Day 95: By Train to Porto
At the University of Silesia's science faculty in Sosnowiec, master's student Jagoda (A) tells her thesis supervisor, Dr Olga Sikorska (B), how she wants to travel to a climate conference in Porto.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Pani doktor, do Porto chciałabym pojechać pociągiem, choć to trzy dni jazdy.
Dr Sikorska, I'd like to go to Porto by train, even though it's three days' travel.
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B
Podziwiam, ale uczelnia zwraca tylko koszt najtańszego przejazdu, czyli samolotu.
I admire that, but the university only refunds the cheapest fare, which means flying.
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A
To za dbanie o klimat mam jeszcze dopłacić?
So I'm supposed to pay extra for looking after the climate?
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B
Mimo że sama wolę pociągi, nic na to nie poradzę.
Even though I prefer trains myself, there's nothing I can do about it.
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A
A gdyby we wniosku napisać, że źle znoszę latanie?
And what if I put in the application that flying doesn't agree with me?
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B
Tego nie słyszałam. Choć w samolocie do Brukseli rzeczywiście była pani bardzo blada.
I didn't hear that. Though you really were very pale on the plane to Brussels.
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A
Blada jak ściana. Do dziś nie wiem, jak to przeżyłam.
White as a sheet. To this day I don't know how I survived it.
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