ANGELA: |
Can I give you a hand? |
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give a hand:
ayudar, dar/echar una mano; |
ELIZABETH: |
You can cut the tomatoes, if you like. |
ANGELA: |
OK. |
ELIZABETH: |
Oh, do you mind if I turn the radio on for a moment? |
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do you mind if:
te importa si;
turn on:
encender; |
ANGELA: |
Go ahead. |
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go ahead:
adelante; |
ELIZABETH: |
There's a programme about schools. |
ANGELA: |
Oh. |
|
(Elizabeth turns on the radio) |
MAN: |
Yes... very
interesting. Have you noticed any other differences between schools in Australia
and schools in England? |
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have you noticed: has
observado; any other differences: otras diferencias; between schools
in: entre las escuelas de; |
WOMAN: |
I find that the teaching staff room varies a lot between Australia and
England. The teachers in Australia are more unified: they have a
– one idea, and it's generally carried out as a –as a unified,
whole idea. But in England I find that the teachers tend to have
lots of varying ideas. Perhaps they think they're being ... um
... sort of "liberal" or ... um ... sort of "freedom lovers",
but they tend to ... to fight against each other in their ideas
and beliefs– |
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teaching staff room: sala
de profesores; varies a lot: varía mucho; unified: unidos;
carried out: cumplida, llevada a cabo; whole: completa, integral;
I find that: me doy cuenta que, observo que; tend to have: tienden a
tener; varying ideas: ideas diversas; perhaps: quizás; sort of:
algo así como; liberal: liberales, librepensadores; freedom lovers:
amantes de la libertad; to fight: pelear; against each other:
entre ellos, el uno con el otro; beliefs: creencias; |
|
(The telephone rings) |
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–and don't present to the students a unified idea, so that the child knows
exactly where he's going. |
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don't present: no ofrecen;
so that the child knows: a fin de que el niño sepa; |
|
(Elizabeth turns off the radio and answers the telephone) |
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turns off: apaga; |
ELIZABETH: |
Hello? |
JEFF: |
Elizabeth? Hi, it's
me. |
ELIZABETH: |
Oh, hi, Jeff. Where are you? |
WINTERS: |
I'm still at the
office. Sorry. But I'm leaving right now. Is everybody there? |
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I'm still: todavía estoy;
right now: ya mismo; |
ELIZABETH: |
Angela's here, but the others haven't arrived yet. |
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the others: los demás;
haven't arrived yet: aún no han llegado; |
JEFF: |
OK. I'm on my way.
Bye. |
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on my way: en camino, en
viaje; |
ELIZABETH: |
Bye. |
|
(Elizabeth turns the radio on again) |
MAN: |
Thank you for joining us. In next week's "Opinions on Education", we'll be
discussing private schools. A good thing, or a bad thing? Until
then, goodbye. |
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thank you for joining:
gracias por estar con nosotros; until then: hasta entonces; |
ELIZABETH: |
Oh. |
|
(She turns the radio off again) |
ANGELA: |
Well, are you a
liberal, freedom-loving teacher? |
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freedom-loving teacher:
profesor amante de la libertad; |
ELIZABETH: |
I don't know. I suppose so. I just try to be a good teacher. |
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I suppose so: supongo que
sí; I just try to be: sólo trato de ser; |
ANGELA: |
Is your staff room
full of fighting teachers? |
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fighting teachers:
profesores peleadores, combativos; |
ELIZABETH: |
No, I wouldn't say we fight exactly. We don't all have the same opinions, of
course. But I think that's a good thing. |
|
I wouldn't say: yo no diría
que; we fight exactly: peleamos exactamente; we don't all have: no
todos tenemos; the same: las mismas; |
ANGELA: |
Have you seen the
film "If..."? |
ELIZABETH: |
Um ... Oh, the film about English public schools. |
ANGELA: |
Yes. |
ELIZABETH: |
Yes. I saw it a few
years ago. |
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a few years ago: hace unos
años; |
ANGELA: |
What did you think
of it? |
|
what did you think of it?:
¿qué te pareció? |
ELIZABETH: |
Well
... I thought it was ... sort of ... "interesting". |
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sort of: bastante, algo así
como. |