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A long time ago, there was a kind businessman named Antonio in Venice. One day, his friend Bassanio wanted to ask a lady named Portia to marry him. But he didn’t have any money to buy clothes and travel to her city. The man then tried to 1． some money from his friend Antonio.

However, Antonio had spent all of his money on some ships at sea. So he decided to borrow money from Shylock, a money-lender.

“I can lend you money,” said Shylock. “But 2． you don’t return it on time, you must give me a pound of your own flesh（肉）.” Antonio agreed.

Bassanio asked Portia to marry him successfully, but Antonio’s ships 3． at sea. This meant that he had no way to return the money to Shylock. He 4． face Shylock in court （法庭）.

Bassanio wanted to help his friend, but he didn’t know what to do. Then portia dressed 5． up as a male lawyer （律师）and followed Bassanio to the court. She checked the contract（合同）between Shylock and Antonio. Then, she told the court that Shylock could 6． one pound of Antonio’s flesh. But he had to do it 7．making Antonio lose blood.

This, of course, was impossible. The court 8． Shylock for trying to kill Antonio. The court took half of his money and gave the other half to Antonio.