高考英语词汇复习——透过语境巧记高考英语3500词(第六天)
第六篇
A Vase and A Maid
Nobody knew who she was except for being a maid,but she was thought highly of because she saved a valuable and rare wooden vase belonging to a former castle of the Qing Dynasty, which was exploded by enemy troops at war.
It is said that the owner of the castle was a sailor. When he was dying, he requested the maid to protect the fancy and amazing vase. The clever maid took it apart and sank it into a local river,for which the maid was treated