Day 33: A Park Along the Old Railroad
At the municipal planning institute in the city of Chihuahua, Valentín (A) and Cristian (B), two young architects, are designing a linear park along an abandoned railroad line.
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.
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A
Hice cuentas: alcanza para arbolar todo el tramo o para el skatepark, no para ambos.
I've done the math: there's enough for trees along the whole stretch or for the skate park, not both.
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B
Pues el skatepark: los chavos de la zona llevan años pidiéndolo.
The skate park, then: the kids around here have been asking for it for years.
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A
Aunque me tachen de aguafiestas, sin sombra ese parque será un comal en verano.
Even if people call me a killjoy, without shade that park will be a griddle in summer.
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B
¿Y los vecinos para los cuales diseñamos? En la consulta ciudadana, el skatepark arrasó.
And what about the residents we're designing it for? In the public consultation, the skate park won by a mile.
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A
Arrasó entre los que fueron; los adultos mayores, que caminan por la vía, ni se enteraron.
It won among the people who turned up; the elderly, who walk along the tracks, never even heard about it.
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B
Espérate, ¿y la nave del ferrocarril, la cual sigue techada? Ahí cabe el skatepark, a la sombra.
Hang on, what about the railroad shed, which still has its roof? The skate park would fit in there, in the shade.
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A
Así no desvestimos a un santo para vestir a otro. Nomás falta el dictamen estructural.
That way we don't rob Peter to pay Paul. All we need now is the structural survey.
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