I had an amusing experience last year. When I was ___(1)___ to a town in the south of France, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him ___(2)___ French and he replied in the same language. ___(3)___ of us spoke during the journey. I myself know a little of French. I had nearly ___(4)___ the town when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, "Do you speak English?" As I soon learnt, he was English ___(5)___.