Fred Farmer has a lot of friends in the city and is very popular with the neighbourhood kids.
Everyone remembers him as a professional baseball player. Fred used to be with a team in Los
Angeles several years ago.He had to give up baseball when he injured his arm in an automobile
accident.
At the time,everyone expected him to take a job at his father's ice cream factory. But Fred
would rather eat ice cream than sell it. Once he tried working for an insurance company
downtown. He had to be on the job at 8:30 in the morning. but that was too early for Fred and
he quit after the first month. Besides, he didn't like being in an office all day.
Nowadays, Fred spends most of his time in the park. He enjoys teaching boys in the
neighbourhood how to play baseball. Whenever Fred needs a little money he sells hot dogs at the
sports stadium.
课文词汇
professional 专业的，职业的
injure 使受伤
insurance 保险
quit 离开，辞职
