Words & Phrases
[L12P1 & L12P2]

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Lesson [L12P1]

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Translation[L12P1]

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Lesson [L12P2]

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Translation[L12P2]

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English USA Translation
 

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MRS. W:

Good evening, Mr. Learner. How are you?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Fine thanks. How are you?

 

 

 

MRS. W:

Fine thanks. This is Mrs. Bane.

 

 

 

MRS. B:

Hello. I'm Robin's mother.

 

 

 

MRS. W:

Mr. Learner is a reporter.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Robin is making a picture book.

 

 

 

MRS. W:

That's right. Come see, Mrs. Bane.

 

 

 

HAL:

Hello, Mr. Learner.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Hello. Call me Martin.

 

 

 

HAL:

Martin, this is Wendy Silver. She's a teacher too.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Good evening.

 

 

 

WENDY:

Hi. I teach third grade.

 

 

 

HAL:

Martin visited my room today.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Yes. I saw the geography lesson.

 

 

 

WENDY:

You're a reporter.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Yes, I write stories for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story about schools.

 

 

 

HAL:

Martin, this is Mrs. Bane.

 

 

 

MRS. B:

We've met.

 

 

 

HAL:

And this is Mr. Bane.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Hello.

 

 

 

MR. B:

Hello. You're a teacher?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

No, I'm a reporter.

 

 

 

MR. B:

A reporter?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

I'm writing a story about schools.

 

 

 

MR. B:

I see.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you do?

 

 

 

MR. B:

I'm a contractor. I build schools.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Wonderful.

 

 

 

WENDY:

Martin, come meet Mrs. Steele.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Excuse me, Mr. Bane, Mrs. Bane.

 

 

 

WENDY:

This is Jessica Steele.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Good evening. I'm Martin Learner.

 

 

 

MRS. S:

I'm happy to meet you.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What's that?

 

 

 

MRS. S:

It's a dress from Rumania. It was my grandmother's dress.

 

 

 

WENDY:

Mrs. Steele is Roberta's mother.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Fifth grade geography?

 

 

 

MRS. S:

That's right.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you do, Mrs. Steele?

 

 

 

MRS. S:

I'm a housewife. I'm raising three young children. I studied nursing.

 

 

 

HAL:

Martin, this is Melissa's mother.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Hello. I'm Martin Learner.

 

 

 

MRS. R:

Good evening. I'm Rachel Robertson.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

I'm happy to meet you. This is Mrs. Steele, Roberta's mother.

 

 

 

MRS. R:

We've met, thank you.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you do, Mrs. Robertson.

 

 

 

MRS. R:

I'm a farmer.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

A farmer!?

 

 

 

MRS. R:

Yes, I farm five-hundred acres.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Wonderful! What's that?

 

 

 

MRS. R:

Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them.

 

 

 

WENDY:

Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother too. Becky's in third grade.

 

 

 

MRS. R:

They are studying food.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

I see.

 

 

 

PAT:

Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter.

 

 

 

PAT:

Where are you from, Martin?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

I'm from Baltimore. What do you do?

 

 

 

PAT:

I'm a farmer. And I'm a mechanic too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix tractors.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What's that?

 

 

 

PAT:

I have a boy in the third grade. It's beans.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Soybeans?

 

 

 

PAT:

No. Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I grew green beans and peas.

 

 

 

MRS. W:

This is Mr. Gary Durant.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Hello. How are you?

 

 

 

GARY:

Fine thanks.

 

 

 

MRS. W:

Mr. Durant is the assistant principal. Mr. Learner, would you like some coffee?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Yes, please. Excuse me, Mr. Durant.

 

 

English USA L12P1J
Courtesy of Voice of America