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　　A Place of Our Own

　　We are all usually very careful when we buy something for the house. Why?

　　Because we have to live with it for a long time. We paint a room to make it

　　brighter, so we choose the colours carefully.

　　We buy new curtains in order to match the newly decorated room, so they must

　　be the right colour. We move the furniture round so as to make more space or we

　　buy new furniture---and so on. It is an endless business.

　　Rich or poor, we take time to furnish a room. Perhaps some people buy

　　furniture in order to impress their friends. But most of us just want to enjoy

　　our surroundings. We want to live as comfortably as we can afford to. We spend a

　　large part of our lives at home. We want to make a small comer in the world which

　　we can recognize as our own. (151 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　curtain n.窗帘，门帘

　　furniture n.家具，设备

　　a piece of furniture 一件家具

　　a lot of furniture许多家具

　　the furniture of one\'s pocket钱财

　　furniture of one\'s mind 知识，见闻，才能

　　furnish vt.装备，布置

　　furnsh a library with books供应图书馆书籍

　　I will furnish all you need.我愿供给你所需要的一切。

　　The house is well furnished.这房屋室内布置得很 好。

　　surroundings n.环境

　　The house is in beautiful surroundings..这座房屋四 周的环境优美。

　　Great Depression in the U.S

　　In 1929, the bills started to come in. American industry had produced too

　　many goods. Americans could not afford to buy all of them. So factories had to

　　cut down on their production. Many workers lost their jobs. Investors tried to

　　get their money back. But businesses did not have enough money to pay them. Banks

　　tried to get their money back from investors. But the investors could not pay,

　　either. Too many people owed money. And few of them could pay their bills.

　　During the next few years, business got worse and worse. By 1932, banks all

　　over the country were closing.

　　People without money could not buy goods, so more businesses closed. More and

　　more people lost their jobs. By 1932, more than 12 million Americans were

　　jobless. Millions more were earning barely enough to live on. The country was in

　　a great depression they had never experienced before. (151 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　bill n.账单，票据

　　foot the bill otheb 付账;负责

　　cut down on减少

　　investor n.投资者

　　barely adv.仅仅，刚刚

　　be arely of age刚成年

　　a barely furniished room陈设简陋的房间

　　He barely escaped..他好不容易地才逃了出来。

　　live on v.继续生活，靠……生活

　　depression n.沮丧，萧条

　　Great Depression 大萧条

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