Surprise

     Today was a day of English class. There was a time in a week and I had a big problem. I would have to present my understandings of the text that the teacher had passed. She wanted the results of what I understood.

     I had forgotten the dictionary.

     How could I do the translation of the text? It was not in the dictionary. I panicked.

     How would I make my text?

     I decided! I was not going to class… but the presentation was also an evaluation. I would loose the points, thus perhaps even be rebuked of the discipline of English.

     Then I thought to move, slightly, my eyes over the text, to see the size of my difficulty. And Surprise!!! I understood even 60% of the text através of cognates, and so knew the essence of the texts—peak. 
I took that time and was happy to watch my class.

By Francisca Maria de Medeiros Brito

29.10.11