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ANNA: |
Listen to this ... |
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LILY: |
What is it? |
|
ANNA: |
Today's horoscope. |
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LILY: |
Do you believe in horoscopes?
to believe + IN: creer EN; |
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ANNA: |
No, but they're sometimes quite
interesting. Listen. This is my horoscope for today.
"Virgo: You will not be very happy today, and the next
two weeks will be very difficult. If you do not like
your job, you'll have to change it."
quite +
adjective = quite interesting: sumamente
interesantes; the next two weeks: las próximas
dos semanas; job: puesto de trabajo; |
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LILY: |
Very interesting. |
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ANNA: |
Yes. It's strange. I went to a palmist last week
...
strange:
raro, extraño; palmist: adivina, pitonisa; |
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LILY: |
A palmist? |
|
ANNA: |
Yes. She said: "You're going to
change your job very soon."
She was
sure
about it.
sure about it: muy convencida de esa situación; |
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LILY: |
Don't you like your job? |
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ANNA: |
I like it very much ... I think. Now
I'm not sure. What sign are
you?
what
sign are you?: ¿de qué signo (del zodiaco) eres?; |
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LILY: |
Scorpio. But I don't believe in
these
horoscopes.
in
these: en este tipo de; |
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ANNA: |
"Scorpio: You have some problems at
the moment, but
they are not serious. Someone will
give you a surprise this
evening." Hmm ...
serious:
graves; give someone a surprise: sorprender (a
alguien); |
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LILY: |
I prefer Chínese horoscopes. |
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ANNA: |
Chínese horoscopes? |
|
LILY: |
Yes. There's an animal for each year. So you're the
animal of the year when you were born.
for each year: para cada año; so: de modo que;
when you were born: de cuando (del día que) naciste; |
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ANNA: |
Oh, yes. That's right. |
|
LILY: |
So I'm a
cat,
and you're a ... a
monkey.
monkey: mono (noveno animal en el zodíaco chino); |
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ANNA: |
There are twelve animals,
aren't there?
aren't there?: ¿no es cierto? (question tag)
Te recomendamos revisar los question tags en
http://tinyurl.com/3b5rz98 |
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LILY: |
Yes. |
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ANNA: |
One animal for each year, and then the first animal
again? |
|
LILY: |
That's right. |
|
ANNA: |
So I'm a monkey. |
|
LILY: |
Yes. You have a good sense of humour. You have a good
memory. You are good at languages.
sense of humour: sentido del humor [humour
(inglés británico) = humor (inglés americano)];
memory: memoria; to be good AT languages:
tener facilidad PARA los idiomas; |
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ANNA: |
Yes. |
|
LILY: |
You like new experiences. You like
travelling.
new experiences: nuevas vivencias; to like + ING
verb = you like travelling: te gusta viajar [travelling
(inglés británico) = traveling (inglés
americano)]; |
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ANNA: |
Yes. |
|
LILY: |
You are independent, intelligent and
charming.
independent: independiente, libre; charming:
atractiva; |
|
ANNA: |
Haha
Oh, yes. |
|
LILY: |
But you don't have much luck in love.
you don't have: no tienes; luck + IN + noun =
luck in love (suerte en el amor); luck in money
(suerte con el dinero); |
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ANNA: |
Well, that's true!
that's
true: es muy cierto; |
|
LILY: |
I've worked out everybody's sign:
You're a
monkey,
Jeff
is a
dog.
Angela is a
dragon,
Mr Jones is a
pig
and Mr Smith is a
goat.
I've worked out: conseguí, deduje; everybody's
sign: el signo zodiacal de todos (en esta oficina);
dragon: dragón; pig: cerdo; goat:
cabra; |
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ANNA: |
Really?
really?:
¿en serio? ¿de verdad?; |
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SMITH: |
Er ... Excuse me, Anna. Lily ... |
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LILY: |
Yes, Mr Goat –
I mean, Mr
Smith?
I mean:
quiero decir. |
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SMITH: |
Sorry? |
|
LILY: |
Nothing! |
