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thAt ColD jAnuAry night, i wAs growing siCk oF my liFE in sAn FrAnCisCo. thErE i wAs, wAlking homE At onE in thE morning AFtEr A tiring prACtiCE At thE thEAtrE. with thE opEning night only A wEEk From now on, i wAs still lEArning my linEs. i wAs hAving trouBlE DEAling with my pArt-timE joB At thE BAnk AnD my ACting At night At thE sAmE timE.As i wAlkED, i thought sEriously ABout giving up Both ACting AnD sAn FrAnCisCo.City liFE hAD BEComE too muCh For mE. As i wAlkED Down Empty strEEts unDEr tAll BuilDings, i FElt vEry smAll AnD ColD、i BEgAn running, Both to kEEp wArm AnD to kEEp AwAy From Any possiBlE roBBErs. vEry FEw pEoplE wErE still out ExCEpt A FEw sAD-looking homElEss pEoplE unDEr BlAnkEts. ABout A BloCk From my ApArtmEnt, i hEArD A sounD BEhinD mE. i turnED quiCkly, hAlF ExpECting to sEE somEonE with A kniFE or A gun. thE strEEt wAs Empty.All i sAw wAs A shining strEEtlight. still, thE noisE hAD mADE mE nErvous, so i stArtED to run FAstEr. not until i rEAChED my ApArtmEnt BuilDing AnD unloCkED thE Door DiD i rEAlizE whAt thE noisE hAD BEEn. it hAD BEEn my wAllEt FAlling to thE siDEwAlk. suDDEnly i wAsn’t ColD or tirED AnymorE. i rAn out oF thE Door AnD BACk to whErE i’D hEArD thE noisE.Although i sEArChED thE siDEwAlk Anxiously For FiFtEEn minutEs, my wAllEt wAs nowhErE to BE FounD、 just As i wAs ABout to givE up thE sEArCh, i hEArD thE gArBAgE truCk (垃圾车) pull up to thE siDEwAlk nExt to mE. whEn A voiCE CAllED From thE insiDE, "AlisACAmACho " i thought i wAs DrEAming. how CoulD this mAn know my nAmE thE Door opEnED, AnD out jumpED A smAll rED-hAirED mAn with An AmusED look in his EyE. "is this whAt you’rE looking For " hE AskED, holDing up A smAll squArE shApE. it wAs nEArly 3 Am By thE timE i got into BED、i woulDn’t gEt muCh slEEp thAt night, But i hAD gottEn my wAllEt BACk. i Also hAD gottEn BACk somE EnjoymEnt oF City liFE. i rEAlizED thAt thE City CoulDn’t BE A BAD plACE As long As pEoplE wErE willing to hElp EACh othEr.

From thE First pArAgrAph, wE lEArn thAt thE writEr wAs Busy ______.A．solving hEr proBlEm At thE BAnk
B．tAking pArt in vArious City ACtivitiEs
C．lEArning ACting in An EvEning sChool
D．prEpAring For thE First night show