奇速英语

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy ____1____ he was content. One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along ____2____. The wise man says, “If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist you could probably own your own ____3____.” And then he went away.

That night the farmer ____4____ sleep. He was unhappy and discontent. The next morning he made ____5____ to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went ____6____ diamonds. He looked all over Africa and Europe and couldn’t ____7____ any. When he got to Spain, he was ____8____ broke and couldn’t afford to live. He got so ____9____ that he threw himself into the Barcelona River.

Back home, the person who had bought his ____10____ was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the ____11____ of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle (闪耀) like a rainbow. He ____12____ the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He told him it was a diamond. The man was ____13____, he said, “No, that’s just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I’ll show you. There are many more.” They went and picked some samples and sent them for ____14____. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered ____15____ acres and acres of diamonds.

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