Day 115: Hail Just As She Was Leaving
At a café in Mexico City, Laura (A), a customer, is getting ready to leave while Carlota (B), the barista, has the news on the TV behind the counter; the Viaducto is one of the city's main expressways.
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
¡Mire nada más! Estaba a punto de irme y se puso a granizar.
Would you look at that! I was just about to leave and it started hailing.
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B
Mejor espérese tantito. En la tele dicen que ya se volvió a inundar el Viaducto.
You'd better wait a bit. They're saying on TV that the Viaducto has flooded again.
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A
¡Qué barbaridad! Los carros flotan como si fueran de juguete.
Unbelievable! The cars are floating as if they were toys.
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B
Y ese señor se echó a correr tapándose con un periódico, como si le sirviera de algo.
And that man just took off running with a newspaper over his head, as if that would help.
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A
Pues ya me quedo. ¿Me trae otro café y unas palomitas para la función?
Well, I'm staying, then. Could you bring me another coffee and some popcorn for the show?
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B
Palomitas no hay, pero asómese: el reportero de la tele está aquí enfrente.
There's no popcorn, but take a look outside: the TV reporter is right across the street.
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