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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Few Words First

The screening of The Man Who Listens at the reading club: before the film a few words, I want to say a few words, forty minutes of silence is a first, thank you to all who let the camera in, especially to one grandmother who isn't here, she said she'd watch when they bring it, better to see once than to hear a hundred times, lights off.

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THE STORY

The reading club at the library near the Arbat on a November evening, the hall full, a screen where the piano usually stands; Galina Petrovna, Katya, Lena and Dima in the second row. Sam says the polite you to Lev Borisovich and to the hall, and the friendly you to Dima.

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Перед фильмом несколько слов, Сэм.PYE-ryet FEEL-mam NYE-skal-ka SLOF, SEM.Before the film, a few words, Sam.
Я хочу сказать несколько слов.ya kha-CHOO ska-ZAT NYE-skal-ka SLOF.I want to say a few words.
Сорок минут молчать? Это впервые.SO-rak mi-NOOT mal-CHAT? E-ta fpir-VY-ye.Forty minutes of silence? That's a first.
спасибо всем, ктоspa-SEE-ba FSYEM, ktothank you to all who
Спасибо всем, кто пустил камеру.spa-SEE-ba FSYEM, kto pus-TEEL KA-mi-ru.Thank you to all who let the camera in.
Особенно одной бабушке, которой здесь нет.a-SO-bin-na ad-NOY BA-bush-kye, ka-TO-ray ZDYES NYET.Especially to one grandmother who isn't here.
Она сказала: привезут, посмотрю.a-NA ska-ZA-la: pri-vi-ZOOT, pa-sma-TRYU.She said: when they bring it, I'll watch.
Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать.LOOCH-she a-DEEN RAS u-VEE-dyet, chem STO RAS u-SLY-shat.Better to see once than to hear a hundred times.
Гасите свет!ga-SEE-tye SVYET!Lights off!