David-From Britain

　　When I asked for the "restroom" in a big department store, people kept directing me to a room with seats where I could sit and "rest". It took me years to get through to someone that I only wanted the toilet!

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tom-From America

　　Last summer we went on a two­week family touring holiday, so Dad hired a car over the Internet. This was an old vehicle and there turned out to be lots of things wrong with it. When he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken, they thought he was talking about footwear! He had no idea their word for "boot" was "trunk". In the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Mary-From Britain

21. Hearing Katie's mother's words, Katie's friends were in surprise because________.

A. Katie's mother got mud on her jeans

B. Katie's mother's underpants were dirty

C. they didn't know English

D. they mistook "pants" in America for underpants

22. David went out to find a phone box to ________.

A. phone the police for help

B. phone his friend for help

C. tell his friend he couldn't go to visit her

D. apologize for his being late

23. When Tom asked for the "restroom", the people around him thought ________.

A. he wanted to go to a department store

B. he wanted the toilet

C. he wanted a chair

D. he wanted to have a rest

　　If you are a teenager without a job, you probably do not have much extra money. Sometimes parents will give their children a weekly pocket money for doing small housework, but it is often not enough once the children grow into teenagers and want to do things with their friends all of the time. How to make money is an important thing for teens to learn. If you're wondering how a teenager can make good money, some ideas might be:

　　Getting a part-time job at a local restaurant or store is always a sure way to make money as a teen. But getting a job somewhere like this might be hard, considering many jobs in local stores are being taken by adults more and more often. Babysitting is always a good way to make money as a teenager, and finding jobs as a babysitter is often easier than finding a job at a store.

　　Doing landscaping (绿化) is something that most adults do not like to do, and teens can usually find jobs around their neighborhood doing the landscaping of friends and family.

　　Some teens are good at something such as writing or photography. These teens can make money by doing things such as writing articles for newspapers or magazines or selling their photos online.

　　Teens who live in a country area can earn money by helping out on farms, or they can try raising their own animals such as chickens, and selling them or their products.

Looking for jobs can seem hard at first, but if you have a try, it should not be too hard to find