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The Pretzel Lady

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A little old lady sold¹ pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents² each. Every day a young lawyer³ would⁴ leave his office building at lunch time and, as⁵ he passed her pretzel stand, he would leave her a quarter, but would never take a pretzel. This went on for more than five years. The two of them never spoke⁶. One day as the lawyer passed the old ladies pretzel stand and left his quarter as usual⁷, the pretzel woman spoke to him,

" Sir, I appreciate⁸ your business⁹. You are a good customer¹⁰, but I have to tell you that the pretzel price¹¹ has increased¹² to 35 cents."

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1 sold
v.动词sell的过去式、过去分词
参考例句：
John's house was sold to a Frenchman.约翰的房子卖给了一个法国人。 This kind of books is sold by all booksellers.所有的书商都出售这种书。

2 cents
n.分，一分钱的硬币( cent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
dividend payments of 50 cents a share 每股50分的股息支付 A huge plateful like that costs only 50 cents. 这样大一盘才50美分。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lawyer
n.律师，法学家
参考例句：
My son is a lawyer.我儿子是律师。 A lawyer is often called in to write a will.律师常被请来写遗嘱。

4 would
aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会
参考例句：
Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？ Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

5 as
conj.按照；如同
参考例句：
He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。 In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

6 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 usual
adj.通常的；平常的
参考例句：
I got up at six that morning as usual.像往常一样那天早上我六点起床。 It's usual to have a holiday in summer.夏天休假是惯例。

8 appreciate
vt.欣赏，感激，赏识；vt.领会，充分意识；vi.增值
参考例句：
I really appreciate the danger of this job.我真的认识到了这份工作的危险。 I appreciate your help very much.我非常感谢你的帮助。

9 business
n.商业，买卖，交易，生意，事情，事物，营业，商行
参考例句：
My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。 We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

10 customer
n.顾客，主顾；家伙
参考例句：
The customer is always right.顾客永远是正确的。 I visited the customer yesterday.我昨天去拜访客户了。

11 price
n.价格，代价，价值；vt.定格，标价，比较价格
参考例句：
The goods have gone up in price.这些商品的价格已经上涨。 They are selling the bikes off the market price.他们按低于市价卖出自行车。

12 increased
adj.增加的，增强的v.增加，增大，增多( increase的过去式和过去分词 )；增强，增进；[缝纫]放（针）；增强
参考例句：
increased tax on goods and services 增加了的商品及劳务税 The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million. 人口已从120万增加到了180万。

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