I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员)at a restaurant a few months ago, I also helped clean up the tables when it was especially busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. Also, I imagined that if there was something valuable in the wallet,the owner would be back. Sure enough,an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his sincere thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “no”. At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $800 in cash(现金). He took out a twenty—dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “A reward(酬劳)for your honesty.” he said and then turned and walked away.
Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to claim(认领)it, I might keep it. But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything money could buy.
81. When did the story take place?
82. Had the writer opened the wallet and taken a look?
83. Why did the man give the writer a twenty-dollar bill?
84. What did the writer think he might do if no one claimed it?
85. What does the word “worth” mean in Chinese?