II. 填空 A 36­year­old father wanted to buy Christmas gifts for his two daughters, so he went to sell himself for cash. 1 , he only got a small amount. Dave Robinsons is a father ­of­ two and 2 . He already applied for more than 1,000 jobs but only received two 3 . He lost his job in August and has to live on the little amount of money he saved. “Now my 4 have run out and my collection is merely a memory , ” he said. “Christmas is arriving, but I have no 5 to make my daughters' wishes come true this year.” This holiday, he 6 to buy presents for his two daughters, but he did not have any cash to 7 . So, he went to raise cash by 8 himself on eBay. He put an ad on eBay with a title, “Somebody please take pity and give me a 9 ”. Then, he waited hopefully. Sadly, he only 10 £ 10.50 from it. According to WalesOnline, the unemployed father was 11 after his online auction ( 拍卖 ). “The listing was quite 12 with over 600 page views but the final sale price was £ 10.50 , ” he said. “I was rather sad. 13 , who wants to work a week for only £ 10.50? I had expected to get 14 £ 100.” Dave was 15 by a website to “edit and act in their time­traveling web series”. “The 16 bidder ( 竞拍者 ) was a filmmaker who saw my online videos, acting and editing skills and wanted to 17 them in his new comedy , ” he said. “I've done some 18 and editing for him and I believe he is more than happy with his 19 .” After the auction 20 on Tuesday, he re­listed himself in the hope of earning £ 100.