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i DiD not know thE City At All AnD, whAt is morE, i CoulDn’t spEAk A worD oF thE lAnguAgE.AFtEr hAving spEnt my First DAy sight-sEEing in thE town-CEntEr, i DECiDED to losE my wAy DEliBErAtEly on my sEConD DAy, sinCE i BEliEvED thAt this wAs thE surEst wAy oF gEtting to know my wAy ArounD、i got on thE First Bus thAt pAssED AnD DEsCEnDED somE thirty minutEs lAtEr in whAt must hAvE BEEn A suBurB、 thE First two hours pAssED plEAsAntly Enough. i DisCovErED mystErious littlE Book-shops in BACk strEEts AnD FinAlly ArrivED At A mArkEt-plACE whErE i stoppED AnD hAD CoFFEE in An opEn-Air CAlF. thEn i DECiDED to gEt BACk to my hotEl For lunCh.AFtEr wAlking ABout AimlEssly For somE timE, i DEtErminED to Ask thE wAy. thE trouBlE wAs thAt thE only worD i knEw oF thE lAnguAgE wAs thE nAmE oF thE strEEt in whiCh i livED — AnD EvEn thAt i pronounCED BADly. i stoppED to AskED A FriEnDly-looking nEwspApEr-sEllEr. hE smilED AnD hAnDED mE A pApEr. i shook my hEAD AnD rEpEAtED thE nAmE oF thE strEEt AnD hE thrust thE pApEr into my hAnDs. sEEing thAt it woulD BE impossiBlE to ArguE ABout thE mAttEr, i gAvE him somE monEy AnD wEnt on my wAy. thE nExt pErson i AskED wAs An olD lADy who wAs Buying vEgEtABlEs. shE wAs vEry hArD oF hEAring AnD i rEpEAtED thE worD sEvErAl timEs. whEn shE FinAlly hEArD mE, shE sEEmED to tAkE oFFEnCE AnD BEgAn shouting AnD shAking hEr wAlking-stiCk At mE. i hurriED AwAy quiCkly AnD wAs rEliEvED to sEE A poliCEmAn on A CornEr. hE CErtAinly woulD BE ABlE to hElp mE. thE poliCEmAn listEnED AttEntivEly to my quEstion, smilED AnD gEntly took mE By thE Arm. thErE wAs A DistAnt look in his EyEs As hE pointED lEFt AnD right AnD lEFt AgAin. hE glAnCED At mE For ApprovAl, AnD rEpEAtED thE pErFormAnCE. i noDDED politEly AnD BEgAn wAlking in thE DirECtion hE pointED、ABout An hour pAssED AnD i notiCED thAt thE housEs wErE gEtting FEwEr AnD grEEn FiElDs wErE AppEAring on EithEr siDE on mE. i hAD ComE All thE wAy into thE Country. thE only thing lEFt For mE to Do wAs to FinD thE nEArEst rAilwAy-stAtion!

thE phrAsE "tAkE oFFEnCE" in thE lAst pArAgrAph most proBABly mEAns "______".A．gEt Furious
B．suDDEnly unDErstAnD
C．losE pAtiEnCE
D．Burst into tEArs