ItisthreeinthemorningonaTuesdayandI’mwalkingtowardtableeighteentheoneIcallhome.Ipassthewaitersgiveabriefnodtothe1.andtakemyseat.I2.the“usual”waterandpeanutbutterpie.YesI’mat
ItisthreeinthemorningonaTuesdayandI’mwalkingtowardtableeighteentheoneIcallhome.Ipassthewaitersgiveabriefnodtothe 1. andtakemyseat.I 2. the“usual”waterandpeanutbutterpie.YesI’matanall-nightdiner.
Istarttotakeoutmybooks 3. fullwellthatIwillbe 4. onthesamepageofSocratesthatI’vebeenonforthebetterpartofthesemester.Ofcourseit’s 5. —formygroupthatis.Iwaitfortheemptychairsaroundmetobe 6. .
JustastheMuzaksongsstarttorepeatthemselvesShanaandJennywalkin.Iam 7. withtheusualbighugsandsmiles. 8. thedinerstopsbeingatwenty-for-hourrestaurantwithbadserviceandbecomesmyplace—myhome 9. theprisonlikedormroom.Forthenextcoupleofhourswewilljokeaboutpeopleweknowtalkaboutbooksreflectonthemeaningoflifequotemoviesand 10. newprivatejokes.Tablenumbereighteenisour 11. home.
DuringmysenioryearofcollegeIstartedgoingtothedinerforatemporaryescapefromadormroomthatfeltlikeitwasclosinginonme.Notto12. thephonesthestereoandthecomputer.Howcouldanyoneseriously 13. tohavegoodstudyhabits?Somefriendsofminetoldmeabouttheplace;theywenttheretostudyandtheyreallylikedit.
SoItriedit.Itfeltremarkablyfreeing.Istartgoingthereeverynight(exceptweekendsofcourse)andbelievemeitwasnotbecausethepieswere 14. greateither.Maybeitwouldforcemetoopenmybooksandmy 15. wouldimprove.Right?Well….
Butthat’snotthe 16. .Imeananyonewhohasgonetocollegeknowsthatit’snotonlyaboutforcingyourselftowakeupat7:45A.M.(afteryouhadgonetosleeptwohoursearlier)tolistentoaprofessorspoon-feedingyouinformation 17. thesignificanceoftheBattleofHastings.Itis 18. aboutfindingalittlehavenwhereyoucancreatewhatwillbethemostimportantthinginyourlife—yourself.Ataschoolofthirty-fivethousandpeopleIfoundasmallplacethatwasas 19. tomeasmySocialSecuritynumber.
Throughlaughtertearslearninggrowingandthe 20. freeicecreamwefoundasanctuary.Aplacewherewecouldbeourselves.
21. A．friends B．strangers C．regulars D．waiters
22. A．make B．take