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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll dive into Javier's heartfelt last minute
Speaker 3: gift quest, exploring the true essence of giving during the
Speaker 3: bustling Christmas season.
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Speaker 1: Javis ten laevus scandal of regalos perfectos, parasuscees gridos, cavier
Speaker 1: unjoven he nero, si pretrapado and reprojecto serniones avia postegado,
Speaker 1: las compras navidens as, the lultim minuto centiela, pression trasca, minavapulos, modernos, passidios,
Speaker 1: sucorasna seerrado, medda kevelos, stantes vaser rapidamente necessitava and contralo
Speaker 1: regalos kexpressorenso a more persu familia sin embargo, lasera brumadoras
Speaker 1: men traces kivavallos conpradores a pressurados, repetia and sumente a
Speaker 1: lista de regalos saville ke via priorisar perocarati and the
Speaker 1: present avamas distractionis primelo de cilo us can regalo especial
Speaker 1: parasu madre maria rerecordo comosuso hosrijav and cadavemennavl hand de
Speaker 1: seramica sulca via visto naves and una revista de Veria, sersujetivo,
Speaker 1: Javier sa press U, la tienda dirt saias locals perol, Jegar,
Speaker 1: Biotru cliente, Carlos extendiendo la mano al miss Moharon, unmomento
Speaker 1: Delaide pero, Javier de Sidio, act rapido, the scoolpa, dijo
Speaker 1: conna sonresa mable is tado buscandoeste caron coo mor regalo especial,
Speaker 1: param madri, padriamos, una, couerdo Carlos, lomido, sorprendido, porele and
Speaker 1: foque de Javier Katynes, sen meente, pregunto, cudioso, Xavier Loo fresiona,
Speaker 1: collection ra depeliculas classic as cavia conprado, previamente sabiendo querralbovalioso
Speaker 1: preferido por mucos, collectionistas comoil, Carlos, sonrio tocdo porla sinceridadi
Speaker 1: els fso de Javier, Echo, prespondio, agradecido, porel, cambio, finelmente
Speaker 1: connel precia do carron and manoavi cinthio na pasna, comprendocellos
Speaker 1: regalo no solo se tradetos carus sino de la morrielees
Speaker 1: for so de trade, cad election al salir de la plaza,
Speaker 1: muncentid renovado de connection, cala verdad, senia de la navidadle,
Speaker 1: no el corracon avia, prendido, kelverdado, regalo, rel historl cuidado
Speaker 1: con conuna nova, perspectiva caavier in prendios u camino, casa
Speaker 1: list paradis, luta del tufamilia, savin du queso a via
Speaker 1: da dolo mejor de si.
Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: E la vivrande plaza commercial de la sudavitic rebo, sante
Speaker 1: de luss, sia, dornos, na videmos, Javier sen contrava, imerso
Speaker 1: and elbujisu.
Speaker 3: In the vibrant plaza commercial of las udad igtech, bustling
Speaker 3: with lights and Christmas decorations, Xavier found himself immersed in
Speaker 3: the hustle and basle il techo de.
Speaker 1: Vidrio dejava passer la brillent te luzel sol del verano.
Speaker 3: The glass ceiling allowed the bright summer sunlight to stream
Speaker 3: through here.
Speaker 1: Cassino chevuena las tienda sestavandiina ze hinte vuscandolo regallos perfectos
Speaker 1: parasu sesquerridos.
Speaker 3: It was almost Christmas Eve and the stores were packed
Speaker 3: with people searching for the perfect gifts for their loved ones.
Speaker 1: Javier un jovenihi ne ro sien pretra pado and tre
Speaker 1: progetto serroniones avia postegado las compras na videnias as te
Speaker 1: lultim minuto.
Speaker 3: Xavier, a young engineer, always caught up between projects and meetings,
Speaker 3: had postponed his Christmas shopping until the last minute.
Speaker 1: Cynthia la precion mientrasca minva purlos modernos basillios sucorasuna selerado
Speaker 1: a medda quevelle loosestantes vasier serrati da bente.
Speaker 3: He felt the pressure as he walked through the moderns,
Speaker 3: his heart racing as he saw the shelves rapidly emptyings.
Speaker 1: In contras qixpress more porsu familia.
Speaker 3: He needed to find gifts that expressed his love for
Speaker 3: his family sim argo rasuprumadoras. However, the options were overwhelming.
Speaker 1: Min trasieskiva va LUs compradoresa presados repetia sumenteun a listaver regalus.
Speaker 3: As he dodged hurried shoppers, he repeated a list of
Speaker 3: gifts in his mind.
Speaker 1: Savie keve via prioriser pero carati la present va masistreillis.
Speaker 3: He knew he had to prioritize, but each store presented
Speaker 3: more distractions and difficult decisions.
Speaker 1: Primelo di sivio uscarunlos pel parasu madre Maria.
Speaker 3: First, he decided to look for a special gift for
Speaker 3: his mother.
Speaker 1: There Maria recordo comsu so hos rijev and cada vesque
Speaker 1: mincln de serra, Mika sulke villa visto nave se nuna revista.
