Buying stamps
Ed taylor decided to go to puerto rico for vacation.He enjoyed the warm sun, the beautiful beaches, and icy blue water, but he had one problem. He couldn’t speak any spanish.Sometimes he found people who undersstood him, but sometimes he found people who understood him, but sometimes he wasn’t he wasn’t so lucky. Ed liked to sit on the beach and write letters while he listened to music on the radio. He wrote many letters, and then he decided to find the post office and buy some stamps.
Ed walked up to the first person he saw and asked:“where can I buy some bollos, please?”the man gave him a funny look and walked away.
Again ed stopped someone and asked:“where can I buy some sillies, please?”the woman shrugged her shoulders and continued walking.
Ed thought it was strange to find stamps in a sewing store, but ed thanked the man and went into the store.“may I please have some bolsillos for my letters?”the lady in the store looked at the letters and then at ed. “bolsillos?”“yes, to put right here.”and he pointed to the place where the stamp goes. The lady in the store began to laugh.ed didn’t understand, and he felt a little annoyed.“what’s so funny?”he asked angrily.“I asked for some bolsillos for my letters.”still laughing, the lady pointed to her pockets.“Estos son bolsillos. These are pockets”she said.“you want sellos. You can buy them at the post office, but I think you should buy a dictionary first.”
買郵票
愛德泰勒決定去波多黎各度假。他喜歡那溫暖的陽光，美麗的海灘，深藍色的水面，但是他有個問題。他不會說西班牙語。有時候他能找到聽懂他話的人，但是有時他卻不那么幸運。愛德喜歡一邊坐在海灘上寫信，一邊聽著收音機里的音樂。他寫了許多封信，所以決定找到一個郵局買幾張郵票。
愛德朝他看到的第一個人走去，問道：“請問哪能買到bollo？”那個人做了個有趣的表情走了。
愛德又攔住個人問道：“請問哪兒能買到silly？”被問的女人沖他聳聳肩，也走開了。
愛德接著試：“請問先生，哪兒能買bolsillo？”那個人指了指路那邊的一個小裁縫店。
愛德想在裁縫店買郵票可太怪了，但是他謝過那個人，進了那個店。“我想買幾張bolsillo寄信？”店里的女服務(wù)員看了看信，又看了看愛德。“bolsillo？”“是啊，就貼這兒。”他指了指貼郵票的地方。女服務(wù)員笑了起來。愛德不明白怎么回事，他有點生氣了。“什么那么有意思？”他生氣地問。“我想買幾張郵票寄信”女服務(wù)員還是笑著，指著自己的口袋。“Estos son bolsill指的是口袋”她說。“你想買的是sello,你應(yīng)該去郵局，不過我想你還是先買本字典吧”
（以上英語故事由成人英語培訓(xùn)部提供）
