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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Next Year We Win

On Ash Wednesday, the whole section watches the judges' scores being read out on television at Rafael's flat. Say turn the sound up they're reading the scores, we got a ten for the drums, nine point eight for harmony, who was it who stopped singing, it's never the foreigner's fault, fourth place, and next year we win.

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THE STORY

On Ash Wednesday afternoon, in Rafael's flat in Rio, the whole section crowds around the television to hear the judges' scores read out, with Daniel, Bia and Tia Zelia on the sofa.

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Aumenta o som! Estão lendo as notas!ow-MEN-tah oo SOHNG! ess-TOWNG LEN-doo ahs NOH-tahsTurn the sound up! They're reading the scores!
Silêncio, gente. Bateria.see-LEN-see-oo, ZHEN-chee. bah-teh-REE-ahQuiet, everyone. Drums.
Dez! Dez na bateria!DEHZ! DEHZ nah bah-teh-REE-ahTen! Ten for the drums!
Harmonia. Nove e oito. Alguém parou de cantar.ahr-moh-NEE-ah. NOH-vee ee OY-too. ahl-GAYNG pah-ROH djee kahn-TAHRHarmony. Nine point eight. Someone stopped singing.
Não fui eu. Eu cantei errado, mas cantei.nowng FOO-ee AY-oo. AY-oo kahn-TAY eh-HAH-doo, mahs kahn-TAYIt wasn't me. I sang wrong, but I sang.
Eu sei. Nunca é culpa do gringo.AY-oo SAY. NOON-kah eh KOOL-pah doo GREEN-gooI know. It's never the foreigner's fault.
Resultado final. Quarto lugar!heh-zool-TAH-doo fee-NOW. KWAHR-too loo-GAHRFinal result. Fourth place!
Quarto é bom?KWAHR-too eh BOHNGIs fourth good?
Quarto é ótimo. A gente fica no grupo especial.KWAHR-too eh OH-chee-moo. ah ZHEN-chee FEE-kah noo GROO-poo es-peh-see-OWFourth is great. We stay in the top group.
Ano que vem a gente ganha. Pode anotar.AH-noo kee VAYNG ah ZHEN-chee GAH-nyah. POH-djee ah-noh-TAHRNext year we win. You can write that down.