学二姐，每日一篇新概念 II册第73课 ，边学边实践-11月1日

73 The Record-Holder
Little boys who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, traveled 1,600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, traveled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school.

The children who play hooky are usually unimaginative. They should feel shamed by a boy, while he was playing truant, traveled 1600 miles. He got a free ride to Dover, and in there, he found a boat to sleep in. However, when he woke up, the boat sailed to Calais. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a truck. The next car the boy got on didn’t take him into the center of Paris as he wished, but took him to a city on the French-Spanish border. There he was found by a policemen and was sent back to England by the local authorities. He became the hero for thousands of children who dream of evading school.

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