A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the 1 menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how 2 it was. At the bottom of the 3 , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.” The man 4 the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order 5 that was very unusual. When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.” “That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.” “Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. 6 , not African.” The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast. “Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t 7 long.” The waiter walked away quickly. The man was very surprised and rather disappointed. Then he smiled 8 the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face. “Ah!” the man said. “You can’t 9 it to me, can you?” The waiter made an apology (道歉). “I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the 10 embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”
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