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I arrived in the United States on February 6, 1996, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very __1__ and it was snowing, but I was too excited to __2__. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my __3__. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the __4__ time and I stared in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made __5__. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

　　__6__ my friend had left, I went to a __7__ near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't speak a single __8__ of English, I couldn't tell the __9__ what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some __10__, but the waiter didn't __11__ me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was __12__. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway __13__ I came to Times Square with its cinemas, theatres, neonlights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I __14__ to walk around the city. I wanted to see __15__ on my first day. I knew it was __16__, but I wanted to try.

　　When I returned to the hotel, I was __17__, but I couldn't __18__ because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens（警笛）during the night. I lay __19__ and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of __20__ and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.