Economy wasted trip

Economy wasted trip

An Englishman who was in France wanted to go back to England by sea. But he had very little money. He had so little money that he could pay only for the ticket. As he knew that the trip would last only two days, he decided not to eat during these days.

As he took a ticket and got on the ship the next morning, he tried not to hear the bell for breakfast. When dinner time came, he was very hungry; but he didn’t go to the dining-room. In the evening he was still more hungry, but when the waiter came to invite him to have supper, the Englishman said that he was ill.

The next day the Englishman was half-dead and couldn’t stand the hunger any longer. “I shall go and eat even if they kick me out into the sea”, said he to himself. So he went to the ship dining-room and had his dinner. In the evening he had supper but was very much afraid of his future because he didn’t pay for the meals. At last he addressed the waiter and said: “Bring me the bill, please”. – “What bill?” asked the waiter. – “For the supper and dinner I had in your dining-room”. – “Don’t trouble, Sir. You paid for your meals when you bought the ticket”.

I. Выберите вариант a,b,c, соответствующий ответу:

1) The Englishman wanted to go back to England

a) by air

b) by sea

c) by car

2) The Englishman decided not to go to the dining-room because

a) he wasn’t hungry

b) he cooked meals himself

c) he had no money to pay for meals

3) When the waiter came to invite him to have supper

a) the Englishman said that he was ill

b) the Englishman pretended that he was sleeping

c) the Englishman didn’t answer

4) The Englishman was afraid of his future because

a) the meals were bad

b) he didn’t pay for the meals

c) the storm had begun

II. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих выражений:

заплатить только за билет
пригласить его на ужин
не мог терпеть голод
принесите мне счет
длиться только 2 дня

III. Выясните, верно ли высказывание:

The Englishman had very little money.
The Englishman wasn’t hungry during the journey.
The next day the Englishman went to the dining-room to have dinner.
The Englishman had to pay for the meals.