Terry was a middle-aged leather trader
whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __36__ that he
had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __37__ with the
city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was
the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily __38__ up their
new home, the light suddenly __39__. Terry was regretful to have forgotten to
bring along __40__ and had to wait __41__ in a low mood. Just then he heard
light, hesitant __42__ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __43__ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a
__44__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __45__,
so he went to the door and opened it __46__. At the door was a little girl,
shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered
Terry in anger and shut the door __47__. “What a nuisance!” He complained over
it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to
__48__ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again.
He opened it and found the same girl outside. __49__ this time she was __50__
two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need
candles. She __51__ me here to give you these.” Terry was very __52__ by what
he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what
caused his __53__ in life. It was his __54__ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The
person who had cheated him in life was __55__ nobody else but himself, for his
eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.
