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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The guest wants to change her talk

Lena wants twenty minutes and a new story, and Ana learns how to listen to the content before negotiating, ask which part is most important, and make room by shortening another part. Say I need twenty minutes not twelve I want to add the story about my mother's shop, tell me about the shop in one sentence, she sold fabric to half the neighborhood and she never learned English, that belongs in the evening which part is most important for you to include, the customers how they talked to her, we can make room for the customers if we shorten the part about the move, the move is five minutes, make it two and the shop gets the other three still twelve, twelve with the shop, twelve with the shop.

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THE STORY

At the café, Lena asks for twenty minutes and a new story, and Ana fits her mother's shop into the same twelve minutes.

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I need twenty minutes, not twelve. I want to add the story about my mother's shop.ai níd TUÉN-ti MÍ-nits, nót tuélv. ai uânt tu éd tha STÓ-ri a-BÁUT mai MÂ-therz shópI need twenty minutes, not twelve. I want to add the story about my mother's shop.
Tell me about the shop in one sentence.tél mi a-BÁUT tha shóp in uân SÉN-tensTell me about the shop in one sentence.
She sold fabric to half the neighborhood, and she never learned English.shi sôuld FÉ-brik tu réf tha NÊI-bor-rud, end shi NÉ-ver lârnd ÍN-glishShe sold fabric to half the neighborhood, and she never learned English.
That belongs in the evening. Which part is most important for you to include?thét bi-LÓNGZ in thi ÍV-ning. uítch part iz môust im-PÓR-tant for iú tu in-KLÚDThat belongs in the evening. Which part is most important for you to include?
The customers. How they talked to her.tha KÂS-to-merz. ráu thêi tókt tu rârThe customers. How they talked to her.
We can make room for the customers if we shorten the part about the move.uí ken mêik rum for tha KÂS-to-merz if uí SHÓR-ten tha part a-BÁUT tha muvWe can make room for the customers if we shorten the part about the move.
The move is five minutes.tha muv iz fáiv MÍ-nitsThe move is five minutes.
Make it two, and the shop gets the other three. Still twelve.mêik it tú, end tha shóp guéts thi Â-ther thrí. stil tuélvMake it two, and the shop gets the other three. Still twelve.
Twelve with the shop.tuélv uíth tha shópTwelve with the shop.