初中英语阅读--问路与指路
Getting information and directions
One day, Bill has to go to New York. It is his first time there, and he doesn’t know his way around the city. He has a meeting at 10 o’clock, and he wants to be there on time. The meeting is in the Peters Building on 34th Street, but Bill doesn’t know the way. At that time Bill meets two men and he asks them for directions.
“Excuse me!” he says, “Can you tell me how to get to the Peters Building on 34th Street?”
“Sure,” answers one of the men. “You can get there in five minutes.
Go to the next corner and turn left. Walk three blocks and there you
are.”
But the other man says, “Don’t listen to him. There’s a better way. Get on the bus here at this corner. It stops right near the Peters Building.”
Then the first man says, “Oh, that’s on East 34th Street, not West 34th. It’s quite a distance from here. You must take the subway.”
But the second man tells Bill, “No, don’t go by subway. Take the crosstown bus.”
Bill looks at his watch. It is almost ten o’clock.
“Thanks a lot,” he says, “I think I should take a taxi.”
He gets into the taxi and leaves. But the two men are still arguing and pointing in different directions. Next time he needs to ask directions, he should ask a policeman!
1. Why does Bill have to go to New York?
2. Does Bill Know the way around New York?
3. When and where does Bill have a meeting?
4. According to the first man, how can Bill get to the Peters Building?
5. What does he do in the end?