Day 9: Missed Final, One Retake Left
At a university in Xalapa, Vianey (A), a student whose bus broke down on the way to her final exam, goes to see her professor, Cecilia (B), about the retake.
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
Maestra, se nos descompuso el camión y no llegué al examen final.
Our bus broke down and I didn't make it to the final exam.
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B
Ay, Vianey, qué mala suerte. Entonces solo le queda el extraordinario.
Oh, Vianey, what bad luck. Then all you've got left is the retake.
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A
¿No habría manera de reponerlo? Tengo foto y todo.
Isn't there any way I could make it up? I've even got a photo.
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B
Si dependiera de mí, se lo aplicaría mañana, pero no me lo autorizan.
If it were up to me, I'd give it to you tomorrow, but they won't let me.
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A
Pues si el examen fuera en línea, no pasarían estas cosas, ¿no cree?
Well, if the exam were online, this sort of thing wouldn't happen, don't you think?
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B
Puede ser, pero a otro se le iría el internet. Échele ganas, ¿eh?
Maybe, but then someone else's internet would cut out. Give it your all, OK?
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