Day 85: The Prepa My Sister Chose
At a middle school in Puebla, David (A), a student in his last year, asks his teacher, Enrique Ochoa (B), for advice about which prepa, the school Mexicans go to from fifteen to eighteen, to choose.
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
Profe, ¿usted qué prepa escogería?
Sir, which prepa would you choose?
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B
A ver, ¿entre cuáles dudas?
Let's see, which ones are you torn between?
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A
La de mis amigos o la prepa en la que estudió mi hermana.
The one my friends go to, or the prepa my sister went to.
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B
¿Y qué quieres estudiar después? Eso es lo que importa.
And what do you want to study afterwards? That's what matters.
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A
Ingeniería, como ella. Pero allá no tendría con quién juntarme.
Engineering, like her. But I wouldn't have anyone to hang out with there.
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B
Vas a hacer amigos nuevos, y los tuyos no se van a ningún lado.
You'll make new friends, and the ones you've got aren't going anywhere.
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