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🇪🇸 Spanish · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Don't Put Me in the Middle

After a week under one roof in Conil, Rosario reorganises Pepa's kitchen in the night like a hospital ward, with a label on every door, and the sisters have the first real fight of the retirement. Take sides and refuse to - you're both partly right, don't put me in the middle, whose side are you on? - calm things down - it's not that bad, put yourself in her place - and make up - forgive me, I went too far.

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THE STORY

It's Monday, August 14th, nine in the morning, in Pepa's kitchen in Conil. The five of them have been under one roof for a week. During the night, Rosario got up and reorganised everything - the pans by size, the spices in alphabetical order, and a label on every cupboard door, in capital letters. Pepa has just come down for breakfast. Sarah has just come down too, at the worst possible moment. Later, on the beach, Pepa tells Sarah what it is to have a sister, and that evening Rosario has something to say. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¡Me ha cambiado toda la cocina!meh ah kahm-bee-AH-doh TOH-dah lah koh-SEE-nahShe's changed my whole kitchen!
con etiquetaskohn eh-tee-KEH-tahswith labels
Estaba hecha un desastre.ehs-TAH-bah EH-chah oon deh-SAHS-trehIt was a disaster.
Ahora se encuentra todo.ah-OH-rah seh ehn-KWEHN-trah TOH-dohNow you can find everything.
¡Era mi desastre!EH-rah mee deh-SAHS-trehIt was my disaster!
Dile algo.DEE-leh AHL-gohSay something to her.
en medioehn MEH-dee-ohin the middle
A mí no me metáis en medio.ah mee noh meh meh-TAH-ees ehn MEH-dee-ohDon't put me in the middle. To a group, in Spain.
¿Tú de qué lado estás?too deh keh LAH-doh ehs-TAHSWhose side are you on?
Las dos tenéis parte de razón.lahs dohs teh-NEH-ees PAHR-teh deh rrah-SOHNYou're both partly right.

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