22. unlikely | somehow | happened to | beyond | missed Here＇s a real-life story that ____1____ me recently. I had scheduled a business meeting with a team from India, but had ____2____ forgotten to log it into my schedule. Arriving at my office 30 minutes after the appointment, I found a voice message telling me the team was waiting for me in the meeting room. Being afraid that I had ____3___ the appointment, I hurried in, and found them happily chatting together. Their attitude was “Ah! You＇re here! We can start now!”If the team had been American, it＇s likely they would have been annoyed, and ___4____ they would have waited more than 10 minutes — at the most. They would have left me a message asking to reschedule the meeting. Why? Because American-style appointments have a firm end as well as start time, and if you start late you won＇t be able to finish the business at hand without running ___5____ the scheduled ending time.

3. When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?”and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time. Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh. Usually English people don’t shake hands______

2. When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?”and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time. Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh. English people usually shake hands when they______

1. When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?”and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time. Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh. It is ______if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

5. The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it＇s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn＇t give any light at all.The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they＇re much farther away from us. The moon looks bright because ___________.

4. The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it＇s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn＇t give any light at all.The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they＇re much farther away from us.The stars ___________.

3. The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it＇s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn＇t give any light at all.The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they＇re much farther away from us. The sun __________.

2. The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it＇s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn＇t give any light at all.The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they＇re much farther away from us. Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because ________.

1. The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it＇s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn＇t give any light at all.The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they＇re much farther away from us. ________ moves round __________.

5. We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture (家具)shop. "Buy it," she said at once. "We＇ll carry it home on the roof-rack (车顶架) . I＇ve always wanted one like that. "What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, "There＇s a long line of cars behind. Why don＇t they overtake (超车) ? "Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past . But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂) . One of the offices came to me." Right, sir," he said. "Do you need any more help now?" I didn＇t quite understand. "Thanks, officer," I said. "You＇ve been very kind. I lived just down the road."He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. "Well, Well," he said and laughed. "It＇s a bookshelf you＇ve got there! We thought it was something else." My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. "Yes, it＇s a bookshelf, but thanks again." I drove home as fast as I could. When did the officers begin to realize (意识到)they had made a mistake?

4. We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture (家具)shop. "Buy it," she said at once. "We＇ll carry it home on the roof-rack (车顶架) . I＇ve always wanted one like that. "What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, "There＇s a long line of cars behind. Why don＇t they overtake (超车) ? "Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past . But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂) . One of the offices came to me." Right, sir," he said. "Do you need any more help now?" I didn＇t quite understand. "Thanks, officer," I said. "You＇ve been very kind. I lived just down the road."He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. "Well, Well," he said and laughed. "It＇s a bookshelf you＇ve got there! We thought it was something else." My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. "Yes, it＇s a bookshelf, but thanks again." I drove home as fast as I could. Why did the writer＇s wife begin to laugh?