Winning the Lottery

A man rushes into his house and yells to his wife, ``Martha, pack up your things I just won the California lottery!''

Martha replies, ``Shall I pack for warm weather or cold?''

The man responds, ``I don't care. Just so long as you're out of the house by noon!''

Vocabulary Help

• rush: entrar apressadamente
• yell: gritar
• wife: esposa
• pack up: faça as malas
• win (win, won, won): ganhar
• reply: responder
• warm weather: clima quente
• cold: frio
• I don't care: Eu não me importo
• out of the house: fora da casa
• noon: meio dia

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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