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What is your most (embarrass) ____ embarrassing ___ experience?
Let me tell you what happened to my Uncle Ernesto when he (go) _____________________ (2) to
Norway for a business meeting last year.
First, I must tell you about
my uncle. He (be) _____________________
(3) a businessman from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He (manufacture) _____________________ (4) a new kind of computer
compass for ships. Computer compasses (make)
_____________________ (5) by many companies in the world, so my uncle (have) _____________________ (6) a
lot of competition for his product. In order to sell his product, he (need) _____________________ (7) (meet) _____________________
(8) with companies that might want to buy it. He (travel) _____________________
(9) frequently to other countries.
Last year, he (go) _____________________ (10) to
Norway (meet)
_____________________ (11) with a shipping company. It was his first trip
to Scandinavia. My Uncle Ernesto (speak)
_____________________ (12) Spanish, of course, and also (know) _____________________ (13) a
little English, but he (know, not) _____________________
(14) any Norwegian. While he (stay)
_____________________ (15) in Norway, he (have) _____________________ (16) a problem.
Uncle Ernesto (stay) _____________________ (17) at
a small hotel in Oslo. One morning, while he (get) _____________________ (18) ready to take a shower, he (hear) _____________________ (19) a knock
at the door. He (walk) _____________________
(20) to the door, (open) _____________________
(21) it, and (find) _____________________
(22) no one. He (take) _____________________
(23) a step out of his room and (look)
_____________________ (24) down the hall. He (see) _____________________ (25) no one. So he (turn) _____________________ (26) (go) _____________________ (27) back
into his room, but the door (close)
_____________________ (28)! It (lock)
_____________________ (29) and he (have,
not) _____________________ (30) his key. This was a very big problem
for my unfortunate uncle because he (dress,
not) _____________________ (31) properly. In fact, he (wear) _____________________ (32) nothing
but a towel. Poor Uncle Ernesto! "What (I, do) _____________________ (33)?" he asked himself. ,
Instead of (stand) _____________________ (34) in
the hallway with only a towel, he (decide)
_____________________ (35) (get) _____________________
(36) help. So he (start) _____________________
(37) _____________________ (38) (walk) down the hall toward the elevator.
He thought about (knock) _____________________
(39) on someone else's door (ask) _____________________ (40) for
help, but decided it was better (ask)
_____________________ (41) the hotel personnel. He hoped the elevator would
be empty.
When he (reach) _____________________ (42) the elevator, he (push) _____________________ (43) the
down button and (wait)
_____________________ (44). When it (come)
_____________________ (45), Uncle Ernesto (take) _____________________ (46) a deep breath and (get) _____________________ (47) in even
though the elevator wasn't empty. The other people in the elevator (surprise) _____________________ (48)
when they (see) _____________________
(49) a man who (wrap) _____________________
(50) in a towel.
Uncle Ernesto (think) _____________________ (51) about
(try) _____________________ (52) (explain) _____________________ (53) his
problem, but unfortunately he (know,
not) _____________________ (54) any Norwegian. He said, in English,
"Door. Locked. No key." A businessman in the elevator (nod) _____________________ (55), but
he (smile, not) _____________________
(56). Another man (look) _____________________
(57) at Uncle Ernesto and (smile)
_____________________ (58) broadly.
After an eternity, the
elevator (reach) _____________________
(59) the ground floor. Uncle Ernesto (walk)
_____________________ (60) straight to the front desk and (look) _____________________ (61) at
the hotel manager helplessly. The hotel manager (have to understand, not) _____________________ (62) any
language (figure) _____________________
(63) out the problem. My uncle (have
to say, not) _____________________ (64) a word. The manager (grab) _____________________ (65) a
key, (take) _____________________
(66) my uncle by the elbow, and (lead)
_____________________ (67) him back to the nearest elevator.
My uncle (embarrass, still) _____________________ (68) about this
incident. But he (laugh) _____________________
(69) a lot when he (tell) _____________________
(70) the story.
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