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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A question Ana wasn't expecting

Maya asks whether the stories in the circle represent the whole neighborhood, and Ana learns to buy a second to think, limit the scope of what she does, and give an honest answer that isn't a good one. Say do these stories represent the whole neighborhood, let me think how to put this, take your time, no they represent the people who came to this room, that's not the whole neighborhood, it's not this is one perspective rather than a survey, so what's missing, the people who work nights and the people who don't like rooms, how do you reach them, I don't know yet that's an honest answer not a good one.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

At the end of a circle, Maya asks the question Ana hadn't prepared for, and Ana responds off the cuff, without exaggerating the reach of the circles.

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Do these stories represent the whole neighborhood?du thíz STÓ-riz re-pri-ZÉNT tha rôul NÊI-bor-rudDo these stories represent the whole neighborhood?
Let me think how to put this.lét mi think ráu tu put thisLet me think how to put this.
Take your time.têik iór táimTake your time.
No. They represent the people who came to this room.nôu. thêi re-pri-ZÉNT tha PÍ-pol ru kêim tu this rúmNo. They represent the people who came to this room.
That's not the whole neighborhood.théts nót tha rôul NÊI-bor-rudThat's not the whole neighborhood.
It's not. This is one perspective rather than a survey.its nót. this iz uân per-SPÉK-tiv RÉ-ther then a SÂR-veiIt's not. This is one perspective rather than a survey.
So what's missing?sôu uáts MÍ-singSo what's missing?
The people who work nights, and the people who don't like rooms.tha PÍ-pol ru uârk náits, end tha PÍ-pol ru dôunt láik rúmzThe people who work nights, and the people who don't like rooms.
How do you reach them?ráu du iú rítch themHow do you reach them?
I don't know yet. That's an honest answer, not a good one.ai dôunt nôu iét. théts en Ó-nest ÉN-ser, nót a gud uânI don't know yet. That's an honest answer, not a good one.