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In some foreign countries, some people don't like the number 13. They don't think 13 is a lucky number. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.
　　My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesn't like the number 13, either. One day, he asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to count the people in his mind while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out, "Oh, there are thirteen people here!" Everybody's face turned white except Mr Brown. He said slowly with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, my dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife Mrs Brown will have a baby in a few weeks. She's in the family way now. "
　　All of them became happy again.
　　"Congratulations!" they said to Mrs and Mr Brown. They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening.
　　根据短文，完成下面句子。
　　16. Some foreigners think the number 13 is __________________________.
　　17. Mr and Mrs Brown were ___________________________________________.
　　18. Everybody’s face turned white when _____________________________.
　　19. The sentence "She's in the family way now.” means ______________.
　　20. All of them became happy again because .

Answer 1

16、unlucky
17、husband and wife
18、they found there were thirteen people there
19、Mrs Brown will have a baby.
20、There were 14 people not 13 people there.

Answer 2

Some foreigners think the number 13 is a unlucky number.
Mr and Mrs Brown were a family of 3
Everybody's face turned white when Jack counted 13 people around the table.
The baby was in the family a long time ago
The became happy because it turned out to be 14 people and not 13

Answer 3

16.unlucky
17.a couple
18.they found the number of people is thirteen
19.Mrs Brown will come ,too
20.the number of people becomes fourteen
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