杰夫打了個電話,結果發(fā)現(xiàn)他已經(jīng)搬家了,也沒有留下聯(lián)系地址。這時候,克里斯托弗很生氣。
又過了一個月,克里斯托弗意外地收到了一張杰夫寄來的100美元支票,還有一封信,信里留下了新的地址。他解釋說他經(jīng)濟上一直很困難,暫時不能歸還剩余的900美元??死锼雇懈セ匦鸥嬖V杰夫,剩下的錢不用還了,以后也不要再寫信或打電話跟他聯(lián)系了。
參考答案
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