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The next night the same drunk comes in again and orders(5) a drink for everyone in the bar
including the bartender. Again the bartender follows instructions and again the drunk says he
has no money. So the bartender slaps him around and throws him out.
On the third night he comes in, the drunk orders drinks for all except the bartender. "What, no
drink for me?" replies the bartender. "Oh, no. You get violent when you drink."
2 days later she's back, fuming "I want my money back... it smells awfully (6) bad when I use
the brakes(7)."
Not wanting to lose the sale (having taken cash and fiddled (8) the books) the sales-manager
decides to ride in the car with her 'in case she ain't driving it properly'
He gets in and she roars (9) out of the dealership (10), drops it into second gear at 50 mph,
floors the pedal again and slips into 3rd at 80mph, does a handbrake turn into a country lane
and then really starts to accelerate.
110mph in 4th, 140 in 5th, the engine's roaring like a Lion with toothache, and the car is
shuddering (11)as it climbs (12) to 170mph. The scenery is a green blur and the G-force has
him pinned in the seat.
In the distance, to his relief, the barriers of a level crossing are beginning to come down and she
will have to slow down (he thinks!), but no, she floors it and the speedometer (13) climbs
higher.
100 yards from the crossing she slams on the brakes and the car stops inches from the barrier.
(1) saunter = pasearse
He sauntered over to the bar / Fue hacia la barra con mucha tranquilidad.
(2) showroom = sala de exposición (de artículos a la venta)
a car showroom / una exposición de coches
(3) cash (incontable) = dinero (en efectivo)
to pay (in) cash / pagar en metalico
cash price / precio al contado
(4) a bagful of Twenties = una bolsa llena de billetes de 20 dólares
(5) deal = trato, acuerdo
to make - close a deal / hacer - cerrar un trato
(6) awfully = terriblemente
(7) brakes = frenos
(8) fiddle (coloq) = falsear, estafar
to fiddle the books / falsear los libros
(9) roar = rugido, estruendo
Cars roared past / Los coches pasaban con gran estruendo
(10) dealership = concesionario de automóviles
(11) shudder = estremecerse, vibrar
(12) climb = subir
(13) speedometer = cuentakilómetros