When Paul was working as a salesman at a supermarket, he noticed that before choosing a melon, shoppers would hold the fruit upto their ears and knock on it. He never knew what they expected to hear. One day he asked a shopper. “Son,” the man replied, “I’ve been doing this for forty years. All I know is that if you just pick up a melon and put it in your bag, everybody looks at you as if you’re crazy.”
Vocabulary Help
- as if – como se
- ask – perguntar
- bag – sacola
- before – antes
- choose (choose, chose, chosen) – escolher
- crazy – louco
- ear – orelha
- hear (hear, heard, heard) – ouvir
- hold (hold, held, held) – segurar
- knock on it – bater
- know (know, knew, known) – asber
- look at – olhar
- never – nunca
- notice – notar, observar
- pick up – pegar
- salesman – vendedor
- shoppers – compradores, clientes
- son – filho
- supermarket – supermercado