三、词汇运用。
Alzheimer's patients (阿尔茨海默病患者) forget many things in their lives. Some of them can't even take care of 1.
themselves
(they). It seems that no company wants to hire (雇用) these patients and society has "2.
forgotten
(forget)" about them. However, a restaurant in Shanghai invites these patients to work there. And it has a 3.
beautiful
(beauty) name: Forget Me Not Cafe.
In this restaurant, eight of the waiters and waitresses have Alzheimer's disease. Every day before work, a group of volunteers retrain them 4.
to take
(take) orders and serve the dishes. The volunteers also mark the name of each dish with a number. In this way, these waiters and waitresses can remember the orders more 5.
easily
(easy).
These people may not work as fast as other servers, but they always try to do their 6.
best
(good). "The volunteers take good care of us. And 7.
most
(many) of the customers are very nice and tolerant (宽容的)," said one of them. "I'm happy and 8.
confident
(confidence) here!"
Working at this restaurant provides these patients with a good chance to connect with society. This can help to slow the worsening (恶化) of their disease. But most Alzheimer's patients don't have that chance. According to a few recent 9.
reports
(report), more than ten million people in China have this disease. The restaurant hopes to bring even 10.
more
(much) attention to this group. This disease may make people forget, but let's help them to remember with love!