Passage 2 Mr. Phanourakis was 85 when he said goodbye to his Greek mountain village and took an American ship for the United States. His sons have done well in business there and wanted him to spend his remaining years with them. The old gentleman knew no language except his own but, with the self-confidence of the Greek mountain villager, he made his way easily about the foreign ship. When the bell announced the serving of lunch on his first day on board, he found the number of his table on the passenger-list outside the dining room and went straight to it while most of the others waited for the chief steward to tell them where to sit. It was a small table for two. Mr. Phanourakis sat down. After a few moments his table companion arrived. "Bon appetit, m.sieur," he murmured politely, as he took the other chair." Phanourakis," he said, carefully spacing out the Greek syllables. During the afternoon, one of the ship.s officers, who spoke some Greek, asked the old gentleman if he had found any acquaintances on board. Mr. Phanourakis shook his head. "No," he said, "the only person I.ve met so far is my table companion. He must be French. His name is Bonappetit - or something like that." "That is not his name," said the officer. "It is a French expression that means .Good appetite.". At dinner time he found the Frenchman already at the table. He smiled shyly, sat down, and said carefully, "Bon appetit, m.sieur." The Frenchman returned his smile. "Phanourakis, m.sieur," he said. 36．Mr. Phanourakis went to America because ________. [
A、 ] his sons had invited him to stay with them [
B、 ] he had to take care of his business there [
C、 ] he was too old to live alone [
D、 ] he lost his home in the Greek mountain village
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