一篇完形填空,我给你跪下了!Onestormynightmanyyearsago,anoldmanandhiswifewentintoasmallhotelinPhiladelphia.Tryingtogetoutofthe16,thecouple(夫妇)wenttothefrontdeskhopingtostaythere17thenight.“Coul
一篇完形填空,我给你跪下了!
Onestormynightmanyyearsago,anoldmanandhiswifewentintoasmallhotelinPhiladelphia.Tryingtogetoutofthe16,thecouple(夫妇)wenttothefrontdeskhopingtostaythere17thenight.
“Couldyou18giveusaroomhere?”thehusbandasked.
Theclerk(职员),a19mansmiledatthecoupleand20thattherewerethreeimportantmeetings.
“Allofourroomsare21,”theclerksaid.“ButIcan’tsenda22couplelikeyou23intotherainat1o’clockinthemorning.Wouldyoupleasesleepinmyroom?It’snotexactlyasuite(套房),24itwillbegoodenoughtomakeyou25forthenight.”
Thecouplesaidnopolitely.
“Don’t26me.Itisjustfinewithme,”theclerktoldthem.
Ashepaidhisbillthenextmorning,theoldmansaidtotheclerk,“Youarethekindofmanagerwhoshouldbethebossofthebesthotel.MaybesomedayI’ll27oneforyou.”Thethreeofthemhadagood28.
Twoyearspassed.Theclerkhadalmostforgottenit29hereceivedaletterfromtheoldman.Ittalkedaboutthatstormynightandtherewasaround-trip30toNewYorkinit,invitingtheyoungmantopaythemavisit.TheoldmanmethiminNewYork,and31himtothecornerofFifthAvenueand34thStreet.
Hethenpointedtoagreatnew32there.“That,”saidtheolderman,“isthehotelIhavejustbuiltforyouto33.”
“Youmustbe34,”theyoungmansaid.
“IamsureIamnot,”saidtheoldman,whosenamewasWilliamWaldorfAstor.ThegreatbuildingwaslaterknownasthefamousWaldorf-AstoriaHotel.Thentheyoungclerk,GeorgeC.Boldtbecameits35manager.
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