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After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   36   for a few days, I was    37   to wait tables on my own. All went   38   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily   39    the tables not far from the kitchen.     40    , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。

    Before I knew it, the    41   was full of people. I moved slowly,     42    every step. I remember how    43    I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was    44    on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it   45   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to    46   I was a natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __ 47   you work. It seems your tray stand has been very   48    to you, but we are getting ready to    49    now, and my wife needs her   50    back.”

    At first his    51    did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was    52    . I wanted to get into a hole and    53    .

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just     

     54     , I have learned to be more   55    and not to be too sure of myself.