Last week I was in the boarding area of the airport, excited about my trip home to see my parents. I was busy planning for the weekend, but I was taken out of my daydreaming by an elderly woman talking 1 into her cellphone. She kept telling the person to 2 her where she was. She 3 the gate number again and again. She got a little louder each time she did that. Many people snickered (窃笑) because she was nearly 4 and thought how silly the old people could be.
Then I heard her say, "I'm 5, but I can't hear you. There seems to be something 6 with my hearing aid." "That's too bad,” I thought as I moved forward to board the 7. As she tried to understand the person on the other end of the phone her 8 was becoming increasingly frantic (发狂似的). It was almost my 9 to board. I couldn't 10 looking back at the woman. It made me think how 11 I was to have my hearing. And I realized I could offer her some 12.
I suddenly got out of the 13 and went to the woman. I let her 14 me the phone and shouted, "Let me help you. I'll tell you what the person is 15." She looked at me and agreed 16. I took the phone from her, 17 who I was, listened for a moment, and told the woman her husband was 18 her outside the airport as he could not enter the gate area. Finally, I pointed her in the right 19.
It took me less than two minutes to finish the task, but my 20 in having been able to help her remains strong.
