When a woman I know turned 99 years old, I went to her birthday party and took some photos. A few days later, I brought the whole batch of prints to her so she could choose her favorite. “Good Lord,” she said as she was flipping through them, “I look like I’m a hundred.”
Vocabulary Help
- birthday party – festa de aniversário
- bring (bring, brought, brought) – trazer
- choose (choose, chose, chosen) – escolher
- flip – folhear
- go (go, went, gone) – ir
- I look like I’m a hundred – Parece que eu tenho cem anos
- later – mais tarde
- take (take, took, taken) – tirar
- through – através
- turned 99 years old – completou 99 anos de idade
- woman – mulher