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ENGLI
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APactwi
tht
heSun

Ch-
4 TheOl
dCl
ockShop

Summar
y(Donotcopyt
hesummar
yiny
ournot
ebook)

1.ItwasChri
stmasEve.Theshoppersweregoi
nghome.However,
the
l
ightswerest
il
lbur
ningintheol
d-cl
ockshop.I
tsownerwasdeaf
.Hisname
wasRay .Hewasworkingonaclock.

2.Theworkbei
ngover,
Raystoodup.Justt
hent
womenenteredhisshop.
Oneofthem wasi
nhistwent
ies.Theot
hermanwasaboutf
if
tyyearsof
age.Rayl
ookedatt
hem.

3.Theyoungmanr emainedatthedoor.Theoldmancamet ot hecounter

ther
ewasnof r
iendl
inessinhi
sey es.Thi
smadeRayt hi
nkt
hatthevisi
tor
wasnotr eal
l
yashopper .Rayofferedhim anotepadandapencil
.By
makingsigns,Raytoldhimthathewasdeafanddumb.Thesur pri
sedold
mant ur
nedbackandsai dsomet hingtohisyoungcompani
on.

4.Inthemeant i
meRayhadseent hatthemanhadaguni nhi spocket .
Obv i
ouslyt
heyhadcomet orobRayofhi smoney .Contr
olli
nghi sanger,
Raywr oteonthenotepad,“MayIhelpy ou?”Theol dmannowl ookedinto
Ray’seyesandsmi l
ed.Itwasacruel mocki ngsmi l
e.Raywr oteagain,
“Havey oucomet opickupaclockorwat ch?”Withgestures,Rayt ol
dhim
thathegaveloanstot heneedyagainsttheirwatches.

5.Raywasnotapawnbroker
.Yethecoul
dnotsay‘
no’t
otheneedy.When
theyplacedol
dwat
chesorcl
ocksbefor
ehim,hel
oanedmorethanhe
should.

6.Thisseemedt ogiv
etheoldmanani dea.Heshowedhiswristwat
chand
wroteonthepaper.“Howmuchwi l
lyougivemeforit
?”Raysawthati
twas
acheapwat ch.Yethefel
titcoul
dhelpbothofthem t
ogetoutofabad
si
tuati
on.Inthi
ssenseithadgreatpowers.Soheaskedtheman,“How
muchdoy
ouneedf
ori
t?”Ther
epl
ycameback:
“What
everi
t’
swor
th.
”

7.Raygav et
hemanaf if
tydol
larnot
e.Themanwast hankful.I
twasatthis
momentt hattheunfri
endl
yfaceofthevi
sit
orbecametrul
yf r
iendl
y.Bothof
them knewthatthewatchwasnotwor t
hthatmuch.Beforeleavi
ng,the
manwr ote,“
Iwillbebacktopicki
tupassoonasIcan.Mer ryChri
stmas!

Wor
dMeani
ngs-(Wr
it
einy
our"
APactwi
tht
hesun"copy
)

Ev
e-t
heev
eni
ngbef
ore

Shopper
s-buy
ers

Cal
mly
-cool
l
y

Pawnbr
oker
-onewhol
endsmoneyi
nexchangef
orar
ti
clesl
eftwi
tht
hem

Ti
mepi
eces-t
abl
ecl
ocks

Text
ualquest
ion/
answer
(Wr
it
einy
our"
APactwi
tht
hesun"copy
)

Q1.
WhatmadeRayt
hinkt
hev
isi
torwasnotr
eal
lyashopper
?

AnsRaysawt women, oneinhistwenties,t

heot hercl
osertofi
fty,
enterhi
s
shop.They oungeroneremainedatthedoor .Theoldermanappr oached
thecounterwithnosignoffr
iendl
inessinhisey es.Onpayingatt
ention,
Ray
noti
cedtheshapeofagunandar est
lesshandi ntheman’ sri
ghtcoat
packet
.ThismadeRayt hi
nkthatthevisit
orwasnotr eall
yashopper .

Q2:Whydoy
out
hinkhehadcomet
otheshop?

Ans:Thev
isi
torhadnotcomet
otheshoptoshopanyt
hing.Per
hapshi
s
i
ntensi
onwastoloott
heownerofhi
scash.Hewasinneedofmoney.

Q3:Howdi
dRaycommuni
cat
ewi
thhi
m?

Ans:Raywasol
danddeaf.Hecommuni
cat
edwi
tht
hemanwi
tht
hehel
p
ofapenci
landanot
epad.

Q4:Whatdoy
out
hinkt
hemansai
dtohi
sfr
iendwhowai
tedatt
hedoor
?

Ans:Ther
ewasal
ookofsur
pri
seont
heol
derman’
sfacewhenhecamet
o
knowt hatRaywasdeaf.Hewouldhavepassedont hi
sinf
ormati
ontohis
youngerfri
endstandi
ngatthedoor.Al
so,
hemi ghthavedi
scussedwit
h
him whattheyneededtodonext.

Q5:Raywasnotapawnbr
oker
.Whythendi
dhel
endmoneyt
opeopl
ein
exchangef
ort
hei
roldwat
chesandcl
ocks?

Ans:Raywasnotapawnbroker,butatthesamet i
mehecouldnotsayno
tot
heneedypeopl
ewhopl acedtheirol
dwat chesorcl
ocksbef
orehimfor
anyt
hingt
heycoul
dget.Theref
ore,helentthem money.

Q6:“Thewatchwasnothi
ngspecialandy
ethadgr
eatpower
s.”I
nwhat
sensedidi
thave‘
greatpower
s’?

Ans:Thewatchwasnot hingspeci
al,
butithadgr
eatpowersbecausei
t
wassomet hi
ngtoexchange, awayoutofabadsituat
ion.I
tsav
edthetwo
menf r
om doingsomethingtheywouldl
aterbesorryf
or.

Q7:Doy
out
hinkt
hemanwoul
dev
ercomebackt
opi
ckupt
hewat
ch?

Ans:Yes,t
hemanwoul dcomebacktopickupthewatch.Hehimsel
fsai
d
thathewouldbebacktopi
ckitupassoonashecould.Itwasnot
necessar
yforhimtosayso,
buthedid.Ther
efor
e,wecansaythathe
wouldbetruetohi
sword.

Q8:Whendi
d“t
heunf
ri
endl
yface”oft
hev
isi
tort
urnt
rul
yfr
iendl
y?

Ans:The“unfr
iendl
yface”oft
hevisi
tort
urnedtr
ulyf
ri
endlywhenRay
off
eredhi
m awayoutbyaccept i
ngtheoldwatchforfi
ft
ydoll
ars.Bot
h
knewthatthewatchwasnotworththatmuch.

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