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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Questions from the Floor

The Nun and the Widow is launched at the Archive of the Indies, on Professor Ortega's last day, with Pablo on crutches in the front row. Speak the language of a public talk - first of all, I want to thank, don't listen to him, we'll now take questions, what was the hardest part, will there be a sequel - answer a difficult question with grace, and say goodbye to a long career. And at the signing table, Encarna finds a surprise in the dedication.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday, June 12th, 2029, seven in the evening, in a hall of the Archive of the Indies, under a painted ceiling. There are a hundred chairs, and all of them are taken. In the front row are Sarah, Encarna, Lucia, and Pablo with his crutches. Behind them, students, historians, and half of Manolo's bar. On a table at the front, a pile of new books, with Sister Isabel's letter on the cover and the title in cochineal red. It's Professor Ortega's last day. The publisher taps the microphone. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Buenas tardes a todos.BWEH-nahs TAHR-dehs ah TOH-dohsGood evening, everyone.
gracias por venirGRAH-see-ahs pohr beh-NEERthank you for coming
los autoreslohs ow-TOH-rehsthe authors
Les dejo con los autores.lehs DEH-hoh kohn lohs ow-TOH-rehsI'll leave you with the authors.
Antes de nadaAHN-tehs deh NAH-dahFirst of all
quiero dar las graciaskee-EH-roh dahr lahs GRAH-see-ahsI want to thank
a quien hizo el trabajo de verdadah kee-EHN EE-soh ehl trah-BAH-hoh deh behr-DAHDthe person who did the real work
No le hagan caso.noh leh AH-gahn KAH-sohDon't listen to him.
la modestialah moh-DEHS-tee-ahmodesty
Es la modestia de un profesor.ehs lah moh-DEHS-tee-ah deh oon proh-feh-SOHRIt's a professor's modesty.

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