英语翻译
WhenIwas16yearsold,ImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrance,soIwasused tospeaking aforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidnotunderstandEnglish.ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardto havinganiceeasyholidaywithoutany languageproblems.
HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.Iwaslookingfora publictelephonetogivemyAmericanfriendDannyaringandtellherIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawme lookinglikebeinglostandasked ifhecouldhelpme."Yes,"Isaid,"Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.""Well,that's nice"heexclaimed."Areyougettingmarried?Butaren'tyouabityoung?""Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?"Ireplied."I justwanttogivearingtotellherI'vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethere'saphonebox?""Oh!"hesaid,"There'saphonedownstairs."
Whenatlastwedidmeetup,Dannyexplainedthemisunderstandingstome."Don'tworry,"shesaidtome."Ihadsomany difficultiesatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromusBritish.You'llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.MostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother!"