Day 14: Popo's Alert Level at the Taquería
At a taquería in Puebla, Vianey (A) tells her friends Dante (B) and Dafne (C), a geology student, about a headline on the Popocatépetl volcano, known as the Popo, just before their weekend trip to Atlixco.
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
¿Ya vieron que subió la alerta del Popo? Yo mejor cancelo lo de Atlixco.
Have you seen the Popo's alert level has gone up? I think I'll cancel the Atlixco trip.
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B
No seas paranoica: esos titulares sensacionalistas suenan a fin del mundo para que les den clic.
Don't be paranoid: those sensationalist headlines sound like the end of the world so people click on them.
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A
¿Y el polvo gris que tenía mi carro en la mañana? Sería ceniza, ¿no?
And the gray dust on my car this morning? That must have been ash, right?
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C
Seguramente sí: anoche el viento soplaba hacia acá. Pero sigue en amarillo: no es ninguna erupción.
Probably, yes: the wind was blowing this way last night. But it's still on yellow; this is no eruption.
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B
¿Qué te dije? Puro amarillismo, y nunca mejor dicho: el viaje sigue en pie.
What did I tell you? Pure yellow journalism, quite literally: the trip's still on.
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C
Tampoco es puro cuento: la actividad sí aumentó. Pero aunque caiga ceniza, Atlixco no corre peligro.
It's not all hype either: the activity really has increased. But even if ash falls, Atlixco isn't in danger.
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A
Bueno, voy, pero si el carro vuelve a amanecer gris, ustedes me lo lavan.
Fine, I'll go, but if my car wakes up gray again, you guys are washing it for me.
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