When I was 16 years old, I visited the United States for the first time. I was really looking forward to having a1 holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was!The misunderstanding(误会) began at the airport. I was 2 a public telephone to call my American friend Danny. A friendly old man saw me looking like being3 and asked if he could help me.
" Yes, "I said. "I want to give my friend a ring. ""Are you getting married?" He was4 " But aren't you a bit5 ?"
"I just want to give my friend a ring to tell him I've6 . Could you tell me where there's a phone box?" I replied.
"Oh, I see!"he said. "There's one downstairs. "When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. " Don't7 , " he said to me. "I had many8 at first. The Americans use lots of words differently in9 from us British. You' ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time the British and Americans can10 each other!"