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 and two teachers — Forty students, two teachers and one bus. El conductor no está en esa cuenta: es el del autobús.
They waited for ___ minutes in the sun.
fifty — We waited for fifty minutes in the sun: cincuenta minutos.
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 nobody had 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 the driver was two streets away all the time — 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 all of them of that afternoon — 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.