Writing Better English for ESL Learners

was stuck in the middle of the street. I got it started again, and two

blocks later the radiator.

That old car stalled five times on the way home.

When I finally arrived there, my family was

. They knew something was wrong with my car

because. My father

laughed again and said, “Don’t buy a used car unless

.” I knew he was right and got a tune-up

the next day.

My car wasn’t perfect after that, but it.

And I learned a lesson: if you’re going to buy a used car, you had bet-

ter. As for me, I hope to

get rich and never.

Exercise 4.14Computers Can Be Dumb.The story line: A man has to use a com-

puter in his new job. But the computer acts like the man’s enemy. It makes mis-

takes and provides wrong information. The man is eventually fired. But a few

days later he is rehired because the management discovered that the computer

was faulty.

I was always afraid of computers. They

and made me feel.

Of course, they are just machines and can’t

144 Writing Better English