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Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.

I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the __36_ in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  _37_ as if I were going on the stage. Finding the  38  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office  39  me. The woman looked carefully at me __40_ through her glasses, and then  41  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather  42    She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  43   I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be  44  to get a job without  45   I wondered whether I ought to leave,   46  the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“  47  , I’ve got someone in the  48  at this very moment who might  49  .” She wrote 

down a __50  , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a  51  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I —  52  having cooked for more than four in my life. I  53  her again and again, and rushed out to the  54  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.