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Speaker 3: In this episode, will follow MARTA's courageous journey as she
Speaker 3: navigates through the stormy seas of her parents' separation, discovering
Speaker 3: the power of words and hope amidst the serene winter
Speaker 3: landscape of the Pyreneus.
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Speaker 1: A guesta is lestoria vla marta, una noye, the king zanzkastuaba,
Speaker 1: nun internatard in trelas, thauspirnas las, cola era, unjoptranquil ambadi, feces,
Speaker 1: the pedran ti, the un cell sempra plea, the noubules
Speaker 1: vascus and a key vernfret las montagus cubertas, the eu
Speaker 1: sam blaveng were the anzel and zeusus al sacrets, dulls alumnas,
Speaker 1: la marta, villa mitch dun mumen, dificile al sus paras, saban,
Speaker 1: saparadras men e a testas to azaba, malta, pro cupasio, quanastava,
Speaker 1: sola ala seba, vitacio, miraba par la finestra yes, praguntavasi, maiturnaria, cephalis,
Speaker 1: commabans li gustava kun santrasa and alsa studis is subin
Speaker 1: sasania trapada entrelas discussions thlceus paras lassen sacio the perdre
Speaker 1: lastabilitad de la seva arli estreni al cor paui, carlos
Speaker 1: alcells bonds a mix theal internat eran al sel support
Speaker 1: subin jubaba alpati quan als provassos, nolswagan fengeras, the vallas,
Speaker 1: the nell irienz and sapara province itot and aces moments
Speaker 1: falisus la marta san tilla un pezl pit paun di
Speaker 1: a livadi marta put ses crew al cascenstajuderia akayanid mentra
Speaker 1: totera and cellensi la marta badasidias crew da duas cartas
Speaker 1: una parl selpara yuna altra parla seba mara bas prasad
Speaker 1: total caveat in good dinsee alceu somnis la sebas pos
Speaker 1: y al dazi mes profun calceus paras pugs in parlay
Speaker 1: and tenderst amkata frasa, cascribia, santia una cal makakum saba
Speaker 1: a germinadin seo al diadel fastival di verne d las
Speaker 1: cola kuan lavava meska mat al solivarnal la marta, reva una,
Speaker 1: carta del spara, akera, blan base el sentradl s uspan
Speaker 1: zamenz duran total mati, al mich dia, b undracott and
Speaker 1: kill yazba pluk ala carta al sell parade yaka via
Speaker 1: parlat am la samara, kato dosa, vianda, sidid a, scultarsa
Speaker 1: ikada javann almilio paraa lamarta basan ti communa, nada, the
Speaker 1: colava una jamen kama ya villa, sparat a villa, rivad
Speaker 1: umpati raj the speranza a travesda las paraoulas as critas
Speaker 1: ambalpastals dias, lamarta asba duna calvuna, cosa din sel a villa,
Speaker 1: kambiat arasa villa esprassa al sell timenzi and taniaka totila
Speaker 1: sa parazio al sell s param pralas ti marien baku
Speaker 1: mansa sumbri remez a gaudida la compania, the pao i,
Speaker 1: carlas iya, kun sans milo and las classes la marta
Speaker 1: a villat tubad una nova manera, the sura and akel
Speaker 1: maran tempesta abiya preza sabta alsnos kambis de la seba
Speaker 1: vida I am las montagnas del spirineus comma tastimonies asbabrumetra
Speaker 1: ca semprauskala manera de cephalis.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Agueste is lestoria de la Marta una no ye, the
Speaker 1: king zanskastu, the abba nuninternad pardut intra Las montagnes del spirineus.
Speaker 3: This is the story of Marta, a fifteen year old
Speaker 3: girl who studied at a boarding school lost among the
Speaker 3: mountains of the Pernaos, Las.
Speaker 1: Cola ra unlo tranquil ambadi ficis, the peder An tiga
Speaker 1: yun sel sempra ple, the nobuls Vascus and akel Vernfret.
