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ThedayIheardthattheRainbowBookstorewasclosingafter50yearsofbusiness,Iwasheartbroken.Thebookstore,whichwasalegendaryfixtureintheneighbourhood,wasaplacewhereanyonecoulddropinandconnectthroughtheirloveofbooks.

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dropin1.Pleasedropinwhenyouareinthearea.2.Idroppedinatthebookstoreonmywayhome.3.Dropinacoinandthemachinewillstart.4.Thetemperaturedroppedinsuddenly.順便拜訪順便進(jìn)入投進(jìn)下降，降低33002WhenIhurriedtothestore,Isawthatthebookswerealreadybeingpacked（打包）intoboxes.IhadalongchatwithCasey,thestore’selderly(adj.)owner.Sighing（嘆氣）deeply,hetoldmehowitwasbecomingdifficulttorunanindependent(私營的，獨(dú)立的)

bookstore.Mostyoungpeoplepreferredreadinge-booksontablets.Moreandmorecustomerswerebeingattractedbychainstoresandonlinediscounts.Itriedtothinkofsomewordsofsympathy,butIhadtoadmitthattheRainbowBookstorecouldn’tstayinbusinessmuchlonger.Paragraph2hurrytosp.匆忙去某地sympathetic

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Childhoodmemoriescamebacktomesoclearly,asiftheeventshadhappenedonlyyesterday.Abunchofuskidswouldfrequentlydropby（順便到訪）thestoreafterschool.We’dlookatthenewbooks,orjustchatwithOldCasey.Hekneweverybookinthestoreandwouldalwayspicktheperfectoneforusfromadustyshelf.Wespenthoursreading,seatedonthestore’soldbutcomfortablefurniture.Caseyencouragedustoshareourideasandcommentsonthebooks,bywritingthemonalargeboardinonecornerofthestore.Paragraph333002

WhenIleftthebookstore,itwasbecomingcoldanddarkoutside.IturnedtowavegoodbyetoCasey,butbothheandhisbookstorewerealreadyhiddeninathickmist.ItmademerealisethatthebookstoreandallthatOldCaseyhadgiventothecommunitycouldsoondisappear

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Afewmonthslater,Iwasbackintheneighbourhoodduringmyspringbreak(春假）andwassurprisedtoseethattheRainbowBookstorewasstillthereandopenforbusiness.Itsoldbrickexterior（外部的老磚墻）hadn’tchanged,butinsideitwaslikeadifferentworld.Inonearea,abookreadingwasbeingdelivered.Nearby,customerswereporingover(凝視，注視）shelvessellingstationery,postersandotherbest-seller-themedgifts.Thelargeboardinthecornerhadbeenreplacedbyabigscreen,wherecustomers’commentsonthemonth’sbest-sellerwerebeingdisplayed.Clearly,theRainbowBookstorewasingood,creativehands(受到好的照料)Paragraph533002

IwastoldthatthecommunityhaddecidedtoworktogetheronacampaigntosavetheRainbowBookstore.ThecampaignhadbeenledbyJenniferOakley,asaleswomanwhohadgrownupintheneighbourhoodandwhohadnowtakenover（接管，接手，接任）thebookstorefromCasey.Paragraph6①Shetookoverasmanagertwoweeksago.②Jasonhastakenoverthisproject.致力于某事，努力完成某事【拓展】takeaway拿走；帶走

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