illustrated Everyday Expressions with Stories 2 » Lesson 20 - At the beach
Bob: Isn't this a great beach, Carol?
Carol: Could you , please? The waves are so loud!
Bob: What do you think of the beach?
Carol: Oh, it's beautiful! It's my first time by the ocean!
Bob: So you never swam in the ocean as a kid?
Carol: Nope. the fact that I grew up in Colorado, I never got to see the ocean when I was young. I never even learned how to swim.
Bob: Me, neither. I swimmer's ear as a child, so my parents made me swimming when I was six or seven years old.
Carol: So why do you like to come to the beach if you don't swim?
Bob: I like to come to lay in the sun. That most people here I think. But I walk down and stick my feet in the water!
Some people are afraid to be alone. That is true of my wife. We live in a nice neighborhood, but she is still afraid when she is alone at night. I think she suffers from a slight case of paranoia. I don't like to leave her alone, but every so often, I have to go out of town.
One time I had to travel to attend the funeral of an aunt who had passed away. My wife was feeling under the weather and decided to stay home. That evening, someone knocked on the door. My wife was in the living room at the time. The person knocked again. My wife just stayed put in the living room. She didn't answer the door on account of the fact that she was a little scared.
The person at the door kept knocking and then spoke up. "Hello? Hello?" My wife was becoming more and more anxious. She wished the person would cut out the knocking and go away. Then my wife had an idea. She started barking like a dog! The person at the door stopped knocking and went away.
The next evening, I was home when the boy who delivers our newspaper came to collect money from us. He told me, "I came here last night, but your wife started barking at me. So I left."
I guess our paperboy can tell a dog's bark from a human's bark. Or maybe he knew my wife was home all along.
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