1 . The first time I ordered takeout in New York, two things surprised me: the last speed with which the food _________ and the fact that, after I’d paid for it, the man from the Chinese restaurant and I stood on either side of the threshold（门槛） _________ each other, though only one of us understood_________. After a minute of this, I closed the door. An American friend sat on the sofa, open-mouthed “Wait—did you just close the door?”

In London, you don’t tip for _________. A man on a motorbike arrives and hands over an oil-soaked bag, or a box. You give him the _________ amount of money it costs or wait and look at your shoes while he _________ change. Then you close the door. Sometimes all this is _________ without even the removal of his motorcycle helmet. The dream is that the whole _________ exchange passes wordlessly.

Every New Yorker has heard a newly arrived British person complain about _________. The high-minded British people add a(n)____________: food-industry workers should be paid a(n)____________ wage (although the idea that the delivery boys of Britain are well paid is generally an untested ____________).

Now when I’m in London I find myself tipping all kinds of people, most of whom express a sort of genuine ____________, even if the tip is tiny. What they never, ever do,____________ is tell me to have a nice day. “Have a good one”—said slowly with a slightly sad air, as if avoiding the far greater ____________ of an evil “one”—is the most you tend to hear.

But I’m not going to complain about Britain’s ____________ of a service culture. I don’t think any nation should ____________ service to the status of culture. At best, it’s performed politely and properly by both parties, but no one should be asked to ____________ that the intimate（亲密的）satisfaction of her existence is serving you, the “guest”, with a shrimp sandwich wrapped in plastic. We are heavily affected by enough false beliefs in this life without ____________ them the one that the girl with the name tag is ____________ in love with us.