Questions heard at a library

Patron: ``I'm looking for a book.''

Mental answer 1: ``Well, you're in the right place.''

Mental answer 2: ``Here's one.'' (Hand over nearest volume.)

Audible answer : ``Can you be a little more specific?''

Vocabulary Help

look for: procurar
nearest: mais próximo

Patron: ``I got a quote from a book I turned in last week but I forgot to write down the author and title-- It's big and red and I found it on the top shelf-- Can you find it for me?''

Mental answer: ``Books classified by color are shelved downstairs in the (non-existent) third sub-basement-''

Audible answer: ``What were you looking for when you found the book the first time?''

Vocabulary Help

quote: citação
turned in: entreguei
week: semana
forget (forget, forgot, forgotten): esquecer
find (find, found, found): encontrar, achar
shelved: colocados nas estantes

Patron: ``Do you have anything good to read?''

Reference person getting her audible and mental answers mixed up: ``No ma´am -- I'm afraid we have 75,000 books, and they're all terrible''.

Vocabulary Help

mixed up: misturadas
I´m afraid: temo que

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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