Day 89: A Career in Ice Cream
In the kitchen of their flat in Che艂m before lunch, nine-year-old Amelka (A) tells her mother, Katarzyna (B), a dentist, what she has decided to be when she grows up.
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 Polish word to see what it means.
- 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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A
Mamo, ju偶 wiem, kim b臋d臋, jak dorosn臋. Testerk膮 lod贸w!
Mum, I know what I'm going to be when I grow up. An ice cream tester!
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B
A tydzie艅 temu mia艂a艣 by膰 dentystk膮 jak ja.
And a week ago you were going to be a dentist like me.
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A
Ale w telewizji pokazywali pani膮, kt贸ra w fabryce ca艂y dzie艅 pr贸buje lod贸w.
But on TV they showed a lady who spends all day at a factory tasting ice cream.
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B
Gdyby艣 jad艂a tyle lod贸w, pr臋dzej czy p贸藕niej wyl膮dowa艂aby艣 u mnie na fotelu.
If you ate that much ice cream, sooner or later you'd end up in my chair.
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A
Sama m贸wi艂a艣, 偶e mog臋 zosta膰, kimkolwiek zechc臋. A dla kariery trzeba si臋 po艣wi臋ca膰.
You said yourself I can be anything I want. And you have to make sacrifices for your career.
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B
Po艣wi臋cisz si臋 po obiedzie. We藕 sobie kt贸re艣 lody z zamra偶arki, tylko potem umyj z臋by.
You can make your sacrifice after lunch. Take one of the ice creams from the freezer, just brush your teeth afterwards.
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