Inglês - Aprenda Lendo

Changing the world
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy
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The Internet
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My 50-something friend Nancy and I decided to introduce her mother to the magic of the Internet. Our first move was to access the popular "Ask Jeeves" site, and we told her it could answer any question she had. Nancy's mother was very skeptical until Nancy said, "It's true, Mom. Think of something to ask it."
As I sat with fingers poised over the keyboard, Nancy's mother thought a minute, then responded, "How is Aunt Helen feeling?"
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The Stork
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Our three small children and I met my husband, a mail carrier, on his route for lunch at a fast-food restaurant. As we waited in line, he put our nine-month-old daughter in his mail bag. She stood up in the pouch and giggled, to the delight of some watching patrons. Carrying our tray to a table, my husband turned to one onlooker and said, "And all this time you
thought the stork delivered them!"

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- change - mudar
- everyone - todos
- himself - a si mesmo
- think (think, thought, thought) - pensar

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- answer - responder
- feel (feel, felt, felt) - sentir
- finger - dedo
- first move - primeira ação
- friend - amiga
- introduce - apresentar
- mother - mãe
- poised over - suspensos sobre
- question - pergunta
- say - dizer
- sit (sit, sat, sat) - sentar
- skeptical - cética
- tell (tell, told, told) - contar, dizer
- think (think, thought, thought) - pensar
- true - verdade

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- all this time - este tempo todo
- child - criança
- daughter - filha
- delight - deleite
- deliver - entregar
- giggle - dar uma risadinha
- husband - marido
- in line - na fila
- lunch - almoço
- mail bag - mala de correio
- mail carrier - carteiro
- meet (meet, met, met) - encontrar
- onlooker - observador
- put - colocar
- say (say, said, said) - dizer
- small - pequeno
- stand up - ficar de pé
- stork - cegonha
- think (think, thought, thought) - pensar
- turn to - virar-se para
- wait - esperar
- watching patrons - observadores