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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey through a snowlocked boarding school
Speaker 3: as unexpected heroes emerge, where the storm outside pales in
Speaker 3: comparison to the warmth of newfound friendships inside.
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Speaker 1: Amich do nivernrivuros alspirineus, catalans, las cola, vitnadds can saba, tranquila,
Speaker 1: enthrone pay zadja, the pin scubersden, la calm as bas baikua, nunavulenta, tampestado,
Speaker 1: vasu pendra ambulikan, las cola a nuna, manta spessa ivlanka tallian,
Speaker 1: la kumpeta, mendal monacsterio, las communicacions as van perdre ill
Speaker 1: electricitad as baaa, the channelsa studiens il personal and la
Speaker 1: fus corus plandndalas as pelmas uriol unas to the reservad
Speaker 1: pao and la montagna miraba des de la seva finestra
Speaker 1: kuberta da gel cadaba, fascinat protambe pro kupa, savilla, caclilla, tua,
Speaker 1: toti al seu character in trubartit santi a la rasponsabilitadd
Speaker 1: truva una suluzio not pudia rumandra in actio, menral in sarteza, Crassia,
Speaker 1: entral cells companj al manjado, julia in tantaba montani lanim dlsa,
Speaker 1: studiens Era, kumpasiva is sa villa, communial group belle la
Speaker 1: procupacio and al zuis to tom Idazi Java, Donarlus Esparanza
Speaker 1: pao and kambi Astaba mussunat am la barsidad, Buskava van tura,
Speaker 1: vincitot and lasitusians mazimbarsam lands kuanuriol badasidi kumpartil seupla julia
Speaker 1: ipau for ren alspremazon, ascultarluk cal kathem servill als, nostra racursus,
Speaker 1: bas plicauriol malgrat al sells ductas, sabilla, kera crucial urganizza
Speaker 1: Una kip pardasan terasub ministruments iruva una manera da da
Speaker 1: mana a juda pauba propusa Usa miral kaba trubad is
Speaker 1: Julia basu Jerika Surganija s in par super visala preparacida
Speaker 1: e menz i, kubers la kip asba puzza and marsha
Speaker 1: and pays the krandola rapartidas and trace per Montani la
Speaker 1: calo banku mansa, travalla mentrajula Montani al xanims ilordra al
Speaker 1: manjado uriol ipabana frontala Jeli davantiscapavala part alta, dalla difici
Speaker 1: ban trancal la una finestra ampasiencia ban pussi una al mira,
Speaker 1: altras la mens ban spartan tara flatila um lass pasa
Speaker 1: ven and emperor final men all sells as for sus
Speaker 1: van serra kunagutkuannuna quip the rascat ba parsia and tra
Speaker 1: la courtinad neo la juda villa riva juiced attempts al
Speaker 1: subministraments astavan as gutan per la kumunitat da las cola
Speaker 1: as turnabas and tis sagura the sprinced la tempesta uriol
Speaker 1: badas Kubrika villa guanat all respected al SU's companj non
Speaker 1: mesa villa sigud kapas detruvasu lusians sinoka tamba villa presla
Speaker 1: in portansia da kunfia and al salta us bakunstrui yasus
Speaker 1: kamai auria, imaginet la asbatrans form a, nuna vartura, cana
Speaker 1: nova mistad am julia ipau ia, partida, kelmumen, las cola,
Speaker 1: al spirneus, nosam lavata, yadad levern babassa iam be urilda
Speaker 1: la sevas mount estimatas see not tam bella, kidza, navona
Speaker 1: mistad potufari.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Amis du ni verne rivuros alspirineus, catalans, las cola, diternaddes
Speaker 1: can Sava, tranquila and trompaizaga, the pince kubers, the neil.
Speaker 3: Amidst the harsh winter in the beer neouse carolins. The
Speaker 3: boarding school rested peacefully among a landscape of snow covered pines.
Speaker 1: La calm as vas vai kua, nunavio, linta tampesta, the
Speaker 1: neo basurpendre to tom aumbulikan, las cola a, nuna, manta
Speaker 1: spesa ivlanka te lan la coumpleta min dal Monasterio.
