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Passage Three
段落三
In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack.
去年2月份，我妻子丢掉了工作。我单位的温室经理人也因突发心脏病而去世。
His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want-ads each day.
他的家人宣布他们将关闭企业，因为家族中没人想要再运营它。所有的事情看起来都很让人沮丧。我和妻子每天都在看招聘广告。
Then one morning, as I was hanging out “Going Out of Business” sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer.
一天早上当我在温室上挂出“歇业”的牌子时，门打开并走进来一个客人。
She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas and offices.
她是一个办公室经理，她的公司刚刚迁到郊区，她想在她的接待处和办公室放一些盆栽。
“I don't know anything about plants,” she said. “I'm sure in a few weeks they'll all be dead.”
她说“我一点都不懂得盆栽，相信没几个周他们就会死”。
While I was helping her select her purchases, my mind was racing.
在帮她选择盆栽的时候，我的头脑在飞速的转着。
Perhaps as many as a dozen firms had recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way.
最近可能有多达十几家公司都在办公区开设了办事处，并且那里还有数百英亩的区域正在进行建设。
That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that evening I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them.
那个下午，我开车来到办公区。到晚上6点的时候，已经有7家公司和我签订了盆栽租借的合同并且支付了保养费。
Within a week, I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owner's family.
一周之内，我起草了一份从雇主家里协议租赁温室的合同。
Business is now increasing rapidly. And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.
事业正在迅速的增长，希望有一天我能成为温室骄傲的拥有者。
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你听到的对话回答问题32至35。
Question 32. What do we learn about the greenhouse?
问题32. 我们了解到关于温室的什么信息？
Question 33. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?
问题33. 当有顾客早晨进来时，作者在做什么？
Question 34. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?
问题34. 当服务于办公室经理的时候，作者想到了什么？
Question 35. What was the speaker's hope for the future?
问题35. 作者希望未来是怎样的？
