Day 121: A Hostess at the 1968 Olympics
At home in San Luis Potosí, Rosalba (A) is helping her mother-in-law Otilia (B) sort through old family photos.
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
Suegra, mire lo que encontré entre las fotos de su boda. ¿Esta muchacha de uniforme no es usted?
Look what I found among your wedding photos. Isn't this girl in uniform you?
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B
¡Ay, sí soy yo! Fui edecán en las Olimpiadas del 68, a los diecinueve años.
Oh, yes, that's me! I was a hostess at the '68 Olympics, when I was nineteen.
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A
¿Usted, edecán olímpica? En veinte años de conocerla, nunca me lo había platicado.
You, an Olympic hostess? In twenty years of knowing you, you'd never told me.
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B
Nadie me lo preguntó, mija. Como estudiaba francés, me asignaron a la delegación tunecina, y vi a uno de sus atletas ganar el oro.
Nobody asked, honey. Since I was studying French, they assigned me to the Tunisian team, and I saw one of its athletes win gold.
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A
¿Y el muchacho que sale al fondo, con la cámara al cuello? Es idéntico a su hijo cuando lo conocí.
And the young man in the background, with the camera around his neck? He's the spitting image of your son when I met him.
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B
Pues claro, es su papá. Era fotógrafo del comité organizador, y he de confesarte que al principio me caía gordo.
Well, of course, it's his father. He was a photographer for the organizing committee, and I must confess that at first I couldn't stand him.
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A
¿Y cómo pasó de caerle gordo a ser mi suegro? Esa parte de la historia tampoco me la sabía.
And how did he go from someone you couldn't stand to my father-in-law? I didn't know that part of the story either.
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B
Me persiguió con esa cámara hasta la clausura, y ahí le acepté un café. Guárdala para los nietos, en caso de que algún día pregunten por su abuelo.
He followed me around with that camera until the closing ceremony, and that's when I let him buy me a coffee. Keep it for the grandchildren, in case they ever ask about their grandpa.
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A
Se la guardo encantada, pero la historia ha de contársela usted, a no ser que prefiera que yo la adorne.
I'll gladly keep it for you, but you're the one who has to tell them the story, unless you'd rather I embellished it.
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