A man calls home to his wife and says, “Honey I have been asked to go fishing at a big lake up in Canada with my boss and several of his friends. We’ll be gone for a week. This is a good opportunity for me to get that promotion I’ve wanted so would you please pack me enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and tackle box. We’re leaving from the office and I will swing by the house to pick my things up. Oh! Please pack my new blue silk pajamas.”
The wife thinks this sounds a little fishy but being a good wife she does exactly what her husband asked. The following weekend he comes home a little tired but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught many fish? He says yes! Lots of Walleye, some Bluegill, and a few Pike. But why didn’t you pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you to do?
The wife replies “I did, they were in your tackle box.”
Vocabulary Help
- boss – chefe
- calls home – telefonar para casa
- catch (catch, caught, caught) – pegar
- go fishing – ir pescar
- Honey – Querida
- husband – marido
- lake – lago
- leave (leave, left, left) – sair
- looking good – com boa aparência
- pack clothes – fazer as malas
- pajamas – pijamas
- pick my things up – pegar as minhas coisas
- rod – vara de pescar
- say – dizer
- several – vários
- silk – seda
- sounds a little fishy – soa um pouco estranho
- swing by the house – dar uma passada em casa
- tackle box – caixa de utensílios para pescaria
- think (think, thought, thought) – pensar
- tired – cansado
- weekend – fim de semana
- week – semana
- wife – esposa