Day 94: Missing El Chepe at Creel
At the station in Creel, in the Copper Canyon, Regina (A), Juan Diego (B) and Karen (C), three friends touring the Sierra Tarahumara, watch the Chepe, the Chihuahua-Pacific train, pull out with their backpacks on board.
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
¡Se va el Chepe! Ahí van nuestras mochilas, y nosotros aquí con un café de olla cada quien.
The Chepe's leaving! There go our backpacks, and here we are with a café de olla each.
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B
Véanle el lado bueno: se van a Los Mochis, que por el nombre es su casa. ¿Quién dijo que teníamos media hora?
Look on the bright side: they're off to Los Mochis, which, going by the name, is home for a mochila. Who said we had half an hour?
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C
Lo decía un blog, cuya última actualización, ahora que lo veo, es de hace diez años. Pero el que se fue por cafés fuiste tú.
A blog said so, a blog whose last update, now I look, was ten years ago. But the one who went off for coffees was you.
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B
Porque Regina los pidió, y tú le tomabas fotos al tren mientras arrancaba, lo cual tiene su gracia.
Because Regina asked for them, and you were taking photos of the train as it pulled out, which does have its funny side.
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A
Ya, dejen de echarse la culpa: el tren se para un buen rato en Divisadero, para ver la barranca.
OK, stop blaming each other: the train stops for a good while at Divisadero, for the view of the canyon.
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C
¡Pues lo alcanzamos ahí! Por carretera es como una hora, siempre y cuando alguien nos rente un carro.
Then we'll catch it there! By road it's about an hour, as long as somebody will rent us a car.
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B
¿Rentar un carro en Creel, así nomás? A menos que el de las cuatrimotos nos preste su camioneta, nos toca pedir raite.
Rent a car in Creel, just like that? Unless the ATV guy lends us his pickup, we'll have to hitch a ride.
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A
Listo: el garrotero, cuyo número me pasaron en la taquilla, nos baja las mochilas en Divisadero, con tal de que alguien las recoja.
All set: the conductor, whose number they gave me at the ticket office, will drop our backpacks off at Divisadero, as long as someone picks them up.
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C
¡Ya la hicimos! Ese señor de las manzanas va para Divisadero y nos lleva, siempre que le ayudemos a descargar.
We've done it! That apple man is going to Divisadero and he'll take us, as long as we help him unload.
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B
¿Descargar manzanas? Me parece justo, a condición de que el próximo tren lo tomemos sin cafés, sin fotos y sin blogs.
Unload apples? Sounds fair, on condition that we catch the next train with no coffees, no photos and no blogs.
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A
Prometido. Y si el garrotero se distrae, ya sabemos dónde buscarlas: en Los Mochis, con sus parientes.
I promise. And if the conductor gets distracted, we know where to look for them: in Los Mochis, with their relatives.
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C
¡Córranle, que ya prendió la camioneta! Este no se nos va, aunque me toque viajar abrazada a una caja.
Run, he's already started his pickup! This one isn't getting away from us, even if I have to ride hugging a crate.
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