Once upon a time, a rich old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing weaker day by day and was unable to 1 himself so he decided to hire (雇佣) a nurse to help with housework and look after him.
One day, the old man 2 two nurses — Anthony and Peter. Anthony happened to be a(n) 3 young man, while Peter looked quite ordinary (普通的). The old man asked Anthony to make 4 for him. After Anthony left, the old man said to Peter, "Anthony has given me a very bad opinion of you. He said you are impolite and untrustworthy (不可信赖的). Is this correct?"
Peter thought for a minute and said, "5 Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to 6 these things."
The old man was very moved(感动) by Peter's 7 . Meanwhile, Anthony returned with a cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then turned to Anthony and told him, "Peter spoke very 8 of you while you were gone. What do you 9 this?" After hearing this, Anthony became angry and started saying bad language.
10 , the old man hired Peter. Although Peter looked quite ordinary, he had impressive inner (内在的) beauty.
