Day 181: An Offer From a Monterrey Firm
In Puebla, Paulina (A) asks her boyfriend Lisandro (B), just back from Monterrey, how his final interview with an engineering firm went.
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
¿Qué tal la entrevista? Te mandé como diez mensajes y no contestaste ni uno.
How did the interview go? I sent you about ten messages and you didn't answer a single one.
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B
Perdón, me quedé sin pila. Estaba esperando en la recepción cuando el director salió a recibirme.
Sorry, my battery died. I was waiting in the lobby when the director came out to meet me.
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A
¿El director en persona? No me digas que ya te hicieron la oferta.
The director himself? Don't tell me they've already made you an offer.
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B
Sí, con el doble de sueldo y prestaciones. Lo malo es que empiezo en tres semanas.
Yes, at double the salary, with benefits. The catch is that I start in three weeks.
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A
¡Felicidades, amor! Aunque yo sigo buscando trabajo en Monterrey y nadie me ha vuelto a llamar.
Congratulations, babe! Although I'm still looking for work in Monterrey, and nobody's called me back.
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B
Entonces sigue buscando desde aquí, y mientras, lo intentamos a distancia.
Then keep looking from here, and in the meantime we'll give long-distance a try.
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A
La última vez que lo intentamos, dejamos de hablarnos dos semanas. Y quita esa sonrisa, que todavía no te digo que sí.
The last time we tried that, we stopped speaking to each other for two weeks. And wipe that smile off your face: I haven't said yes yet.
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