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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Follow an unexpected memory

In the circle, Rosa departs from the chronological order to tell about a friendship, and Ana learns to recall a detail already heard and ask how something started. Say the bread kept coming for a month then I found out who it was, you mentioned a neighbor who was she, Dona Marta from the third floor we were friends for twenty years, how did that come about, I knocked on every door with a cake until someone laughed, she laughed, she said my cake was better than her bread, and was it, of course not but I never told her, you mentioned twenty years we'll come back to that.

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THE STORY

In the same circle, Rosa departs from chronology to tell about her friendship with Dona Marta, and Ana follows the detour and notes what to return to.

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The bread kept coming for a month. Then I found out who it was.tha bréd képt KÂ-ming for a mânth. then ai fáund áut ru it uózThe bread kept coming for a month. Then I found out who it was.
You mentioned a neighbor. Who was she?iú MÉN-shand a NÊI-ber. ru uóz shiYou mentioned a neighbor. Who was she?
Dona Marta, from the third floor. We were friends for twenty years.DÓ-na MÁR-ta, from tha thârd flór. uí uâr fréndz for TUÉN-ti íarsDona Marta, from the third floor. We were friends for twenty years.
How did that come about?ráu did thét kâm a-BÁUTHow did that come about?
I knocked on every door with a cake, until someone laughed.ai nókt on É-vri dór uíth a kêik, ân-TÍL SÂM-uan léftI knocked on every door with a cake, until someone laughed.
She laughed?shi léftShe laughed?
She said my cake was better than her bread.shi séd mai kêik uóz BÉ-ter then râr brédShe said my cake was better than her bread.
And was it?end uóz itAnd was it?
Of course not. But I never told her.ov kórs nót. bât ai NÉ-ver tôuld rârOf course not. But I never told her.
You mentioned twenty years. We'll come back to that.iú MÉN-shand TUÉN-ti íars. uíl kâm bék tu thétYou mentioned twenty years. We'll come back to that.