谁有偷走山丘这本书的英文段落谁有偷走山丘的英文段落摘抄,1段就行!

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谁有偷走山丘这本书的英文段落
谁有偷走山丘的英文段落摘抄,1段就行!

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Stealing the Hills is written by Josephine Feeney. The story takes place in a beautiful village in the English countryside, narrated by Susan, a
teenage girl whose family lives in the village. Her father works in the local coal mine, as do most of the men in the village. However, there is no coal left in the mine, and it therefore has to close, leaving the workers and their families unemployed and depressed.
A rich man, Mr Beech, appears in the village. He tells the villagers that he is going to buy the old coal mine
and provide new jobs for the workers. But Mr Beech is in fact an unscrupulous businessman. He buys a beautiful
hill next to the village park and starts digging there, looking for more coal. Soon the village is no longer beautiful but black with coal dust. The villagers go to work for him but he pays very badly. Susan and her friend Julie organize a protest against Mr Beech - they want to get him out of the village. But the businessman is utterly immoral and his dirty tricks really frighten Susan and her family ...