I passed a man on the way home from work one night a few years ago. He was walking staggeringly (蹒跚) along the road. I _______ wondering whether to stop and give him a _______, at least down to a safer part of the road. Then the car behind me overtook me and I lost the _______to stop there as the road was so _______.

I couldn't be sure but he appeared to be quite _______ . A truck turned _______to avoid him at one point he didn't appear to _______.

I pulled into a lay-by (停车带), a little way down the road, waiting for him to reach my car. He'd probably decline my _______of a lift, or smell really bad or…a number of things _______my head while I waited.

Five minutes went by and I sat on. He approached my car. My windows were __________down, and I asked him if he wanted a lift. He __________that he was going to the next town, just out of my way, but not far enough to put me to __________. So in he got.

''Sorry, I'm really drunk. I've been at a funeral (葬礼). I'm Ryan.'' and he gave me his hand. I drove and we talked. He told me he'd just __________his uncle. He called me brother and offered me his cool sunglasses as __________. I refused and said the joy was in the __________.

Three times along the way he told me, ''__________we put out there comes back to us. Something__________will come to you for picking me up.''

I __________ him at the next crossroad. We shook __________and said goodbye to each other. I felt as if I'd been __________somehow. I think I have been.