Day 102 of 160

Day 102: Warning Labels on the Cookies

At a branch of a café chain in Mexico City, Olivia (A), a customer, asks Nicole (B), the barista, about the black warning labels on the packaged cookies by the register.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Disculpe, Âżestas galletas de avena tienen tres sellos? Y yo que las compraba por sanas.

    Excuse me, these oatmeal cookies have three warning labels? And here I was buying them because I thought they were healthy.

  2. B

    Sí, señorita, tres: exceso de azúcares, grasas saturadas y calorías. La avena no las salva.

    Yes, miss, three: too much sugar, saturated fat and calories. The oats don't save them.

  3. A

    ÂżDe veras alguien deja de comprarlas? Yo ni me fijo, a no ser que ande a dieta.

    Does anyone really stop buying them? I don't even notice, unless I'm on a diet.

  4. B

    Aquí sí se nota: la gente se lleva más las de amaranto, que traen un solo sello.

    You can see it here: people buy the amaranth ones more, and they only have one label.

  5. A

    Eso no prueba nada. Si los sellos funcionaran, nadie tomarĂ­a refresco, y se sigue vendiendo como pan caliente.

    That doesn't prove anything. If the labels worked, nobody would drink soda, and they still sell like hotcakes.

  6. B

    Pues escuche el aviso de la cadena: “Se solicitó a los proveedores que reformulasen sus productos para que ninguno llevase más de un sello”.

    Well, listen to the chain's notice: “Suppliers were asked to reformulate their products so that none carried more than one label.”

  7. A

    ¡Qué elegancia! Entonces el sello sí funciona: no asusta al consumidor, sino a la fábrica.

    How elegant! So the label does work: it doesn't scare the consumer, it scares the factory.

  8. B

    Y remata: “En caso de que algún proveedor no cumpliese antes de junio, sus productos serían retirados de la venta”.

    And it ends: “Should any supplier fail to comply before June, its products would be withdrawn from sale.”

  9. A

    Pues deme dos de avena, con todo y sellos, en caso de que la nueva receta no sepa a nada.

    Then give me two oatmeal ones, labels and all, in case the new recipe doesn't taste like anything.

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