Jeremy Locke, who owns a roofing and construction company, had always been wanting to 1 the roof of Jeanette MacDonald's home. Whenever he drove past the woman's home, he 2 that another group of repairmen had taken on the job. But as weeks wore on, the roof continued to worsen without any 3 of repair.
"I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community, I'd love to," said Locke to his wife.
When Locke finally 4 MacDonald about fixing her roof for free, however, she politely turned him down because she did not like to accept 5 . She told Locke, "I applied for a government grant (补助金) to fix the roof and I'll be more than happy to 6 you once the grant application was approved".
7 , the approval never came.
So Locke changed tactics (策略). The sympathetic construction worker played a/an 8 trick to make her accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle (抽奖) that his business was holding for a free roof. After MacDonald got one of the raffle tickets, Locke told her that she was the 9 . Not until the new roof was finished did MacDonald know that she was the only one who had entered the raffle.
MacDonald said that she didn't know how to express her 10 to Locke, saying that he was her "guardian angel".
