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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Visiting the space

Ana and Sam visit the library's main room with Mara, who manages the building, and Ana learns to ask if a space is suitable for a specific use and to identify restrictions before assuming it works. Say this is the main room sixty chairs a small stage two doors, would this area work for six tables of six, if you move the chairs yes chairs don't move themselves, we have a Sam for that, what restrictions do we need to be aware of, no tape on the walls no candles and everyone out at nine thirty, when can we start setting up, four the room is a class until three forty-five, from four to six then Sam, two hours and no tape noted.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

In the library's main room, Mara shows the space, Ana asks about the tables and the restrictions, and Sam leaves with two hours and no tape noted.

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This is the main room. Sixty chairs, a small stage, two doors.this iz tha mêin rum. SÍKS-ti tchérz, a smól stêidj, tú dórzThis is the main room. Sixty chairs, a small stage, two doors.
Would this area be suitable for six tables of six?uud this É-ria bi SÚ-ta-bol for siks TÊI-bolz ov siksWould this area be suitable for six tables of six?
If you move the chairs, yes. The chairs don't move themselves.if iú muv tha tchérz, iés. tha tchérz dôunt muv them-SÉLVZIf you move the chairs, yes. The chairs don't move themselves.
We have a Sam for that.uí rév a sém for thétWe have a Sam for that.
What restrictions should we be aware of?uát ris-TRÍK-shans shud uí bi a-UÉR ovWhat restrictions should we be aware of?
No tape on the walls, no candles, and everyone out by nine thirty.nôu têip on tha uólz, nôu KÉN-dolz, end É-vri-uân áut bai náin THÂR-tiNo tape on the walls, no candles, and everyone out by nine thirty.
When can we start setting up?uén ken uí start SÉ-ting âpWhen can we start setting up?
Four. The room is a class until three forty-five.fór. tha rum iz a klés an-TÍL thrí FÓR-ti fáivFour. The room is a class until three forty-five.
Four to six, then. Sam?fór tu siks, then. sémFour to six, then. Sam?
Two hours and no tape. Noted.tú áuerz end nôu têip. NÔU-tedTwo hours and no tape. Noted.