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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The Scene and the Event

Galina Petrovna rehearses Sam at the kitchen table before he tells Fat and Thin: from the beginning and slower, two friends met at the station, first the background and then what happened, they hugged and kissed three times, he found out, went pale, and it was the polite you from then on.

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Lesson 2 · The Scene and the Event

Russian · 30 minutes

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The kitchen in Sokolniki, an evening before the reading club. Galina Petrovna, a retired teacher, rehearses Sam's retelling of Fat and Thin; she and Sam say the friendly you.

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С начала, и медленнее.s na-CHA-la, i MYED-lin-nye-ye.From the beginning, and slower.
Два друга встретились на вокзале: толстый и тонкий.dva DROO-ga FSTRYE-ti-lis na vak-ZA-lye: TOL-sty i TON-kiy.Two friends met at the station: a fat one and a thin one.
Сначала фон: что происходило?sna-CHA-la FON: SHTO pra-is-kha-DEE-la?First the background: what was going on?
Тонкий нёс чемоданы, а толстый стоял.TON-kiy NYOS chi-ma-DA-ny, a TOL-sty sta-YAL.The thin one was carrying suitcases, and the fat one was standing.
Хорошо. А теперь что случилось?kha-ra-SHO. a ti-PYER SHTO slu-CHEE-las?Good. And now, what happened?
они обнялисьa-NEE ab-nya-LEESthey hugged
Они обнялись, и тонкий говорил и говорил.a-NEE ab-nya-LEES, i TON-kiy ga-va-REEL i ga-va-REEL.They hugged, and the thin one talked and talked.
А потом, одним предложением: что изменилось?a pa-TOM, ad-NEEM prid-la-ZHE-ni-yem: SHTO iz-mi-NEE-las?And then, in one sentence: what changed?
Он узнал, что толстый генерал, и побледнел.on uz-NAL, shto TOL-sty gi-ni-RAL, i pa-blid-NYEL.He found out the fat one was a general, and went pale.