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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll discover how a Dutch student's creativity
Speaker 3: and newfound friendships transform a rainy day mishap into a
Speaker 3: heartwarming festival success.
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Speaker 1: In it brows and the heart from the compass stunt
Speaker 1: studentenhause testralee clure columpius. Foresee de de rm and derur
Speaker 1: from Varmacho cola de melk fu de de l'e hetos
Speaker 1: bey nat date for dvinta carnifl and either rain was
Speaker 1: trout based metaphor biding boom and nadalans a student sotop
Speaker 1: s and camer the starter nar leg market he hot
Speaker 1: velder ide a, nadalans pral vafon met taupen and Amola
Speaker 1: Marhai missed its belong egs the yaust matriale in the Foreigner.
Speaker 1: The stata was needs defended at Lake op vat herch
Speaker 1: went was in Neidland had marked the hemph dritter and
Speaker 1: beaky ainzam Emma and Sonner made the studenta from the
Speaker 1: Internationale Student Club markets and somber stemmingop boom hatted four,
Speaker 1: Emma bassort boom s and lechtes and zorgaut U. Look
Speaker 1: how the Emma and Sonner mattin and plum. Latter was
Speaker 1: Sama werker Stelld, the Sonophor, the Kuniidee and meddledale On
Speaker 1: Jao pral Vach verkl kaite Macher, sam Verktesdor, the Nochterrain, Emma,
Speaker 1: Braht Carton and ferv May, Sono Zorte for music and
Speaker 1: snacks and Brombadachtatntwerp. The Sphere in its tudenten house was
Speaker 1: Levender Hitherain helped to obsen Achmann neer May the route
Speaker 1: daph On at winter Carnival comes Sneller Don Fvarcht, the
Speaker 1: Prau vachas a reporter out benzev On Tulpe from Papierre
Speaker 1: and Ndrai in the wind Mola from Carton, Martun Seed Wagner.
Speaker 1: At Festivalterine Raider, bohonad Opaines, the regne Clere, Bohona oute
Speaker 1: Lope and the molar stopped the madray met it public
Speaker 1: to Bohonta frasamele slur, the panikto tor bleav Bram Rooster,
Speaker 1: the cunedid zel Vosperade Latin, the impro Vizier under the
Speaker 1: paraplus vontous hours, Bahona, Emma and Sonner Needlanza folks leader,
Speaker 1: the singer Blon spung op the wages and baon charmond
Speaker 1: outlettchaev over needlands tradicis and a publique mence lochte and
Speaker 1: klopte zelves materiere de neu usta doorzette tottun ferossing were
Speaker 1: to un forest telling the stair from the dark nad
Speaker 1: dor perfecxi mador devarmte and spontanitit di abrachte na aflope
Speaker 1: met varmerscha co lade milk in nhonde cake brom Emma
Speaker 1: and sonofldaan to gude reg Lanza stopt Blum fooled as
Speaker 1: if nit lamar alain harad friend remarked and for it
Speaker 1: erst in lama tade full the hazif taos selves so
Speaker 1: fairverfence and eglond dunk bar Caca narzniu friende hay vistdlditt
Speaker 1: b shinvos foni mois.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed in it.
Speaker 1: Blows and a heart from the compass staunted studentenhouse testralee.
Speaker 3: In the bustling heart of the campus stood the student
Speaker 3: house shining brightly Cura Columbius.
Speaker 1: Foresee the hunger en de hour from varmascho co la
Speaker 1: de milk ful de de l'chte.
Speaker 3: Colorful lights adorned the hallways and the scent of hot
Speaker 3: chocolate filled the air.
Speaker 1: Het vos by nat tate for dvinta carnafol and ider
Speaker 1: rain vostrutbis metaphor beading.
Speaker 3: It was almost time for the winter carnival and everyone
Speaker 3: was busy with preparations.
Speaker 1: Bloom beneede loons student setop saen comer to start.
Speaker 3: Narole Brahm, a Dutch student, was sitting in his room
Speaker 3: staring at an empty model.
Speaker 1: Hey hattevelde in neidealan sepral va, hafol, matulpen and emole.
Speaker 3: He had a fantastic idea a Dutch float full of
Speaker 3: tulips and a windmill.
Speaker 1: Marie missed its belong eggs the yaost matrial, but.
Speaker 3: He was missing something important, the right materials in.
Speaker 1: The finer destata vosnits defindedt lake votchent vassinnidelands.
Speaker 3: In the United States, there was nothing to be found
Speaker 3: that resembled what he was used to in Naderland.
Speaker 1: Had marked him Fridrite and be chi ainsam.
Speaker 3: It made him sad and a bit lonely.
Speaker 1: Emma and son made his studente from the Internationalist Studente
Speaker 1: glup virus Deeminghrop.
Speaker 3: Emma and Shauna, fellow students from the International Students Club
Speaker 3: noticed his gloomy mood.
Speaker 1: Boem hatt.
Speaker 3: Broum, how are you four?
Speaker 1: Emma Bassort.
Speaker 3: Asked Emma concernedly.
Speaker 1: Boom st Lechtes and zorga out.
Speaker 3: Brum sighed and explained his worries.
Speaker 1: Lucja the Emma and sommitin and plung.
Speaker 3: Fortunately, Emma and Shanna immediately had a plan.
Speaker 1: Lots of visam verke still the son of four.
