Conversation #1 – Driving
Elizabeth: Hey Jonas!
How was your road trip to Chicago? (road trip = a long trip by car)
Jonas: It was a nightmare – one disaster after another.
Elizabeth: Huh?
What on earth happened?
Jonas: Well, I offered to give my girlfriend's brother a ride to Philadelphia.
It was a bit out of our way – but that wasn't the problem.
The problem was that he's a super-annoying backseat driver.
Elizabeth: Really?
Jonas: Yeah, like – getting on my case for forgetting to use my turn signal before merging,
or telling me that I should get out of the exit-only lane – on and on for about four hours.
Elizabeth: My mom is like that.
I mean, it's OK that she reminds me to buckle up,
but I wish she wouldn't scream "
SLOW DOWN!" every time I go a tiny bit over the speed limit.
Jonas: Exactly.
So after we dropped him off in Philly,
we got stuck in a major traffic jam for over an hour
before I finally managed to get off the highway and take a different road.
But then there was a detour due to roadwork,
and we got lost for another three hours.
Elizabeth: Wow, that's nuts!
Was it pretty smooth sailing after that?
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