理查德和加里谈起了他们最近的考试情况。理查德认为自己在英语和数学考试中通过了,因为题目都非常简单。然而,英语和数学试卷对加里来说并不容易,所以他只是希望自己不会不及格。对于法语试卷,理查德能回答出 16 个简单的题目,但其余的题目他却无法回答,因为这些题目对他来说太难了。加里也认为法语考试很糟糕,而理查德确信自己会得到一个很低的分数。最后,加里试图用一个有趣的故事来让理查德高兴起来。他说,他旁边的那个学生只是写了自己的名字,然后就盯着试卷看了三个小时,一个字也没写。
Richard and Gary talked about their recent exams. Richard thought that he passed in English and Mathematics because the questions were very easy. However, the English and Maths papers were not easy enough for Gary, so he only hoped that he did not fail. For the French paper, Richard could answer sixteen easy questions, but he could not answer the rest because they were too difficult for him. Gary agreed that French tests were awful, and Richard was sure that he got a low mark. In the end, Gary tried to cheer Richard up with a funny story. He said that the student next to him only wrote his name and then looked at the paper for three hours without writing a word.