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I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all. And what is more, I could not speak a word of
the (1)1 . After having spent my first day in the town center, I decided to lose my way on my second
day, since I was sure that this was the better way of (2)g to know the strange city. I got on the first
bus in the morning, rode on it for several stops, then got off it and walked on. The first two hours (3)p
happily enough. Then I decided to turn back to my (4)h for lunch. After walking about for some time,
I decided I had better ask the way. The (5)t was that the only word I knew of the language was the
name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced badly.
I stopped to ask a friendly looking newspaper (6)s . He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook (摇)
my head and repeated the name of the street, and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some
(7)m and went on my way. Then I met a policeman. I asked him at once. The policeman listened to
me carefully. Smiled and took me (8)b the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left
and right and left (9)a . I thanked him politely and began walking on.
About an hour passed and I found that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields could be
(10)s on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The thing left for me to do was to
find the nearest bus station.