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Speaker 3: In this episode, will join Matteo on a reflective holiday
Speaker 3: journey where he learns to cherish the present amidst festive
Speaker 3: lights and family warmth.
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Speaker 1: So avide lassos mateom tenoi a via viajadoso, jimlko para, pasarlas, fiestas,
Speaker 1: consul familia, perondo, lord de cavesa persistent and som bresias alegria,
Speaker 1: erin vierno elid frio and bolviami and traspenzava and susabuelos,
Speaker 1: the mia perti and poconegos, tempo kegases and ties casso durantelas, tipicares,
Speaker 1: familiaries genus risa, citamalis, matteos mostravaimado, se nembargo, el dolor, nole,
Speaker 1: permitia dis flutar plenamente al principio intendo ignor lozloris sonsolustres
Speaker 1: said the cime trasa dudava, the corre larbo de navidad, pero,
Speaker 1: comolas campanas, erpicavan and elaire, el dolor, sistia aciendo cadavez
Speaker 1: maas forte unacce and silencio, the sidio Una clinica locale
Speaker 1: kria respostas perono a l armarasu familia, ela clinica, un doctor,
Speaker 1: ramble meneloxamino, son dolores, pestres, explicoil medico, nessitas re la carte,
Speaker 1: Matteo respiro profundo, cynthiendo alivioi al mis mo tempo and
Speaker 1: ferentando zumiedo comprendo kell dolr provenia de su propian sidad
Speaker 1: loo dejo reflexionando the regressoa casa said, the toba juntong
Speaker 1: canal observandol as loser reflejaasen elawa, the sidioke de via
Speaker 1: dis frutel presente, prioriser subnestaries, tarmas presente para susabuelos esa
Speaker 1: noche fo di ferente mentrascomia consulfamilia Escuchula's historias, The susabuelos surisa, Gernando,
Speaker 1: la vitazion como una calida, melodia, sudolora, villa, Svidoi porprimera
Speaker 1: vesen mucho tempo, matteos cinthio and pas connel corrasoli hero
Speaker 1: lamente clarada, Matteo comprendio kel verdado, regalo de navidad nora
Speaker 1: looso adornos, nilas fiestas, sinoela moriel, tempo, combardido, con quin is,
Speaker 1: masa mava asi in Sochimilko and trelusa sirisas, mateo, prindova, loracaa, instante, cava, recordo,
Speaker 1: credo and calor familiar.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Sochimilko, rijeva va las LUs.
Speaker 3: Z navida, shocimilka, shone under the Christmas lights.
Speaker 1: Las tre hineras de corradas, conguirnalda siestrejes si li sevan
Speaker 1: porlos canale ser combaa ze villensicos.
Speaker 3: The traghineras, decorated with garlands and stars, glided through the canals,
Speaker 3: accompanied by Christmas carols.
Speaker 1: Matteo unmosico ve trinaenos cam neva pour las cay sempedra
Speaker 1: das conuna sonrisa thenoi.
Speaker 3: Matteo, a thirty year old musician, walked through the cobbled
Speaker 3: streets with a slight smile.
Speaker 1: Avie viajado so Chimilko para passer las fiestas, consul familia,
Speaker 1: perun do lor de caveza persistente and Sonbrecia so A
Speaker 1: le grilla.
Speaker 3: He had traveled to Schimilco to spend the holidays with
Speaker 3: his family, but a persistent headache overshadowed his joy.
Speaker 1: I rein vierno ye Lady Friolo and Volvia mientraspen Sava
Speaker 1: and Susa Buelos.
Speaker 3: It was winter and the cold air enveloped him. As
Speaker 3: he thought about his grandparents De.
Speaker 1: Mia perver tim Poconellos, Diempokellia, ses cinti es caso.
Speaker 3: He feared losing time with them, time that already felt scarce.
Speaker 1: Duran Tellas tipikarnion is, familiares gienas risa sita malis, Matteo
Speaker 1: semstra va nimado.
Speaker 3: During the typical family gatherings filled with laughter and tamalies,
Speaker 3: Matteo appeared cheerful.
Speaker 1: Si nembargo il dolorno le permitievis frut clenamente.
Speaker 3: However, the pain did not allow him to fully enjoy himself.
Speaker 1: Al principio intento ignorrozoloris.
Speaker 3: At first, he tried to ignore the pain.
Speaker 1: Son Soo leustris Sevesia mindrasa u da va de corre
Speaker 1: la di na videv.
Speaker 3: It's just stress, he would tell himself while helping to
Speaker 3: decorate the Christmas tree.
Speaker 1: Bido comolas campanasquerripicava nelaire il do lorincistia aciendo se ca
Speaker 1: ra ve ismasforte.
Speaker 3: But like the bells ringing in the air, the pain
Speaker 3: insisted growing stronger and stronger.
