January 13, 2007

The Queue <各就各位>

A group of students were lining up to buy tickets for a concert. They can remember who was in front of them and who was behind them in the queue, but not exactly where they were in the queue. Please reconstruct the queue as it was by listing the names of the students in order.
(請依序列出排隊的人名)

(Melody)
She had a lot of shopping bags with her. The person in front of her had a dog. The person behind her listened to their walkman the whole time.

(Amy)
She quarreled with her friend in the queue. The person in front of her smoked a lot of cigarettes. The person behind her bought twelve tickets.

(Lisa)
She talked about the weather with the person in front of her. The person behind her let her share their umbrella.

(Joanna)
She ate an ice-cream while she was waiting. The person in front of her caught a train to be in the queue early. The person behind her had a dog.

(Peter)
He had to make a telephone call and asked people to save her place. The person in front of him listened to a walkman while they were waiting. The person behind him bought a can of coke.

(Vicky)
She was the first person in the queue. She talked about the weather with the person behind her.

(Ben)
He smoked 20 cigarettes while he was waiting. The person in front of him drank a can of coke. The people behind him had an argument.

(Nicole)
She was very tired as she caught the train at 6:30 to be in the queue early. The person in front of her shared an umbrella with someone else in the queue. The person behind her bought and ate an ice-cream.

(Jason)
He had his dog with him. The person in front of him ate an ice-cream. The person behind him had a lot of shopping bags.

(Simon)
He shared his umbrella with the person in front of him. The person behind him caught a train at 6:30 to get in the queue early.

(Maggie)
She bought a can of coke to drink while she was waiting. The person in front of her asked her to save their place while they made a telephone call. The person behind her smoked a whole packet of cigarettes.

(Wendy)
She quarreled with her friend in the queue. The person in front of her smoked a lot of cigarettes. The person behind her bought twelve tickets.

(Andrew)
He bought twelve tickets for a school trip. The people in front of him had an argument. He was the last person in the queue.

(Alex)
He listened to music on his walkman while he waited. The person in front of him had a lot of heavy shopping. The person behind him asked him to save their place while they made a telephone call.

~Adapted from Intermediate Communication Games (Longman)

(Yama and Yi-Ling have figured out the original queue. Check your answer with theirs. :) 01/28/2007)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Vicky→Lisa→Simon→Nicole→Joanna→
Jason→Melody→Alex→Peter→Maggie→
Ben→Wendy&Amy→Andrew

Anonymous said...

Wendy and Amy queue together right??

Irene said...

Well, Yama, I'll let you wait for a while till I announce the answer. Let's see if other people reconstruct the same queue as yours. :)

Anonymous said...

1.Vicky
2.Lisa
3.Simon
4.Nicole
5.Joanna
6.Jason
7.Melody
8.Alex
9.Peter
10.Maggie
11.Ben
12.Amy and Wendy
13.Andrew

Irene said...

Yama and Yi-Ling, both of you are wonderful! :D

Anonymous said...

Vicky
 ↓
Lisa

Simon
 ↓
Nicole 
 ↓
Joanna 
 ↓
Jason 
 ↓
Melody 
 ↓
Alex 
 ↓
Peter 
 ↓
Maggie 
 ↓
Ben 
 ↓
Amy+Wendy  
 ↓ 
Andrew