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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The promise that exceeds the team

The families ask for three more sessions and the team can cover one, and Ana learns to limit the promise to what they can deliver and make an expansion conditional on the missing resource. Say the families asked for three more sessions Saturday morning Saturday afternoon and Sunday, what we can commit to is one, one out of three, one that happens every week with the same people, and the other two, we could add a second as long as the association brings two volunteers, two volunteers for one session, two because one gets sick, I can find two, so we promise two and deliver two.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

In the community association hall, Carla brings the families' request for three more sessions, and Ana promises one, makes the second conditional on two volunteers, and doesn't promise the third.

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Families asked for three more sessions. Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday.FÉ-mi-liz éskt for thrí mór SÉ-shans. SÉ-ter-dei MÓR-ning, SÉ-ter-dei éf-ter-NÚN, end SÂN-deiFamilies asked for three more sessions. Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday.
What we can commit to is one.uát uí ken ko-MÍT tu iz uânWhat we can commit to is one.
One out of three.uân áut ov thríOne out of three.
One that happens every week, with the same people.uân thét RÉ-penz É-vri uík, uíth tha sêim PÍ-polOne that happens every week, with the same people.
And the other two?end thi Â-ther túAnd the other two?
We could add a second, provided that the association brings two volunteers.uí kud éd a SÉ-kond, pro-VÁI-ded thét thi a-sou-si-ÊI-shan bringz tú vo-lan-TÍRZWe could add a second, provided that the association brings two volunteers.
Two volunteers for one session?tú vo-lan-TÍRZ for uân SÉ-shanTwo volunteers for one session?
Two, because one gets sick.tú, bi-KÓZ uân guéts sikTwo, because one gets sick.
I can find two.ai ken fáind túI can find two.
Then we promise two, and we keep two.then uí PRÓ-mis tú, end uí kíp túThen we promise two, and keep two.