文档介绍：assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed_______.
in ties
need of comfort
stopped at the next counter_________.
's father smoked a pipe_______.
he was obliged
social occasions
time to time
he was delighted
was very disagreeable at that time of the year because_______.
trod on each other's toes
poked each other with their elbows
knocked each other
were doing their shopping in a great hurry
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I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I didn't
know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully,
but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my
question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. "I'm a foreigner," I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I still couldn't
understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that. The porter and I looked at
each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. "You'll soon learn
English," he said. It seems to me that in England each man speaks a different language. Englishmen understand each other, but I don't understand them. Do t