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🇪🇸 Spanish · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Thank You, Teacher

On the last day of the April Fair, the nurses honour Rosario in their tent, and Sarah, her last student, has to make a speech in Spanish in front of two hundred midwives. Say a few words, I didn't even know, you taught me to, I owe you more than I can say, I want you to come to my wedding, and thank someone in public, the way it's done in Spain.

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THE STORY

It's Saturday May 6th, the last day of the April Fair, two in the afternoon, in the nurses' tent. Two hundred midwives and nurses, in flamenco dresses and suits, have come to honour Rosario, who retires in June after thirty-two years. The director of the school of midwives has spoken, and the head of the hospital has spoken. Now it's Sarah's turn, and her hands are shaking. Then the family at the back of the tent, Pepa just off the train from Cadiz, and a question Sarah has been saving for a month. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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unas palabrasOO-nahs pah-LAH-brahsa few words
su última alumnasoo OOL-tee-mah ah-LOOM-nahher last student
cuando quierasKWAHN-doh kee-EH-rahswhen you're ready
cuando llegué en septiembreKWAHN-doh yeh-GEH ehn sehp-tee-EHM-brehwhen I arrived in September
lo que era un paritorioloh keh EH-rah oon pah-ree-TOH-ree-ohwhat a delivery room was
no sabía ninoh sah-BEE-ah neeI didn't even know
Me enseñaste a escuchar a las madres.meh ehn-seh-NYAHS-teh ah ehs-koo-CHAHR ah lahs MAH-drehsYou taught me to listen to the mothers.
y a no mirar el relojee ah noh mee-RAHR ehl rreh-LOHand not to look at the clock
te deboteh DEH-bohI owe you
más de lo que te puedo decirmahs deh loh keh teh PWEH-doh deh-SEERmore than I can say

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