Day 94: Scoop at the Copy Shop
At a copy shop in EÅ‚k, Nela (A), the sixteen-year-old editor of her secondary school's newspaper, comes to collect the end-of-year issue from Dominik (B), who works there.
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
Dzień dobry, ja po gazetkę szkolną na jutrzejsze zakończenie roku.
Hello, I've come for the school paper, the one for the end-of-year ceremony tomorrow.
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B
Niestety, maszyna zacięła się na pierwszym arkuszu, a serwisant przyjedzie dopiero wieczorem. Wydrukuję wszystko jutro o szóstej, zanim otworzymy.
I'm afraid the machine jammed on the first sheet, and the engineer isn't coming till this evening. I'll print the whole lot tomorrow at six, before we open.
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A
No nie... Chwila, na grupie klasowej piszą, że dyrektor odchodzi na emeryturę!
Oh no... Hang on, the class group chat says our headmaster is retiring!
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B
No proszę, nie ma tego złego, co by na dobre nie wyszło. Gdyby nie awaria, wydrukowałbym numer bez takiej bomby.
Well, there you go: every cloud has a silver lining. If it weren't for the breakdown, I'd have printed the issue without a bombshell like that.
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A
Tylko gdzie ja to zmieszczę? Nie wyrzucę przecież swojego śledztwa w sprawie sklepiku, siedziałam nad nim miesiąc!
Only where am I going to fit it? I'm not cutting my investigation into the tuck shop, I spent a month on it!
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B
Widziałem plik: dwie strony o cenach drożdżówek to lekka przesada. Co za dużo, to niezdrowo.
I've seen the file: two pages on the price of sweet buns is a bit much. You can have too much of a good thing.
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A
Ale one podrożały o połowę! Dobra, skrócę to, a na jedynkę dam dyrektora.
But they've gone up by half! Fine, I'll cut it down and put the headmaster on the front page.
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B
Tylko zanim pani cokolwiek napisze, niech pani zdobędzie komentarz od samego zainteresowanego. Tak radzi magister dziennikarstwa, który drukuje ulotki dla pizzerii.
Only, before you write anything, get a comment from the man himself. Take it from a journalism graduate who prints flyers for pizzerias.
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A
To lecę do szkoły, może go jeszcze złapię. A pana wpiszę do stopki redakcyjnej jako konsultanta.
Then I'm off to school, I might still catch him. And I'm putting you in the masthead as our consultant.
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