Speaker 3: He remembered how her eyes sparkled every time she mentioned
Speaker 3: the blue ceramic vase she had once seen in a magazine.
Speaker 1: Is de vere serretivo that.
Speaker 3: Should be his goal.
Speaker 1: Javi se pres la tienda verte sa nie localis perol
Speaker 1: jegar biol trucliente Carlos extendiendo la manoel mis moharn.
Speaker 3: Javier hurried to the local craft store, but upon arrival,
Speaker 3: he saw another customer, Carlos, reaching for the same vase.
Speaker 1: Un momento pero Xavier de sivia dorado.
Speaker 3: A moment of tension filled the air, but Javier decided
Speaker 3: to act quickly.
Speaker 1: Vis culpa vijo con nuna sondrisa mable is t do
Speaker 1: vusca and duste caronco morrigailos preil parra mi madre.
Speaker 3: Excuse me, he said, with a friendly smile. I've been
Speaker 3: searching for this vase as a special gift for my
Speaker 3: mother podria musie ra rauna couerdo could we reach an agreement?
Speaker 3: Carlos lo miido surprenvido po re linfo q de Javier.
Speaker 3: Carlos looked at him, surprised by Javierre's approach. Kittyennesen mine,
Speaker 3: what do you have in mind? Preruno courrioso, he asked, curious.
Speaker 1: Xavierlo freciona collexionra ra de pelicu las clasi cascavia comprado,
Speaker 1: previamente saviendo queerral bovaglioso, I preferido por mucos collexionicetas comoil.
Speaker 3: Xavier offered him a rare collection of classic movies he
Speaker 3: had previously purchased, knowing that it was something valuable and
Speaker 3: preferred by many collectors like himself.
Speaker 1: Carlos sondrio tocado por la sinceridad ellsforso de Javier.
Speaker 3: Carlos smiled, touched by Javiera's sincerity and effort.
Speaker 1: Echo respondio agradcido po el cambio dio.
Speaker 3: He replied, grateful for the exchange.
Speaker 1: Finelmente conel preciero carone mano Javier cinthiona pacinterna.
Speaker 3: Finally, with the precious vase in hand, Javier felt an
Speaker 3: inner peace.
Speaker 1: Comprindio cal regailos no solo se tra tando p juetos
Speaker 1: CAUs sino de la morrielees fso de trasee cadileccion.
Speaker 3: He understood that gifts aren't just about expensive items, but
Speaker 3: about the love and effort behind each choice.
Speaker 1: Al salir de la plaza, uncentido, renovado de conneccion, con
Speaker 1: la verda verre, sencie de la navida, levi no el coracon.
Speaker 3: As he left the plaza, a renewed sense of connection
Speaker 3: with the true sense of Christmas filled his heart.
Speaker 1: A via prinddo quilverdaver real rel histor il quidado.
Speaker 3: ConL He had learned that the true gift was the
Speaker 3: gesture and care with which he had obtained it.
Speaker 1: Coluna nova perspectiva, fabir im prinviosu caa minoa, casa listo, paradis,
Speaker 1: flutli sufamilia, savien luques teno avia va do lo mejor
Speaker 1: de si.
Speaker 3: With a new perspective, Javier set off on his way home,
Speaker 3: ready to enjoy time with his family, knowing that this
Speaker 3: year he had given his best.
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: Ilbujisu, ilbujisu, elbuisio. The basso, vivranti, vivrante, vivranti, vibrant di merso,
Speaker 1: di merso, in merso, immersed, el tecco, el teccho, el tecco,
Speaker 1: the ceiling, bassar, bassar, bassar, the stream, pos tegar, pos tegar,
Speaker 1: postegar to postpone, abrumadoras abrumadoras, abrumdoras overwhelming, piscivar, escivar, eskivar,
Speaker 1: to dodge, latinsion, latinsion, latinsion, the tension, Ela cuerdo, ela
Speaker 1: cuerdo e la cuerdo.
Speaker 3: The agreement, prra prara frara rare.
Speaker 1: El colexionista, el colexionista, el collexionista, the collector, to car
Speaker 1: to car, to car, to touch, agra, decido, agra, decido, agra, decido, grateful, preciado, preciado, preciado, precious,
Speaker 1: p li censia, p li censia, liesensia, The essence Histo histosto, gesture,
Speaker 1: passinna passinterna, passinterna, inner peace, La perspectiva, la perspectiva, la perspectiva,
Speaker 1: the perspective del corason, el corason, el corason, the heart, briorissar, prioris, sar,
Speaker 1: prior lisar, to prioritize bla Louise del soul, la lous
Speaker 1: del soul, la Louise del soul, The sunlight teles Dante,
Speaker 1: elles dante, elsta, the shelf, bri javon, brie, javan, javan,
Speaker 1: sparkled il regalo, il regalo, il regalo, the gift, blavolsa, lavolsa, lavolsa,
Speaker 1: the bag, blati enda, blatienda, latienda, the store, il cambio,
Speaker 1: el cambio, il cambio, the exchange, This frutal, this fruta,
Speaker 1: this fruta. To enjoy bleisto, bleisto listo.
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