Tom Jenkins enjoyed fishing and spent most of his time1the river. He enjoyed being in the fresh air and being on his own. The time always passed happily for him.
2, he was not a very good fisherman. He either fished in the wrong place, used the wrong bait（鱼饵）3 pulled in his line too quickly. Whatever the reason was, he never caught anything big enough 4.
However, he did not like to admit this to his wife. He thought she would 5 if she knew he was wasting his time. 6, on the way home from the river he always visited the local fish shop and bought7. Then he told his wife he had caught it and they had a good fish for their dinner.
One evening, after yet another day's 8 fishing, Tom stopped at the fish shop as usual on his way home. "I'll have three perches（鲈鱼）, please, " he said to the shopkeeper. "And throw them to me, as usual, so I can tell my wife I caught them. "
The shopkeeper laughed and said, "I suggest you take a nice salmon（鲑鱼）9 . "
"Oh why?"
"Your wife came in an hour ago and said, 'When Tom comes in, 10he 'catches' a salmon. '"
