Fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word that you do not need.
A. safe B. robbery C. expressions D. replied E. open F. amazing G. employee H. positive I. concentration J. curious K. recovered |
Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. The reason why the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator(鼓舞人心者). If a(n) 25 was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him how to look on the bright side of the situation.
This attitude really made me 26 , so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it? ”
“Each time something bad happens, I can choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I always accept their complaining and point out the 27 side of life,” Jerry replied.
Several years later, I heard that one day Jerry left the back door of his restaurant 28 and was robbed by three armed men. While trying to open the 29 , his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination(密码). The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry 30 with fragments(碎片)of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the 31 took place. “Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?” I asked.
“No,” Jerry said. “But when I saw the 32 on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He is a dead man.’ ”
“A nurse asked if I was allergic(过敏的) to anything,” Jerry continued. “ ‘Yes,’ I 33 . The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my answer. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets! ‘ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.’ ”
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his 34 attitude. Attitude, after all, is everything.