Recently I had an experience of eating dinner at a “dark restaurant”,
A.damage | B.anxious | C.escape | D.imagine |
A.calm | B.rewarding | C.alarm | D.half |
A.loss | B.operation | C.ecology | D.focus |
A.crowded | B.account | C.download | D.shallow |
Jim was shopping for a gift for his wife Della. The next day would be Christmas. With an income of twenty dollars per week, life was hard for the couple,
8 . Table Talk
As we got out of the car, our son announced, “Phones stay in the car.”
“Why do you always have to tell us that?” complained our fifteen-year-old grandson.
Our son’s wife winked at us and then explained, “We have a family
We
The silence was broken when the six of us sat down, and started talking. The waitress stood patiently and waited for our orders. When our food came, we continued to chat.
An elderly couple at the next table were finishing their dinners and conversing quietly. I noticed that they shot us a few glances, and wondered if our constant chatter was annoying them.
After the dessert, my son signaled the waitress for the check. She hesitated when she brought the black folder to our table. My son opened the black folder — it was
“There isn’t one. Someone else
“Why?” asked our son, his wife and myself at once.
“They loved it that no one was connected.” she continued. “They loved watching you guys
For a moment, everyone at our table was at a loss for
“They left after you ordered dessert,” the waitress replied.
We spent the next fifteen minutes discussing this goodness and camp up with a
A.rule | B.appointment | C.discussion | D.goal |
A.closed | B.returned | C.sent | D.locked |
A.sweetness | B.quietness | C.patience | D.preference |
A.smiling | B.knocking | C.staring | D.pointing |
A.special | B.strange | C.typical | D.empty |
A.paid | B.served | C.managed | D.changed |
A.eat | B.talk | C.argue | D.work |
A.directions | B.choices | C.words | D.ideas |
A.schedule | B.message | C.task | D.plan |
A.without | B.by | C.through | D.for |
Discovering yourself