Day 5 of 14

Day 5: Solar Panels, Not Law

After class at a secondary school in Rzesz贸w, Szymon (A), a final-year student, talks to his form teacher, Mr Nowicki (B), about his plans.

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 Polish word to see what it means.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, 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

    Panie profesorze, rodzice chc膮, 偶ebym poszed艂 na prawo, a ja wola艂bym zosta膰 elektrykiem.

    Sir, my parents want me to do law, but I'd rather be an electrician.

  2. B

    Elektrykiem? Sk膮d ten pomys艂?

    An electrician? Where did that idea come from?

  3. A

    Ca艂e wakacje zak艂ada艂em z wujkiem panele s艂oneczne. Pierwszy raz co艣 mnie tak wci膮gn臋艂o.

    I spent the whole summer putting up solar panels with my uncle. Nothing's ever grabbed me like that before.

  4. B

    Dzi艣 dobrzy elektrycy s膮 doceniani. M贸j ma kolejk臋 do marca i zarabia lepiej ni偶 wielu prawnik贸w.

    Good electricians are valued these days. Mine's booked up until March and earns more than a lot of lawyers.

  5. A

    M贸g艂by pan to powt贸rzy膰 moim rodzicom na wywiad贸wce?

    Could you say that to my parents at parents' evening?

  6. B

    Spr贸buj臋, ale nic nie obiecuj臋. Tw贸j tata jest adwokatem.

    I'll try, but I'm not promising anything. Your dad's a lawyer.

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