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TURQUIA: TOLGA YUCEIL

Orly Borges Personal Collection

"The saxophone
player was right".

I’m working as a waiter now at Cafe Journal in New York’s Manhattan area. I’m studying photography and preparing five free English courses on OM Personal English www.ompersonal.com.ar I am going to be a professional photographer.

When I first came to the USA, I looked for work. After a long day of job hunting, I went back home on the subway. I was feeling a little sad.

Then, the subway stopped at the 14th Street station and a man with a saxophone came into my subway car. He stood there and said loudly, ”Money can protect your ears.” He then played the worst music I ever heard. My ears were actually hurting. He was right. I got up and gave him some money just so he would be quiet and stop the pain in my ears.

I said to myself, ”Wow, it’s amazing that a bad saxophone player can make money in New York!” It was then that I knew that I could succeed wherever I went.  

GLOSSARY

waiter: camarero, mozo
first came: vine por primera vez
looked for: busqué
job hunting: búsqueda de empleo
went back home: regresé a casa
subway: subterráneo
a little sad: algo desilusionado
saxophone: saxofón
came into: entró
 stood there: se quedó de pie allí
loudly: en voz alta
the worst: la peor

I ever heard: que yo había escuchado
hurting: doliendo
he was right: él tenía razón
got up: me levanté
just so: sólo para que
would be quiet: se callara
pain: dolor
I said to myself: me dije
amazing: sorprendente
saxophone player: saxofonista
I could succeed wherever I went: que yo podría tener éxito adonde fuera

 

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