Day 145: Noche de Museos by Flashlight
At the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City, Ignacio (A), the head of the education team, meets two young guides, Priscila (B) and José Manuel (C), to plan a tour for Noche de Museos, one evening a month when the city's museums stay open late; the Paraguas is the huge umbrella-shaped roof over the museum's courtyard.
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
Muchachos, para la Noche de Museos quiero un recorrido con linternas por la sala Mexica. ¿Cómo lo ven?
Guys, for Noche de Museos I want a flashlight tour of the Mexica room. What do you think?
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B
Cuando se apaguen las luces y alumbremos la Piedra del Sol, nadie va a querer ni respirar.
When the lights go off and we shine our flashlights on the Sun Stone, nobody will dare breathe.
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C
Suena padrísimo, pero ¿y si llueve? La fila se hace en la explanada, a la intemperie.
Sounds awesome, but what if it rains? The line forms on the esplanade, out in the open.
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A
Si llueve, los formamos bajo el Paraguas. Y cuando lleguen los grupos, José Manuel los recibe.
If it rains, we line them up under the Paraguas. And when the groups arrive, José Manuel welcomes them.
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C
¿Yo? Con gusto, aunque le advierto que cuando me pongo nervioso, hablo como merolico.
Me? Happy to, though I warn you that when I get nervous, I talk like an auctioneer.
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B
Tú tranquilo: si veo que te aceleras, te hago una señal con la linterna.
Don't worry: if I see you speeding up, I'll signal to you with my flashlight.
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A
Y cuando termine el recorrido, me devuelven las linternas, que la vez pasada desaparecieron diez.
And when the tour's over, you give me back the flashlights, because last time ten went missing.
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