It is interesting to visit another country,but there are somethimes problems when we dom't know the language very well.It may be difficult to talk with the people there.We may not know how to use the telephone in the country we are visiting.We may not know how to buy the things we need.
In a strange country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a restaurant.It is not easy to decide how much to tip waiters or taxi drivers.When we need help,we might not know how to ask for help.It is not pleasant to have an experience like that.
Robert was a schoolteacher in a big city in the north of England.He usually went to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays,and he spoke French and German quite well.
But one year Robert said to one of his friends,"I'm going to have a holiday in Athens.But I don't speak Greek,so I'll go to evening classes and have Greek lesson for a month before I go."
He worked very hard for a month,and then his holidays began and he went to Greece.
When he came back a few weeks later,his friend said to him,"Did you habe any troubie witn your Greek when you were in Athens,Bob?"
"No, I didn't have any trouble with it,"answered Robert."But the Greeks did!"
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