Simply saying thank you doesn’t seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _______ just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _______ of gratitude (感谢).
My thoughts were soon _______. We had a woman patient who was _______ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while _______ to get into bed she collapsed (倒下) from what was _______ discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous, _______the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered, though _______, and was ready for discharge (出院) after four weeks.
She was _______ for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. On her day of discharge, we shared in her ____________ at her recovery. As she was ____________ she was eager to say ____________ to each of us in the nursing team. When she ____________ one nurse, she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand. My colleague ____________ to accept it, saying that we were all just ____________ our job. The patient looked puzzled, and then ____________:“Oh this isn’t for the____________ I had. I take that as a ____________. No, this is for setting my hair yesterday.”
And there you have it. To many people,
____________lives is part of the job but styling hair is an
____________ and should be rewarded.
1.A.cleaner | B.chemist | C.nurse | D.doctor |
2.A.grades | B.meanings | C.needs | D.expectations |
3.A.brushed aside | B.put to the test | C.brought under discussion | D.taken into account |
4.A.departing | B.escaping | C.retiring | D.recovering |
5.A.attempting | B.choosing | C.pausing | D.promising |
6.A.eventually | B.fortunately | C.casually | D.secretly |
7.A.assessing | B.requiring | C.forming | D.proving |
8.A.slightly | B.accidentally | C.slowly | D.happily |
9.A.grateful | B.thoughtful | C.sorrowful | D.fearful |
10.A.surprise | B.delight | C.curiosity | D.disappointment |
11.A.operating | B.thinking | C.hesitating | D.leaving |
12.A.sorry | B.hello | C.goodbye | D.yes |
13.A.reached | B.consulted | C.introduced | D.persuaded |
14.A.wished | B.pretended | C.failed | D.refused |
15.A.enjoying | B.doing | C.securing | D.starting |
16.A.repeated | B.recited | C.replied | D.reported |
17.A.courage | B.patience | C.duty | D.care |
18.A.goal | B.given | C.push | D.greeting |
19.A.risking | B.changing | C.saving | D.building |
20.A.honour | B.ability | C.opening | D.extra |