Day 190: Advice from a Retired Nurse
At a nursing home in Puebla, VÃctor (A), a young volunteer who can't decide what to study, asks a resident (B), a retired nurse, for advice.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Señora, ¿cómo supo que querÃa ser enfermera? Yo no sé qué carrera escoger.
How did you know you wanted to be a nurse? I don't know what to major in.
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B
A ver, mijo, ¿qué te gusta más de venir aqu�
Let's see, honey. What do you like most about coming here?
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A
Suelo llevar a don Wilfrido al jardÃn, y me encanta.
I usually take Don Wilfrido out to the garden, and I love it.
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B
Ahà está tu respuesta: una carrera que te deje cuidar a la gente.
There's your answer: a degree that lets you look after people.
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A
¿Enfermero, como usted? ¿Y a qué edad empezó a trabajar?
A nurse, like you? And how old were you when you started working?
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B
A los diecinueve, haciendo guardias de noche. Eso sÃ, búscate un hospital que pague mejor.
At nineteen, doing night shifts. But find yourself a hospital that pays better.
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