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An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy, which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, give a smile, and a "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment.

Finally everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady walking along slowly with a cane. He'd managed to get by with no sarcastic comments. Whew!

Then she said, "Sonny, mind if I ask you a question?"

"Why no Ma'am, what is it?"

"Did we land or were we shot down?"

Vocabulary Help

  • write (write, wrote, written) - escrever
  • flight - vôo
  • hammer - martelar
  • runway - pista de pouso e decolagem
  • hard - duro
  • policy - política
  • stand at the door - ficar na porta
  • smile - sorrir
  • bad - ruim
  • landing - aterrisagem
  • smart comment - comentário engraçadinho, irônico
  • cane - bengala
  • shot down - abatido

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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