Day 255: Cans for the Class Trip Fund
In Recklinghausen, Talea (A), a teenager, comes home from her school's sports day with a big bag of empty cans and shows it to her mother (B).
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
Mama, guck mal! Alles für unsere Klassenreise.
Mum, look! It's all for our class trip.
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B
Dosen? Die kommen doch in den Gelben Sack.
Cans? They go in the yellow recycling bag.
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A
Nicht in den Gelben Sack, sondern in den Automaten im Supermarkt!
Not in the yellow bag, in the machine at the supermarket!
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B
Als ich in der Schule war, waren Dosen einfach Müll.
When I was at school, cans were just rubbish.
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A
Heute bringt jede Dose 25 Cent. Fährst du mich hin?
Today every can gets you 25 cents. Will you drive me there?
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