Day 80: Chosen for the Math Olympiad
At home in Uruapan, Michoacán, Nayeli (A), an elementary school student, shows her mother Miriam (B) a note from school.
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
¡Mamá, mira el recado! Dice que fui elegida para la olimpiada estatal de matemáticas.
Mom, look at the note! It says I've been chosen for the state math olympiad.
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B
¡Qué orgullo, hija! ¿Y quién te eligió, la maestra?
I'm so proud of you, sweetie! And who chose you, your teacher?
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A
SÃ, y dice que el concurso es en dos meses y que hay que practicar diario.
Yes, and she says the contest is in two months and we have to practice every day.
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B
A ver... si haces cinco problemas al dÃa, para el concurso ya habrás hecho trescientos.
Let's see... if you do five problems a day, by the contest you'll have done three hundred.
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A
¿Trescientos? ¡Para entonces ya me habré convertido en una calculadora!
Three hundred? By then I'll have turned into a calculator!
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B
No exageres. Y si te va bien, puedes ser seleccionada para la etapa nacional.
Don't exaggerate. And if you do well, you could be selected for the national round.
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A
¿La nacional? Entonces mejor que sean diez al dÃa, mamá.
The national round? Then better make it ten a day, Mom.
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