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One day a Frenchman came to New York on business. He didn’t know English
at all.
When he (to come) to new York he (to take) a taxi and (to tell) the driver to
take him to a hotel. The French and the English for a “hotel” is the same, so the
driver (to understand) him and (to take) him where he (to want).
The Frenchman (to decide) to go for a walk and to look at the city about which
he had heard people speak so much. So he (to leave) his things in his room at the
hotel and (to go) out into the street.
The street (to be) very narrow. The Frenchman (to go) down the street.
Suddenly he (to stop). “how shall I find the way back?” he (to think). “I know neither the name of the hotel nor even the name of the street in which it is situated.” He (not
to want) to return to the hotel, so he (to decide) to write down the name of the street.
He (to look) up at the house and (to see) some words written in large letters. He (to
be) sure that it (to be) the name of the street, so he (to take) his notebook out of his
pocket and (to write) down those words. He was walking about the city for a long
time. At last he (to want) to get back to his hotel. He (to take) his notebook out of his
pocket, (to stop) a man and (to show) him the words. The man (to read): ‘One way street”.