Many years ago an old couple(夫妇) walked into a small hotel at 1:00 in the morning. "Could you 1 give us a room here? " the husband asked. A2 clerk with a big smile said," All of our rooms are3 But I can't send a nice couple like you4into the rain at 1: 00 in the morning. Would you mind5 in my room? It's comfortable and clean.
The couple6 at first, but the clerk kept on," Don't7 me.
I'll be fine." So the couple agreed. 8 the old man paid his bill the next morning, he said to the clerk," You should be the manager of the9 hotel in America. Maybe some day I'll10 one for you.
The clerk smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.
Two years passed. The clerk got a 11 from the couple. It included a ticket12 New York, asking him to visit them. The old man 13 him in New York, and took him to a great new building.
"That's the 14 I've just built for you to manage.
"You 15 be joking."
"I can assure you I am not."
The old man was William Waldorf Astor, founder of one of the world's best hotels- Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
