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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Listening to another voice

Luis, new to the circle, speaks with a different rhythm and different vowels, and Ana learns to ask for a rephrasing without embarrassing him and to confirm the meaning with you're saying that. Say where I come from the bakery is where you hear the news before the newspaper, sorry could you put that another way the room is loud tonight, the bakery is the real newspaper, so you're saying people hear the news at the bakery first, exactly births deaths who's moving out, is it the same here, here it's the laundromat, Rosa is he right, he is and he's never been to my bakery, tomorrow then.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

In the circle, Luis, who recently arrived in the neighborhood, shares where the news comes from in his town, and Ana confirms the meaning and passes the floor to Rosa.

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Where I come from, the bakery is where you learn the news before the newspaper.uér ai kâm from, tha BÊI-ke-ri iz uér iú lârn tha niúz bi-FÓR tha NIÚZ-pei-perWhere I come from, the bakery is where you learn the news before the newspaper.
Sorry, could you put that another way? The room is loud tonight.SÓ-ri, kud iú put thét a-NÂ-ther uêi? tha rúm iz láud tu-NÁITSorry, could you put that another way? The room is loud tonight.
The bakery is the real newspaper.tha BÊI-ke-ri iz tha ríal NIÚZ-pei-perThe bakery is the real newspaper.
So you're saying people hear the news at the bakery first.sôu iór SÊI-ing PÍ-pol ríar tha niúz et tha BÊI-ke-ri fârstSo you're saying people hear the news at the bakery first.
Exactly. Births, deaths, who's moving out.ig-ZÉKT-li. bârths, déths, ruz MÚ-ving áutExactly. Births, deaths, who's moving out.
Is it the same here?iz it tha sêim ríarIs it the same here?
Here it's the laundromat.ríar its tha LÓN-dro-metHere it's the laundromat.
Rosa, is he right?RÔU-za, iz ri ráitRosa, is he right?
He is. And he's never been to my bakery.ri iz. end riz NÉ-ver bin tu mai BÊI-ke-riHe is. And he's never been to my bakery.
Tomorrow, then.tu-MÓ-rou, thenTomorrow, then.