Day 75: From Bank Cashier to Coffee Farmer
At a bank branch in Tapachula, in the coffee-growing south of Chiapas, the manager, Griselda (A), talks with Julián (B), a new cashier.
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
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A
Julián, me dicen que quiere renunciar. ¿Pasó algo en la sucursal?
Julián, I hear you want to resign. Did something happen at the branch?
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B
No, nada de eso. Mi papá quiere que me encargue de su finca de café.
No, nothing like that. My dad wants me to take over his coffee farm.
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A
¿Y usted? Hasta ahorita solo me ha dicho lo que quiere él.
And what about you? So far you've only told me what he wants.
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B
La razón por la cual entré al banco fue no quedarme en la finca.
The whole reason I joined the bank was so I wouldn't end up on the farm.
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A
Ahà está su respuesta. Lo difÃcil no es decidir, sino decÃrselo a su papá.
There's your answer. The hard part isn't deciding, it's telling your dad.
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B
Pero anoche ya le dije que sÃ, por no decepcionarlo.
But I already said yes last night, so as not to let him down.
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A
Pues háblele hoy mismo, antes de que le compre las botas de hule.
Then call him today, before he buys you your rubber boots.
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