Day 134: Grandma Never Threw Anything Away
In Stralsund, Vanessa (A), who is active in an environmental group, is helping her grandmother Marianne (B) clear out her cellar.
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
Oma, in meiner Umweltgruppe würden sie dich feiern. In deinem Keller liegt ja kaum Müll!
Grandma, they'd treat you like a hero in my environmental group. There's hardly any rubbish in your cellar!
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B
Früher wurde eben nichts verschwendet. Es war ganz normal, alles zu reparieren.
Back then nothing went to waste. It was completely normal to repair everything.
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A
Und warum wirfst du die ganzen leeren Gläser nicht weg? Dafür gibt's doch den Glascontainer.
And why don't you throw all these empty jars away? That's what the bottle bank is for.
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B
Die sind zum Einkochen. Übrige Gläser brachten wir damals zur Sammelstelle, für ein paar Pfennig das Stück.
They're for bottling fruit. Back then we took any spare jars to the collection point, for a few pfennigs each.
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A
Für Gläser gab's Geld? Dann wart ihr ja Recyclingprofis, lange bevor es Mode wurde.
You got money for jars? Then you were recycling pros long before it was fashionable.
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B
Für Altpapier auch. Deine Mutter zog als Kind mit dem Handwagen von Haus zu Haus und sammelte Zeitungen.
For waste paper too. As a child, your mum went from door to door with a handcart, collecting newspapers.
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A
Ausgerechnet Mama? Die trennt heute nicht mal ihren Müll!
Mum, of all people? These days she doesn't even sort her rubbish!
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