A couple had
been married for over 60 years. They shared everything, talked about everything
and kept no secrets (1)________ each other except that the woman had a box in a
drawer (2)________ she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her
about.
He'd never
thought about it ever since. One day (3)________ woman got very sick and the
doctor, said she wouldn't recover. To sort out their affairs, the husband took
down the box and (4)________ (bring) it to his wife's bedside. She agreed it
was time that he should know (5)________ was in the box.
(6) ________
(open) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $
25,000.He asked her about the contents. “When we were to be married,” she said, “my
grandma told me the secret of a happy (7)________ (marry) was never to argue,
and I should just keep quiet and make a mat (8)________ I got angry with you.”
The man was so
(9)________ (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry
with him twice in all those years of living and loving! “Honey,” he said, “that
explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from?”
“Oh,” she said, “that's the money I made from selling
(10)________.”
本文讲述了一对夫妇婚后,妻为了避免争吵,每当她对丈夫生气的时候就做一个垫子的故事。1.from keep
no secret from each other彼此之间没有秘密。