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It was a dreadfully cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home 小题1: the bus stop.
小题2: my house was merely two blocks away, it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road. I tried to thumb a ride but failed. My little boy woke up with a start and began to cry. I小题3: (convince) that things might become worse and nobody would bother to help on such a terrible day.
A few minutes later, 小题4: truck drove by, but to my surprise, I saw it 小题5: (pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.
A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you, please take 小题6: .” He called out.
I stood there 小题7: (astonish), barely believing that the man 小题8: existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so 小题9: (consider). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I accepted the offer and expressed my gratitude to him.
This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me 小题10: it’s possible to give without expecting anything in return.