文档介绍：Fast Reading Materials (Seven)
18中初二备课组
莫洛波黄萍黄雪兰郝瑞芬
Time 48 seconds
The ship was at the end of its long journey, and the people were waiting to get off.
A very rich woman in the ship was talking to a man near her. She had two big coats. “Lot of money. How much did you give for that coat over your arm?”
“Only there hundred pounds,” she said. “Three hundred? You’ll have to pay about a hundred pounds when you take that into England. They always let anyone take one coat like that. But not two!”
The rich woman walked away to the other side of the ship. There she saw a woman. She took here to a quiet part of the ship. No one else could hear her when she spoke.
“Will you do something for me?” asked the rich woman quietly.” I have two big coats, as you can see. But I mustn’t take tow into England. Will you put this coat on? Then it will look like your coat. They’ll let you take it into England, and you’ll not have to pay anything. Will you do that for me?”
The other woman put the coat on .She liked it. It was very beautiful. She never had a coat like it in her life.
“Remember!” said the rich woman, “Don’t’ tell anyone about the coat. Don’t say anything about our talk and don’t look at me. Just get off the ship and take the coat with you. Then, when we’re in the train, you can give it back to me.
The two women got off the ship and showed their things to the men who were