School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of anxiety to get home. Sitting at the front makes you stand out like a shiny 36 in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to 37 the uncomfortable atmosphere(气氛) by striking the match of 38 .
I try to mind my manners and 39 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 40 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick, ” she said to no one in 41 . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”
42 her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes 43 as she continued. “ I’ve already lost my mum, 44 I don’t think I can bear losing him.”
I had no reply. I was 45 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great 46 my own mother was thrown into 47 my father died.
I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to experience that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was 48 her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything 49 a driver.
At the moment I felt I was very 50 . I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie 51 she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and regarded her as 52 .
For all I know, I’m just another person in 53 else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone 54 a place to go to, people to see and appointments to 55 . Understanding people is an art.
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