Being only a teenager at the time, I had no idea what to do. So I tapped the young man in question on the shoulder and said.

　　“Excuse me, can you please give me back my purse？”

　　Of course the pickpocket had no idea what I was saying(and didn't want to know) and proceeded to shrug his shoulders and basically say(in French) “I don't speak English”？

　　Meanwhile, my Mother(a Scots woman with a bad temper), came to see why I had stopped walking and what was going on. When I informed her of the situation, she lost control and started yelling at the thief who still stood there making gestures in French while a crazy Scots woman harangued(指责)him. At this stage we were starting to attract onlookers, and when my mother started hitting the young man with her handbag the would­be thief decided it was time to get away.

　　Luckily, amid all the disorder the thief lost his control of my purse, and as he made a break­for­it, my purse dropped to the ground! I quickly snatched it up and for the rest of vacation we walked around with our handbags clutched against our chests!

　　21．This passage is a story about ________.

　　A．several overseas trips

　　B．Champs Elysee

　　C．a lovely visit to Paris

　　D．pickpockets

　　22．The underlined phrase “bargained for” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________.

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