河北省武邑中学 2017-2018 学年高一英语下学期课练 16（实验班）I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) 31 her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my 32 son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to 33 the holidays.” Then she gave the cashier food stamps.My heart 34 . I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to 35 her groceries or ask for her husband’s situation? 36 I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an 37 of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life 38 .My heart beat faster as I 39 the woman. “Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really 40 time right now. I’m so sorry, but I’d like to give you something.”I took a small card out of my purse and 41 it to her. When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her 42 , she said, “You have no idea how much this 43 to me.”I was a little 44 by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of 45 I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh! Would it be OK to give you a 46 ?”After we hugged 47 , I walked back to my car — and began to cry too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a simila...
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