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.”
买邮票
爱德泰勒决定去波多黎各度假。他喜欢那温暖的阳光，美丽的海滩，深蓝色的水面，但是他有个问题。他不会说西班牙语。有时候他能找到听懂他话的人，但是有时他却不那么幸运。爱德喜欢一边坐在海滩上写信，一边听着收音机里的音乐。他写了许多封信，所以决定找到一个邮局买几张邮票。
爱德朝他看到的第一个人走去，问道：“请问哪能买到bollo？”那个人做了个有趣的表情走了。
爱德又拦住个人问道：“请问哪儿能买到silly？”被问的女人冲他耸耸肩，也走开了。
爱德接着试：“请问先生，哪儿能买bolsillo？”那个人指了指路那边的一个小裁缝店。
爱德想在裁缝店买邮票可太怪了，但是他谢过那个人，进了那个店。“我想买几张bolsillo寄信？”店里的女服务员看了看信，又看了看爱德。“bolsillo？”“是啊，就贴这儿。”他指了指贴邮票的地方。女服务员笑了起来。爱德不明白怎么回事，他有点生气了。“什么那么有意思？”他生气地问。“我想买几张邮票寄信”女服务员还是笑着，指着自己的口袋。“Estos son bolsill指的是口袋”她说。“你想买的是sello,你应该去邮局，不过我想你还是先买本字典吧”
（以上英语故事由成人英语培训部提供）
