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💞 Duas chávenas de café
Portuguese reading · B1 · Two Cups of Coffee. A short Portuguese story at level B1 (15 sentences). Read the Portuguese sentence first, then check the English translation below it. Learn the key words of each chapter and answer the question at the end.
Chapter 1
A Lena e o Jonas estavam juntos há três anos, mas ultimamente discutiam muito.
Lena and Jonas had been together for three years, but recently they had been arguing a lot.
As discussões começavam sempre por coisas pequenas: a loiça, o telemóvel, os atrasos.
The quarrels always started with small things: the dishes, the phone, being late.
Num domingo de manhã, enquanto a Lena bebia o café, o Jonas não parava de olhar para o telemóvel.
One Sunday morning, while Lena was drinking her coffee, Jonas kept looking at his phone.
«Nunca me ouves!», disse a Lena, e saiu a bater com a porta.
“You never listen to me!” said Lena, and she walked out, slamming the door.
O Jonas ficou sozinho, com duas chávenas e um pequeno-almoço frio na mesa.
Jonas was left alone with two cups and a cold breakfast on the table.
Words in this chapter
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| a relação | relationship |
| a discussão | quarrel |
| ouvir | to listen |
| juntos | together |
Did you understand? Porque é que a Lena se zanga?
- O Jonas não a ouve · Jonas doesn't listen to her
- O café está frio · The coffee is cold
- O Jonas está atrasado · Jonas is late
Correct answer: O Jonas não a ouve
Chapter 2
A Lena andou horas pelo parque a pensar na relação deles.
Lena walked in the park for hours, thinking about their relationship.
Deviam separar-se? A ideia assustava-a.
Should they break up? The thought scared her.
Quando voltou para casa, encontrou um bilhete escrito à mão em cima da mesa.
When she came home, she found a handwritten note on the table.
«Tens razão. O meu telemóvel está agora na gaveta. Podemos falar?»
“You're right. My phone is in the drawer now. Can we talk?”
Ao lado do bilhete estavam duas chávenas de café quente.
Next to the note stood two cups of hot coffee.
Words in this chapter
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| separar-se | to break up |
| o bilhete | note |
| ter razão | right |
| a gaveta | drawer |
Did you understand? Onde põe o Jonas o telemóvel?
- Na gaveta · In the drawer
- Em cima da mesa · On the table
- Na mochila · In his bag
Correct answer: Na gaveta
Chapter 3
Nessa noite conversaram durante horas, talvez a sério pela primeira vez.
That evening, they talked for hours, perhaps truly for the first time.
A Lena falou do stress no trabalho e o Jonas confessou que andava às escondidas à procura de outro emprego.
Lena talked about her stress at work, and Jonas admitted he was secretly looking for a new job.
«Era por isso que estava sempre a olhar para o telemóvel», disse ele. «Tinha medo de te contar.»
“That's why I kept looking at my phone,” he said. “I was afraid to tell you.”
A Lena sorriu. Comunicar era muito mais fácil do que discutir.
Lena smiled. Communicating was much easier than fighting.
Agora todas as manhãs de domingo começam com os telemóveis desligados e duas chávenas de café.
Now every Sunday morning starts with phones off and two cups of coffee.
Words in this chapter
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| a comunicação | communication |
| confessar | to admit |
| às escondidas | secretly |
| ter medo | to be afraid |
Did you understand? Porque é que o Jonas estava sempre a olhar para o telemóvel?
- Andava às escondidas à procura de emprego · He was secretly looking for a job
- Estava a jogar · He was playing a game
- Via futebol · He was watching football
Correct answer: Andava às escondidas à procura de emprego
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