Day 159 of 160

Day 159: Mozart for the Twins

At the University of the Third Age in K艂odzko, a psychology student who volunteers there (A) is taking questions after his talk on myths about the brain when he notices a retired woman in the audience (B) shaking her head.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Widz臋, 偶e kr臋ci pani g艂ow膮, odk膮d wspomnia艂em o efekcie Mozarta. Co艣 si臋 pani nie zgadza?

    I can see you've been shaking your head ever since I mentioned the Mozart effect. Does something not add up?

  2. B

    Niestety wszystko si臋 zgadza. Synowa kaza艂a mi kiedy艣, 偶ebym puszcza艂a bli藕niakom Mozarta, bo to podobno rozwija m贸zg.

    Unfortunately, it all adds up. My daughter-in-law once told me to play Mozart to the twins, because it's supposed to develop the brain.

  3. A

    Nie pani jedna. Tymczasem w s艂ynnym badaniu z dziewi臋膰dziesi膮tego trzeciego roku sonaty Mozarta na dwa fortepiany s艂uchali studenci, a efekt znika艂 po kwadransie.

    You weren't the only one. Yet in the famous 1993 study, it was university students who listened to Mozart's sonata for two pianos, and the effect wore off after a quarter of an hour.

  4. B

    Studenci? To sk膮d te wszystkie p艂yty dla niemowl膮t z bobasem w s艂uchawkach na ok艂adce?

    Students? Then where did all those CDs for babies come from, the ones with a baby in headphones on the cover?

  5. A

    Z medi贸w, kt贸re zrobi艂y z tego sensacj臋: przepis na genialne dziecko. P贸藕niej okaza艂o si臋, 偶e podobnie dzia艂a wszystko, co dodaje energii i poprawia nastr贸j.

    From the media, which turned it into a sensation: a recipe for a child genius. Later it turned out that anything that gives you energy and lifts your mood works in much the same way.

  6. B

    Ale oboje wyro艣li na m膮drych ludzi: wnuczka projektuje mosty, a wnuk jest fizykiem.

    But they've both grown up into clever people: my granddaughter designs bridges and my grandson is a physicist.

  7. A

    Nie w膮tpi臋, ale zawdzi臋czaj膮 to raczej babci, kt贸ra pewnie du偶o im czyta艂a i odpowiada艂a na ka偶de pytanie.

    I don't doubt it, but they owe that more to their grandmother, who I imagine read to them a lot and answered every question.

  8. B

    Czyta膰 czyta艂am, ale Mozarta puszcza艂am z innego powodu: przy nim oboje b艂yskawicznie zasypiali. Tylko niech pan nie m贸wi synowej.

    Oh, I read to them all right, but I played the Mozart for a different reason: it sent them both to sleep in no time. Just don't tell my daughter-in-law.

  9. A

    Nie powiem ani s艂owa. A szkoda, bo pani wynik, w przeciwie艅stwie do tamtego, powtarza艂 si臋 codziennie przez trzy lata.

    I won't say a word. Which is a shame, because your result, unlike that one, was replicated every single day for three years.

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