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A story about a horse
一匹马的故事
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A rich man was trying to find a birthday present for his daughter when he saw a poor man with a beautiful white horse. He told the man that he would give him $ 500 for the horse.$$The poor man said, "It doesn't look so good." And he walked away. The next day the rich man came back and offered the poorman $ 1000 for the horse. The poor man said again, "But it doesn't look so good."

On the third day, the rich man offered the poor man $ 2000 for the horse. The poor man agreed, and the rich man took the horse home.$$The rich man's daughter loved the horse. She climbed onto the horse, but then the horse ran right into a tree because it was blind.$$The rich man found the poor man. He asked for an explanation. The poor man answered, "I told you. It doesn't look so good."词汇积累offer /'ɒfə(r)/ /'ɔːfər/ v. 主动提出；自愿给予explanation /ˌekspləˈneɪʃn/ n. 解释Read and complete the passage. 根据绘本内容，将短文补充完整。One day, a rich man bought a 1. \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ for his daughter. It cost him $ 2. ______. His daughter 3. ______ it very much. But the 4. ______ was 5. ______. The rich man was very angry. He asked the poor man for a 6. ______. The poor man said he had told him that it didn't 7. ______ ______ ______.

1. beautiful white horse 2. 2000 3. liked/loved 4. horse 5. blind 6. reason 7. look so good