Phileas Fogg was a man of mystery. Apart from(除了) a few facts, no one knew anything about him. He had no family and lived in a large house in London. He was rich but had one servant to look after him.

    Fogg was a man of very exact habits. In his house hung a timetable. It that he had tea and toast at exactly 8 :23 each morning.

    At 9:37 his servant took him his shaving water to exactly 86 degree Fahrenheit. Each day, at exactly 11:30, he left home and went to the Reform Club.

He spent his day at the club reading. Then, at exactly 6: 10, he played cards, and home afterwards at exactly the same time each evening. His fellow card-players found the handsome Phileas Fogg quiet and charming. They noticed that he seemed interested in money. He gave any money he won at cards to the charity.

    Because these facts were all that anyone knew about him, began

as a bet nearly ended in tragedy (以悲剧结束) for Phileas Fogg. It happened like this...to be continued

    My old sweater was worn out. So I needed a new one.

    On my way home. I went into the new department store. It is big and it has everything in it. It had some suits on s and I tried on a few. I picked out a light gray suit. It looked good on me and I bought it right a . It cost $350.1 went to the shirt department, and I selected three shirts. Then I thought it would be nice to have some shoes to wear with my new suit and I went to the shoe department. When I couldn't make up my mind whether to get black or brown shoes, I decided to get b pairs. Socks were quite cheap and I bought six pairs.

    I was just leaving the store w I saw some overcoats. They were beautiful and looked warn. I thought I would try one on. The first one f me perfectly and 1 the salesman said it looked good on me. I asked for a discount and bought it right away.

    When I got home, I found out I had s S 1000 altogether. I was astonished (震惊的). All I really needed was a new sweater and I bought $ 1000 worth of new clothes! It will be a long time b I go into that department store again.

—Every other day.