I once knew an old man named John Smith. His bad1made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes 2what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly (不断地)remind him about his meetings, his classes3his meals. Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast4, at home and at school.
Since Smith was a professor at a well—known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment (尴尬).It wasn't that he was not5, as some people say, just very, very absent-minded (走神的). One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his6to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more7for his students, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the 8of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the 9. He offered to take care of the students while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was 10.
