Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.A man goes shopping 1 he needs something.His purpose is settled and decided in 2 .He knows what he wants, and his goal is to find it and buy it.All men 3 walk into a shop and ask the shop assistant for what they want.If the shop has it in stock(库存),the deal can be done and 4 is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat to everyone’s 5 .
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesn’t have what he wants.In that 6 , the salesman tries to sell something else-he 7 the nearest to the article required.A good salesman brings out such a substitute(替代品) 8 and he may say,“ 9 know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size?It 10 to be the color you mentioned.”Few men have 11 with this treatment, and the usual response is:“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I shouldn’t be 12 my time and yours by trying it on.”
For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the 13 way.
Her shopping is not often 14 on need.She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only“having a look round”.
She is always 15 to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things.Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that 16 thinks suits her.Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look out for the unexpected 17 .Faced with a roomful dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another 18 selecting the dress she wants to try on.It is a tiresome process, but apparently a(n) 19 one.Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting 20 .
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question.“What?”I asked.
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 .We knew the restaurant was extremely good.“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me.
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded.“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie.We will be well 6 .”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river.And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins.
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time.As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten.
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores.People smiled and nodded.“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed.
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said.
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 .It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles.
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church.The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages.
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought. 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 .One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key.”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories.My mom knew the true story, 12 .Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny.
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 .But my mom announced that we were going home 15 .At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church.We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church.There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 :
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night.Happy Easter.