Speaker 3: The school was a quiet place, with ancient stone buildings
Speaker 3: and a sky always filled with low cloud. In that
Speaker 3: cold winter, Las montagnes cubertas then eusam la venguardien silan
Speaker 3: siuzusdl sacrets dalza lumnez, the snow covered mountains seemed like
Speaker 3: silent guardians of the student's secrets.
Speaker 1: La Marta bivilla miets dun moumen di ficile.
Speaker 3: Marta was living through a difficult moment.
Speaker 1: Al siu sparas savillen saparadra semen ya testa situ silico
Speaker 1: zaba malta pro Cupasiu.
Speaker 3: Her parents had recently separated, and this situation caused her
Speaker 3: much worry.
Speaker 1: Guanastava sola a la seba vitasio mirava parla finestra y
Speaker 1: espravuntava simai tur naria seflice comma vans.
Speaker 3: When alone in her room, she would look out the
Speaker 3: window and wonder if she would ever be happy like before.
Speaker 1: Licustava cun santrasa alzastudis isubin cesentthia trabada intra las discusions
Speaker 1: lal susparrez.
Speaker 3: She struggled to concentrate on her studies and often felt
Speaker 3: trapped between her parents arguments.
Speaker 1: Listen cecio, the perdre las tablita de la seva liestrenill
Speaker 1: al core.
Speaker 3: The feeling of losing the stability of her home tightened
Speaker 3: her heart.
Speaker 1: Paui Carlas al SIUs bon Za migues de lintarnad ira
Speaker 1: al su support.
Speaker 3: Pao and Carlas, her good friends at the boarding school,
Speaker 3: were her support.
Speaker 1: Subin Juvava al pati qua Alsprufossus nols wegen fingeras, the volas,
Speaker 1: the neu irien sin Separa.
Speaker 3: They often played in the courtyard when the teachers didn't
Speaker 3: see them, having snowball fights and laughing without stopping.
Speaker 1: Pralfinzito dea Naquez moments falissus la Marta centia umbez alpit.
Speaker 3: But even in those happy moments, Marta felt a weight
Speaker 3: on her chest paoon di.
Speaker 1: Ali vadi Marta put s screw al casins te Juderia.
Speaker 3: One day, Pao told her, Marta, may be writing down
Speaker 3: what you feel would help you.
Speaker 1: A kayanid mintra toterra and sileensi la marta bada sidia
Speaker 1: screwa douas cartas.
Speaker 3: That night, while everything was silent, Marta decided to write
Speaker 3: two letters.
Speaker 1: Una par al silpara euna altra para la seva.
Speaker 3: Mara, one for her father and another for her mother bas.
Speaker 1: Prasa totl kavia ratingud din sil.
Speaker 3: She expressed everything she had kept inside herself.
Speaker 1: Alciu somnis la seba spose yel dazi miss pruffun cal
Speaker 1: sil sparaspuvesin parlay and.
Speaker 3: Tind her dreams, her fears, and her deepest wish that
Speaker 3: her parents could talk and understand each other.
Speaker 1: Amkada frasa, kascrivilla, cinthia una lagerra calma ca kuman saba
Speaker 1: a germinadin siu.
Speaker 3: With each sentence she wrote, she felt a slight calm
Speaker 3: beginning to sprout within her.
Speaker 1: Aldie al firstival di verne da la scola quan la
Speaker 1: newbriyeva mes ka mai sot al salivarnal la martavra una
Speaker 1: carta al supara.
Speaker 3: On the day of the winter festival at school, when
Speaker 3: the snow shone more than ever under the winter sun,
Speaker 3: Marta received a letter from her father a qua so.
Speaker 1: Brablan barse al sinta al suspan samens duran tot al Mati.
Speaker 3: That white envelope was the center of her thoughts all morning.
Speaker 1: Al miziya badruba undra coot and quill yasbasa paria gilu.
Speaker 3: At noon, she found a quiet corner and sat down
Speaker 3: to read it.
Speaker 1: A la carta al silpar alide ya cavilla parat am
Speaker 1: la seva mare.
