two elderly ladies in a car

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Two elderly women were out for a Sunday drive in a massive car. Neither of themPAS L'UNE NI L'AUTRE could see properly over the dashboardTABLEAU DE BORD. As they reached an intersection, the light turned red, yet they kept cruising throughCONTINUÈRENT SANS S'ARRÊTER.

The passenger thought to herself, "I feel like I'm losing itJE CRUS DEVENIR FOLLE, but I swearJE JURAI we just drove through a red light." A few minutes later, they ran another red light. The passenger was now convinced the light had been red but worried she might be going madDEVINT FOLLE, so she decided to test the driver one last time.

At the next intersection, the passenger paid a great deal of attentionPRÊTA BEAUCOUP D'ATTENTION. The light was unmistakably red—yet again, they spedROULÈRENT TRÈS VITE straight through.

"Margaret!" the passenger yelledCRIA. "Do you realise we just ran 3 red lightsPASSÂMES 3 FEUX ROUGES in a row? We could've been killed!"

"Oh!" replied Margaret. "Am I driving?"

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Vocabulary

dashboard: panel in front of driver

cruising through: moving smoothly without stopping

sped: drove very fast

She could hardly see over the dashboardTABLEAU DE BORD.

They kept cruising throughCONTINUER SANS S'ARRÊTER the red light.

The car spedROULÉ TRÈS VITE down the road.

Grammar

This anecdote uses direct speech and the past simple tense.

Direct speech: "Am I driving?" she asked.

Past simple: They ran three red lights.

Synonyms & Alternatives

sped: dashed, zoomed, hurried

yelled: shouted, screamed

mad: insane, deranged

Mini Dialogue

Anna (HR): Did you notice he spedROULÉ TRÈS VITE through the financial report?

Brian (Accounting): Yes, he almost cruised throughCONTINUER SANS S'ARRÊTER the numbers without checking.

Anna: The board will yellCRIER if they find errors.

Brian: True. We must pay a great deal of attentionA PRÊTÉ BEAUCOUP D'ATTENTION this time.

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