Day 50: A Skate Park Proposal
At home in Saarbrücken, Otto (A) rehearses the proposal he wants to present at the city's children's parliament, while his father Björn (B) plays a strict councillor.
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
Papa, du spielst den strengen Stadtrat. Hiermit stelle ich den Antrag, auf der Brache hinter unserer Schule einen Skatepark zu bauen.
Dad, you play the strict councillor. I hereby put forward a motion to build a skate park on the waste ground behind our school.
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B
Junger Mann, die Haushaltslage der Stadt ist äußerst angespannt. Ein Skatepark kommt leider überhaupt nicht in Frage.
Young man, the city's finances are extremely tight. A skate park is, I'm afraid, completely out of the question.
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A
Du klingst ja, als wärst du wirklich im Stadtrat! Ich bin doch noch gar nicht fertig.
You sound as if you were really on the council! I haven't even finished yet.
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B
Die echten sind noch strenger, glaub mir, und bringen garantiert die Folgekosten zur Sprache: Wartung, Reinigung, Versicherung.
The real ones are even stricter, believe me, and they're bound to bring up the running costs: maintenance, cleaning, insurance.
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A
Dafür habe ich einen Plan: Wir sammeln das Geld per Crowdfunding, und die Stadt stellt nur die Fläche zur Verfügung.
I've got a plan for that: we raise the money through crowdfunding, and the city just provides the land.
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B
Crowdfunding, soso. Und woher weiß der junge Herr, dass da mehr als ein paar hundert Euro zusammenkommen?
Crowdfunding, is it? And how does the young gentleman know it will raise more than a few hundred euros?
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A
Allein unser Skateverein hat achtzig Mitglieder, und jeder von uns hat mindestens eine spendierfreudige Oma.
Our skating club alone has eighty members, and every one of us has at least one generous grandma.
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B
Der Stadtrat ist überzeugt und stimmt dafür. Die erste Oma rufe ich gleich selbst an.
The councillor is convinced and votes in favour. I'll ring the first grandma myself right now.
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