8.
Answer the
questions.(根据短文内容,回答下列问题)
One year ago, I asked a
worker to help me repair(修理) my old house. He had a bad first day on the job: his car broke on
the way, then he found be had left his tools for work at home and his wife
telephoned to say his son had a bad cold. While I drove him home, he was silent
all the way. When arriving, he invited me to meet his family.
As we walked towards the
front door, he stopped at a small tree, and touched the tree with hands. When
we opened the door, l was very surprised to see he changed in to another person
and there was a big smile on his face instead. He hugged his son and gave his
wife a kiss.
After a while, when he
walked me to the car, I asked him why be had touched the tree just then.
"Oh, that's my trouble(烦恼) tree," he answered. "Sometimes I have troubles on my
job, but one thing is for sure, they don't belong to(属于)
my wife and my son. So I just hang up(悬挂) the troubles
on the tree every night when I come Borne. Then in the morning I pick them up.
"
"The funny thing
is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, I
hardly(几乎不) remember
what I put the night before. "