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Learning experiences happen to us in our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to share.
I was going to Marblehead
1 my sailboat team. The team was racing down the high-way
2 we felt
hungry. Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new (崭新的) $20 bill. I was so
3 because I had
never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on food seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the
pizza line.
4 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I
5 I had
not handed any money to the cashier (收银员). I had just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience (良心) opened its mouth and swallowed (吞) me in one big bite. I couldn't get over it. I just
couldn't go back to the cashier and
6 my stolen pizza. I was so upset (不安的) that I refused to give myself
the pleasure of an ice cream for
7 that someone would say, "Hey, Jeff. Why don't you use the change from
the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?" I was not so proud of my cash now..
For the next two years, whenever the "pizza thing" came to my mind, I would say to myself, "Don't think
about it…"
I have learned two things from this
8 . Maybe I was a fool giving in to my conscience, and being too
stupid to have a free pizza. But the real
9 is that even if you get away from what you have done, your
conscience will catch up with you.
This goes with the saying, "A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one." I was a coward and
have felt terrible
10 at least a thousand times. If I had been a "hero" and gone back to pay for the pizza, I
would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
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B. in B. while B. satisfied B. Luckily B. thought B. pay for B. surprise B. story B. reason B. for |
C. by C. after C. interested C. Finally C. knew C. ask for C. anger C. thing C. excuse C. with |
D. for D. when D. relaxed D. Easily D. realized D. look for D. fear D. mistake D. question D. at |