Day 167: A Goalkeeper for the Company Team
In an office in León, Mexico's shoe capital, Erasmo (A), a junior employee, asks his manager, Adalberto (B), about the city's inter-company soccer league.
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
Licenciado, vi el cartel de la liga en el comedor. ¿Ya tenemos equipo?
I saw the league poster in the cafeteria. Do we have a team yet?
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B
Casi. Busco a alguien que se anime a jugar de portero los sábados; el nuestro se lesionó.
Almost. I'm looking for someone willing to play goalie on Saturdays; ours got injured.
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A
Pues yo fui portero en la prepa, aunque dejé de jugar hace como cinco años.
Well, I was a goalie in high school, though I stopped playing about five years ago.
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B
¿Y hasta ahorita me lo dices? Vuelve a entrenar, que la cancha está aquí a dos cuadras.
And you're only telling me now? Get back into training, the field is just two blocks from here.
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A
No sé, ya estoy fuera de forma. Además, los sábados ayudo a mi papá en su zapatería.
I don't know, I'm out of shape now. Besides, on Saturdays I help my dad in his shoe store.
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B
¿Zapatería? Perfecto: le compro los tacos de todo el equipo, a ver si así te da chance.
A shoe store? Perfect: I'll buy the whole team's soccer cleats from him, and let's see if that gets you the time off.
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A
Sale, pues. Pero si nos meten cinco goles, no me vaya a correr, ¿eh?
Deal, then. But if we let in five goals, don't go firing me, OK?
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