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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read_cell(self, x, y):
 """ reads the cell at position x and y; puts the default styles in xlwt """

        cell = self._sheet.row(x)[y]
        if self._file.xf_list[
            cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index == 64:
            self._file.xf_list[
                cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index = 9
        if self._file.xf_list[
            cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index in self.colors.keys():
            style = self.colors[self._file.xf_list[
                cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index]
        else:
            style = self.xlwt.easyxf(
                'pattern: pattern solid; border: top thin, right thin, bottom thin, left thin;')
            style.pattern.pattern_fore_colour = self._file.xf_list[
                cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index
            self.colors[self._file.xf_list[
                cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index] = style
        style.font.name = self._file.font_list[
            self._file.xf_list[cell.xf_index].font_index].name
        style.font.bold = self._file.font_list[
            self._file.xf_list[cell.xf_index].font_index].bold
        if isinstance(self.header[y], tuple):
            header = self.header[y][0]
        else:
            header = self.header[y]
        if self.strip:
            if is_str_or_unicode(cell.value):
                cell.value = cell.value.strip()
        if self.style:
            return {header: (cell.value, style)}
        else:
            return {header: cell.value}