KEY WORDS
get over
rid of
of old
emergency
thud
nose
on earth
struck
T-junction
go straight home
double yellow lines
a cat-lover
a carrier-bag
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It's strange how things seem to happen to some people and how they are always involved in unusual events. Alan is one of those people. Almost unbelievable things have happened to him. When you hear this story you will think, perhaps, that it couldn’t possibly be true, but it is.
You will notice that Alan mentions 'a yellow hat'. In fact, it is more accurate to say that a traffic warden's hat is black and yellow.
Here are some points for you to track the idea of the story:
- When Alan drove out of the T-junction he hit an animal.
- Alan went to the butcher's to get a bag.
- When Alan got back to the car, after his visit to the butcher's shop, he found out that the cat had gone.
- In Alan's opinion, it's not unreasonable to get a parking ticket for parking on double yellow lines.
- Alan recognized someone as the traffic warden because her hat was yellow.
- Alan said he wanted the traffic warden to go to his car with him because he could explain what had happened and prove it.
- The woman who was walking off round the corner with a carrier-bag said it wasn't Alan's because she'd been to the butcher's.
- Alan accused the woman of taking the bag from his car.
- The woman was completely unconscious for some time because she hit her head on the pavement.
- Alan went back to the butcher's shop a second time to call an ambulance.
- George told Alan that he knew the road of old.
- John remarked that he hoped Alan wasn't a cat-lover.
- Alan asked at the butcher's if they could sell him a carrier-bag and enquired how much it was.
- Alan requested the traffic warden to go back to his car with him. Alan accused the woman of having his carrier-bag.
- Alan accused the woman of having taken the bag from the back of his car.
- Alan asked the butcher to get an ambulance.
Now that you have
heard Alan's silly story,
please answer the following
questions.
- What did
Alan do
before
driving out
at the
T-junction?
- What did
Alan intend
to do with
the
carrier-bag
he bought
from the
butcher?
- What do
double
yellow lines
on the
road-side
mean?
- Where is
a parking
ticket
usually left
on a car in
England?
- What
surprise
awaited Alan
when he
returned to
the car with
the traffic
warden?
- What did
Alan notice
about the
carrier-bag
which he saw
a woman
carrying
away?
- Exactly
what did
Alan say to
the woman
who was
carrying a
bag from the
butcher's?
- What did
the woman do
when she saw
the dead cat
inside the
bag she was
carrying?
- Where
exactly did
Alan leave
the woman
who had
fainted
while he
tried to get
help?
- Why did
Alan go
straight
home instead
of going to
work?
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