Mr．Hodge was a 1 farmer．He had hundreds of chickens, and sold eggs and the meat and got a lot of 2 them, but he lived in a very 3 part of the country, and he found 4 his hens laid 5 in the summer．So he decided to put air-conditionings(空调)into his chicken-house 6 they would lay well all through the year and he could get more eggs and in that way earn more money．The owner of the company which 7 the air-conditioning came to see him, and when he saw Mr．Hodge’s house, he thought that he might be able persuade(说服)him to buy some air-conditionings 8 ．“Your wife would be much happier and more comfortable then,” he said to Mr．Hodge．But Mr．Hodge was 9 ．“My wife doesn’t 10 , ” he said．
