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9. Raymond (2) Raymond looks good. His shirt and trousers always look very clean. After work, he likes going to the gym to take e xercise Raymond is strict in his work He cares about the people on this street everyday, he knocks on Mrs. Jordan's door to ask for a drink of cool water. He's not really thirsty. Mrs. Jordan is old, and he just wants to make sure she's okay.

9．雷蒙德(2) 雷蒙德看起来(look)很不错。他的衬衫(shirt)和裤子(trousers)总是非常干净(very clean)。下班后，他喜欢去体 育馆(gym)锻炼(take exercise)。 雷蒙德对自己的工作要求严格(strict)。他关心(care about)街道上的居民。每天他都会敲(knock on／at)乔丹夫 人的门(door)去要一杯凉(cool)水。他不是真的口渴(thirsty)。乔丹夫人年纪大了，他只是想确认(make sure) 乔丹夫人一切正常。

10. That's Why Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He also got many prizes for his painting. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them They said, “ This boy's going to be famous when he's a little older, and then we ’ re going to sell these pictures for a lot more money.” Jimmy's pictures were different from other people's because he never painted it on all of the paper. He painted on ha lf of it, and the other half was always empty.

“ That's very clever, ” everybody said. “ Nobody else does that! ” They all believed that the boy was a pioneer in painting. One day, somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half ?” “Because I'm small,”Jimmy said,“and my brushes don't reach very high.”

10.原来如此！ 吉米三岁开始画画(start painting)，五岁时已经(already)画得相当好了。他还因此获得很多奖(many prizes)。 他画了很多美丽(beautiful)有趣的(interesting)图画(picture)。人们付(pay)很多钱(a lot of money)买这些画。他 们说： “这个孩子大一点后肯定会出名(be famous)．到时我们可以靠这些画赚更多的钱。 ” 吉米的画不同于(be different from) 他人的画，因为他从来不在整张纸上作画。他只在一半纸上画，另一半总 是空的(empty)。 “这真是个聪明的(clever)做法！ ”大家都说， “没有其他人(nobody else)这么画过。 ”他们都认为这男孩堪称 绘画艺术的先锋(pioneer)。 有一天，有人买了吉米的画，然后问： “请告