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🇲🇽 Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Interview

Sarah has her interview for the midwife course with the director of the school, then her degree finally arrives from Boston, and Julian helps her write the director a very formal letter. Answer interview questions about your reasons, strengths and weaknesses, make formal requests - I'd be grateful if you sent, would it be possible - and use the set phrases of a formal letter.

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday, the ninth of June, at four in the afternoon. Sarah is back at the school of midwifery, for her interview. The director is a small, sharp woman in her sixties, who has delivered more than three thousand babies, and her office is lined with photos of them. Sarah has ironed her best blouse and practised her answers with Julian for three nights. The next evening, Chayo knocks at the door with an envelope from Boston, and Julian helps with a very formal letter. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Siéntese, por favor.SYEHN-teh-seh pohr fah-BOHRSit down, please. To be polite.
¿Por qué quiere ser partera?pohr KEH KYEH-reh sehr pahr-TEH-rahWhy do you want to be a midwife?
Hace un mes recibí a una bebé.AH-seh oon mehs rreh-see-BEE ah OO-nah beh-BEHA month ago I delivered a baby.
desde entoncesDEHS-deh ehn-TOHN-sehssince then
No pienso en otra cosa.noh PYEHN-soh ehn OH-trah KOH-sahI've thought of nothing else.
sus fortalezassoos fohr-tah-LEH-sahsyour strengths
ocho años de experienciaOH-choh AH-nyohs deh ehks-peh-RYEHN-syaheight years' experience
No me pongo nerviosa.noh meh POHN-goh nehr-BYOH-sahI don't get nervous.
sus debilidadessoos deh-bee-lee-DAH-dehsyour weaknesses
Me cuesta.meh KWEHS-tahI find it hard.

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