Day 38: The Second Krówka
During office hours at SWPS University in Sopot, psychology student Szymon (A) brings Professor Lewandowska (B) the results of the marshmallow test he ran in a kindergarten, with krówka fudge sweets instead of marshmallows.
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
Pani profesor, z dwadzieściorga dzieci aż siedemnaścioro poczekało na drugą krówkę!
Professor, out of twenty children, seventeen held out for the second krówka!
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B
Zdumiewający wynik, znacząco lepszy niż u Mischela. W jakich warunkach dzieci były badane?
A remarkable result, far better than Mischel's. Under what conditions were the children tested?
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A
Każde było wprowadzane osobno, a sesje były nagrywane. Reszta grupy czekała na korytarzu.
Each one was brought in separately, and the sessions were recorded. The rest of the group waited in the corridor.
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B
A te, które już skończyły, wracały potem na ten sam korytarz?
And the ones who had finished, did they go back to the same corridor afterwards?
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A
Wracały... Zaraz, troje pierwszych zjadło krówki od razu, a potem już nikt.
They did... Hang on, the first three ate their krówki straight away, and after that nobody did.
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B
Czyli ostrzegły resztę. Zbadał pan nie samokontrolę, tylko tempo przedszkolnej plotki.
So they warned the others. What you've measured isn't self-control, it's the speed of kindergarten gossip.
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A
Tymek! Wychodząc, pokazał wszystkim dwa palce, a ja myślałem, że to znak pokoju.
Tymek! On his way out he held up two fingers to everyone, and I thought it was a peace sign.
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