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There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read: |
illegible – nieczytelny shaky – chwiejny handwriting – charakter pisma |
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Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had £ 100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me? Sincerely, |
widow – wdowa pension – emerytura purse – portmonetka turn to – zwrócić się do |
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The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few pounds. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected £ 96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends. Christmas came and went. |
touched – wzruszony dig (dug, dug) into – sięgnąć do wallet – portfel come up with – wystarać się o make the rounds – obejść glow – uczucie ciepła |
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A few days later, another letter came from the same old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened. It read: |
gather – zebrać sie, zgromadzić się |
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Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was £ 4 missing. I think it might have been those bastards at the post office. Sincerely, |
fix – zorganizować, przygotować glorious – wspaniały, cudowny gift – podarunek there was £ 4 missing – brakowało 4 funtów bastard – drań, łajdak |