O autocarro perdido (The lost bus)
QECR A2126 palavras
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.
Palavras que talvez não conheças
- squarepraça
- signalrede
- latetarde, com atraso
- the trutha verdade
Perguntas
Respondem-se com o texto à frente. Não é memória: é perceber.
How many people travelled from the school?
Forty students and two teachers — Forty students, two teachers and one bus. O condutor não entra nessa conta: é o do autocarro.
They waited for ___ minutes in the sun.
fifty — We waited for fifty minutes in the sun: cinquenta minutos.
The driver went home without the class.
False — Falso: estava à espera a duas ruas, à frente de um supermercado, e ainda por cima a ligar-lhes.
Why did the telephone calls not work?
Because nobody had signal — Nobody had signal. Os dois lados ligavam; quem falhava era o telefone, não as pessoas.
Why does the writer say it was 'a bus that was never lost'?
Because the driver was two streets away all the time — O autocarro nunca esteve perdido: estava a duas ruas à espera. O que se perdeu foi a mensagem, não o autocarro.
Why do they laugh now when somebody says 'I am waiting'?
Because it reminds all of them of that afternoon — A última frase não explica a piada: a piada é o texto inteiro. Naquela tarde os dois lados estavam à espera um do outro a duas ruas de distância.