1、A Long WayLast semester, I worked in a restaurant at my spare time. At the beginning, it was extremely hard for me to learn the roles and remember the recipes. I had to stand there and smile. At the end of the day, I was so tired that I almost could do nothing.After a few days of working, the head w
2、aiter told me that I could take charge as a chief. I knew if I worked hard, I would take charge of a room. It meant I can get more tip. I was glad to do that.As new, it was not an easy thing to serve all customers well. Sometimes, I dished up wrongly. Or I forgot the customers requirements. What is
3、worse, I overturned the plates twice. However, I could not be defeated because of these difficulties.One day, I was about to be off duty when three foreigners came here. Because other colleagues could not speak English well, I had to stay to serve them. It was my first time to talk with a foreigner.
4、 However, suddenly, my mind was blank even though I had memorized 3000 words. How can I talk to them? I began to speak slowly, but think fast.Excuse me, what can I do for you? I said it word by word. At the same time, I showed them the menu.NO, we order with some rice. They said so quickly that I se
5、ldom couldnt know what they wanted.Pardon? I asked with embarrassment.Oh, we want tomatoes and eggs. Look at this, xi hong shi chao ji dan, He showed me a note with some Chinese characters.I tried my best to calm down. His pronunciation was different, which is not similar to my past study. So the co
6、mmunication seemed to be a little difficult. It made my colleagues laugh.I got it. What else? I tried my best to keep calm as I could. I had no reason to laugh at them because of my bad English.Water, please. Then, a pot of tea was on the table.The more terrible thing was that the rice was sold out.
7、 How can I explain this to them? We were closing the store for the night. It was normal. However, we hadbeenalternative.Hum, there is no rice left. How about noodles? Like this and this. I felt embarrassed extremely. I could not translate the name to them and just showed the picture in the menu to t
8、hem.Maybe they were hungry, or they had no choice. They agreed me.They said something and laughed. I could hardly understand it. But it was not my business.The thing that I need to do was serve them more considerate.They were eating and I was to go back to hostel.Before long, they finished their sup
9、perand said:How much?So, I had to stay more minutes. I gave them the bill.It is too expensive. They yelled. I knew it was too expensive here. But I had no idea. I could do nothing for them,just smiled to them.Finally, I gave them the bills and I got rid of the serve.At the way to school, I saw them
10、and we went the same way. They were students too.They talked to me; I stumbled to respond to questions. How long the way was. I complained that why I couldnt remember any words. However, I began to talk to them and adapted to this atmosphere gradually. I restarted to pick upmyconfidence again. They
11、praised me for my self-confidence. Oh, I just said it word by word. Even I did not know how I could talk with them for such a long time. I swore I mustlearn English well, especially spoken English. Never make it happen again.It is memorable. Each for it was the first time makes a dent in my heart. Gaining self -confidence means half success. I believe myself and wont lose confidence any more.
