Have you ever been on a bus when someone answered a telephone 1? Have you ever been in a taxi when the driver always 2 the horn or talked on the 3? You probably answer "yes", but have you ever tried to 4 for a moment and listen to the silence? Probably not. Silence is a thing to which many of us pay little attention.
Today many of us are too busy to 5 the small things in life, including silence. With the development of economy, we are always 6 by noise and sometimes we can't realize how noise affects us, but it really changes 7 we talk and listen to each other. Because we are so used to noise, we forget to be 8 when there finally is no noise. 9 is often the case, when there is no noise, we want to utter something to 10 the silence. It seems funny that we are afraid of these moments11 there is no talking, and we call for the awkward noise because we feel uncomfortable. But in fact silence can be better than noise, and we need to appreciate it.
Some of my friends asked why I didn't talk much. 12 I like talking, but I don't like pushing away silence by talking because I appreciate the beauty of silence. I believe in what one of my friends ever said, "Do not talk unless you can 13 upon silence." So 14 time when you are on a bus or in a taxi, remember to appreciate the silence you 15 later on some day.
