Day 25: 480 Hours of Servicio Social
At a university in Monterrey, two students, Gael (A) and Abigail (B), go to see their professor, Gisela Treviño (C), about servicio social, the unpaid hours every Mexican university student must complete.
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
Maestra, queremos hacer el servicio social este verano.
Excuse me, we'd like to do our servicio social this summer.
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B
En una oficina de gobierno. ¿Se puede?
In a government office. Is that possible?
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C
SÃ, pero hay que cumplir 480 horas, en seis meses como mÃnimo.
Yes, but you have to do 480 hours, over at least six months.
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A
¿Seis meses? Pues ni modo, Abigail, adiós a la playa.
Six months? Oh well, Abigail, so much for the beach.
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C
Tranquilos, seguramente en diciembre sigue ahÃ.
Relax, it'll most likely still be there in December.
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