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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Whatever Happens

Sarah chooses to stay in Oaxaca and declines the new Boston job invitation. She discusses a two-year contract and possible further study with Doctor Ruiz, then tells her friends and accepts Elena's Sunday lunch invitation.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Monday April twentieth, twenty twenty-six. Before the first patients, Sarah gives Doctor Ruiz her answer. Her previous Boston employment ended in December; tonight she will decline the new June invitation. Contract paperwork and a study place remain to be settled.

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¿Tiene un momento?TYEH-neh oon moh-MEHN-tohDo you have a moment? To be polite.
Ya lo decidí.yah loh deh-see-DEEI've decided.
Me quedo en Oaxaca.meh KEH-doh ehn wah-HAH-kahI'm staying in Oaxaca.
¿Está segura?ehs-TAH seh-GOO-rahAre you sure? To a woman, politely.
pase lo que pasePAH-seh loh keh PAH-sehwhatever happens
Quiero intentarlo.KYEH-roh een-tehn-TAHR-lohI want to try.
Entonces le preparo el contrato.ehn-TOHN-sehs leh preh-PAH-roh ehl kohn-TRAH-tohThen I'll prepare the contract for you.
Y hoy le escribo al hospital de Boston.ee oy leh ehs-KREE-boh ahl ohs-pee-TAHL deh BOHS-tohnAnd today I'll write to the hospital in Boston.
¿Y lo de partera?ee loh deh pahr-TEH-rahAnd the midwife idea?
me encantaríameh ehn-kahn-tah-REE-ahI'd love to

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