内容正文:
UNIT
5 LANGUAGES
AROUND
THE
WORLD
课时作业 28
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
When
I
was
16
years
old,
I
made
my
first
visit
to
the
United
States.
It
wasnt
the
first
time
I
had
been
abroad.
Like
most
English
children,
I
learned
French
at
school
and
I
had
often
been
to
France,
so
I
was
used
to
speaking
a
foreign
language
to
people
who
didnt
understand
English.
But
when
I
went
to
America
I
was
really
looking
forward
to
having
a
nice
easy
holiday
without
any
language
problems.
How
wrong
I
was!
The
misunderstanding
began
at
the
airport.
I
was
looking
for
a
public
telephone
to
give
my
friend
Diana
a
ring
and
tell
her
that
I
had
arrived. A
friendly
old
man
saw
me
looking
like
being
lost
and
asked
if
he
could
help
me.
“Yes,”
I
said.
“ I
want
to
give
my
friend
a
ring. ”
“Well,
thats
nice,”
he
said.
“Are
you
getting
married?
But
arent
you
a
bit
young?”
“ Who
is
talking
about
marriage?”
I
replied. “ I
just
want
to
give
my
friend
a
ring
to
tell
her
Ive
arrived. Can
you
tell
me
where
theres
a
phone
box?”
“ Oh!”
he
said.
“ Theres
a
phone
downstairs. ”
When
at
last
we
did
meet
up,
Diana
explained
the
misunderstanding
to
me.
“Dont
worry,”
she
said
to
me.
“ I
had
many
difficulties
at
first.
There
are
lots
of
words
which
the
Americans
use
differently
in
meaning
from
us
British.
Youll
soon
get
used
to
all
the
funny
things
they
say. But
most
of
the
time
British
and
American
people
can
understand
each
other!”
1. Where
was
the
writer
from?
A. He
was
from
America.
B. He
was
fr