Day 47: Grandma Owns Tech Shares
At Sunday lunch in Bochum, Doris (A) asks her teenage grandson Mathis (C) what he plans to do with his summer job money, and her daughter Tanja (B), Mathis's mother, joins in.
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
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A
Na, Mathis, was hast du denn mit dem im Ferienjob verdienten Geld vor?
So, Mathis, what are you planning to do with the money you earned in your summer job?
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B
Frag lieber nicht, Mama. Er will alles in Kryptowährungen stecken, statt es vernünftig anzulegen.
Better not ask, Mum. He wants to put the lot into cryptocurrency instead of investing it sensibly.
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C
Vernünftig heißt bei dir Sparbuch, und da frisst die Inflation die mickrige Rendite gleich wieder auf. Ein Kumpel hat seinen Einsatz in drei Monaten verdoppelt.
To you, sensibly means a savings account, and inflation eats up the measly return straight away. A mate of mine doubled his money in three months.
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B
Und wie viele haben dabei alles verloren? Mama, sag du ihm doch mal, dass das reine Spekulation ist.
And how many people lost everything doing that? Mum, you tell him it's pure speculation.
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A
Ich sage nur so viel: Vor zwanzig Jahren habe ich Apple-Aktien gekauft, statt die Küche renovieren zu lassen.
All I'll say is this: twenty years ago I bought Apple shares instead of having the kitchen done up.
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B
Wie bitte? Du hast seit zwanzig Jahren Aktien, ohne uns je ein Wort zu sagen?
Sorry? You've had shares for twenty years without ever saying a word to us?
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C
Apple, seit zwanzig Jahren? Oma, weißt du eigentlich, wie stark der Kurs seitdem gestiegen ist?
Apple, for twenty years? Grandma, do you actually know how much the share price has gone up since then?
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A
Allerdings. Damit keiner auf dumme Gedanken kommt: Die sind für dein Studium, es sei denn, du willst sie lieber in Kryptowährung umtauschen.
I certainly do. So that nobody gets any silly ideas: they're for your studies, unless you'd rather swap them for cryptocurrency.
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