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WhenIwas16yearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeen__36__.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrench__37_schoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrancesoI_38_speakingaforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidn’tunderstand_39.ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardto_40__aniceeasyholidaywithoutany__41__problems.
_42wrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.Iwaslookingfora__43telephonetogivemyAmericanfriendDannya_44_andtellherthatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglostandasked__45__hecouldhelpme.“Yes”Isaid“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”“Wellthat’s__46__”heexclaimed.“Areyougetting47_?Butaren’tyouabit_48__?”“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?”Ireplied.“I__49_wanttogivemyfriendaringtotellherI’vearrived.Canyoutellme_50__there’saphoneboxplease?”“Oh!”hesaid“there’saphonedownstairs.”
Whenatlastwe_51__meetupDannyexplainedthemisunderstandingstome.“Don’tworry”shesaidtome.“Ihadsomany_52__atfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericans__53__differentlyinmeaningfromusBritish.You’llsoongetusedto_54__funnythingstheysay.Mostofthe__55__BritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother!”
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