Practice your English reading with these humorous cartoons. Read the comic on your own, in a group or with your teacher. Check your understanding. Use the translator link or online dictionary for words you don't know.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
A Hole in My Pocket
Did You Understand?
1. The customer was trying to buy a _________?
a) pet dog b) a hot dog c) cat
2. The customer had a ________ in his pocket.
a) fish b) hot dog c) hole
3. Here impossible means _________.
a) That can't be true. b) Others can have it but not you. c)I want one also.
Summary:
A man walks up to a hot dog vendor to buy some food. The buyer keeps his money in a hole that he takes out of his pocket. The vendor doesn't believe that someone can pick up a hole. The buyer suggest that he will never know if it's possible unless he tries.
Words and Phrases:
How much for
single
dog (hot dog)
hole
keep
money
Where did you get
simply
found
I picked it up.
impossible
No one can
obviously
never tried