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8The Price of Steak Tom was a shopkeeper. He had a small corner shop. It was open from seven in the morning until eleven at night and sold many different things. Tom worked hard in his shop but he had a good business and he was happy. Then a supermarket opened across the street. The supermarket was ten times the size of Toms shop. The manager of the supermarket wanted to take Toms customers away from him. He found out what Toms prices were and then made his lower than Toms. People quickly stopped buying things from Toms shop. They bought everything from the supermarket instead. Soon Toms business was very bad and he was angry. Its not fair, Tom thought. I must do something to teach that supermarket manager a lesson. The price of steak in the supermarket was $5.00 a pound. Tom put a sign in his window, Steak — $4.50 a pound. The next day the price of steak in the supermarket was $4.25 a pound. Tom changed the sign in his window. Steak — $4.00 a pound. An hour later, the sign in the supermarket said, Steak $3.75 a pound. Ten minutes later the sign in Toms window said, Steak — $3.50 a pound. Five minutes later the sign in the supermarket said, Steak — $2.50 a pound. Twenty seconds later the sign in Toms window said, Steak — $1.00 a pound. The manager of the supermarket ran across the road into Toms shop. This price cutting must stop, he said. Steak is costing me $4.00 a pound. Im selling it at $2.50 a pound. Im losing money every minute! Ill stop cutting all my prices, Tom said, if you will stop cutting all yours. The supermarket manager agreed, and the two men shook hands. Tom smiled. He had not lost any money on the steak. He did not sell steak. New Words and Expressions shopkeeper/ jnp.knps In.店主 supermarket / sju:p9,ma:kit / n.超级市场 pound / paund / n.磅 EXERCISE I 1. Choose the best answer a, b, c, d or e, to these questions about the story. 在a.b.c.d.e中选出一个最适合本故事的答案 A. Tom worked hard but he was happy. Why? He liked hard work. He wanted to make a lot of money.