Missing Husband (1)
<p> 《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事，都是日常生活小故事，在学习英语的同时了解美国文化，循序渐进，轻松掌握。</p><p> <span word="Courtney">Courtney</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>. <span word="Five">Five</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="Jacob">Jacob</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="track">track</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="cigarette">cigarette</span> <span word="smugglers">smugglers</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="annually">annually</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="criminal">criminal</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="communicated">communicated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Courtney">Courtney</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="emails">emails</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="coming">coming</span>.</p><p> <span word="Jacob">Jacob</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="retired">retired</span> <span word="FBI">FBI</span> <span word="agent">agent</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="enemies">enemies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Courtney">Courtney</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="of">of</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Jacob">Jacob</span>, <span word="Courtney">Courtney</span> <span word="contacted">contacted</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="representative">representative</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="senators">senators</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>. <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>. <span word="Courtney">Courtney</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Embassy">Embassy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="was">was</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p> <span word="Desperate">Desperate</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="Courtney">Courtney</span> <span word="flew">flew</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Tehran">Tehran</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="Farsi">Farsi</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nobody">nobody</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="him">him</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="worst">worst</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="search">search</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="forty">forty</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="wedding">wedding</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p>
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