每天读一篇英语小故事：The Way to a Man’s Heart…

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　　He was her university teacher. He was smart, confident, and had a great
sense of humor. And he was rather good-looking, too. The fact was, she had
fallen in love with him. She sensed that he might like her. She had caught him
looking at her more than once. What to do?
        　　At the end of the semester, she waited till all the other students had
left. She said she had a gift for him. He said that was very nice of her. Then
he looked around for a wrapped package. Where was the gift, he asked. She said
it was still at the store. She would pick him up and take him there that
Saturday, if that was okay with him.
        　　She picked him up at the Starbucks near his apartment. He was enjoying the
mystery. He asked her: Was it an alarm clock so that he wouldn’t be late for
class? Was it teaching materials, like markers and erasers? A new briefcase? An
extra ink cartridge for his computer for when he printed handouts? She said that
she couldn’t comment.
        　　They got to the mall and went into Nordstrom’s. “I hope it isn’t a suit,”
he joked. “I never wear suits.”
        　　“No, it isn’t. But it’s something that you always wear with a suit.”
        　　“A tie? Why would I wear a tie if I never wear suits?”
        　　“Not a tie, silly,” she said, as they walked into the shoe department. She
had noticed that he always wore the same pair of shoes in class. She had guessed
that he wore size 11, and had picked out a nice two-tone casual model by Clark.
She hoped that he would like the shoes as much as she did. The shoes fit
perfectly, and he did like them. When they left the store, he offered her his
hand, and they walked out to her car hand in hand. She was tingling. “Let me at
least buy you dinner,” he suggested as they got into her car.