My doorbell rings at 11 am. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand _____41_____(be) a paper bag. She is the little boy’s grandmother, and her daughter, Nicole, bought ___42___ house next door last October. Nicole has ____43____(obvious) told her mother that I am having a heart operation shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided ____44____(supply) me with meals. I know what is inside the paper bag — a bottle of hot soup and a ____45____(contain) with a meal of rice, vegetables and meat. It’s become a daily occurrence. Communication ____46____ us is somewhat difficult because she doesn’t speak English and all I can say in Chinese is hello. Once, she brought an iPad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen, ______47______showed at message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know ____48____ the food was all right for me. So here we are, two grandmothers, neither of ____49____(we) able to speak the other’s language but communicating one way or another (with some help from technology). The doorbell keeps _____50_____(ring) and there is the familiar brown paper bag, handed smilingly to me.
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