Alan Smith and his wife run a small shop in a small town. It sells milk,butter, cheese, eggs and other things. It is open on Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday morning, but it is shut on Sunday afternoon and on Monday.
Alan goes to some farms on Monday and buys their best butter and cheese and eggs from the farmers, but he buys his milk in the town.
Alan and his wife also sell a lot of food. One Saturday a woman came into the shop. She bought some eggs and some butter, and then she said to Alan, “your eggs and your butter are dear today. Why are Saturday and Sunday dearer than the other days??Alan smiled and said, “Our food is not dearer on Saturday and Sunday! It is cheaper on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday!

run 经营
butter 黄油
cheese [食品] 奶酪；
cheaper 成本更低，比较便宜的
dearer 珍贵的（dear的比较级）

小店

艾伦?史密斯和妻子在一个小镇上经营一家小店。小店里卖牛奶、黄油、干酪、鸡蛋和其他一些东西。小店星期二、三、四、五、六及星期天上午开业，星期天下午和星期一休息。

星期一，艾伦去一些农场，从农民那里采购质量最好的黄油、干酪和鸡蛋，但牛奶是从镇上采购来的。

艾伦和妻子也出售许多食物。一个星期六，一位妇人来到店里。她买了一些鸡蛋和黄油，然后她对艾伦说：“今天你的鸡蛋和黄油贵了。为什么星期六和星期天的东西要比其他时候贵呢？”

艾伦笑着说：“我们的食物没有在星期六星期天涨价，而是在星期二、三、四、五降价了！”

1 wife

n.妻子，太太，老婆
参考例句：
She is my wife.她是我妻子。
He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

2 shut

adj.关闭的，合拢的，围绕的；v.关上，闭起，幽禁；vbl.关上，闭起，幽禁
参考例句：
It’s time to shut up shop and go home.该闭店回家了。
Shut up.I’m trying to think.闭嘴，我在想问题。

3 came

v.动词come的过去式
参考例句：
I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

4 said

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词
参考例句：
He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

5 dear

英 [dɪə(r)] 美 [dɪr]
n. 可爱的人；（称呼所爱的人）亲爱的；乖乖
adj. 亲爱的；（用于称呼某人）亲爱的；（用于信件抬头）亲爱的；可爱的；昂贵的；（资金）利息高的；高贵的
adv. 高价地；深深地

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