Day 155 of 160

Day 155: Missing Daylight Saving Time

At a bus stop in Monterrey at dawn one June morning, Arnulfo (A), a man in his fifties on his way to work, gets talking to Caleb (B), a young stranger waiting for the same bus; Mexico stopped setting its clocks ahead in summer in 2022, apart from towns on the US border.

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

Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.

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  1. A

    Mire nomás: ni son las seis y ya amaneció. Con el horario de verano, a esta hora todavía estaba oscuro.

    Just look at that: it isn't even six and it's already light. With daylight saving time, it was still dark at this hour.

  2. B

    Pues a mí me hicieron un favor. Nunca entendí la razón por la cual cambiábamos la hora dos veces al año.

    Well, they did me a favor. I never understood why we changed the clocks twice a year.

  3. A

    Para ahorrar energía, joven. Si lo volviesen a poner, recuperaría mis tardes: antes regaba el jardín con luz hasta las nueve.

    To save energy, young man. If they brought it back, I'd get my evenings back: I used to water the yard in daylight until nine.

  4. B

    Según los estudios, el ahorro era insignificante, y a mí el cambio me dejaba como zombi durante semanas.

    According to the studies, the savings were negligible, and the change left me like a zombie for weeks.

  5. A

    Eso le pasa por desvelarse. Yo, que soy madrugador, ya ni alarma necesito: el sol me despierta a las cinco y media.

    That's what you get for staying up late. I'm an early riser, and I don't even need an alarm anymore: the sun wakes me at five thirty.

  6. B

    Perdone, pero para eso hay cortinas gruesas. En cambio, antes mi hermanito se iba a la escuela a oscuras.

    Sorry, but that's what thick curtains are for. Before, on the other hand, my little brother went to school in the dark.

  7. A

    Ahí va el argumento de los niños, contra el cual nadie puede. Aun así, si me preguntasen, votaría por regresarlo.

    Here comes the argument about the children, which nobody can beat. Even so, if anyone asked me, I'd vote to bring it back.

  8. B

    Y yo por dejarlo como está, así que quedamos empatados. Ahí viene la ruta: súbase usted primero, que llegó antes.

    And I'd vote to leave it as it is, so we're even. Here comes the bus: you get on first, you were here before me.

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