At a table on a small terrace (露台) overlooking the Garonne River, I’ve just finished a classic southern French dish of shellfish. The restaurant seems to be one of the last on the block to appeal more _________ than tourists. I drink my coffee and _________ for the moment when the bright sky reaches that post-sunset shade of dark blue. As the moment_________, I finish my coffee and walk 200 meters to join the _________ on the street, across from the Place de la Bourse.

We gather at the edge of the miroir d’ eau (“water mirror”). It is a shallow pool the _________ of a sports field that goes through a nonstop 15-minute cycle of _________ with about two centimeters of water, then emptying out.

After a couple of minutes, the water has flowed away,_________a field of flat, wet stones to create a perfect _________ of the splendid 18^th-century buildings. At _________ that moment, the lights at the foot of the building__________, creating an image of instant beauty that is __________ with a mix of “wows” and “ohs” and the clicking of cameras.

__________, I cross the street to visit the Old City. I pass the grand structures along the quai (码头) and wander along the __________ streets behind it, which are __________ with restaurants, wine bars and shops. This contrast is what I always like so much about this city. The architecture of the Grand-Theatre, the museums and the town hall __________ the fact that the word “grandeur” is truly French.

2 . When my husband and I were packing for a trip, my eyes rested on a small, smooth object in an old drawer, which was my father's book dating from 1929 to 1931. I sat down slowly and opened it. Dad's _________ ran across the yellowed pages.Every _________ was tightly packed with dates,time sand prices of places he had visited. Right then I knew that I wanted to use this small journal to_________ a journey he had taken long.

Arriving in New York,we _________ its trail.Searching for a place to eat,we know my father had a _________ for a good restaurant.So I hadn't been _________ to find two pages devoted to the rich details of a dinner he had enjoyed on a garden patio(露台） one night in 1931.We hadn't _________ to find the restaurant was still in _________ nearly seventy years later,but its listing in the telephone directory _________ us it was.

When we finally found it,a waiter came to greet us.

＂I'm sorry,Sir,but our __________ are full.”

“Then we'll be quite __________ with your famous garden patio." I spoke suddenly in my father's charming Irish tone.Hearing that,we were led through the dining room to the patio beyond.

＂There will be three of us,"I said quietly to him before taking our order.

“Of course,Madam,and may I__________ you something while you __________ the third party?”

“Oh,he's __________ here.He could hardly wait to get back here after sixty-eight years,"I smiled.

＂That's actually why we're here, in fact. We'd like to __________ him.Perhaps you have some wine..?"