Day 87: A Drill During Office Hours
At the Universidad de Guadalajara, two students, Fernando (A) and Irene (B), have come to see their professor, Estela Ibarra (C), in her tiny office, next to a construction site.
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
Perdón, maestra, ¿qué es ese ruido?
Sorry, Professor, what's that noise?
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B
¡Un taladro! Es la obra de al lado, ¿no?
A drill! It's the construction site next door, isn't it?
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C
SÃ, y asà toda la tarde. ¿Su salón está más tranquilo?
Yes, and it'll be like that all afternoon. Is your classroom any quieter?
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A
¿El nuestro? Está peor que el suyo, pegado a la obra.
Ours? It's worse than yours, right up against the site.
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B
¿Y si nos cambiamos a la biblioteca, maestra?
How about we move to the library, Professor?
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C
Buena idea. Y nos vemos allá hasta que terminen la obra.
Good idea. And we'll meet there until they finish the construction.
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