Do you speak English?
I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, ‘Do you speak English?’As I soon learnt, he was English himself!
Answer these questions in not more than 55 words.
- Whom did the writer give a lift to in the south of France last year?
- Did they greet each other in English or in French?
- Does the writer speak any French or not?
- Did they sit in silence, or did they talk to each other?
- What did the young man say at the end of the journey?
- Was he English himself, or was he French?