Day 123: Checking Each Other's Science Posters
At an elementary school in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Lorenzo (A) and Agustina (B), two classmates, check each other's science-fair posters with their teacher's rubric, like scientists reviewing each other's work.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
A ver, rúbrica en mano, criterio uno: “La hipótesis es clara”. La tuya dice que el frijol crece más con música de banda. ¿Neta?
OK, rubric in hand, criterion one: “The hypothesis is clear.” Yours says beans grow more with banda music. Seriously?
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B
Clarísima, y comprobada: el frijol con banda creció cuatro centímetros más que el del silencio. Tu cartel es el que no se entiende: puras letras.
Crystal clear, and proven: the bean with banda grew four centimeters more than the one in silence. It's your poster that's hard to follow: nothing but words.
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A
Un experimento serio necesita explicación: comparé el moho del bolillo con el del pan de caja. Mi mamá casi me corre por el olor.
A serious experiment needs explaining: I compared the mold on a bread roll with the mold on sliced bread. My mom nearly threw me out because of the smell.
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B
Ya lo dijo la maestra: cuanto más texto, menos lo leen. En la feria ven tu muro de letras y corren al volcán de bicarbonato.
The teacher already said it: the more text, the less people read it. At the fair they'll see your wall of words and run to the baking-soda volcano.
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A
Pues hablemos de tu gráfica: no hay nadie que la entienda. No tiene escala, y la barra de la banda se sale del cartel.
Well, let's talk about your graph: nobody can understand it. It has no scale, and the banda bar runs off the poster.
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B
Se sale porque la banda arrasó, así de simple. Y la escala es artística: cuanto más alta la barra, más fuerte sonaba la tambora.
It runs off because banda won by a mile, simple as that. And the scale is artistic: the taller the bar, the louder the bass drum was playing.
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A
¡Eso es otra variable! Y con una mata por grupo, no hay científico que se lo crea: mi papá diría que es chisme con regla.
That's a different variable! And with one plant per group, no scientist would believe it: my dad would say it's gossip with a ruler.
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B
Tu papá no está en la rúbrica. Criterio cuatro: “Cita sus fuentes”. ¿Dónde están las tuyas?
Your dad isn't on the rubric. Criterion four: “Cites its sources.” Where are yours?
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A
¿Las fuentes? Arial en los títulos y Comic Sans en el texto, para que se vea divertido.
The fonts? Arial for the headings and Comic Sans for the text, so it looks fun.
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B
¡Fuentes de información, no tipos de letra! Aunque, espérate... el último criterio dice “Comentarios amables y útiles”, y vale el doble.
Sources of information, not fonts! Although, hang on... the last criterion says “Kind and useful comments,” and it's worth double.
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A
¿El doble? Entonces retiro lo del chisme: tu gráfica es muy valiente, y ese frijol baila mejor que mi tío en las bodas.
Double? Then I take back the gossip part: your graph is very brave, and that bean dances better than my uncle at weddings.
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