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Speaker 1: In this episode, we'll explore how a simple trip reveals
Speaker 1: the power of friendship, courage, and the spirit of the
Speaker 1: holiday season.
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Speaker 5: In the Coau de Wintermane stral delchis class helder in
Speaker 5: the strata from Amsterdam, Yosper sat still forgeram hey gik
Speaker 5: narbaute Ensarmens has since opera see fuld hezer ob slaughter
Speaker 5: in sen eg apartment hey for London night, the veltabout
Speaker 5: for all tadents to face dar Sona bel de hemop
Speaker 5: Josper Janna artists come ye may Josper arseld equate need
Speaker 5: of ket ancom Sona maint knee, come up, Josper says
Speaker 5: Sona Madame Varmer stem bloom and Ixla Helper had his
Speaker 5: center class. And the deer town is parterre fosiered Josper
Speaker 5: fool de siswak my deep vambin wildehe of afontur heiber
Speaker 5: slote matter hahn for zichter dedaisen vinto jos Ann and
Speaker 5: pac de senkrugue by the deer town ancha comer for welcome,
Speaker 5: the derur vanpovto castagnes en Varma maschoco lade melken. The
Speaker 5: lychis hinstered austere above on the pot Sonna and brom
Speaker 5: hupa Josper long Sam dur the inhume in the aquarium
Speaker 5: was at warm and luster, and hold ram torned the
Speaker 5: fissy in fella clere Josper adam the deep in full
Speaker 5: the roost martun cumhebe hot the drop then hard bonster
Speaker 5: equate need of it could come the result broom left
Speaker 5: and hunt obsenshowder the zine year for you Jasper Sam
Speaker 5: looked at medhun Sterne stopped the jasper for sicht Narbenede.
Speaker 5: Then angst smalled veg or snail in the zoom under
Speaker 5: hemspromo the fiss switterling as the cinter class lichis bowder Suza.
Speaker 5: The ave is still open, Bunkie zou digbey. The exotis
Speaker 5: on the water wild full the Josper's obronome in betow
Speaker 5: fron the storm the clere head leaf had marked it
Speaker 5: in avocer ange luck ton Tit was on mahausdham full
Speaker 5: the Josper and warm ruful from for doning met either
Speaker 5: the stop ruids and zelf Trawer heyberhaved that I mused
Speaker 5: for trower of the man's n bedunked say Ta Soana
Speaker 5: and brom Saint Stemp brake Barmer Oprecht hadwas mired on
Speaker 5: a simple wonderling door artist Headwa was an afonteurnas herself
Speaker 5: and heron decavon sen Kracht and on mis barstone from
Speaker 5: winshop the well the snail Sarchi's near field and the
Speaker 5: licht Veda twinkled in the nocht.
Speaker 1: This Josper, that I.
Speaker 5: Know mir Alain salzeninsen re snaiherstell and fort erst Since
Speaker 5: long a date fool hey hopeful, Now vod courmosel.
Speaker 1: Let's take another listen, listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 1: may have missed in the.
Speaker 5: Coau de Wintermande stral de Delichius Foncintter class held it
Speaker 5: in the Stratavon, Amsterdam.
Speaker 1: In the cold winter months. The lights of Center Claus
Speaker 1: shone brightly in the streets of Amsterdam.
Speaker 5: Josper sat still for se ram.
Speaker 1: Jasper sat silently by his window.
Speaker 5: Hey kiek narbaute enzarmensee hasten lomstte.
Speaker 1: He looked outside and saw people hurrying along the canals.
Speaker 5: Since senknioperazzi foole Heiser obrou slaugh to inzen Eh apartments.
Speaker 1: Since his knee surgery, he felt trapped in his own apartment.
Speaker 5: Hey for londnarde Villetarbaut for Altide and stufface Da.
Speaker 1: He longed for the outside world, especially during the holidays.
Speaker 5: Sobel de Hemop.
Speaker 1: Shauna called him.
Speaker 5: Josper Bhana artist, Yesper, we're going to artish com ye
Speaker 5: may are you coming, Josper Arselde yesper hesitated equate nit
Speaker 5: o kt mkom so I don't know if I can
Speaker 5: handle it, Shauna main kni comrop Josper say soamit um
Speaker 5: warm stim.
Speaker 1: My Nie, come on, Jasper, said Shauna with a warm voice.
Speaker 5: Boom andik su help.
Speaker 1: Brahm and I will help you.
Speaker 5: Het isiner class, and the deer town is atre for seered.
Speaker 1: It's cinder class, and the zoo is beautifully decorated.
Speaker 5: Jesper fool devok my deep frombine vildehey of Alfontur.
Speaker 1: Josper felt weak, but deep down he wanted an adventure.
Speaker 5: Hey buslowed mater Ham. He decided to go forzichtre Detaisen
Speaker 5: Vint jos Ahn and Bacti Senkruge.
Speaker 1: Carefully, he put on his winter coat and grabbed his crutches.
Speaker 5: Be de di den anucoma fervilcom de deur franote castagnes
Speaker 5: envarmacho co la de mal can.
Speaker 1: Upon arriving at the zoo, the smell of roasted chestnuts
Speaker 1: and hot chocolate welcomed them.
Speaker 5: De lichis hinstad the austereebau front bot.
