OLD

Do I really look that old?

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, “Surely I can’t look that old?!”

Well, my name is Alice Smith and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his diploma, which bore his full name.

Suddenly I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 40-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then?

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This bald, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate.

After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan Park High School. “Yes. Yes, I did. I’m a Mustang,” he gleamed with pride.

“When did you graduate?” I asked.

He answered, “In 1963. Why do you ask?”

“You were in my class!” I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely. Then that ugly, old, bald-headed, wrinkled, fat, gray-haired, decrepit old man asked…

“What did you teach?”

Cf. Como se diz “coroa” em inglês?
Cf. “How many years are you?” está certo?
Cf. COPS: por que os “policiais” são chamados assim em inglês?

do I really look that old? > eu pareço tão velho assim?
have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age > você já se pegou olhando para outras pessoas da sua idade
waiting room > sala de espera
bore his full name > trazia seu nome completo
suddenly > de repente
handsome > bonito
dark-haired boy > garoto de cabelos pretos
high school class > classe do colégio
some 40-0dd years ago > cerca de 40 anos atrás
the same guy that I had a secret crush on > o mesmo cara por quem eu era secretamente apaixonada
way back then > muito tempo atrás
upon seeing him > ao vê-lo
quickly discarded any such thought > rapidamente descartei aquele pensamento
bald > careca
gray-haired > de cabelos grisalhos
deeply lined face > rosto todo enrugado
way too old > velho demais
classmate > colega de classe
had attended > havia frequentado
I’m a Mustang > eu era do time dos Mustang
gleamed with pride > gabou-se com orgulho
when did you graduate? > quando você se formou?
looked at me closely > olhou bem para mim