99. SANDRA'S CHOPSTICK ADVENTURE

Gap-fill exercise

Sandra loved eating Chinese food, but always struggled with using chopsticks. One , her parents took her to a restaurant for lunch. Sandra was excited, worried about embarrassing herself. Her mom her a pair of chopsticks and , "Don't worry, Sandra, we'll help you." watched her parents and tried to their movements. It was tricky at . The slippery dumpling slipped from her , and kept falling back onto her . But Sandra didn't give up. Her paid off. With patience and practice, began to improve. Soon she was to pick up dumplings with chopsticks. was no longer afraid of using .