9. Joel Learns to Drive 9.

Joel aprende a dirigir

Learning to drive seemed scary for Aprender a dirigir parecia assustador
Joel at first. He had recently para o Joel no incio. Ele tinha
purchased his first car, which was comprado recentemente seu primeiro
now sitting on his driveway, looking carro, que agora estava estacionado
clean and shiny. The previous owner na porta da garagem dele,
had maintained it for years and had parecendo limpo e brilhante. O
spent a lot of money restoring it to its proprietrio anterior havia
original condition. The car was a conservado o carro durante anos e
BMW, made in the year 1984. It was tinha gasto muito dinheiro para
black and had only two doors. The restaur-lo sua condio original.
interior was also black and had O carro era uma BMW, feita no ano
leather seating. The vehicle looked de 1984. Era preto e tinha apenas
practically new to Joel, despite it duas portas. O interior tambm era
being older than the new owner of it. preto e tinha assento de couro. O
veculo praticamente parecia novo
Joel was eager to start driving his new
para Joel, apesar de ser mais velho
car. At 21, Joel had felt the need to be
que o novo proprietrio do mesmo.
driving already. He was attending
college in the city of Los Angeles, Joel estava ansioso para comear a
working at a bookstore in the city of dirigir seu carro novo. Aos 21 anos,
Montebello, and living in the city of Joel sentiu a necessidade de j estar
Bell. Having a car would make dirigindo. Ele frequentava a
traveling much more convenient. Joel faculdade na cidade de Los Angeles,
had been getting around by means trabalhando em uma livraria na
of public transportation. He was cidade de Montebello e vivendo na
ready to stop taking the bus to school cidade de Bell. Ter um carro iria
and work. tornar a viagem muito mais
conveniente. Joel andava aos redores
The first thing Joel had to do was to
atravs de transportes pblicos. Ele
go to DMV to register the car under
estava pronto para parar de pegar o
his name. After that, he took a
nibus para a escola e trabalho.
driving manual book from DMV to
study for the written test. Passing the A primeira coisa que Joel tinha que
written test was the only way to get a fazer era ir ao DETRAN para registrar
driving permit. Joel studied for a few o carro em seu nome. Depois disso,
days, and passed his test. With the ele pegou um manual de conduo
permit in hand, Joel next had to find do Detran para estudar para o teste
someone to teach him how to drive. escrito. Passar no teste escrito era a
nica maneira de obter uma licena
Joel already knew who to ask for
de conduo. Joel estudou por alguns
driving lessons. If Im going to teach
dias e passou no teste. Com a
you how to drive, youre going to
autorizao na mo, Joel teve de
have to commit 100 percent. Do you
understand? Joels uncle asked him.
Yes, sir, responded Joel. After a
month full of trial and error, Joel
finally learned how to drive his car.
Although it was scary at first, driving
eventually became easy enough for
Joel.
encontrar algum para ensin-lo a
dirigir.
Joel j sabia a quem pedir aulas de
conduo. Se eu vou ensin-lo a
dirigir, voc vai ter que se
comprometer 100 por cento. Voc
entende? Tio do Joel perguntou-lhe.
Sim, senhor, respondeu o Joel.
Depois de um ms cheio de tentativa
e erro, Joel finalmente aprendeu a
dirigir o seu carro. Embora foi
assustador no incio, dirigindo
eventualmente tornou-se bastante
fcil para o Joel.