A sign posted on the wall of an Army mess hall read: “Don’t Waste Food — Food Will Win the War.”

Beneath these words someone had scrawled: “That’s fine, but how do we get the enemy to eat here?”

Vocabulary Help

  • Army mess – restaurante do exército
  • beneath – debaixo
  • food – comida
  • how do we get the enemy to eat here? – como conseguiremos fazer com que o inimigo coma aqui?
  • scrawl – rabiscar
  • sign – placa, sinal
  • that’s fine – tudo bem
  • wall – parede
  • war – guerra
  • waste – desperdiçar
  • win (win, won, won) – ganhar