The taxi driver was a man in his late thirties. He picked me up and 1 me to my place. I usually like to have brief 2 with people no matter where I come upon them and this situation was no 3 . I started by asking him how 4 was. He told me briefly that his business was just 5 but the cost of gas was really hurting his 6 line: We then got around to 7 the job environment. He told me that he had difficulty getting another type of work because of his 8 "I used to be a con (罪犯)," he said 9 "People look at my record and then I' m 10 , but you know I've turned my life around and have been 11 for several years. You don' t seem to be at all 12 that you are riding with a con?" As we parked at my place, I thought about my 13 for a few seconds."It is never easy to start a new 14 ," I said, "but I' m glad you are starting. If you don' t want to drive taxi for the 15 of your life, then you can move 16 to some other job you may be 17 " The driver seemed to be quite 18 as he took my money."What you said to me makes a lot of 19 ," he said."I will remember your 20 and that you were real easy to talk with--I hope to see you again."