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    I was studying in Los Angeles ，the USA．It is a big city with （1）

more

more

people living in it than in my whole country．I come from Singapore．It is one of the smallest （2）

countries

countries

in the world．We rented（租）a flat in a community near a favela（貧民窟）．
    For several months I did not have a car ，so three times a week I used public transportation（交通）to go to the city centre．During these trip．I would ride with the people who took the（3）

same

same

bus from the favela to work．
    When I got on the bus ，all the seats were already taken．But when people saw that my bag was very heavy ，they offered to hold it on their lap（坐著時(shí)的） 大腿部）） to （4）

make

make

me feel lighter（輕松）．At first ，I was （5）

frightened

frightened

．Then I realize that these people did not want to steal（偷盜）from me．They only wanted to help me．
    Once ，on my way back ，I had to wait （6）

for

for

a long time at a bus stop．I was alone ，except for a woman who was very poor．She carried a small paper bag of popcorn and nothing else．While we were waiting ，she walked over and gave me some popcorn．I thank her ，but did not want to help （7）

myself

myself

to it．She then insisted（要求）that I should take some from what was evidently（明顯地）her only food．
    I wonder （8）

if

if

it is true that the more you have ，the more difficulties you will have to share anything with others．