奇速英语

Connor Halsa is a 14-year-old boy. One day, he caught a wallet while fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods.

“I thought I had a big fish, so I ____1____ lifted the fishing rod (鱼竿),” he said.

Connor’s cousin ____2____ the wallet and found there was some money in it. He showed everyone the wallet. Then they ____3____ the money and placed it all on the ground to make it ____4____. 

There was a total of $2,000 inside the wallet. “My dad said we should give the wallet to the person who had ____5____ it. We did it. We found a business card in the wallet and called the ____6____. In the end, we got in touch with the owner. The owner turned out to be Iowa farmer Jim Denney,” Connor said.

A year ago, Denny was fishing on the same ____7____. He was sitting in the boat, which was rocking from side to side, ____8____ his wallet slipped (滑落) out of his pocket and fell into the water. He didn’t even ____9____ it was missing until he had to pay for the boat trip.

“It was the most ____10____ feeling I’ve ever had. I didn’t have any money on me,” he said. “The lake is 70 miles long and up to 60 miles wide. So it was ____11____ impossible to find my wallet.”

Denney made the trip to meet Connor and ____12____ family. “To thank them, I tried to give them some money, but they ____13____. Then I gave them some gifts instead,” he said.

Denney also took the whole family out for dinner to express ____14____. “I regard Connor ____15____ my grandson now, and I will help him whenever he needs me,” he said.