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The Swindle

by Yearning for Rainy

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Orientation : The crew-cut man stood ramrod straight in a western-style suit in front of the waiting room at the Guangzhou train station. He was wearing a pair of sunglasses and had a black leather briefcase stuck under his arm; a cool-looking dude. He was watching carefully all around him. There were a lot of people, some napping, some chatting. He found an empty space and sat down right next to a middle-aged man in his forties, with big eyes and bushy eyebrows. He seemed like a good-natured fellow. The man looked closely at him and decided he was kind-hearted and straightforward. From his clothing he looked to be getting along quite well.	Who ? Crew-cut man Middle-aged man Young man Doctor Mom Where ? Guangzhou train station Action verb
Complication : He gave the man a cigarette and struck up a conversation. They chatted about all kinds of things, and then the talk turned serious. He asked what time the man’s train left and said they were on the same train. He reached out and shook the man’s hand, and said what good luck it was to meet a kindred spirit, how invigorating to meet a new friend. It was like meeting someone from home in a faraway place, making both very happy. Slowly the defenses began to soften.         All of a sudden he shouted, “My ticket’s gone.” The middle-aged man said, “Look again.” He went through all his pockets but still couldn’t find it. Not only was his ticket gone, his wallet was, too. He just had twenty or thirty Yuan in his pocket, not enough to buy another ticket. What could he do now?           He told the middle-aged man, “Hey, look, man, I’ve lost my wallet and my ticket. How about this: I’ll sell you my cell phone, cheap, whatever price you say.” He took out his phone and the middle-aged man looked at it, and said, “Not a bad phone.” The young man said, “It’s a Nokia. I paid 1,000 Yuan for it last month. I wouldn’t let it go for a bargain price if I hadn’t lost my wallet and need money to get home. There’s still over a hundred Yuan of credit on the phone.” The middle-aged man said, “How about 500 Yuan?” They negotiated and finally agreed on 600 Yuan. He said, “You’re a good guy, man, thanks. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get home. Say, maybe there’s one more thing you could help me with. My mom has cancer, and the reason I’m going home is to get her to see a doctor. I didn’t figure on getting my wallet stolen. With no money, I don’t know how I’ll get her to the doctor.”           He sighed and his eyebrows pinched together while he was speaking. The middle-aged man only half believed him and no one spoke for a moment. Then the young man slapped his thigh and said, “How stupid of me! I’ve got some more new phones in my bag. Suppose I give you a really good price, my friend. I thought I could make a little money off them, but who would’ve thought I’d run into this problem and have to use them to get out of it.”            The middle-aged man looked at the phones. They settled on a price and he counted out the money from his wallet. He didn’t have enough, but said, “I’ve got this piece of jade. It’s red jade. How about taking it instead, what’d’ya think? A friend of mine bought it in Cambodia. It’s first class good jade. If you weren’t offering such a good price for the phones, I wouldn’t let loose of it.” The young man took the jade in his hand and turned it over and over, and couldn’t see a problem. As he was whispering to himself, is it real or fake, a man maybe 30 years old came along. He said, “Wow, that’s good jade, really rare. This is my thing. I take one look at any kind of jade and can tell what kind it is. This was bought in Cambodia, right? It’s top grade. Tell me how much and I’ll take it.” The middle-aged man said, “This young man bought it. Ask him if he’ll sell it.” When he heard this the young man stopped doubting whether it was real. He told the 30-year-old, “We’ll talk about the jade in a minute. I’ve got some business with my friend here. Wait for me here, I’ll be back in a bit.”            They went to a secluded place outside the waiting room. He brought out several phones and said, “I’ll put the phones I’m giving you in this new bag, my friend. I’ve got no use for it, anyway. “OK.” The middle-aged man pulled out his money and counted it, and gave the money and the jade to the young man. The young man didn’t count it, just stuffed it into his fanny pack and said, “Thanks. My mom can get some treatment now. I thank you on her behalf.” “You’re welcome.”           He felt pretty pleased with himself for having hooked another fish. He went somewhere where no one was around to count the money, but when he did, the paper didn’t feel right. “Don’t tell me it’s fake. And the jade, too?” He went back to the waiting room to look for the 30-year-old man but there wasn’t a trace of him. Only then was he sure he’d been taken. He had a friend who knew something about jade take a look, and the friend confirmed that it wasn’t close to real. The young man had conned more people than he could count, and never suspected that this time he’d get conned himself. As the saying goes, try and steal a chicken, end up with a handful of rice.           The middle aged man walked quickly into an alley where the 30-year-old was already waiting for him. They took the phones out from the bag to have a look. One was a real phone, but the rest were toys worth about 10 Yuan. They turned the bag upside down hoping there still might be more real ones and a piece of paper appeared before their eyes: “Stop looking, old buddy, you got one real one but the rest are fakes. See you.”           When they read the note they said, “That’s OK, at least we got a little something out of it.”	Linking words Xpecif.partcpts
Resolustion : the solution is we should never trust people easily because not everyone acts well from his behavior could be that person has a certain intent so we must be wary of people we just know

QUESTION :
1. who is the main character of the story?
a.Crew-cut man

b.Middle-aged man

c.Young man

d.Doctor

e. Mom

2. where is the background of the story ?
a. Bus Station
b. Hospital
c. Park
d. Train Station
e. Street 

3. what has been stolen by the thief ?
a. Wallet and ticket
b. wallet and phone
c. phone and ticket
d. wallet and laptop
e. laptop and ticket

