A Long Way
Last semester, I worked in a restaurant at my spare time.At the beginning, it was extremely hard for me to learn the roles and remember the recipes.I had to stand there and smile.At the end of the day, I was so tired that I almost could do nothing.
After a few days of working, the head waiter told me that I could take charge as a chief.I knew if I worked hard, I would take charge of a room.It meant I can get more tip.I was glad to do that.
As new, it was not an easy thing to serve all customers well.Sometimes, I dished up wrongly.Or I forgot the customer\'s requirements.What is worse, I overturned the plates twice.However, I could not be defeated because of these difficulties.
One day, I was about to be off duty when three foreigners came here.Because other colleagues could not speak English well, I had to stay to serve them.It was my first time to talk with a foreigner.However, suddenly, my mind was blank even though I had memorized 3000 words.How can I talk to them? I began to speak slowly, but think fast.
\"Excuse me, what can I do for you? \" I said it word by word.At the same time, I showed them the menu.
\"NO, we order ··· with some rice.\" They said so quickly that I seldom couldn\'t know what they wanted.
\"Pardon? \" I asked with embarrament.
\"Oh, we want tomatoes and eggs.Look at this, \'xi hong shi chao ji dan\', \" He showed me a note with some Chinese characters.
I tried my best to calm down.His pronunciation was different, which is not similar to my past study.So the communication seemed to be a little difficult.It made my colleagues laugh.
\"I got it.What else? \" I tried my best to keep calm as I could.I had no reason to laugh at them because of my bad English.
\"Water, please.\" Then, a pot of tea was on the table.
The more terrible thing was that the rice was sold out.How can I explain this to them? We were closing the store for the night.It was normal.However, we had been alternative.
\"Hum, there is no rice left.How about noodles? Like this and this.\" I felt embarraed extremely.I could not translate the name to them and just showed the picture in the menu to them.
Maybe they were hungry, or they had no choice.They agreed me.
They said something and laughed.I could hardly understand it.But it was not my busine.The thing that I need to do was serve them more considerate.
They were eating and I was to go back to hostel.
Before long, they finished their supper and said: \"How much?\"
So, I had to stay more minutes.I gave them the bill.
\"It is too expensive.\" They yelled.I knew it was too expensive here.But I had no idea.I could do nothing for them, just smiled to them.
Finally, I gave them the bills and I got rid of the serve.
At the way to school, I saw them and we went the same way.They were students too.
They talked to me; I stumbled to respond to questions.How long the way was.I complained that why I couldn\'t remember any words.However, I began to talk to them and adapted to this atmosphere gradually.I restarted to pick up my confidence again.They praised me for my self-confidence.Oh, I just said it word by word.Even I did not know how I could talk with them for such a long time.I swore I must learn English well, especially spoken English.Never make it happen again.
It is memorable.Each for it was the first time makes a dent in my heart.Gaining self -confidence means half succe.I believe myself and won\'t lose confidence any more.
