Day 120: Leave Only Footprints
In the kitchen of a software company in Boles艂awiec on a Monday morning, Gracjan (A) shows his colleague Albert (B) the video he has posted from his weekend trip to an abandoned palace.
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
Zobacz, w sobot臋 byli艣my w opuszczonym pa艂acu pod Z艂otoryj膮. Freski na suficie i rozpadaj膮ce si臋 schody.
Look, on Saturday we went to an abandoned palace near Z艂otoryja. Frescoes on the ceiling and a crumbling staircase.
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B
Pi臋kne, tylko ten pa艂ac, o ile wiem, jest w rejestrze zabytk贸w i ma w艂a艣ciciela. Weszli艣cie przez okno?
Beautiful, but as far as I know, that palace is on the register of historic monuments, and it has an owner. Did you get in through a window?
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A
Przez dziur臋 w p艂ocie. W艂a艣ciciel nie by艂 tam od lat i zachowuje si臋, jak gdyby pa艂ac nie istnia艂.
Through a hole in the fence. The owner hasn't been there for years and acts as if the palace didn't exist.
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B
I dlatego wrzuci艂e艣 filmik z lokalizacj膮? Po ka偶dym takim nagraniu przyje偶d偶aj膮 ludzie wynosz膮cy kominki i sztukaterie.
And that's why you posted a video with the location? After every video like that, people turn up and carry off the fireplaces and the stucco work.
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A
Trzymam si臋 zasady: zabieram tylko zdj臋cia, zostawiam tylko 艣lady but贸w. Niczego stamt膮d nie wynios艂em.
I stick to the rule: take only pictures, leave only footprints. I didn't take a thing out of there.
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B
A ten kafel z pieca, le偶膮cy od rana na twoim biurku? Chyba nie z Castoramy.
And that stove tile that's been lying on your desk since this morning? I doubt it's from Castorama.
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A
Le偶a艂 w gruzie i ka偶dy go depta艂. Ja go nie wynios艂em, tylko uratowa艂em.
It was lying in the rubble and everyone was trampling on it. I didn't take it, I rescued it.
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B
Tak t艂umaczy si臋 ka偶dy szabrownik. Dop贸ki le偶y na twoim biurku, to kradzie偶, a nie ratowanie zabytk贸w.
That's what every looter says. As long as it's lying on your desk, it's theft, not saving our heritage.
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A
Dobra, jutro zawioz臋 go do konserwatora. Razem z tymi dwoma, kt贸re mam w piwnicy.
Fine, tomorrow I'll take it to the conservation office. Along with the two I've got in the cellar.
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