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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Somebody Pinch Me

It's Saint Valentine's Day, and at noon the exam results come out. Sarah is asleep after a night shift, with her phone off, so Julian sees the list at the Archive, and runs home across the bridge to wake her. Share news nobody can believe - is it out yet, what does it say, number twelve out of more than ten thousand, tell me again slowly, somebody pinch me - and keep a promise made on the night before the exam.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Thursday, February 14th, 2030, Saint Valentine's Day. At noon, the results of the exam come out, on the ministry's website. Sarah came home from a night shift at half past eight, and she's asleep, with her phone off. Julian is at the Archive of the Indies, in front of his computer, and the archivist is reading over his shoulder. At twenty-five past twelve, he runs into Encarna's patio in Triana, out of breath, with a bunch of red roses. At half past twelve, he wakes Sarah up. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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ha salidoah sah-LEE-dohit's come out
¿Ya ha salido?yah ah sah-LEE-dohIs it out yet?
La página no carga.lah PAH-hee-nah noh KAHR-gahThe page won't load.
Dale otra vez.DAH-leh OH-trah behsTry again.
¿Qué pone?keh POH-nehWhat does it say?
La número doce.lah NOO-meh-roh DOH-sehNumber twelve, for a woman.
más de diez milmahs deh dee-EHS MEELmore than ten thousand
De más de diez mil.deh mahs deh dee-EHS MEELOut of more than ten thousand.
todavíatoh-dah-BEE-ahstill
¿Y qué haces aquí todavía?ee keh AH-sehs ah-KEE toh-dah-BEE-ahAnd what are you still doing here?

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