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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Heart of the Street

A journalist from the neighbourhood paper comes to the cafe, and Daniel learns how to give a story a shape. Say I'm from the neighbourhood paper, tell me the story from the beginning, ten years ago this was a garage, the coffee was free from the first day, this cafe is the heart of the street, and that's your headline.

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THE STORY

At a table in Rafael's cafe in Botafogo, in Rio, a young journalist from the neighbourhood paper interviews Daniel about the cafe, while Rafael pretends not to listen from behind the counter.

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Sou do jornal do bairro. Podemos conversar?SOH doo zhohr-NOW doo BIGH-hoo. poh-DEH-moos kohn-vehr-SAHRI'm from the neighbourhood paper. Can we talk?
Claro. Senta. O café é por conta da casa.KLAH-roo. SEN-tah. oo kah-FEH eh pohr KOHN-tah dah KAH-zahOf course. Sit down. The coffee is on the house.
Me conta a história desde o começo.mee KOHN-tah ah ees-TOH-ryah DEZ-djee oo koh-MEH-sooTell me the story from the beginning.
Dez anos atrás, isso aqui era uma garagem.DEHZ AH-nooz ah-TRAHS, EE-soo ah-KEE EH-rah OO-mah gah-RAH-zhayngTen years ago, this was a garage.
E o Rafael?ee oo hah-fah-EWAnd Rafael?
O Rafael me deu o primeiro café de graça no meu primeiro dia no Rio.oo hah-fah-EW mee DEH-oo oo pree-MAY-roo kah-FEH djee GRAH-sah noo may-oo pree-MAY-roo DJEE-ah noo HEE-ooRafael gave me my first free coffee on my first day in Rio.
O café era de graça desde o primeiro dia. E a amizade também.oo kah-FEH EH-rah djee GRAH-sah DEZ-djee oo pree-MAY-roo DJEE-ah. ee ah ah-mee-ZAH-djee tahm-BAYNGThe coffee was free from the first day. And so was the friendship.
E o que esse café é para o bairro?ee oo kee EH-see kah-FEH eh PAH-rah oo BIGH-hooAnd what is this cafe to the neighbourhood?
Esse café é o coração da rua.EH-see kah-FEH eh oo koh-rah-SOWNG dah HOO-ahThis cafe is the heart of the street.
Pronto. Esse é o meu título. Não muda uma palavra.PROHN-too. EH-see eh oo may-oo CHEE-too-loo. nowng MOO-dah OO-mah pah-LAH-vrahDone. That's my headline. Don't change a word.