文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。作者像往常一样坐汽车去镇上,坐上车一会就开始像以前一样看报纸。车上这些人可能每天都见面,但是却从来不彼此交流。那天却不一样,坐在作者旁边的女士开始于作者交流,后来作者知道,是司机要求乘客放下报纸彼此交流的。
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One day, I took a bus to downtown as usual. 1 I got on the bus, I took a seat and started reading a newspaper just as I often did. No one spoke on the bus. Although we might see the same faces every day, we 2 (prefer) hiding behind our newspapers 3 talking to people around us.
However, that day was different. While I was reading some news, the woman 4 (sit) next to me said, “Excuse me, Miss.” I was surprised and ran into 5 (confuse). After putting down the newspaper, I saw 6 smiling face. “Are you talking to me?” I asked. She nodded, still smiling. When I looked around, I found some other people were talking. “That’s strange,” I said to 7 (me).
Later, I found out the reason. The passengers 8 (ask) to put their newspapers down and talk to each other by the bus driver. After I knew it, I started talking with the woman 9 (happy).
I had always been glad 10 (talk) with others on the bus. But since no one did that, I had to be quiet, too. Now I could finally talk with others on the bus and it made my trip much more pleasant.