Cuentos para mejorar tu inglés unidad 17 (leer y escuchar).

"The bad news is, there are only two of them."

"The good news is, there are parachutes in the cupboard."

"The one with the short straw stays in the aeroplane." So the second man took a straw from the first man and looked at it.

An aeroplane was flying to London. There were three men inside.

And all three of them were very frightened. The aeroplane had serious engine problems. "We're going to crash!" the men screamed.

It was a long straw. The third man was now very, very frightened. He stood up, ran to the cupboard, took something and jumped out of the aeroplane.

The first man said, "Thank God for that! He's got my lunchbox."

The first man said, "Yes, that's right. Listen, I've got an idea. Let's draw straws to see who doesn't get a parachute."

The second man shouted, "Oh, my God! One of us is going to die."

Then, the first man said, "Listen, you two. I've got some good news and I've got some bad news."