4. how old people are in the story?
a. 21 years
b. 41 years
c. 30 years
d. 81 years
e. 45 years

5. what he offers to the middle-aged person ? 
a. blue jade
b. green jade
c. red jade
d. purple jade
e. black jade

Amazing Strutcure

Maligne Lake 

Maligne Lake  is a lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is famed for the colour of its water, the surrounding peaks, the three glaciers visible from the lake and Spirit Island, a frequently photographed islet. The lake is located 44 km south of Jasper town, and is accessible by motor vehicle, including shuttle buses from Jasper. Boat tours run to Spirit Island in the spring to autumn season. The 44 km Skyline Trail, Jasper's most popular, highest and above treeline, multi-day hike, begins at Maligne Lake and finishes near the town of Jasper. Other popular day hikes include the Opal Hills and Bald Hills loops. Winter activities include cross-country skiing.

Maligne Lake is approximately 22.5 km long and is 97 m at its deepest point, in the south end of the lake. It averages 35 m in depth. It sits at approximately 1,670 m.  Easily visible from the Maligne Lake Day Lodge are Leah and Samson Peaks^[2] and Mount Paul to the east, and Mounts Charlton, Unwin, Mary Vaux and Llysfran Peak to the south and west. The Charlton-Unwin, Maligne, and Coronet glaciers are visible from the lake, which boasts a self-sustaining population of introduced rainbow trout and brook trout. It is a popular spot for sport fishing, kayaking and canoeing. Parks Canada maintains three camping sites, accessible only by canoe, at Hidden Cove, Fisherman's Bay and Coronet Creek.

The lake was well known to First Nations of the area, including Samson Beaver, who knew it as Chaba Imne (Beaver Lake). He drew the first map of the lake and the route to it for Mary Schaffer in 1907.^[4] Schaffer was an explorer and artist of the Rocky Mountains area who, being the first non-native to visit Chabna Imne, was accredited with the discovery; which she attached the name Maligne Lake. The first European to actually see the lake was Henry McLeod, scouting routes for the CPR in 1875. When he sighted it, he was high in the mountain range and did not actually go into the lake area or identify the route to the lake. June 8, 1908, with the help of Samson Beaver's map, Schaffer, her travelling companion Mary (Mollie) Adams and the guides Billy Warren and Sid Unwin, set out from Lake Louise to reach the lake known by the Stoney people as Chaba Imne (Beaver Lake). When they arrived at the lake, they explored it with the means of a raft, nicknamed the HMS Chaba. At the request of the Canadian Government, Schaffer returned in 1911 to survey the lake in more detail. She also named several of the mountains and peaks. Mary Schaeffer's books of the area attracted tourists from all over the US.^[5]

Maligne Lake is the location of two Alberta registered historic buildings, the Maligne Lake Chalet and accompanying guest house, washhouse, and cache, all built in 1927 by Col. Fred Brewster as a part of his "Rocky Mountain Camps". For a time, the Maligne Lake Chalet was the largest, most luxurious accommodation in Jasper National Park. The other historic building is the Boathouse, built by Donald 'Curly' Philips in 1928 to accommodate his wilderness guiding and fishing business. In the same year, he finished construction of the first Maligne Lake Tour boat, the Leah (named for Leah Samson, wife of Samson Beaver). Philips resided in his boathouse until his untimely death in an avalanche (1936, aged 52). The historic buildings are maintained by Maligne Lake Tours, a company that dates back to Brewster's and Philips' early entrepreneurial endeavours.

Maligne Lake is the largest lake in Jasper National Park. The valley in which the lake lies was carved and excavated by valley glaciers, and the lake has been dammed at its northern end by an end moraine deposited by the last glacier, which flowed down the valley towards the Athabasca River. The glacial deposits and landforms forming the end moraine are excellent examples of glacial deposition.^[7]

The Maligne River, arising at Maligne Pass (6,800 ft or 2,100 m), flows into the northern part of Maligne Lake. At the northern end of the lake, the river flows out of the lake in a narrow channel to Medicine Lake. There is no visible northern outlet from Medicine Lake because the Maligne River flows underground (except during flood) for 9 miles (14 km) before reappearing in its remarkable canyon, which is about 180 feet (55 m) in depth. The water flowing in the riverbed between Medicine Lake and Maligne Canyon is derived from the adjacent mountainsides.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maligne_Lake

QUESTION !!

1. Where the lake is located? 

a. canada

b. amerika

c. jepang

d. german

e. italia

2. What year the lake is open ?

a. 1908

b. 1927

c. 1924

d. 1936

e. 1928

3. Maligne Lake is the largest lake in ? 

a. Jasper National Park

b. Bunaken Park

c. Komodo Island

d. Canada Park

e. Sinrai Park

4. Where the jasper national park is located ?

a. Miami, California

b. Malibu, California

c.  Alberta, canada 

d. Bandung, Indonesia

e. Paris, France

5. what is the length and width of the lake ? 

a. 22km and 97m

b. 22km and 91m

c. 33km and 121m

d. 88km and 90m

e. 111km and 133m

ESSAY !!

1. Where the lake is located ?

2. What makes the lake interesting ?

3. Who first discovered this lake?

4. Why is this lake also called Spirit Island?

5. What is the length and width of this lake ?

6. When the lake was inaugurated by the government of Canada ?

7. How many hours should we take from downtown kanada ?

8. What we can see when in the lake ?

9. What any mountain that surrounds the lake ? 

10. To go in there we have to use?