An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very cheap. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cheap) thing has a basket of red fruit.

    "How much per kilo?" the old man {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (ask).

    "Two rupees (卢比)," the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.

    However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (burn), his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, screaming: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

    And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (head) and said, "You are crazy! Those are chili peppers (辣椒)!You can't just eat them by the handful!"

    The old man said to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (he),"I paid for them, so I must eat them."

    This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spend) money and time on something-maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job-and sometimes, even if we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it.

    What we can learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the old man is this: if you've lost a lot over something that doesn't work, let it go and move on. It's better than continuing to lose.