When One Door Closes
Today’s quote is from Helen Keller. Blind and deaf since infancy, she overcame these challenges to become a prolific author, speaker, and advocate for disability rights.
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that não vemos a que foi aberta para nós.we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
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The Plus version of this story
Quando uma porta de felicidade se fecha, outra se abre, mas muitas vezes olhamos tanto para a porta fechada que não vemos a que foi aberta para nós.When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
💬 Today's vocabulary
🚪 Porta [femin. noun]: Door🥳 Felicidade [femin. noun]: Happiness🔐 Fechar-se: To close itself🔓 Abrir-se: To open itself☝️ Mas: But👁️ Olhar: To look➕ Tanto: So much👀 Ver: To see
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The same story, taken further, for DailyNata Plus members. This one works on past participle.
- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
- The words in it, explained, with examples
- 2 more recordings
- 2 interactive exercises
Written for level B1. Every story has its own, anywhere from A1 to B2.