|
ANA: |
I had a
really strange dream last night.
strange
dream: sueño extraño; last night: anoche; |
|
LILY: |
What was it
about?
what
was it about?: ¿de qué trataba?;
|
|
ANA: |
Well, I was
visiting a country that I didn't know. |
|
LILY: |
Which
country? |
|
ANA: |
I don't
know. I don't think it was a real country.
a real
country: un país que exista; |
|
LILY: |
Oh, I see. |
|
ANA: |
Anyway, I'd
never been there before, and I was travelling by myself.
anyway:
de todos modos; I'd never been = I had never been:
nunca había estado; travelling
(British English) = traveling
(American English):
viajando; by myself:
por mi cuenta; |
|
LILY: |
What was the
weather like?
what
was the weather like?: ¿cómo estaba el tiempo?; |
|
ANA: |
The weather? |
|
LILY: |
Yes. |
|
ANA: |
It was very
hot, and the sun was very bright.
very
bright: muy radiante (muy soleado); |
|
LILY: |
Oh, good. |
|
ANA: |
Are you
taking this seriously?
taking
seriously: tomando en serio, prestando mucha
atención; |
|
LILY: |
Yes, of
course. Go on. I love hearing about people's dreams.
go on:
continua (hablando)
(phrasal verb);
I love hearing: me encanta escuchar
(ING after hear);
people's dreams: los sueños de la gente; |
|
ANA: |
Well, I was
in a town that had long wide streets ... and I wanted to
buy a map. So I was looking for a shop where I could buy
one.
town:
ciudad; long wide streets: calles largas y anchas;
looking for: buscando
(phrasal verb);
where
I could
buy
(para afirmativo) = donde pudiera comprar; where
could I
buy?
(para preguntas) = ¿dónde podría comprar?; |
|
LILY: |
Yes. |
|
ANA: |
I was
looking for a shop where I could buy a map ... but I
couldn't find the shop, because I didn't have a map.
I
couldn't find: no pude encontrar; I didn't have:
yo no tenía; |
|
LILY: |
That must
have been a ... a strange feeling.
must
have been: debe haber sido; strange feeling:
extraña sensación; |
|
ANA: |
It was a
very strange feeling, but it ... it seemed quite normal
too.
it
seemed: parecía; quite normal too: bastante
normal al mismo tiempo; |
|
LILY: |
What did you
do? |
|
ANA: |
I decided to
ask somebody where I could find a shop that sold maps.
where
I could
find
(para afirmativo) = donde pudiera encontrar;
where
could I
find?
(para preguntas) = ¿dónde podría encontrar?;
that sold maps: que vendiera mapas
(subjuntivo);
|
|
LILY: |
Were there a
lot of people in the streets? |
|
ANA: |
Oh, yes. All
the streets were crowded, and all the people were
talking very fast in very loud voices.
crowded:
repletas de gente; very fast: muy rápido; in
very loud voices: en voz muy alta (como gritando); |
|
LILY: |
What
language were they speaking? |
|
ANA: |
That was the
problem. I didn't know what language they were speaking.
I'd never heard it before.
what language
they were
speaking
(para afirmativo);
what language
were they
speaking?
(para preguntas);
I'd never heard it = I had never heard it:
nunca lo había escuchado; |
|
LILY: |
Was it like
English?
like
English: como (el idioma) inglés; |
|
ANA: |
No, not at
all. It was completely different. But there was one very
strange thing.
not at
all: para nada, en absoluto; |
|
LILY: |
What was
that? |
|
ANA: |
Well, the
people were talking to each other in the language I'd
never heard before.
to each
other: mutuamente, entre ellos;
|
|
LILY: |
Yes. |
|
ANA: |
But when
they passed me, they looked at me and said something in
English.
passed me: pasaban a mi lado; |
|
LILY: |
What did
they say? |
|
ANA: |
Well, the
people who passed me on the right said: "It's a long
road that has no turning." And the people who passed me
on the left said: "Good luck!"
on the right: por la derecha; it's a long road
that has no turning: (la vida es) un largo camino
que no tiene retorno (proverbio irlandés); on the
left: por la izquierda; |
|
LILY: |
Hmm ...
That's fascinating.
fascinating: fascinante; |
|
ANA: |
What do you
think it means?
what do
you think it means?: ¿qué te parece que signifique
eso?; |
|
LILY: |
I've no
idea, but it's really fascinating.
I've no
idea: no lo sé, no tengo idea. |
