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- Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
- In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
- No one expects you to run — anywhere.
- People call at 9 PM and ask, “Did I wake you?”
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- Things you buy now won’t wear out.
- You can eat dinner at 4 P.M.
- You can live without sex but not without your glasses.
- You enjoy hearing about other peoples operations.
- You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
- You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
- You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
- You sing along with elevator music.
- Your eyes won’t get much worse.
- Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
- Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can’t remember them either.
- Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
- You can’t remember the Web site where you saw this list.
Vocabulary Help
- pay off – se pagar, compensar
- brain cells – células cerebrais
- challenge – desafio
- enjoy – gostar
- glasses – óculos
- health insurance – plano de saúde
- hearing – audição
- heated arguments – discussões acaloradas
- hostage – refém
- Kidnappers – sequestradores
- learn (learn, learnt, learnt) – aprender
- much worse – muito pior
- released – liberado
- remember – lembrar
- run (run, ran, run) – correr
- safe – seguro
- sing (sing, sang, sung) – cantar
- speed limits – limite de velocidade
- The perks of being over 60 – As vantagens de ter mais de 60 anos
- wake (wake, woke, woken) – acordar
- wear out – gastar, estragar