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1、WhoTooktheMoney?Lesson3MrSmithgavehiswifetenpoundsforherbirthday---tenprettypoundnotes.Sothedayafterherbirthday,MrsSmithwentshopping.Shequeuedforabus,gotonandsatdownnexttoanoldlady.Afterawhile,shenoticedthattheoldlady’shandbagwasopen.Insideit,shesawawadofpoundnotesexactlyliketheoneherhusbandhadgive
2、nher.Soshequicklylookedintoherownbag---thenoteshadgone!TextAMrsSmithwassurethattheoldladywhowassittingnexttoherhadstolenthem.Shethoughtshewouldhavetocallthepolice;but,asshedislikedmakingafussandgettingpeopleintotrouble,shedecidedtotakebackthemoneyfromtheoldlady’shandbagandsaynothingmoreaboutit.Shel
3、ookedroundthebustomakesurenobodywaswatching,thenshecarefullyputherhandintotheoldlady’sbag,tookthenotesandputtheminherownbag.TextAWhenshegothomethatevening,sheshowedherhusbandthebeautifulhatshehadbought.“Howdidyoupayforit?”heasked.“Withthemoneyyougavemeformybirthday,ofcourse,”shereplied.“Oh?What’sth
4、at,then?”heasked,ashepointedtoawadoftenpoundnotesonthetable.TextAQuestionsonTextAWhatisthestoryabout?WhatwasthebirthdaygiftthatMrSmithgavetohiswife?WhatdidMrsSimthdothedayafterherbirthday?Whatdidshenoticeintheoldlady’shandbag?Whatdidshethinkhappenedtohermoney?Whydidshedecidenottocallthepolice?Whatd
5、idshedointheend?Whodoyouthinkwastherealthief?“Goodbye,darling,”saidMrMackin.“I’llbelatetonight.”PoorGeorge,shethought.Hewasalwaysinahurryinthemorning,anditwasn’tunusualforhimtocomehomelateatnight.HeworkedforashoecompanyinLeeds.andtherewassuchalotofworkthathenormallystayedintheofficetillsevenoreight
6、.WhenGeorgehadleftthehouseMrsMackinsatdowninanarmchairandturnedontheradio.Itwasafewminutespasteight,andsheheardthelastwordsofthenews:“...manwhoescapedfromLeedsprisonyesterdayisstillfree.Thepolicewarnyounottoopenyourdoortostrangers.”TextBSheturnedofftheradio.Thehouseworkwaswaitingforher.Shemadethebe
7、dsandwashedthedishes.Therewasn’tanyshoppingtodo.andsoshethoughtforamomentofalltheWorkinthegarden.TheMackinslivedinahousewithalargegardeninasuburbofLeeds.Behindthegardenthereweresometreesandthentheopenfields