065. The American Dream

Wilson hated his job. His boss was a mean man. He didn’t even get paid well. Wilson wanted to just give up and quit. However, he had to take care of his two kids. “I want to give them a better life,” he always said.

Finally, Wilson decided to start changing their lives. He enrolled into college. He took classes every night. He quit his awful job. He eventually became a doctor. He started getting paid a lot. He was able to buy a nice house for his family. It even had a white picket fence. The American dream was finally his.

Vocabulary

▪ awful: horrível, péssimo, terrível
▪ boss: chefe, dar ordens para, mandar em
▪ decide: decidir
▪ doctor:médico(a), doutor(a)
▪ dream: sonho, sonhar
▪ eventually: finalmente, por fim
▪ fence: cerca
▪ finally: finalmente, por fim, ao final
▪ mean: significar, querer dizer, duro, rude…
▪ picket: piquete, fazer piquetes em
▪ quit: parar, largar (o emprego)

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