You Travelled More Than You Stayed

Sunday the tenth of August, twenty thirty-one, Daniel's second Father's Day. A run on the beach at seven with Alice in the pram and Rafael, who is slower; a card from the daycare with a green hand on it, green on purpose; two fathers on video at noon, one with the longest sentence of his life, one with five days of fried eggs; and at four, the fridge, where his wife has counted the days since January, out loud, and the number is bigger than either of them thought. Luana calls from Salvador for the first time since April. The last lesson of Part Two, with a line from each of its lessons. Say "you run with a pram and still get there first", "Cris said it was on purpose", "I practised all week, and your mother corrected everything", "this year, you've travelled more than you've stayed at home", "I know, and in September it's Manaus", "I'm not fighting, I'm counting" and "I went into the sea, up to the knee".

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Sunday the tenth of August, twenty thirty-one, seven in the morning, the beach. In Brazil, Father's Day is the second Sunday of August, and this is Daniel's second. He came home on Friday night from a week in the Northeast and flies again tomorrow at six. His Sunday run has a pram in it today, and Rafael, the godfather. At half past eight an envelope on the kitchen table, at noon two fathers on video, and at four the calendar on the fridge, counted since January. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Tease a friend, "you run with a pram and still get there first", "you eat more than you run" and "a godfather doesn't run, a godfather keeps up"
Report what someone said, "Cris said it was on purpose", and say "this year, I remembered"
Hear two fathers, "I practised all week, and your mother corrected everything" and "in July, I spent five days on my own, fried egg"
Count the days, "the days away from home, eighty-three, at home, seventy-five", "this year, you've travelled more than you've stayed at home", "I know, and in September it's Manaus" and "I'm not fighting, I'm counting"
Say "I went into the sea, up to the knee" and "a little is more than nothing", and review Part Two, one line from each lesson

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o carrinhooo kah-HEEN-yoothe pram, word for word the little car

falta de respeitoFAHL-tah djee hehs-PAY-toodisrespect, word for word lack of respect

Você corre com carrinho e ainda chega primeiro.voh-SAY KAW-hee kohng kah-HEEN-yoo ee ah-EEN-dah SHAY-gah pree-MAY-rooYou run with a pram and still get there first.

acompanhaah-kohng-PAHN-yahkeeps up

Padrinho não corre. Padrinho acompanha.pah-DREEN-yoo nowng KAW-hee. pah-DREEN-yoo ah-kohng-PAHN-yahA godfather doesn't run. A godfather keeps up.

lembreilaym-BRAYI remembered

Feliz Dia dos Pais, Daniel. O segundo.feh-LEES DJEE-ah doos PIES, dah-nee-EW. oo seh-GOON-dooHappy Father's Day, Daniel. The second one.

A Cris disse que foi de propósito.ah krees DJEE-see kee foy djee proh-PAW-zee-tooCris said it was on purpose.

corrigiukoh-hee-ZHEE-oocorrected

Eu treinei a semana inteira, e a sua mãe corrigiu tudo.EH-oo tray-NAY ah seh-MAH-nah een-TAY-rah, ee ah SOO-ah MAYNG koh-hee-ZHEE-oo TOO-dooI practised all week, and your mother corrected everything.

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