Day 156: A Day at Dad's Office
Driving home through Salzgitter after the Zukunftstag, the day pupils spend at a parent's workplace, Arthur (A), a young boy, talks to his father, Steffen (B), about his day at the office.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Puh, geschafft! Sitzt du echt jeden Tag so lange im Büro?
Phew, done! Do you really sit in the office that long every day?
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B
Meistens schon. Und, wie fandest du den Zukunftstag?
Most days, yes. So, what did you think of the Zukunftstag?
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A
Na ja, sowohl langweilig als auch spannend. Die Besprechung war weder kurz noch lustig.
Well, both boring and exciting. The meeting was neither short nor fun.
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B
Oh. Und was war dann spannend?
Oh. So what was exciting, then?
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A
Euer 3D-Drucker. Aber eigentlich wäre ich lieber mit Mama in die Werkstatt gegangen.
Your 3D printer. But actually, I'd rather have gone to the workshop with Mum.
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B
Tja, das hättest du heute Morgen sagen sollen. Mama hat dich ja gefragt!
Well, you should have said so this morning. Mum did ask you!
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