Speaker 3: In the letter, her father told her that he had
Speaker 3: spoken with her mother.
Speaker 1: Katut doze vien de sidid a scultarsa ikadazi gieven al
Speaker 1: milo paaya.
Speaker 3: That both of them had decided to listen to each
Speaker 3: other and wish the best for her.
Speaker 1: La Marta vas and ti communa u nada the calo
Speaker 1: la veneva una la jamen cama ye villa sparat.
Speaker 3: Marta felt a wave of warmth wash over her, a
Speaker 3: relief she had never expected.
Speaker 1: A villa rivat unpatidraj de sparanza, a travez de la
Speaker 1: sparao la zascritas.
Speaker 3: A small ray of hope had arrived through the written words.
Speaker 1: Ambalpasd als diaz la Marta asba dunat calvuna corza din
Speaker 1: siu a villa cambillet.
Speaker 3: With the passing of days, Marta realized that something inside
Speaker 3: her had changed.
Speaker 1: Ares sabilla esprassa al sil san timenzi and tanieka toti
Speaker 1: la sa paracio al sil spara simpra las ti marien.
Speaker 3: She now knew how to express her feelings and understood
Speaker 3: that despite the separation, her parents would always love her.
Speaker 1: Bacu Mansa sumbri remes Agoudi the la compania, the bao I,
Speaker 1: Carlas iacunsandrase Millo and las clesses.
Speaker 3: She started to smile more, to enjoy the company of
Speaker 3: Bao and Carla's and to focus better in class.
Speaker 1: La Marta, villa truvat una, nova manera, the sura and
Speaker 1: naqul maran Tempesta.
Speaker 3: Marta had found a new way to float in that
Speaker 3: stormy sea.
Speaker 1: Abilla preza sapta Alsnoscambi's thede.
Speaker 3: She had learned to accept the new changes in her life.
Speaker 1: E i'm las montaignes, dolspirineus com testimonies asbabrumetra caseempra vus
Speaker 1: caala manera de cefalie.
Speaker 3: And with the mountains of the Beernaus as witnesses. She
Speaker 3: promised herself that she would always seek ways to be happy.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Catalan, then in English.
Speaker 1: Linternat Linternat linternat boarding School, Montaignas, Montagnas, Montagnes, mountains, Antiga
Speaker 1: antiga antiga ancient a deficies, the pedra a deficies, the
Speaker 1: pedra a deficies, the pedra stone buildings nobles, nobles, nobles,
Speaker 1: clouds couvert as the nil couvert as the nil couvert
Speaker 1: as the nail snow covered. Were the ends? Were the ends?
Speaker 1: Who are the ends?
Speaker 3: Guardians?
Speaker 1: Secrets, secrets, secrets, secrets, coustarza, coustarza, coustarsa to struggle, astabilitat,
Speaker 1: astabilitat as wat.
Speaker 3: Stability cor cor cor Heart support support support to support, Patty, patty,
Speaker 3: patty courtyard.
Speaker 1: Gheras the ball as the nil ghas the ball as
Speaker 1: the nail, gheras, the ball as the nail.
Speaker 3: Snowball, fights, pes, pes, pes, wait, pit, pit, pit chest.
Speaker 1: Xpressa, xpressa, xpressa, to express, miss proufun, miss prufun, miss
Speaker 1: proofoun deepest frasa, frasa, frasa, sentence, kalma, kalma, kalma come germina, germina, germina,
Speaker 1: to sprout, Alou Jamin, Alou, Jamin, alaou, jamen relief, esperanza, esperanza, asperanza, hope,
Speaker 1: banya banja banya, to wash over, marandampesta maran tempesta, maran tempesta.
Speaker 3: Stormy sea.
Speaker 1: Accepta, accepta, accepta, to accept. There's the monies, there's the monies.
Speaker 1: There's the monies. Witnesses Brumetra, Brumetra, Brumetra, to promise cilencious, cilmcious, cilancious,
Speaker 1: silent Adra Bada Drabada adra Bada trapped. We hope you've
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