Day 110: Down Under, Under Sixteen
In the kitchen of their flat in Goleni贸w, Violetta (A) reads out a news story to her husband Przemys艂aw (B) while their ten-year-old daughter Ja艣mina (C) listens.
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
S艂uchajcie, w Australii dzieci poni偶ej szesnastu lat nie mog膮 ju偶 mie膰 kont w mediach spo艂eczno艣ciowych. M膮drze to wymy艣lili.
Listen to this: in Australia, children under sixteen aren't allowed social media accounts any more. Smart thinking.
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B
Ka偶dy zakaz dzieciaki obejd膮 w pi臋膰 minut, podaj膮c zmy艣lon膮 dat臋 urodzenia. Pilnowanie dzieci to rola rodzic贸w, nie pa艅stwa.
Kids will get round any ban in five minutes by giving a made-up date of birth. Keeping an eye on children is the parents' job, not the state's.
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A
艁atwo powiedzie膰. Oboje pr贸bujemy jej pilnowa膰, ale przegrywamy z algorytmem zaprojektowanym przez specjalist贸w od uzale偶nie艅.
Easy for you to say. We both try to keep an eye on her, but we're losing to an algorithm designed by addiction specialists.
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C
Czyli jak u nas wprowadz膮 zakaz, to TikToka b臋d臋 mog艂a mie膰 dopiero za sze艣膰 lat?
So if they bring in a ban here, I won't be allowed TikTok for another six years?
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B
A jak sprawdz膮 wiek? Ka偶dy doros艂y b臋dzie skanowa艂 dow贸d, 偶eby obejrze膰 filmik z kotem?
And how are they going to check people's age? Is every adult going to scan their ID card just to watch a cat video?
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C
Ale tata sam za艂o偶y艂 mi konto na swoj膮 dat臋 urodzenia, 偶ebym lajkowa艂a jego filmiki z grilla.
But Dad set up an account for me himself, with his own date of birth, so I could like his barbecue videos.
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A
Na swoj膮 dat臋 urodzenia? Przemys艂awie, to najlepszy argument za weryfikacj膮 wieku, jaki dzi艣 us艂ysza艂am.
With his own date of birth? Przemys艂aw, that's the best argument for age checks I've heard all day.
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B
Dobra, konto zostaje zawieszone do twoich szesnastych urodzin. Ale moje filmiki z grilla w艂a艣nie straci艂y po艂ow臋 widowni.
Fine, the account's suspended until your sixteenth birthday. But my barbecue videos have just lost half their audience.
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