A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggling(奋力前进) with a large box. It was half in and half1of her car. He was a helpful and kind man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very2.”

    “That's very kind of you,” the woman said. “I'm having a lot of3with it. I think it's stuck(卡住).”“Together we'll soon move it,” the man said. He4into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I'm ready.” And he began to5hard.

    For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were6in the face.“Let's rest for a minute,” the man said. “I'm sorry, but it7stuck.” A few minutes later, the man said,“Let's try again. Are you ready?”8of them took hold of the box again. “One,two,three!” the man said,and they went on with their struggle.

    At last, when they were very tired, the man said,“You are9. It is really stuck. I don't think there's 10we can get it out of the car.” “Get it out of the car?” the woman cried, “I'm trying to get it in!”