Day 100: Repair or Replace?
On a local radio show in Nuremberg, the host, Clemens Hager (A), asks two guests about broken gadgets: Anke Rössler (B), who volunteers at a repair café, and Giovanni Esposito (C), who owns an electronics shop.
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 German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, 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
Frau Rössler, lohnt sich das Reparieren heute ĂŒberhaupt noch?
Ms Rössler, is repairing things even worth it these days?
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B
Auf jeden Fall! Im Repair-Café klappt es bei jedem zweiten GerÀt.
Definitely! At the repair café, we manage it with every other gadget.
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A
Herr Esposito, neue GerÀte sind doch oft billiger, oder?
Mr Esposito, new gadgets are often cheaper though, aren't they?
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C
Ja, aber das Problem ist nicht der Preis, sondern die Ersatzteile.
Yes, but the problem isn't the price, it's the spare parts.
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B
Genau. Viele GerĂ€te landen im MĂŒll, weil ein kleines Teil fehlt.
Exactly. Lots of gadgets end up in the bin because one small part is missing.
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C
Und das sagt Ihnen einer, der neue GerÀte verkauft!
And that's coming from someone who sells new gadgets!
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