Unit2-Reading-Listening
Unit2-Reading-Listening
MY MOST EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE
My most embarrassing experience happened a few years ago, when I was a grade 9 student. In those days, my biggest dream was a red hat - a floppy cotton hat like the one my pop star idol wore in her video clip. I thought I would look great in it.
My father knew this, so on my birthday he gave me some money so that I could buy the hat for myself. I was extremely excited and decided to go to the shop at once. I got on the bus and sat down next to a schoolboy about my age. The boy glanced at me and turned away. There was a sneaky look on his face, but I didn't think much about it. I was busy imagining how I would look in the hat. After a while, I turned round and noticed that the boy’s schoolbag was open. Inside it, I saw a wad of dollar notes exactly like the ones my father had given me. I quickly looked into my own bag - the notes had gone! I was sure that the boy was a thief. He had stolen my money. I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I decided just to take my money back from the schoolboy’s bag, without saying a word about it. So I carefully put my hand into the boy’s bag, took the notes and put them in my own bag.
“How did you pay for it?” he asked.
“With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course. Dad,” I replied.
“Oh? What's that then?” he asked, as he pointed to a wad of dollar notes on the table.
Can you imagine how I felt then?