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Lynn3 Posted 18 years ago
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0 00Lights were red, so the old man stopped this car and waited for them to change to green. While he was waiting, a police car came up behind him, hit his car hard in the back and stopped.02br
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00There were tow policemen in the police car, and they were very surprised and glad when the old man got out of his car and walked towards them without any trouble after such and accident he was over 70 years old.02br
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00The old man came to the door of the police car, smiled kindly, and said, “ tell me, young man, how do you stop this car when the lights are red and I am not here?”02br
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01b00Adopted from Oxford University Press, Elementary stories for reproduction 102b02br
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01font00I have been reading this story for many times. However, I could not get it. 02font02br
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01font00" how do you stop this car when the lights are red and I am not here?”why the old man said that??? I could not get it.02font02br
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02br 02br 00The story is a joke, Lynn. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 02br 00The story is a joke, Lynn.
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00And very freely adapted-- you have made a number of mistakes.02br
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00The story is a joke, Lynn. The old man's question is sarcastic-- he purportedly wonders if the police driver has any other way of stopping his squad car besides crashing into another car.0-
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0He is being sarcastic. He jokes with the police that they would have trouble stopping if there was nobody to run into.0-
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0Hi! Mister,02br
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00I am wondering what mistakes I have made? Actully, I re-check with the book. I did not miss anything!!!02br
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00It is sarcastic, but I still could not get it.02br
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00Could you please explain in another way? 02br
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00Thanks a lot!02br
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00Lynn0-
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01b01i00Maybe you didn't make any mistakes; maybe the book did. Errors are in bold:02i02b02br
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01b00The lights02b00 were red, so the old man stopped 01b00his02b00 car and waited for them to change to green. While he was waiting, a police car came up behind him, hit his car hard in
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1b00The lights02b00 were red, so the old man stopped 01b00his02b00 car and waited for them to change to green. While he was waiting, a police car came up behind him, hit his car hard in the back and stopped.02br
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00There were 01b00two00 02b00policemen in the police car, and they were very surprised and 
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