This story will warm you better than a coffee on a cold winter day.
One day,my friend and I
( 26 ) a little coffee house and ordered two cups of coffee.
( 27 )we were waiting,two young men came in and began to order,"Five cups of coffee,please.Two of them for us and three suspended(待用)."They
( 28 ) for their order,took the two and left.I asked my friend,"What are those‘suspended'coffees?"
( 29 ) giving me the answer,he told me to wait and see.
Some more people came.Two girls
( 30 ) one coffee each,paid and went away.Then came three lawyers who paid for seven coffees-three for themselves and four suspended.While I still wondered
( 31 ) the suspended coffees were,I enjoyed the sunny weather and the beautiful view
( 32 ) the coffee house.Suddenly a poor man like a beggar(乞丐)came into the coffee house.He kindly ordered a suspended coffee and sat there
( 33 ) it.
At that moment,I knew the meaning of the suspended coffees.It's simple--people pay the coffee in advance(预先)for someone who can't
( 34 ) it.The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Italy,but it has spread all over the world.Meanwhile,I understood suspended coffee is not only a cup of coffee,but also the
( 35 ) and love to someone in need.