Speaker 3: Let's work together, suggested Shaanna.
Speaker 1: The Kunde and middle del mnopra va cheverk leque de marc.
Speaker 3: We can share ideas and resources to make your flow
Speaker 3: to reality.
Speaker 1: Sam verkt sdor de nochte heim.
Speaker 3: Together they worked through the nights.
Speaker 1: Emma Bracht Cartum and firf may som a Zorte for
Speaker 1: musique and snacks m brombdtnerp.
Speaker 3: Emma brought cardboard and paint. Shaanna provided music and snacks
Speaker 3: and Brahm came up with the design.
Speaker 1: The sphere in its studenten house for Slavender Higerain helped
Speaker 1: top sen eh chmannier May.
Speaker 3: The atmosphere in the student house was lively. Everyone contributed
Speaker 3: in their own way.
Speaker 1: The jut darfdvinta carnaval com sneller do'nfervaucht.
Speaker 3: The big day of the winter carnival came sooner than expected.
Speaker 1: The bra vasa port out benze Fontulpe from Papierre and
Speaker 1: mondrai in de Vintmola from Kurtum.
Speaker 3: The float looked beautiful, a sea of paper tulips and
Speaker 3: a rotating cardboard windmill martun Se.
Speaker 1: De vachner at fistyfolterin reide Bahona topeinester Rechne.
Speaker 3: But as they drove the float to the festival grounds,
Speaker 3: it suddenly started to rain.
Speaker 1: Clur Bohona alt Lope and de mole stopt Medrai.
Speaker 3: Colors began to run, and the windmill stopped turning.
Speaker 1: Mete it publique de bahoon dea fjamele slur the panikto.
Speaker 3: With the crowd beginning to gather, panic set.
Speaker 1: In to blav brome ustre.
Speaker 3: Yet Brahm remained calm.
Speaker 1: The cundt ze fosperade.
Speaker 3: We can do this, he said determinately Latin. The improviser,
Speaker 3: Let's improvise.
Speaker 1: Mda de paraplus fontuche hours bohoona, Emma and sommer need
Speaker 1: along the folks leader.
Speaker 3: Under the umbrellas of spectators, Emma and Shanna began to
Speaker 3: sing Dutch folk songs.
Speaker 1: Blon spong op de vaches and bacon charmond outletechev over
Speaker 1: neede lon se tradicis. Anna pubrique.
Speaker 3: Brum jumped onto the float and started charmingly explaining Dutch
Speaker 3: traditions to the audience.
Speaker 1: Mince lochte and klopte selves materie de neu usta do'orget.
Speaker 3: People laughed and clapped, even with the rain continuing steadily.
Speaker 1: Toltunforossing vertun forestelling the stair from the dach nt dor
Speaker 1: berfixi mardor de varmte and spontanite is brate.
Speaker 3: To their surprise, their performance became the highlight of the day,
Speaker 3: not through perfection, but through the warmth and spontaneity.
Speaker 1: They brought na a flope met varmacha cola de milk
Speaker 1: in an hond keik brum Emma and sommerful dam to
Speaker 1: ude re halam sam.
Speaker 3: Stopt afterwards, with hot chocolate in their hands. Brahm Emma
Speaker 3: and Shaanna watched contentedly as the rain slowly stopped.
Speaker 1: Blum fooled as if need lammer a laine.
Speaker 3: Brum no longer felt alone.
Speaker 1: Hey halt, friend remarked, and ford erst Ilama tate fool
Speaker 1: de heesif taos self so fervech e heloms.
Speaker 3: He had made friends, and for the first time in
Speaker 3: a long while, he felt at home, even so far
Speaker 3: away from his own country.
Speaker 1: Dunk bar ke k nars niu frind hey vistdlditted bhinvos
Speaker 1: fonit mois.
Speaker 3: Gratefully. He looked at his new friends. He knew this
Speaker 3: was the beginning of something beautiful.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 2: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Blochend, blochend, blousend, bustling, humma, hummon, hung always for shierd
Speaker 1: for shierden for sheard, adorned whore where where scent vorbrating, vurbrating, furbrating, preparations,
Speaker 1: makite makite, markite, model, brah vach, brah varen, brah var, float, dulpen, dulpen, dulp, tulips, mole, mole,
Speaker 1: windmill Lake, Lake Lake resembled, somber, somber, somber, gloomy busort bsort, bersort.
Speaker 3: Concernedly, metane, maintain, maintaine, immediately up up, unto the orp
Speaker 3: design sphere, sphere, sphere, atmosphere.
Speaker 1: Lavender, lavender, lavender, lively, help to help, to help to
Speaker 1: contributed terrain, terrain, terrain grounds Banique, Banique, Banique, Panic, fostparade, fostparade, fastpade, determinately, impovies,
Speaker 1: improvisern improviser, improvise, para BLUs, paraplus, paraplus umbrellas those hours,
Speaker 1: those hours, those hours. Spectators, Sharmont, sharmont, charmant, charmingly, tradicis, tradicis,
Speaker 1: tradit sis, traditions publique, publique, publique, audience, husta, husta, husta steadily, spontanitate, spontanitate,
Speaker 1: spontaneit eate, spontaneity, full down, full down, full dawn, contentedly,
Speaker 1: dunk bar, dunk bar, dunk bar.
Speaker 3: Gratefully.
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