Day 71 of 159

Day 71: A Weekend Without Posting

At a holiday cabin on the Attersee in Austria, Svea (A) and Silas (B) are clearing up on the last evening of a phone-free weekend with their friend Leyla (C).

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. A

    Zwei Tage ohne Handy, und keiner hat geschummelt. Ich bin richtig stolz auf uns!

    Two days without phones and nobody cheated. I'm really proud of us!

  2. B

    Ich auch. Statt ständig aufs Handy zu schauen, hab ich ein ganzes Buch gelesen.

    Me too. Instead of constantly checking my phone, I read a whole book.

  3. A

    Wo steckt eigentlich Leyla? Die Idee mit dem Handyverbot kam doch von ihr.

    Where's Leyla got to, by the way? The phone ban was her idea, wasn't it?

  4. B

    Schau mal zum Steg! Während wir abspülen, filmt unser großes Vorbild heimlich den Sonnenuntergang.

    Look over at the jetty! While we're doing the washing-up, our shining example is secretly filming the sunset.

  5. C

    Ihr habt mich erwischt. Aber ich wollte ihn doch nur aufnehmen, ohne ihn zu posten!

    All right, you've caught me. But I only wanted to record it, not post it!

  6. A

    Keine Ausreden! Zur Strafe schickst du uns das Video, sobald wir wieder online sind.

    No excuses! As punishment, you're sending us the video as soon as we're back online.

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