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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

What each partner needs

At the first joint meeting, Ana listens to what Carla's association and Dave's café expect from the partnership, and learns to make expectations observable and to test a priority summary. Say Carla, what would success look like for the association, forty families at the first event, and half of them back at the second, Dave, and for the café, honestly, people finding my door, the event can be anything, so your main concern seems to be visibility, not the program, that's it, and mine is that people come back, those two can live together, can they, if the way back to the second event goes past your door.

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Lesson 2 · What each partner needs

English for Brazilians · 30 minutes

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At Dave's café, at the partnership's first meeting, Ana asks Carla and Dave what success would look like for each of them, and finds the point where the two answers meet.

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Carla, what would success look like for the association?KÁR-la, uát uud sak-SÉS luk láik for thi a-sou-si-ÊI-shanCarla, what would success look like for the association?
Forty families at the first event, and half of them back at the second.FÓR-ti FÉ-mi-liz et tha fârst i-VÉNT, end réf ov them bék et tha SÉ-kondForty families at the first event, and half of them back at the second.
Dave, and for the café?dêiv, end for tha ka-FÊIDave, and for the café?
Honestly? People finding my door. The event can be anything.Ó-nest-li? PÍ-pol FÁIN-ding mai dór. thi i-VÉNT ken bi É-ni-thingHonestly? People finding my door. The event can be anything.
So your main concern seems to be visibility, not the program.sôu iór mêin kon-SÂRN símz tu bi vi-zi-BÍ-li-ti, nót tha PRÔU-gremSo your main concern seems to be visibility, not the program.
That's it.théts itThat's it.
And mine is that people come back.end máin iz thét PÍ-pol kâm békAnd mine is that people come back.
Those two can live together.thôuz tú ken liv tu-GUÉ-therThose two can live together.
Can they?ken thêiCan they?
If the way back to the second event goes past your door.if tha uêi bék tu tha SÉ-kond i-VÉNT gôuz pést iór dórIf the way back to the second event goes past your door.