Day 117: The Office Relay Team
At an insurance company in Hanover, the team leader, Cornelia Lüders (A), speaks to Hendrik Ahlers (B), who has just joined her team.
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
Herr Ahlers, unserer Marathonstaffel fehlt noch jemand. Hätten Sie Lust, mitzulaufen?
Mr Ahlers, our marathon relay team is still one person short. Would you fancy running with us?
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B
Sehr gern, ich laufe, seit ich zwölf bin! Wann ist denn der Termin?
I'd love to, I've been running since I was twelve! So when is it?
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A
Am zwölften April. Sie würden als Dritter laufen, direkt nach mir.
On the twelfth of April. You'd run third, straight after me.
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B
Oh nein, an dem Wochenende ziehe ich um!
Oh no, that's the weekend I'm moving flat!
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A
Schade! Aber solange Sie bei uns sind, gibt's ja jedes Jahr einen Marathon.
Shame! But as long as you're with us, there's a marathon every year.
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