travelling to the city

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An Amish husband, his wife, and their son travelled to the city one day. They visited a shopping mallCENTRE COMMERCIAL, and while the mother was shopping, the father and son stood in front of a liftASCENSEUR, not knowing what it was.

As they stood with their mouths open, an elderlyLES PERSONNES ÂGÉES lady walked into the automatic silver doors. The doors closed. The father and son watched as the numbers went up and then down.

When the doors opened, a beautiful young woman walked out. The father looked at his son and said, "SonFILS, go get your mother!"

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Vocabulary

mall: Large building with shops inside.

lift: Machine to move people between floors.

elderly: Old person.

They stood in front of the liftASCENSEUR.

An elderlyLES PERSONNES ÂGÉES lady entered the doors.

The family went to the mallCENTRE COMMERCIAL.

Grammar

The joke uses past simple to narrate events and direct speech for dialogue.

Past simple: They travelled, the doors closed, the numbers went up — actions completed in the past.

Direct speech: Words spoken by characters appear inside quotation marks.

Synonyms & Alternatives

mall: shopping centre, marketplace

elderly: senior, aged

lift: elevator, hoist

Mini Dialogue

Father: Son, go get your mother!

Son: Right away, father.

Father: Look at that, isn’t it amazing?

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