MODERN LIFE
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING THE MODERN LIFE WHEN ...
1. You accidentally enter your pin on the microwave.
2. You haven´t played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e–mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don´t have e-mail addresses …
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn´t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
12. You´re reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn´t a #9 on this list.
@ enter your pin - digite a sua senha
@ haven´t played solitaire – não joga paciência
@ reach – contactar
@ at the desk next to you – na mesa ao seu lado
@ staying in touch with friends and family - manter contato com os amigos e a família
@ pull up in your driveway – estacionar o carro na sua própria vaga
@ help you carry in the groceries – ajudá-lo a carregar as compras de supermercado para dentro
@ at the bottom of the screen – na parte de baixo da tela
@ a cause for panic – motivo de pânico
@ turn around to go and get it – faz meia-volta para ir buscá-lo
@ go on line – conecta na net
@ tilting your head sideways – inclinar a cabeça para o lado
@ nodding and laughing – concordando e rindo
@ even worse – pior ainda
@ forward this message – encaminhar esta mensagem
@ scrolled back up – rolar a tela (do computador) para cima
Sorria, você está praticando inglês!
Mark G. Nash e Willians Ramos Ferreira
