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   A young couple bought a big house from two old sisters. The sisters lived there for 30 years. The house was very nice and the couple bought it at a low ________. So the couple was very ________.

However, winter was not far away at that time. The couple was a little bit worried about how ________ would keep the old house warm. The house didn’t have any fireplaces or heaters (供暖设备).

At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But soon, they thought that ________ the old sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past, so could they. At last, they just ________ to wait for winter to come and did not make any preparations.

Winter arrived and temperatures soon dropped ________ zero. The large house became freezing cold. Frost (霜) covered the insides of its walls. Life inside the house became miserable (痛苦的).

Finally, the husband couldn’t stand it ________ and called the old sisters to ask them how they ________ to keep the house warm during the winter.

 ________ speaking to them on the phone, the husband spoke to his wife, “For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on ________ in Thailand.”

“Oh, my god!” cried his wife.