A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him.He turned his head and (see) an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman
(sudden) found that his watch was
(go). He thought that it must be the Italian who
(take） his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchan frightened the
with his fist
pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife had happened. He was
(great) surprised when his wife pointed to the
on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s.
It seemed that the water led to cholera．John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets．He found that it came from the river, had been polluted by the dirty water from London．Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the water pump so it could not be used．Soon the disease began to slow
．
John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas．___ addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak．A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day．
Technological developments have also played their part ______ keeping Valentine’s Day relevant in the 21st century. Valentine’s ecards have been very popular in recent years.
Now，Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. However, the traditions often differ from place to place.
In Japan，for example，it is normal _______the woman to send chocolates to the man, ___
___in South Korea April 14th is known as “Black Day” and is when the unfortunate men who received nothing on Valentine’s Day gather to eat noodles and show sympathy for each other.
_______is believed that he tried to find comfort from his imprisonment by writing love poems to his wife.
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