Speaker 3: Calm dissipated when a violent snowstorm surprised everyone, enveloping the
Speaker 3: school in a thick white blanket, completely cutting it off
Speaker 3: from the outside world.
Speaker 1: Las coumunicaciuns as van perdre ila le tricitad asva para
Speaker 1: de cha alzastudiens il parsunal and la fuscas plandin da
Speaker 1: las espelmas.
Speaker 3: Communications were lost and electricity went out, leaving the students
Speaker 3: and staff in the shimmering darkness of candlelight.
Speaker 1: Uriol unas to the end, Reservada bao and la montaigne
Speaker 1: mirava des de la seba finestra cuberta la gel.
Speaker 3: Uriol a reserved student who found peace in the mountains,
Speaker 3: looked out from his ice covered window.
Speaker 1: Caaba facinet protam ve pro kupa.
Speaker 3: He was fascinated, but also worried.
Speaker 1: Sabilla caclilla t tua.
Speaker 3: He knew action was necessary to till.
Speaker 1: Al sukreterritruvartid santia la raspun sail tadda truva una sulusiu.
Speaker 3: Despite his introverted nature, he felt the responsibility to find
Speaker 3: a solution.
Speaker 1: No pudia rumandra nectiu mentra la in sarteza grecia intra suskumpan.
Speaker 3: He couldn't remain inactive while uncertainty grew among his peers.
Speaker 1: Al manngdo Julia intantaba mantanil la nim dlzastudi.
Speaker 3: Ends in the dining hall. Julia tried to keep the
Speaker 3: student's spirits up.
Speaker 1: Hera kumparsiva is sabilla communill el group.
Speaker 3: She was compassionate and knew how to unite the group
Speaker 3: Belle la.
Speaker 1: Pro cupasio and alzuiz the tutm idaziaba dounarlus esperanza.
Speaker 3: She saw the worry in everyone's eyes and wanted to
Speaker 3: give them hope.
Speaker 1: Pao and caambi astaba mussiunat am la barcitet.
Speaker 3: Pao, on the other hand, was thrilled by the adversity.
Speaker 1: Buscava van tura finzitot and la situsiuns mesimbarsamlands.
Speaker 3: He sought adventure even in the most unlikely situations.
Speaker 1: Huauriol badassidi kumparti al seulpla Julia Ipao for and alsprimes
Speaker 1: and a scultarlup.
Speaker 3: When Riol decided to share his plan, Julia and Pao
Speaker 3: were the first to listen.
Speaker 1: Cal cafem servill als nostre racursus bas Plicauriol.
Speaker 3: We need to use our resources. Uriol explained, malgreta sees duptas,
Speaker 3: savilla kera crucial urgidza una qui pardas and terrasub minis
Speaker 3: tramenz ittruva una maniera da da mana juda. Despite his doubts,
Speaker 3: he knew it was crucial to organize a team to
Speaker 3: uncover supplies and find a way to ask for help.
Speaker 1: Pausa Uza unmirelka villa trubat is, Julia Basubjerika Surin parsuper
Speaker 1: vizala pra paracio la li Menzi Kuberz.
Speaker 3: Pau proposed using a mirror he had found, and Julia
Speaker 3: suggested they organize to oversee the preparation of food and
Speaker 3: cutlery la.
Speaker 1: Quip asba Buza and Marcia.
Speaker 3: The team got to work ampez.
Speaker 1: The carndola, rapartidas in trees per mantanila, calo ban kumansa travalla.
Speaker 3: With stew's leftovers shared among them to keep warm. They
Speaker 3: began their casks.
Speaker 1: Mintra Julia Mantani al Zanim's ilordre al manzedo, urial ibau
Speaker 1: banafruntala Jelli da vantiska pala partlta da la difici.
Speaker 3: While Julia kept spirits high in order in the dining hall.
Speaker 3: Uri All and Pov braved the icy storm to reach
Speaker 3: the top of the building.
Speaker 1: Bantrancal zel cavlukajava una finestre amparciencia ban pusisuna al mirel
Speaker 1: ltras la mens brilliant sparrintantara flati la lum.
Speaker 3: They broke the ice blocking a window, and with patients,
Speaker 3: positioned the mirror and other shiny objects to try to
Speaker 3: reflect the light.
