[originaltext]M: My reading of French is so slow that I’ll never finish these s

M: My reading of French is so slow that I’ll never finish these stories before the test.
W: I read them when I took that course last year. So I can tell you about them in English right now and then you’ll pass the test.
Q: What does the woman mean?

W: Have you heard about Peter recently? I met him a couple of days ago. Peter cried bitterly when he heard his uncle was dead.
M: Crocodile tears! The old man left him a million bucks after death.
Q: What does the man mean?