Título : | American Short Stories | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | Autores: | Barry Taylor, Compilador | Mención de edición: | 1ª | Editorial: | London [United Kingdom] : Longman Group Limited | Fecha de publicación: | 1964 | Colección: | The Bridge Series | Número de páginas: | 120 p | Il.: | il. b/n. | Dimensiones: | 19 cm | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-582-53026-3 | Idioma : | Inglés (eng) | Clasificación: | :Inglés:Literatura:Lecturas Adaptadas:Sin Audio:B1
| Etiquetas: | historias varios recopilación aventuras adaptadas B1+ 2000 | Resumen: |
'Gentlemen,' he says, 'pardon the interruption, and excuse me for coming in, but,' he says, 'do I understand you are speaking of a great eater who lives in your fair city?'
Well, these Boston characters all gaze at Horsey in such a hostile manner that I am expecting any one of them to get up and request him to let them miss him, but he keeps on bowing and smiling, and they can see that he is a gentleman, and finally one of them says:
'Yes,' he says, 'we are speaking of a character by the name of Joel Duffle. He is without doubt the greatest eater alive. He just wins a unique deal. He bets a character from Bangor, Me, that he can eat a whole window display of oysters in this very restaurant, and he not only eats all the oysters but he then wishes to bet that he can also eat the shells, but,' he says, 'it seems that the character from Bangor, Me, unfortunately faints on the first proposal and has nothing with which to bet on the second.'
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American Short Stories [texto impreso] / Barry Taylor, Compilador . - 1ª . - London (United Kingdom) : Longman Group Limited, 1964 . - 120 p : il. b/n. ; 19 cm. - ( The Bridge Series) . ISBN : 978-0-582-53026-3 Idioma : Inglés ( eng) Clasificación: | :Inglés:Literatura:Lecturas Adaptadas:Sin Audio:B1
| Etiquetas: | historias varios recopilación aventuras adaptadas B1+ 2000 | Resumen: |
'Gentlemen,' he says, 'pardon the interruption, and excuse me for coming in, but,' he says, 'do I understand you are speaking of a great eater who lives in your fair city?'
Well, these Boston characters all gaze at Horsey in such a hostile manner that I am expecting any one of them to get up and request him to let them miss him, but he keeps on bowing and smiling, and they can see that he is a gentleman, and finally one of them says:
'Yes,' he says, 'we are speaking of a character by the name of Joel Duffle. He is without doubt the greatest eater alive. He just wins a unique deal. He bets a character from Bangor, Me, that he can eat a whole window display of oysters in this very restaurant, and he not only eats all the oysters but he then wishes to bet that he can also eat the shells, but,' he says, 'it seems that the character from Bangor, Me, unfortunately faints on the first proposal and has nothing with which to bet on the second.'
| Nota de contenido: | 2000 headwords |
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