[originaltext]M: I hear you have got a role in a play. How on earth did you get

M: I hear you have got a role in a play. How on earth did you get it?
W: Well, when I heard the role was coming up, I read the book until I could learn the lines by heart and understood the character, and I had an interview and got it.
Q: How did the woman get the role in the play?

W: You are late again. Haven’t I told you that you should be away from home half an hour earlier?
M: I’m sorry. I did do that and the traffic is OK, but I can’t do nothing in my car when I saw an old man in need of help.
Q: What accounts for the man’s being late?