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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Nobody Panic

The permit for Paco's beam has come through, and the lift is finished, a month before Christmas. The president of the residents makes a speech, Encarna cuts the ribbon and takes the first ride, and it doesn't go quite to plan. Speak the language of a small ceremony and a small emergency - a few words before anything else, make it short, without further ado, I declare it open, the honour is yours, just in case, we're stuck, nobody panic, I can't breathe, you're just too nervous.

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday, November 27th, 2029, seven in the evening, in the patio of Encarna's building. On the ninth, the permit for Paco's beam came through at last, and the lift is finished, a month before anyone expected. Its doors are shining, and across them is a red ribbon that the president bought specially. All the neighbours are there, with Manolo, who has brought a tray of small glasses of sherry. The president has written a speech. It is two pages long. Encarna is holding her sewing scissors. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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fruto del esfuerzoFROO-toh dehl ehs-FWEHR-sohthe result of the effort
Ha llegado el permiso.ah yeh-GAH-doh ehl pehr-MEE-sohThe permit has come through.
Abrevia, que se calienta el fino.ah-BREH-bee-ah keh seh kah-lee-EHN-tah ehl FEE-nohMake it short. The sherry's getting warm.
Queridos vecinoskeh-REE-dohs beh-SEE-nohsDear neighbours
sin más preámbulosseen mahs preh-AHM-boo-lohswithout further ado
Queda inaugurado el ascensor.KEH-dah ee-now-goo-RAH-doh ehl ahs-sehn-SOHRI declare the lift open.
Setenta y ocho años, cuatro pisos, y un ascensor.seh-TEHN-tah ee OH-choh AH-nyohs KWAH-troh PEE-sohs ee oon ahs-sehn-SOHRSeventy-eight years, four floors, and a lift.
El honor es suyo.ehl oh-NOHR ehs SOO-yohThe honour is yours. Politely.
la cintalah SEEN-tahthe ribbon
Corte usted la cinta.KOHR-teh oos-TEHD lah SEEN-tahYou cut the ribbon. Politely.

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