Story | The Gas Station Attendant
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| The Gas Station Attendant | O atendente do posto de gasolina |
| There's a charming story that Thomas Wheeler, one-time CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells about himself. | Há uma história encantadora que Thomas Wheeler, ex-CEO da Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, conta sobre si mesmo. |
| He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed their car was low on gas. | Ele e sua esposa estavam dirigindo por uma rodovia interestadual quando ele percebeu que o carro estava com o tanque vazio. |
| Wheeler got off the highway at the next exit, and soon found a rundown gas station with just one gas pump. | Wheeler saiu da rodovia na próxima saída e logo encontrou um posto de gasolina decadente com apenas uma bomba de gasolina. |
| He asked the lone attendant to fill the tank and check the oil. | Ele pediu ao atendente solitário para encher o tanque e verificar o óleo. |
| Then he went for a little walk around the station to stretch his legs. | Em seguida, deu uma pequena caminhada ao redor da estação para esticar as pernas. |
| As he was returning to the car, he noticed the attendant and his wife were engaged in an animated conversation. | Ao voltar para o carro, percebeu que o atendente e sua esposa estavam conversando animadamente. |
| The conversation stopped as he paid the attendant. | A conversa parou quando ele pagou ao atendente. |
| But as he was getting back into the car, he saw the attendant wave and heard him say, "It was great talking to you." | Mas quando ele estava voltando para o carro, ele viu o outro acenar e o ouviu dizer: "Foi ótimo conversar com você." |
| As they drove out of the station, Wheeler asked his wife if she knew the man. | Enquanto saíam da estação, Wheeler perguntou à esposa se ela conhecia o homem. |
| She readily admitted she did. | Ela prontamente admitiu que sim. |
| They had gone to high school together and had dated steadily for about a year. | Eles haviam frequentado o colégio juntos e namoraram firme por cerca de um ano. |
| "Boy, were you lucky that I came along," Wheeler bragged. | "Rapaz, você teve sorte por eu ter aparecido", Wheeler se gabou. |
| "If you had married him, you'd be the wife of a gas station attendant instead of the wife of a chief executive officer." | "Se você tivesse se casado com ele, seria esposa de um frentista em vez de esposa de um diretor executivo." |
| "My dear," replied his wife, "if I had married him, he'd be the chief executive officer and you'd be the gas station attendant." | "Meu querido", respondeu a esposa, "se eu tivesse me casado com ele, ele seria o diretor executivo e você, o frentista." |
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| Freq. | Palavra | Freq. | Palavra | Freq. | Palavra |
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| 20 | the | 9 | he | 7 | attendant |
| 7 | and | 6 | wife | 6 | station |
| 6 | gas | 6 | a | 5 | to |
| 5 | of | 5 | his | 4 | wheeler |
| 4 | was | 4 | had | 4 | as |
| 3 | you | 3 | were | 3 | she |
| 3 | if | 3 | him | 3 | car |
| 3 | be | 2 | you'd | 2 | they |
| 2 | that | 2 | one | 2 | officer |
| 2 | noticed | 2 | married | 2 | I |
| 2 | highway | 2 | for | 2 | executive |
| 2 | conversation | 2 | chief | 2 | asked |
| 2 | an | 2 | along | 2 | about |
| 1 | year | 1 | with | 1 | when |
| 1 | went | 1 | wave | 1 | walk |
| 1 | together | 1 | time | 1 | thomas |
| 1 | there's | 1 | then | 1 | their |
| 1 | tells | 1 | tank | 1 | talking |
| 1 | stretch | 1 | story | 1 | stopped |
| 1 | steadily | 1 | soon | 1 | school |
| 1 | say | 1 | saw | 1 | rundown |
| 1 | returning | 1 | replied | 1 | readily |
| 1 | pump | 1 | paid | 1 | out |
| 1 | on | 1 | oil | 1 | off |
| 1 | next | 1 | my | 1 | mutual |
| 1 | massachusetts | 1 | man | 1 | lucky |
| 1 | low | 1 | lone | 1 | little |
| 1 | life | 1 | legs | 1 | knew |
| 1 | just | 1 | it | 1 | into |
| 1 | interstate | 1 | insurance | 1 | instead |
| 1 | in | 1 | himself | 1 | high |
| 1 | he'd | 1 | heard | 1 | great |
| 1 | got | 1 | gone | 1 | getting |
| 1 | found | 1 | fill | 1 | exit |
| 1 | engaged | 1 | drove | 1 | driving |
| 1 | did | 1 | dear | 1 | dated |
| 1 | company | 1 | check | 1 | charming |
| 1 | ceo | 1 | came | 1 | but |
| 1 | bragged | 1 | boy | 1 | back |
| 1 | at | 1 | around | 1 | animated |
| 1 | admitted |
