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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Sequels Are Never Good

Ortega is back from Rome, tanned, with half his memoirs in a notebook and Italian words all through his Spanish. Over the Thursday coffee, Julian tells him his plan for a second book, and at five the two of them climb the stairs to their publisher, who answers with an old saying. Argue with a quotation - sequels are never any good, everybody says so, a saying that turns up in Don Quixote - set a condition and give your word - if you bring me that, I'll sign, you have my word - and welcome someone back.

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THE STORY

It's Thursday, February 21st, 2030, eleven in the morning, in the cafe across from the cathedral in Seville. Professor Ortega got back from Rome last night, after almost five months, tanned, with half his memoirs in a notebook. Julian has a plan for a second book, about the third ship of Leonor de Ayala, and about who kept the register of births in Oaxaca. At five o'clock, the two of them climb three floors to their publisher's office. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¡Qué moreno está usted!keh moh-REH-noh ehs-TAH oos-TEHDYou're so tanned! Politely.
Eso decía mi mujer.EH-soh deh-SEE-ah mee moo-HEHRThat's what my wife said.
El otoño se nos hizo invierno.ehl oh-TOH-nyoh seh nohs EE-soh een-bee-EHR-nohThe autumn turned into a winter.
por la mitadpohr lah mee-TAHDhalfway
Ya voy por la mitad.yah BOY pohr lah mee-TAHDI'm halfway through already.
Pues yo tengo un plan. Un segundo libro.pwehs yoh TEHN-goh oon PLAHN oon seh-GOON-doh LEE-brohWell, I've got a plan. A second book.
demostrardeh-mohs-TRAHRto prove
Quiero demostrar que el registro lo llevaba Isabel.kee-EH-roh deh-mohs-TRAHR keh ehl rreh-HEES-troh loh yeh-BAH-bah ee-sah-BEHLI want to prove that Isabel kept the register.
¿Y la editora qué dice?ee lah eh-dee-TOH-rah keh DEE-sehAnd what does the publisher say?
Pues voy contigo.pwehs BOY kohn-TEE-gohThen I'm coming with you.

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