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Preparing for Hell

An old man walks into the University Offices and says, ``I'd like to enroll in a Latin course''

The Dean looks at him and asks rather coyly, ``How old are you, Sir?''

``Ninety-three,'' is the reply.

``Then why do you want to learn Latin, at your time in life?''

``Well,'' the man explains, '`I realize I haven't got long for this world, but if I go to Heaven I'd like to be able to speak to God and the Angels in their own language, and I'd feel more comfortable if I knew some Latin''

The Dean thinks, and then asks ``But what if you don't go to Heaven but go to--you know--the other place?''

``That's alright--I can already speak German.''

Vocabulary Help

  • enroll: matricular
  • dean: reitor
  • coyly: discretamente
  • realize: compreender
  • heaven: paraíso


Mais histórias como esta podem ser encontradas no livro Read in English: Uma Maneira Divertida de Aprender Inglês, publicado pela Editora Novatec,


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