摘要: D.Do you know why? 用在文章最后用来引出原因.告诉读者其中的奥妙. 20 Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards the frontier, 2 a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike 3 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 4 him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very 5 to see 6 he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets 7 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 8 to find gold or other valuable things 9 in the straw, he never found 10 . He was sure the man was 11 something, but he was not 12 to think out what it could be. Then one evening, after he had looked 13 the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 14 usual, he 15 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 16 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the 17 . Tomorrow I’m going to 18 . I promise I shall not tell 19 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling. The worker did not say anything for 20 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.

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The Wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions.  1 He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.

   2  A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.

   3   The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds.  4 

Alongside with the Wife-carring World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink.” Then he may continue the race.  5 

While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.”

A.There are a few basic rules.

B.People everywhere hold the event.

C.A special prize is awarded to the team.

D.Do you know how these traditions restarted?

E.This event is becoming increasingly popular.

F.The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.

G.Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.

 

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