was stuck in the middle of the street. I got it started again, and two
blocks later the radiator.
That old car stalled five times on the way home.
When I finally arrived there, my family was
. They knew something was wrong with my car
because. My father
laughed again and said, “Don’t buy a used car unless
.” I knew he was right and got a tune-up
the next day.
My car wasn’t perfect after that, but it.
And I learned a lesson: if you’re going to buy a used car, you had bet-
ter. As for me, I hope to
get rich and never.
Exercise 4.14Computers Can Be Dumb.The story line: A man has to use a com-
puter in his new job. But the computer acts like the man’s enemy. It makes mis-
takes and provides wrong information. The man is eventually fired. But a few
days later he is rehired because the management discovered that the computer
was faulty.
I was always afraid of computers. They
and made me feel.
Of course, they are just machines and can’t
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