Day 107: My Generation Reads, Actually
At home in Durango, Michelle (A), a teenager, looks up from her phone to find her mother, Maricruz (B), frowning at her.
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
No me veas asÃ, mamá. No estoy perdiendo el tiempo, estoy leyendo.
Don't look at me like that, Mom. I'm not wasting time, I'm reading.
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B
¿Leyendo? Tu generación vive pegada a la pantalla; es más, en tu cuarto no hay ni un libro.
Reading? Your generation lives glued to the screen; what's more, there isn't a single book in your room.
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A
De papel, no, pero aquà tengo treinta novelas, y esta la terminé anoche.
Not paper ones, no, but I've got thirty novels on here, and I finished this one last night.
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B
A ver... ¿Cuatrocientas páginas? Yo pensé que nomás veÃas videos.
Let's see... Four hundred pages? I thought you only watched videos.
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A
No digas que no leemos. Tú, en cambio, llevas desde enero con el mismo libro en el buró.
Don't say we don't read. You, on the other hand, have had the same book on your nightstand since January.
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B
Está bien, me convenciste. Sin embargo, no te acostumbres a ganarme las discusiones.
All right, you've won me over. However, don't get used to winning arguments with me.
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A
Entonces, ¿ya puedo leer en la mesa mientras cenamos?
So does that mean I can read at the table while we eat?
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