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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

When the answer comes in parts

Lucy joins the circle on a call, with a connection delay, and Ana learns to hand the turn back in two words and return to the question that was interrupted. Say can you hear me there's a delay on my end, we hear you I was going to ask you something, sorry go ahead, no you go ahead you started first, I just wanted to say the laundromat story is true I heard about my own job there, what I was going to ask was how you heard it, a woman folding towels said the library needed someone, and you applied the next day, the same day the towels were still warm, Lucy one question at a time and we wait for the delay.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

In the circle, Lucy joins by video from home, with a delay that makes both of them speak at the same time, until Ana agrees on one question at a time.

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Can you hear me? There's a delay on my end.ken iú ríar mi? thérz a di-LÊI on mai éndCan you hear me? There's a delay on my end.
We hear you. I was going to ask you something.uí ríar iú. ai uóz GÔU-ing tu ésk iú SÂM-thingWe hear you. I was going to ask you something.
Sorry, go ahead.SÓ-ri, gôu a-RÉDSorry, go ahead.
No, you go ahead. You started first.nôu, iú gôu a-RÉD. iú STÁR-ted fârstNo, you go ahead. You started first.
I just wanted to say the laundromat story is true. I heard about my own job there.ai djâst UÓN-ted tu sêi tha LÓN-dro-met STÓ-ri iz trú. ai rârd a-BÁUT mai ôun djób thérI just wanted to say the laundromat story is true. I heard about my own job there.
What I was going to ask was how you heard it.uát ai uóz GÔU-ing tu ésk uóz ráu iú rârd itWhat I was going to ask was how you heard it.
A woman folding towels said the library needed someone.a UÚ-man FÔUL-ding TÁU-elz séd tha LÁI-bre-ri NÍ-ded SÂM-uanA woman folding towels said the library needed someone.
And you applied the next day?end iú a-PLÁID tha nékst dêiAnd you applied the next day?
The same day. The towels were still warm.tha sêim dêi. tha TÁU-elz uâr stil uórmThe same day. The towels were still warm.
Lucy, one question at a time, and we wait for the delay.LÚ-si, uân KUÉS-tchan et a táim, end uí uêit for tha di-LÊILucy, one question at a time, and we wait for the delay.