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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Water Under the Bridge

On the maternity ward at four in the morning, a nurse with twenty years there keeps passing her work to Sarah, and calling her "the American". Tonight, Sarah stands her ground, and by six they are drinking coffee from the machine. Speak the language of setting limits at work - my name is, that one's yours, not mine, a favour is once, you're keeping count, don't be like that, I'm saying it nicely, don't take it the wrong way, water under the bridge - and make peace before the shift ends.

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THE STORY

It's Monday, October 22nd, 2029, four in the morning, on the maternity ward of the hospital. The corridor lights are dimmed, a monitor beeps in the distance, and Sarah has just finished her own paperwork. Remedios, a nurse with twenty years on the ward and an opinion about everything, has passed her a job on every night they've shared this week, always with a smile, and always calling her "the American". She's coming down the corridor now, with a folder in her hand. At five, a mother in bed twelve has a scare, and at six, Remedios comes back with two coffees. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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las altaslahs AHL-tahsthe discharge papers
¿Me haces tú las altas de la cama ocho?meh AH-sehs too lahs AHL-tahs deh lah KAH-mah OH-chohWill you do the discharge papers for bed eight?
Que yo estoy liada.keh yoh ehs-TOY lee-AH-dahI'm tied up.
Me llamo Sarah.meh YAH-moh SAH-rahMy name's Sarah.
La ocho es tuya, no mía.lah OH-choh ehs TOO-yah noh MEE-ahEight is yours, not mine.
Uy, qué humos.OO-ee keh OO-mohsOoh, aren't we touchy.
Solo era un favor.SOH-loh EH-rah oon fah-BOHRIt was only a favour.
Un favor es una vez.oon fah-BOHR ehs OO-nah behsA favour is once.
Esta es la cuarta esta semana.EHS-tah ehs lah KWAHR-tah EHS-tah seh-MAH-nahThis is the fourth time this week.
¿Llevas la cuenta?YEH-bahs lah KWEHN-tahYou're keeping count?

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