Lessons from a Bangkok BusIn 1997, I moved to Bangkok to teach English writing at a Thai university. My home was three miles on foot from the well-known Jatujak weekend market. It was the cheapest place to buy anything. On days when I needed to shop, I’d run one way to the market, do a few laps around the park. finish my shopping, and take the bus home.One day, I jumped onto the bus home when I finished shopping. Only that day, the bus was particularly slow and even stopped. Everyone around me was patient and smiling. However, I got impatient, got off the bus and started running. With my shopping bags. At midday under the Bangkok sun. Everyone was staring at me.Ten minutes later, my bus was passing me by. If this had been in the US, I’m sure the bus would have left me and the passengers would have remarked how dumb I had been to get off and run. But the driver pulled the bus up beside me, opened its doors and beckoned me back in. All the people on the bus cheered when I hopped back on, then smiled in their patient way.I rode the bus the rest of the way home that day. To this day when I’m stuck in traffic or nearly lose my patience, I just remember the lesson I learned from the Bangkok bus. Perseverance is the fastest way to getting where you're going, even sometimes when you’re stuck in a traffic jam.Are you a waiter or a runner?(1) 单选题What did the writer do in Bangkok in 1997?_________AHe was traveling there.BHe was teaching in a university.CHe was running a shop in the Jatujak weekend market.DHe was a runner.(2) 单选题What did he often do on shopping days? ___________AHe would run one way to the market.BHe would do a few laps around the park.CHe would do some shopping in the market.DAll of the above.(3) 单选题What did the writer do when the bus stopped?AHe got off the bus and ran.BHe waited patiently on the bus.CHe took a taxi.DHe complained to the driver.(4) 单选题When the bus passed the writer by, what did the driver do? _________AThe driver remarked how dumb the writer was.BThe driver left the writer.CThe driver cheered.DThe driver stopped the bus and let the writer on.(5) 单选题What lesson did the writer learn that day?_______AYou should not run in a traffic jam.BYou should be perseverant no matter what happens.CYou should not take a bus in a traffic jam.D You should wait patiently on the bus when there is a traffic jam.1/2答题卡下一题
Lessons from a Bangkok BusIn 1997, I moved to Bangkok to teach English writing at a Thai university. My home was three miles on foot from the well-known Jatujak weekend market. It was the cheapest place to buy anything. On days when I needed to shop, I’d run one way to the market, do a few laps around the park. finish my shopping, and take the bus home.One day, I jumped onto the bus home when I finished shopping. Only that day, the bus was particularly slow and even stopped. Everyone around me was patient and smiling. However, I got impatient, got off the bus and started running. With my shopping bags. At midday under the Bangkok sun. Everyone was staring at me.Ten minutes later, my bus was passing me by. If this had been in the US, I’m sure the bus would have left me and the passengers would have remarked how dumb I had been to get off and run. But the driver pulled the bus up beside me, opened its doors and beckoned me back in. All the people on the bus cheered when I hopped back on, then smiled in their patient way.I rode the bus the rest of the way home that day. To this day when I’m stuck in traffic or nearly lose my patience, I just remember the lesson I learned from the Bangkok bus. Perseverance is the fastest way to getting where you're going, even sometimes when you’re stuck in a traffic jam.Are you a waiter or a runner?(1) 单选题What did the writer do in Bangkok in 1997?_________AHe was traveling there.BHe was teaching in a university.CHe was running a shop in the Jatujak weekend market.DHe was a runner.(2) 单选题What did he often do on shopping days? ___________AHe would run one way to the market.BHe would do a few laps around the park.CHe would do some shopping in the market.DAll of the above.(3) 单选题What did the writer do when the bus stopped?AHe got off the bus and ran.BHe waited patiently on the bus.CHe took a taxi.DHe complained to the driver.(4) 单选题When the bus passed the writer by, what did the driver do? _________AThe driver remarked how dumb the writer was.BThe driver left the writer.CThe driver cheered.DThe driver stopped the bus and let the writer on.(5) 单选题What lesson did the writer learn that day?_______AYou should not run in a traffic jam.BYou should be perseverant no matter what happens.CYou should not take a bus in a traffic jam.D You should wait patiently on the bus when there is a traffic jam.1/2答题卡下一题<br>
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