Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA) 2019 - Inglês

TEXTO

MY HOUSE: MY LIFE!

After my wife passed away a year ago, my son and daughter started to ask questions like "Are you going to stay in this big house all alone?" and "Don't you think a small apartment would be better for you, now?" They still ask me these same questions all the time. I know that they want me to leave so they can sell the house and share the money. But I don't want to move. Although I am eighty-two, I am independent and able to look after myself. They think I am being selfish, but all my memories are here. This is where I spent all my life and I don't want to go to a strange place. I have some good friends who live near here, and I would miss them. My children seldom visit. Why would I want to live in a strange place away from my friends? I know one day I might have to leave if I am ill, but not yet. My health is good, and I want to stay here. I wish my children would stop trying to force me out. I don't want to argue with them, but I don't want to move out of this house. I feel so miserable.

The man feels his children...