Mariana Lê em Todo o Lado
Mariana lê em todo o lado — no metro, nos cafés, na cama. Mas o livro que está a ler agora é diferente de todos os outros.
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
Mariana lê muito. Lê no metro, lê nos cafés, lê na cama antes de dormir. A sua mãe diz: "Lês demasiado!" O pai diz: "Deixa-a ler — ler é bom." Mariana não discute. Pega no livro e lê.
Mariana reads a lot. She reads on the metro, she reads in cafés, she reads in bed before sleeping. Her mother says: "You read too much!" Her father says: "Leave her be — reading is good." Mariana doesn't argue. She picks up her book and reads.
Hoje está a ler um livro de José Saramago. É difícil — Saramago não usa muita pontuação e as frases são longas. "Lês Saramago?!", diz a amiga Catarina. "Lês e percebes?" "Leio devagar", diz Mariana. "Quando leio devagar, percebo tudo."
Today she is reading a book by José Saramago. It's difficult — Saramago doesn't use much punctuation and the sentences are long. "You read Saramago?!" says her friend Catarina. "You read it and you understand it?" "I read slowly," says Mariana. "When I read slowly, I understand everything."
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| José Saramago | José Saramago (1922–2010), Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese novelist |
| pontuação | punctuation |
| devagar | slowly |
| ficção científica | science fiction |
| pilha de livros | pile / stack of books |
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