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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The food table has limits

A family asks if the bread contains nuts, and Ana learns not to guess, to confirm a specific ingredient with the maker, and to pass along the exact facts so the person can decide. Say a family emailed does the bread contain nuts, I don't want to guess let me check with Rosa, you've eaten this bread a hundred times, and I've never read the recipe Rosa could you confirm whether the Friday bread contains nuts, the white bread doesn't the seed bread has walnuts, and is it made on the same counter, same counter different day, Dave reply with exactly that white bread without nuts seed bread with walnuts same counter, exactly that, let them decide with the facts.

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THE STORY

At the café, Dave reads an email from a family, Ana calls Rosa instead of guessing, and the answer goes back exactly as it came: white bread without nuts, seed bread with walnuts, same counter.

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A family emailed. Does the bread contain nuts?a FÉ-mi-li Í-meild. dâz tha bréd con-TÊIN nâtsA family emailed. Does the bread contain nuts?
I don't want to guess. Let me check with Rosa.ai dôunt uânt tu gués. lét mi tchék uíth RÔU-zaI don't want to guess. Let me check with Rosa.
You've eaten that bread a hundred times.iúv Í-ten thét bréd a RÂN-dred táimzYou've eaten that bread a hundred times.
And I've never read the recipe. Rosa, could you confirm whether the Friday bread contains nuts?end áiv NÉ-ver réd tha RÉ-si-pi. RÔU-za, kud iú con-FÂRM UÉ-ther tha FRÁI-dei bréd con-TÊINZ nâtsAnd I've never read the recipe. Rosa, could you confirm whether the Friday bread contains nuts?
The white loaf, no. The seed loaf has walnuts.tha uáit lôuf, nôu. tha síd lôuf rés UÓL-nâtsThe white bread, no. The seed bread has walnuts.
And is it made on the same counter?end iz it mêid on tha sêim KÁUN-terAnd is it made on the same counter?
Same counter, different day.sêim KÁUN-ter, DÍ-fe-rent dêiSame counter, different day.
Dave, write back exactly that. White loaf without nuts, seed loaf with walnuts, same counter.dêiv, ráit bék ig-ZÉKT-li thét. uáit lôuf uith-ÁUT nâts, síd lôuf uíth UÓL-nâts, sêim KÁUN-terDave, reply with exactly that. White bread without nuts, seed bread with walnuts, same counter.
Exactly that.ig-ZÉKT-li thétExactly that.
Let them decide with the facts.lét them di-SÁID uíth tha féktsLet them decide with the facts.