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Unit 61. Readers Letters
Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked
readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We’ve received
hundreds of letters. Here’s a selection.
-1-
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left
University. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school.
One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I had forgotten to wind it up.
I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed,
shaved, dressed, jumped into my car and drove to school. When I
arrived the students had already gone into the class. I didn’t go to the
staff room but went straight into class. After two or three minutes, the
students began laughing and couldn’t understand why. Suddenly I
looked down and understood I had put on one black shoe and one
brown shoe.
Stanly Hooper. B.A., Preston, Lancashire
-2-
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years
ago. My wife and I had driven into a town to do some shopping. The
streets were very busy and we were holding hands. Suddenly my wife
saw a dress that she liked in a shop window and stopped. I started
looking at the radios in the next window. After a minute or two I
reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream and a woman
slapped my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand I’d taken the hand of a
complete stranger.
Lan Bayley, Sheffield, Vorks
-3-
My husband and I had decided to buy a new house, and I’d made an
appointment to see our bank manager. I’d never met him before and I
was a bit nervous. I drove into the town and I was lucky enough to find
a parking space outside the bank. I’d just started reversing into the
space when another car drove into it. I was furious. I opened my
window and shouted at the other driver. He ignored my and walked
away. It took me twenty minutes to find another space. As soon as I
parked the car I rushed back to the bank. I was 10 minutes late for my
interview. I went to the manager’s office, knocked and walked in. The
manager was sitting behind his desk. He was the man who’d taken my
parking space.
Kate Kurbie, Portmouth, Hants.
Why don’t you write and tell us
about your most embarrassing
experience?
Unit 62. A Ghost Story.
Edgar and Katherine are staying in the cottage in the “New Forest”. It
belongs to Edgar’s uncle and they’ve borrowed it for the weekend. It’s
Friday night. They arrived an hour or two ago and they’re sitting in
front of the log fire.
- Oh, Edgar! This house is fantastic. I love old houses.
- There’s a ghost here, you know.
- Edgar, don’t be silly. You’re trying to frighten me.
- Not at all. I’ve been coming here for years. We used to stay here
when I was a child. I saw the ghost myself once.
- Edgar! This isn’t funny. It’s late at night. Anyway I don’t believe in
ghosts.
- Don’t you? I do.
- Where did you see the ghost?
- Upstairs. In the bedroom.
- Ha-ha! Did it have a white sheet over its head?
-
Oh, no. It was quite an ordinary ghost, really. He was wearing
Victorian clothes.
- He? Who?
Unit 61. Readers Letters a parking space outside the bank. I’d just started reversing into the
space when another car drove into it. I was furious. I opened my
Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked window and shouted at the other driver. He ignored my and walked
readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We’ve received away. It took me twenty minutes to find another space. As soon as I
hundreds of letters. Here’s a selection. parked the car I rushed back to the bank. I was 10 minutes late for my
interview. I went to the manager’s office, knocked and walked in. The
-1- manager was sitting behind his desk. He was the man who’d taken my
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left parking space.
University. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school. Kate Kurbie, Portmouth, Hants.
One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I had forgotten to wind it up. Why don’t you write and tell us
I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, about your most embarrassing
shaved, dressed, jumped into my car and drove to school. When I experience?
arrived the students had already gone into the class. I didn’t go to the
staff room but went straight into class. After two or three minutes, the Unit 62. A Ghost Story.
students began laughing and couldn’t understand why. Suddenly I
looked down and understood I had put on one black shoe and one Edgar and Katherine are staying in the cottage in the “New Forest”. It
brown shoe. belongs to Edgar’s uncle and they’ve borrowed it for the weekend. It’s
Stanly Hooper. B.A., Preston, Lancashire Friday night. They arrived an hour or two ago and they’re sitting in
front of the log fire.
-2-
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years - Oh, Edgar! This house is fantastic. I love old houses.
ago. My wife and I had driven into a town to do some shopping. The - There’s a ghost here, you know.
streets were very busy and we were holding hands. Suddenly my wife - Edgar, don’t be silly. You’re trying to frighten me.
saw a dress that she liked in a shop window and stopped. I started - Not at all. I’ve been coming here for years. We used to stay here
looking at the radios in the next window. After a minute or two I when I was a child. I saw the ghost myself once.
reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream and a woman - Edgar! This isn’t funny. It’s late at night. Anyway I don’t believe in
slapped my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand I’d taken the hand of a ghosts.
complete stranger. - Don’t you? I do.
Lan Bayley, Sheffield, Vorks - Where did you see the ghost?
- Upstairs. In the bedroom.
-3- - Ha-ha! Did it have a white sheet over its head?
My husband and I had decided to buy a new house, and I’d made an - Oh, no. It was quite an ordinary ghost, really. He was wearing
appointment to see our bank manager. I’d never met him before and I Victorian clothes.
was a bit nervous. I drove into the town and I was lucky enough to find - He? Who?
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