1 . As COVID-19 restrictions come to an end, foreign visitors have been returning to Paris. Outdoor booksellers called “bouquinistes” have now made their _________ to the neighborhood near the city’s famous Seine River. Many thought the pandemic would _________ their businesses and the tradition of selling by the river, which _________ over 500 years.

Rachid Boianouand is a(n) _________ sailor and fishing boat mechanic. He is now a bookseller. He opened his large green wooden _________ of used books and placed it on a wall _________ the river in the heart of Paris. He sells second-hand books to _________ as they pass by. He smiled as he said “I always love beautiful books, and I think why not share this _________ and share the books and authors I love with other people.”

The city council(委员会) recently _________ Boianouand and 17 other new river side booksellers. This brings the __________ number of booksellers along the river to 230. The booksellers’ riverside spots are __________ sought-after. The Paris city council __________ the spots to be used for five years. The booksellers don’t __________ rent, but they must stay open __________ four days a week. In normal times, __________ summers help with the slower sales of the winter months.

Jan and Maria - Aida Vandemoortele are visitors from Belgium(比利时). They enjoyed ____________ the old books and newspapers for sale. 68-year-old Jan said, “It’s only in Paris that you get to these __________ with wonderful books.”

The Seine book business is not only for tourists, __________, Parisians also love to walk along the river and visit the book sellers’ offerings. Kubilai Iksel, a 27-year-old Parisian, said, “It’s very __________ that new sellers have arrived, and it’s __________ that the Seine book business isn’t going to disappear. It’s one of the most wonderful things about Paris.”