Speaker 1: Una nocce in silencio de sivioira una clinica local.
Speaker 3: One night in silence, he decided to go to a
Speaker 3: local clinic.
Speaker 1: Kuevier respostas bedo no a la r mara sufamilia.
Speaker 3: He wanted answers, but he didn't want to alarm his family.
Speaker 1: E la clinika undo to malmente xamino.
Speaker 3: In the clinic, a doctor kindly examined him.
Speaker 1: Son dolores porestres explico il merico.
Speaker 3: They are stress related pains. The doctor explained, Nita re
Speaker 3: la carte, you need to relax.
Speaker 1: Mato respiro, profundo, cinthiendo olivio el mismo tiempo.
Speaker 3: Infernando Sumido Mattereo took a deep breath, feeling relief and
Speaker 3: at the same time confronting his fear. Comprindr quil do
Speaker 3: lor provenie de su propian siavlo de hoo reflexionando. Understanding
Speaker 3: that the pain came from his own anxiety, left him
Speaker 3: reflecting de.
Speaker 1: Re reso casa seetubo junto canal, observando l as lusla.
Speaker 3: On the way back home, he stopped by a canal,
Speaker 3: watching the lights reflected on the water.
Speaker 1: Desi j via dis frutael presente, priorisersuviestaries tarmas presente parasusa builos.
Speaker 3: He decided that he needed to enjoy the present, prioritize
Speaker 3: his well being, and be more present for his grandparents.
Speaker 3: Esa noche fuevi ferente. That night was different, mien.
Speaker 1: Trascoma consulfamilia, escuchulas, historia z susavulos, surisa, vinando la vitacion
Speaker 1: comna calida melovilla.
Speaker 3: As he ate with his family, he listened to his
Speaker 3: grandparents' stories, their laughter filling the room like a warm melody.
Speaker 1: Sod lora villa, sevido por primera, vesen mucho tiempo. Matteo
Speaker 1: se simtio empas.
Speaker 3: His pain had eased, and for the first time in
Speaker 3: a long time, Matteo felt at peace.
Speaker 1: Conelca soli hero lamente clarada. Matteo comprendo kel da regao
Speaker 1: de na vida, nora, losavoroz, nilas fiestas, sino la moiel
Speaker 1: tiempo combardido, con quin is masamava.
Speaker 3: With a light heart and a clear mind, Matteo understood
Speaker 3: that the true gift of Christmas was not the decorations
Speaker 3: or the parties, but the love and time shared with
Speaker 3: those he loved.
Speaker 1: Most asi in sochimilko, in trelus siriesas, matio prinviova, lorraca istante, cararicordo,
Speaker 1: credro and il calor familiar.
Speaker 3: Thus, in such milka, among lights and laughter, Mattel learned
Speaker 3: to cherish each moment, every memory created in the warmth
Speaker 3: of family.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Spanish, then in English.
Speaker 1: Il canal, il canal, il canal, the canal, il dolor
Speaker 1: de cavesa, il dolor de cavesa, il dolor de cavesa,
Speaker 1: the headache, dizly cerce, disly cerce, dis li serce, to glide, mpedradas, mpedradas, mpederravas, cobbled, biscasso, escasso, iscasso, scarce, bignora, bignorar,
Speaker 1: ignorar to ignore black Linica lac linica la limica, the
Speaker 1: clinic alarma alarmaar alarmaar, to alarm, plan said lanceda lanceea
Speaker 1: anxiety say there, say there, say there, to ease baalora
Speaker 1: baalora baloras to cherish bla girnalda, la Girnalda, la girnalda,
Speaker 1: the garland de coras de corral de coras, to decorate
Speaker 1: persistente persistente persistente persistent Blamelodia, Lamelodia, lamelodia, the malady. Priorissar, priorissar, priorisar,
Speaker 1: to prioritize, preflexionar, preflexionar, reflexionar, to reflect, comprender, comprender, comprender,
Speaker 1: to understand, infrenta infrenta inferenta, to confront bela livio e
Speaker 1: la liivio e la livio The relief pem volvert mvolvert
Speaker 1: M volvert to envelope Plarunian familiar, Larunian familiar, la reunion
Speaker 1: familiar the family gathering bin sistr bin sisteir in sist
Speaker 1: to insist lviennista ilviannista il Viennista, The well Being, Piscasso, Escasso, Iscasso, Scarce,
Speaker 1: pel Mevico, el Mevico, el mevico, The doctor, He la
Speaker 1: vuelo e la buelo e la vuelo. The Grandfather, Prispira Profundo,
Speaker 1: Prispira profundo, Frispira Profundo. To Breathe Deeply, Blarisa, Larisa, Larisa,
Speaker 1: the laughter, Brijar, Brijar, Brigar to shine.
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