El autobús perdido (The lost bus)
MCER A2126 palabras
Last May our class went to a museum in another city. Forty students, two teachers and one bus.
The visit was fine. The problem started after lunch, when we walked to the square and the bus was not there.
Our teacher called the driver twice. Nothing. We waited for fifty minutes in the sun.
Then a woman came out of a café and told us the truth: that week buses could not stop in that square, so our driver was waiting two streets away, in front of a supermarket. He was calling us too. Nobody had signal.
We arrived home two hours late, hungry and angry with a bus that was never lost.
Now, when somebody in my class says 'I am waiting', we all laugh.
Palabras que quizá no conozcas
- squareplaza
- signalcobertura
- latetarde, con retraso
- the truthla verdad
Preguntas
Se contestan con el texto delante. No es memoria: es entender.
How many people travelled from the school?
Forty students with their two teachers — Forty students, two teachers and one bus. El conductor no está en esa cuenta: es el del autobús.
Why did the fifty-minute wait fail to bring the class and driver together?
They waited at different places and could not reach each other. — Clase y conductor esperaban en puntos distintos y no podían comunicarse. No es una espera por almuerzo ni en el supermercado.
The driver went home without the class.
False — Falso: estaba esperando a dos calles, delante de un supermercado, y encima llamándolos.
Why did the telephone calls not work?
Because there was no signal — Nobody had signal. Los dos lados llamaban; el que fallaba era el teléfono, no las personas.
Why does the writer say it was 'a bus that was never lost'?
Because it was waiting two streets away — El autobús nunca estuvo perdido: estaba a dos calles esperando. Lo que se perdió fue el mensaje, no el autobús.
Why do they laugh now when somebody says 'I am waiting'?
Because it reminds them of the long wait outside in the sun — La última frase no explica la broma: la broma es el texto entero. Aquella tarde los dos lados estaban esperando al otro a dos calles de distancia.