Englisch für Anfänger. Hannelore Gottschalk

Platz frei ist.

      Sagen Sie, daß es kaum sicher ist, durch den Central Park zu gehen.

       Sie werden nach dem Weg zum Mayflower Hotel gefragt:

      Sagen Sie Ihrem Gesprächspartner, daß er die U-Bahn bis Columbus Circle nehmen und dann einen Häuserblock gehen soll, dann kommt er zum Mayflower Hotel.

      Raten Sie ihm, vorsichtig zu sein, wenn er in New York U-Bahn fährt.

      Raten Sie ihm, sich vor Taschendieben (pickpockets) in acht zu nehmen.

      Raten Sie ihm, aufzupassen, wo er hingeht.

      Wünschen Sie ihm einen schönen Tag.

      Ihr Gesprächspartner bedankt sich vielmals für Ihre Auskünfte und den nützlichen Rat.

      Sagen Sie, daß Sie das gern getan haben.

      41 N Summary

      Two strangers met in a restaurant in New York. One was Lauren Schmidt, a New Yorker. The other said his name was the Honourable Pilkington Booth ffrench. He had an English accent, and Lauren seemed impressed that he was the son of a lord. She gave him an important piece of advice – to take care where he went in New York and to be careful on the subway. They arranged to meet again the following day – and he went out without paying. A man he visited in a very run-down part of the city called him “Frenchie”, and gave him details of a hold-up he had planned. He was to hold up a liquor store in uptown New York and share the money with him. Frenchie successfully held up the liquor store. The next day he went back to the delicatessen restaurant for his meeting with Lauren. In the deli, the television news reported the hold-up and gave a description of Frenchie. He was about to leave when he bumped into Lauren. She turned out to be a woman police officer, and arrested him for armed robbery. As she took him away, she reminded him of the piece of advice she’d given him – to take care where he went!

       Take care where you go