parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. “Excuse me” is _________ short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you _______ touching you.
It’s not polite to ________ others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want
to cough or make any ________ noise before others.
When Einstein _________ out a piece of paper ________ his pocket __________
something down, the paper was __________ and then he knew that it was raining. His
clothes _________wet from the rain. But after he _________ the paper into his pocket, he
again forgot he was standing ________ the rain.
Many scientists are careless about how they live. That is because they are too ________ in
their studies.
street _______ a drink while the barber _________ the boy’s hair. The man also promised
the boy that he would be back _________.
It took the barber long to give the boy a haircut. Another half an hour _________ and the
boy was still kept waiting. In the end the barber asked the boy _________ his father was
away so long.
The small boy told the barber that the man was not his father at all. He said he
____________him in the street and was asked ________ he would like to have a haircut. He ____________ and followed the man here for a haircut.
Chinese officer came to visit them. It got later and later, and he _______ didn’t go, so the
hostess( 女主人) invited him to have dinner with them. But she had very little _________
in the house, so she ________went to the kitchen and spoke to her Chinese cook. He said,
“It is all right. You will have a very good dinner.”
_________ they all sat down to eat, the lady was very __________ because there was
________very good food on the table.
After the dinner, the hostess ran to the ________ and said to the cook, “How do you made
______ a good meal in half an hour?”