英语翻译

WhenIwas16yearsold,ImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates．Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad．LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrance,soIwasused tospeaking aforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidnotunderstandEnglish．ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardto havinganiceeasyholidaywithoutany languageproblems．

HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport．Iwaslookingfora publictelephonetogivemyAmericanfriendDannyaringandtellherIhadarrived．Afriendlyoldmansawme lookinglikebeinglostandasked ifhecouldhelpme．"Yes,"Isaid,"Iwanttogivemyfriendaring．""Well,that's nice"heexclaimed．"Areyougettingmarried?Butaren'tyouabityoung?""Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?"Ireplied．"I justwanttogivearingtotellherI'vearrived．Canyoutellmewherethere'saphonebox?""Oh!"hesaid,"There'saphonedownstairs．"

Whenatlastwedidmeetup,Dannyexplainedthemisunderstandingstome．"Don'tworry,"shesaidtome．"Ihadsomany difficultiesatfirst．TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromusBritish．You'llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay．MostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother!"