Speaker 1: The light sparkled like stars above the path.
Speaker 5: Sonna m brom He Jusper lum sam dur the inchum.
Speaker 1: Shauna and Bram slowly helped Josper through the entrance in.
Speaker 5: Its acquarium based varm elustre.
Speaker 1: In the aquarium it was warm and calm, and.
Speaker 5: Hold Ram toned the fish in fella clere.
Speaker 1: A large window showed fish in bright colors.
Speaker 5: Jusper adam the deep, in full the roost.
Speaker 1: Josper took a deep breath, feeling at peace.
Speaker 5: Martum clomhebay hold the top.
Speaker 1: But then he came to a slippery staircase zeen Haartbunster.
Speaker 1: His heart pounded.
Speaker 5: Equate neat off it get colm desert.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I can do it, he said softly.
Speaker 5: Boom lechte un hunt opseizhouder.
Speaker 1: Brom placed a hand on his shoulder. The zen ny
Speaker 1: for you, Josper. We're here for you, Yosper, Sam looked
Speaker 1: it together. We can do it.
Speaker 5: Meetune stood stopped the jasper for zicht Narbnide.
Speaker 1: With their support, Josper stepped carefully down.
Speaker 5: Zen angst smold ve al snail in the zoom.
Speaker 1: His fear melted away like snow in the sun.
Speaker 5: On the hemspoma de fis switterland us. The sinta class lichisbout.
Speaker 1: Below him. The fish swam shimmering like the cinder class
Speaker 1: lights outside.
Speaker 5: Szat Afe is still open Bunky.
Speaker 1: They sat quietly on a bench for a moment.
Speaker 5: Zodichba the exotis voterveld fool the jospers obronome in the
Speaker 5: toun the.
Speaker 1: Storm so close to the exotic underwater wre world. Josper
Speaker 1: felt engulfed in an enchanting stream.
Speaker 5: The cur head leave.
Speaker 1: The colors the life had marked eat in mvocer. It
Speaker 1: awakened something inside him.
Speaker 5: Angeluk to na tee twas nahusteham fool the Josper and
Speaker 5: warm truful from Fulduni.
Speaker 1: Finally, when it was time to go home, Josper felt
Speaker 1: a warm sense of satisfaction.
Speaker 5: Met either u stop hides and self fortrau.
Speaker 1: With each step his confidence grew.
Speaker 5: Hey berheb dte mustfertrau of the mense o my pain.
Speaker 1: He understood he had to rely on the people around him.
Speaker 5: Bedunked je te somna m bram jay stem break bar
Speaker 5: mar oprecht.
Speaker 1: Thank you, he said to Sonna and Brahm, his voice fragile,
Speaker 1: but sincere hertvas.
Speaker 5: Mere delman simple vondeling door artists.
Speaker 1: It was more than a simple walk through artish.
Speaker 5: Hetos and alfontur Narzi, herself and heron Deca Fonzenkracht and
Speaker 5: the old miss baristone Fanfriendschrap.
Speaker 1: It was an adventure to himself, a rediscovery of his
Speaker 1: strength and the invaluable support of friendship.
Speaker 5: Develle de snail Zachis near fiel End de lichte Ferder
Speaker 5: twinkled in the nacht vizt Josper d'lteenoyed mire Alain salg
Speaker 5: nin sen re Snayer.
Speaker 1: Still as the snow fell softly and the lights twinkled
Speaker 1: further into the night, Josper knew he would never be
Speaker 1: alone again. In his journey to recovery and.
Speaker 5: Fort eerst since long a day, fool de hey hopeful
Speaker 5: now vodkomoselle.
Speaker 1: And for the first time in a long time he
Speaker 1: felt hopeful about what was to come.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 5: Opresloughter, oprisloten, opres, slot, trapped, arselder, arselder arseolder, hesitated, uncome, uncome, ancme, handle,
Speaker 5: blak bar, blak bar, blak bar, fragile, krukn krukn, krug crutches, bedophant, bedolphant, bedophant, enchanted, kloda, cloodahloda, slippery, boonster, boonster, boonster, pounded, opnom, opronoma, oprenom, engulfed,
Speaker 5: full dooning, full dooning, full dooning, satisfaction, ston ston stern,
Speaker 5: support for London, for London, for lunde, craved al froontuur, alfontur, alfontuur.
Speaker 1: Adventure, hair on deck, hair on, deca, heir on dec rediscovery,
Speaker 1: zill for trau zill for trauen zill for trau confidence o,
Speaker 1: miss barra h, miss barra h, miss barre Invaluable, Race
Speaker 1: Raise Race Journey for London, for London, for lounde Land
Speaker 1: warm warmed to var to warm under under under Beneath, Twinkled,
Speaker 1: twinkled and twinkled.
Speaker 5: Twinkled, furvel comed, furvelcom the furvel Comed, welcomed, clinstd flinsterden
Speaker 5: flinster de Sparkled Rooster, Rooster luster Come, Exo Ta s
Speaker 5: exod exod.
Speaker 1: Exotic, smart smat smart Melting, Adam, Adam and Adam, breath, Glitterant, Glitterant, glitterran, glittening, obricht, obricht, obricht.
Speaker 5: Hearted, lungsam lungxam lungsham slowly.
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