Day 156: Fourteen Arrows on One Post
After lessons at a secondary school in Wieluń, a seventeen-year-old student (A) shows his geography teacher (B) the photos he has taken for a class project on visual clutter in the town.
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
Panie profesorze, mam zdjęcia do projektu o chaosie reklamowym. Zabytkowa kamienica przy rynku jest cała w banerach, nie widać ani jednego okna.
Sir, I've got the photos for the project on advertising clutter. The historic tenement on the market square is covered in banners, you can't see a single window.
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B
Klasyka: właściciel co miesiąc zarabia na banerach, natomiast płacimy za to wszyscy, bo musimy na nie patrzeć.
A classic: the owner makes money off the banners every month, whereas all the rest of us pay for it, because we have to look at them.
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A
A to słup przy dworcu: czternaście strzałek do sklepów i warsztatów. Stałem pod nim pięć minut i dalej nie wiem, dokąd prowadzą.
And this is a post by the station: fourteen arrows to shops and repair garages. I stood under it for five minutes and I still don't know where they lead.
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B
Gmina może to uporządkować uchwałą krajobrazową, która określa, gdzie i jakie reklamy wolno wieszać, lecz niewiele gmin się na nią zdecydowało.
A council can sort that out with a landscape resolution, which sets out where and what kind of adverts may be put up, but few councils have gone for one.
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A
Czyli o wyglądzie miasta decyduje ten, kto zapłaci za baner? Serio?
So what the town looks like is decided by whoever pays for a banner? Seriously?
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B
Niestety często tak. A czemu chowasz to ostatnie zdjęcie pod teczką?
Often, sadly, yes. And why are you hiding that last photo under your folder?
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A
Bo głupio mi je pokazywać. Baner cztery na sześć metrów, który od marca zasłania trzy okna.
Because it's a bit awkward to show you. A four-by-six-metre banner that's been covering three windows since March.
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B
Rzeczywiście koszmar, tylko skąd ja znam tę elewację? Mam wrażenie, że mijam ją codziennie.
A real eyesore, I agree, but where do I know that facade from? I feel as if I walk past it every day.
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A
Ironia losu, panie profesorze: to nasze liceum. Baner „Wybierz najlepszą szkołę w powiecie” wisi na oknach tej pracowni, dlatego od marca siedzimy przy zapalonym świetle.
The irony of it, sir: it's our school. The 'Choose the best school in the district' banner is hanging over the windows of this very classroom, which is why we've had the lights on since March.
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