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When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (סËù). I suggested that they should stay at ¡°bed and breakfast¡± houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
¡°We didn¡¯t stay at bed and breakfast houses,¡± they said, ¡°because we found that most families were away on holiday.¡±
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ¡°VACANCIES¡± meant ¡°holidays¡±, because the Spanish word for ¡®holidays¡± is ¡°vacaciones¡±. So they did not go to house where the sign(±êÅÆ) outside said ¡®VACANCLES¡¯, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ¡®NO VACANCLES¡¯, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ¡®DIVERSION¡¯ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ¡®DIVERSION¡¯ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole£¨¶´£©.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ¡®Thank you¡¯ in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ¡®Thank you¡¯ in French means ¡®No, thank you.¡¯
- 1.
My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______
- A.learning English
- B.finding places to stay inEngland
- C.driving their car on English roads
- D.going toEnglandby car
- A.
- 2.
I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______
- A.they would be able to practise their English
- B.it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
- C.it would be convenient for them to have dinner
- D.there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
- A.
- 3.
¡°NO VACANCIES¡± in English means ______
- A.no free rooms
- B.free rooms
- C.not away on holiday
- D.Holidays
- A.
- 4.
If you see a road sign that says ¡®Diversion¡¯, you will ______
- A.fall into a hole
- B.have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
- C.find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
- D.have to take a different road
- A.
- 5.
When someone offered me more coffee and I said ¡®Thank you¡¯ in French, I ______
- A.didn¡¯t really want any more coffee
- B.wanted them to take the coffee pot away
- C.really wanted some more coffee
- D.wanted to express my politeness
- A.
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