题目内容：

The story behind the shopping cart

Characters

Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop

Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)

One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i  1. – a shopping cart.

Sylvan:              My customers don’t like our shopping cart.

Fred:              Really? So they p  2. shopping with those heavy baskets?

Sylvan:              (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 3. none of them wants to use the cart.

Fred:              I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.

Sylvan:              (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!

Fred:              So why don’t they like the shopping cart?

Sylvan:              Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 4. and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.

Fred:              Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.

Sylvan:              Um…

Fred:              What? They don’t like the cart e  5.  ?

Sylvan:              Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!

Fred:              Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g  6. up on this invention!

Sylvan:              We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.

Fred:              What is it?

Sylvan:              I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.

Fred:              Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”

Sylvan:              E 7. .

Fred:              Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.

Sylvan:              Great idea!