American Сulture. Жукова Е.Ф. - 34 стр.

   c. Get angry and demand that the waiter correct the mistake on your bill.
   d. Ask for the manager or headwaiter (also sometimes called the maitre d).
   e. Pay the bill, and when you get home write a letter to the restaurant explaining
      the problem.


What’s going on here?


Part 1
Joe, an international student attending school in the United States had an American
roommate named Al. The two had become very good friends. As Thanksgiving
approached, Joe could hear Al talking with his family about how he was looking
forward to going home for the holidays.
      Al always got off the phone in an excited mood. He’d say, “Boy, I can’t wait to
go home! My Mom makes the best turkey and my grandmother’s sweet-potato pie is
great.”
      Whenever Al began to talk like that, Joe would become very quiet, and soon
he’d say, “I’m going to the library” or “I have to do my laundry.”
      Soon the two, who had been such good friends, weren’t spending much time
together and they hardly spoke anymore. In fact, one day Al overheard Joe saying,
“Al has changed. He’s really not so nice. I don’t like to be around him anymore.”
      Al was very surprised to hear that, and he asked Joe why he had been acting so
strangely. Joe, of course, said he wasn’t acting strangely at a;;. He said it was Al who
was acting strangely.


Part 2
One day Al asked Joe what he was going to do over the Thanksgiving holidays since
there would be a four-day weekend.
      Joe said he had no plans; he’d stay at school and catch up on some work. Al
said, “Gee it’s going to be dead around here. Everyone is going home. There’ll be no
one left on this floor.”

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