Speaker 1: Lazuras persaven lintammpero finelle min al silzas for sus van
Speaker 1: serra kunauts kua una quip the rascat ba pasha intra
Speaker 1: la courtina veniu.
Speaker 3: The hours passed slowly, but finally their efforts were recognized
Speaker 3: when a rescue team appeared through the snow curtain.
Speaker 1: La jud villa riva just atames.
Speaker 3: Help had arrived just in time.
Speaker 1: Al subninis tramaenzestavan as gutin pro la coumunitet de la
Speaker 1: scola asturnava sentis se rura.
Speaker 3: Supplies were running out, but the school community felt safe again.
Speaker 1: D Sprice de la tampesta uriol bada scubi ca villa
Speaker 1: jugnete al rospecta lal Siuscumpanes.
Speaker 3: After the storm, Uri all discovered he had gained the
Speaker 3: respect of his peers.
Speaker 1: No numes a villa sigut, capaz da lidra ittruvasu luciuns
Speaker 1: sinuka tamba villa pres la inportin Sia da Kumfia and alsaltres.
Speaker 3: Not only had he been able to lead and find solutions,
Speaker 3: but he had also learned the importance of trusting others.
Speaker 1: Bakunstrui yasus camai auria imaginet.
Speaker 3: He built bonds he never imagined.
Speaker 1: La seva raserva asbatransfurma an nuna artura capa una nova
Speaker 1: mistat am Julia ipao i aparthi da kel mumen las
Speaker 1: Calao spirineus nosam la va tanai yavat.
Speaker 3: His reserve transformed into an openness towards a new friendship
Speaker 3: with Julia and Pao, and from that moment, the school
Speaker 3: in the Piernaeus no longer seemed so isolated.
Speaker 1: Levern babassa iam be uriol Batuba no numez la tranquiritat
Speaker 1: de la sevas muntagne zestimadas si no tam ve la calideza,
Speaker 1: canumezu navona mistat potufari.
Speaker 3: Winter passed, and with it Uriol found not only the
Speaker 3: tranquility of his beloved mountains, but also the warmth that
Speaker 3: only a good friendship can offer.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 2: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Catalan, then in English.
Speaker 1: Alpai zaga, alpai zaga, alpaizaga, the landscape, let them pista,
Speaker 1: the neil, let them pista, the neil, let them pista
Speaker 1: the neil, the snowstorm, lasaspelmas, lasaspelmas, lasaspelmas, candlelight, laffinistra, laffinstra, laffinstra,
Speaker 1: the window, laraspoonsabilitat, larraspoonsabilitat lar raspoonsabilitat. The responsibility line certeza,
Speaker 1: lin certeza, line certeza, the uncertainty, al manzededo, al manedo,
Speaker 1: al mind gedo, the dining hall, kumpasiva, kumpassiba, compassiva, compassionate,
Speaker 1: lat barsitat, lat barsitat, ltt barsitat, the adversary. Imbursa blends,
Speaker 1: imbursa blends, imbarsa blends unlikely al racursus al racursus, alracursus.
Speaker 1: Resources doesn't, Terra doesn't. Terra doesn't Terra to uncover al
Speaker 1: subminis tramans, al subminis demens, al subminis tramens The supplies,
Speaker 1: al scubers, al scubers, al scubers, cutlery, lacaren doya, lacaren doya,
Speaker 1: la carn doya, the stew laristas, laristas, laristas, leftovers, latim piste,
Speaker 1: the latam pista, latam pista, the storm, reflect reflect the
Speaker 1: reflect to reflect La, keep the rascat La, keep the
Speaker 1: rascat La, keep the rascat The rescue team. Racoonesha, dracunesha, racoa.
Speaker 1: To recognize when ya uhen ya guen ya. To gain
Speaker 1: all respecta, all respecta, all respecta, the respect lida, lida, lidera,
Speaker 1: to lead, alcasus, alcasus, alcasus, The bonds lubartua, lubertura, lubertura,
Speaker 1: The openness cumfia cumfia, cumfia, to trust, La fusco, la fusco,
Speaker 1: la fusco, the darkness, La montana, la montana, the mountain. Lakalideza, lakalideza,
Speaker 1: la kalideza.
Speaker 3: The warmth, Almira Almira, Almirai the Mirror.
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