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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll uncover how one determined volunteer melted
Speaker 3: away skepticism to transform a town's election day, proving that
Speaker 3: every vote holds the warmth of change.
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Speaker 1: Elis val botasion, sumision, ra, clara and imarasuko, munidada hersersu,
Speaker 1: the ratual, boto, el centro de bottasion, estava in stallado
Speaker 1: and un mil sala, conventana, lihampanadas por el aliento de botantes,
Speaker 1: vol ontarios, adentro, el ambientestava, cargado, esperanza, laclides, leases, tufas, contrastava,
Speaker 1: conel flu exterior creando es pasio, cohedor, valeria, callo, cava, cartelles, coloridos, ya,
Speaker 1: como dava, la sia, miga, camilla, procupada, psteres, politico, lea,
Speaker 1: jo dava, valleria, miroel re loo, pronto, ge gariell loos, primeros, botantes,
Speaker 1: alo leJOS, boa, juaquin Joaquin round bessino, conosido, purcept is,
Speaker 1: my friend ellas elexionis for experiences passadas, pensava, keesuboto, no
Speaker 1: in portava, valeria de civio, in tenarlo na vesmas cerco,
Speaker 1: el conn a, son risa ola, Joaquin di jo valeria,
Speaker 1: a jitan doo la mano aspensado and botaroi Joaquin Sacudiola, caveza,
Speaker 1: conna son risa a patica para que nava cambia, nunca
Speaker 1: valeria no serrindio, commenso avla de cambios, pecenos historias, a
Speaker 1: personas quesn lora mejoras and zukomunida le con jaime king
Speaker 1: gracias a sup participacas renvo parquing vantil levantado, gracias al
Speaker 1: committe vesinal meras valeria av lava joaquines uchava con masai
Speaker 1: the locale miss mos perava kisas nunca via pensado and
Speaker 1: los pecenos cambios used and alreddor las palavas valeria temi
Speaker 1: and sentido mirroel centro geno de vessinos, Charlando, tomando mate
Speaker 1: parce valeria, termino disia though cada cuenta juaquin somos parte
Speaker 1: del cambio, Joaquin mirooel centro de vttasioni pensu and sucijos
Speaker 1: and commom pegnos too podria, ser la di ferenzia and
Speaker 1: subida futura, prespidono, parexpla, dijo estabien mecon veniste, bo Ja, Vota, Valeria,
Speaker 1: Sondrioi and Trasovaya and tral centro ladon de Joaquin, to
Speaker 1: oe effecto, domino, otro, el centro Alberta, Joaquin dam vience,
Speaker 1: maronavota la salle and pso genar conversasas camilla observandoel cambio,
Speaker 1: led Valeria, decido a via logrado, loke Parisia impossibly esatarde,
Speaker 1: el centro de votai, the lejie de la communidad, comprometida, valeria,
Speaker 1: predel pod de laxion individual i, juaquin porpre meravesen mucho
Speaker 1: tiempo confio and el prosso mintrascaiella noce una liier nevada, coubriel, solo, danica, cavia, comensado, contanto,
Speaker 1: frio es como Valdria, camilla, compardo, nuna sonrisasatiecha saviendo cavia,
Speaker 1: cambio significativo.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Ela lads blava forte, las cage, la pegna suda del
Speaker 1: Sur de Chile.
Speaker 3: The icy wind blew strongly through the streets of the
Speaker 3: small town in southern Chile ern.
Speaker 1: Via dees municipalis ye perlu in vino de a rosto,
Speaker 1: valdie die gava tempreno al centro communitario.
Speaker 3: It was a day of municipal elections and despite the
Speaker 3: cold August winter, Valeria arrived early at the community center.
Speaker 1: Comoo lunari del senro, devotacion su mision clara animarasuko, munida
Speaker 1: da her sersu dericho alboto.
Speaker 3: As a volunteer at the polling station. Her mission was clear.
Speaker 3: Encouraged her community to exercise their right to vote.
Speaker 1: Elcindro de votata vista la donuno mil di se la
Speaker 1: covina lihira min tempas pila liento de vultan sivoluntarios.
Speaker 3: The polling center was set up in a humble room
Speaker 3: with windows slightly fogged by the breath of voters and volunteers.
Speaker 1: Ave intro elam bientesta carregado de speranza.
Speaker 3: Inside, the atmosphere was charged with hope.
Speaker 1: La calidis illa sistufas contrastava conel friu exterior greendnes pasio cojedor.
Speaker 3: The warmth of the heaters contrasted with the cold outside,
Speaker 3: creating a cozy space.
Speaker 1: Valliria col Cava, Cartelles coloridosa, coma va la sia, mira
Speaker 1: miga Camilla pro cupa l sinteres politico le Jo Dava.
Speaker 3: Valeria put up colorful posters and arranged the chairs, while
Speaker 3: her friend Camilla, worried about political apathy, helped her.
Speaker 1: Valeria midol Re Looch. Valeria looked at the clock, Pronto
Speaker 1: ye garie loos primeros wodantis.
Speaker 3: The first voters would arrive soon.
Speaker 1: Alo leJOS vioa Joaquim.
Speaker 3: In the distance, she saw Joaquin Joaquin.
Speaker 1: Ne Ron Vesino, Cocido Porsusti, sismo frente la seles.
Speaker 3: Joaquin was a neighbor known for his skepticism about the elections.
Speaker 1: For experiences Pa Servas vin Sava Quesubo.
Speaker 3: From past experiences, he thought his vote didn't matter.
Speaker 1: Valladiavisi vu in tin Tarlona Vezmas.
Speaker 3: Valeria decided to try once more.
Speaker 1: Se Serco el Counas Sonrisa.
Speaker 3: She approached him with a smile.
Speaker 1: O la Joaquin vi Jovaleria a hiten do la.
Speaker 3: Mano Hello, Joaquin, said Valeria, waving her.
Speaker 1: Hand aspin sadu im VOTAROI.
Speaker 3: Have you thought about voting today, Joaquin?
Speaker 1: Sacudo la cavesa conuna sonrisa patica.
Speaker 3: Joaquin shook his head with an apathetic smile. Ara, QUI,
Speaker 3: why bother neva cambia nunca nothing ever changes, Valadia non
Speaker 3: serrin dio. Valeria didn't give up.
Speaker 1: Comenso l de cambos pecuniostoria ze personas quezunironi lora mejora
Speaker 1: seen zukomunida.
Speaker 3: She started talking about small changes, stories of people who
Speaker 3: came together and achieved improvements in their community.
Speaker 1: Le conos don jaime king rasi yes as razukaye OsO
Speaker 1: parquin fanti le vanado rasia sl co mite veinal.
Speaker 3: She told him about Don Hima, who, thanks to his participation,
Speaker 3: managed to get his street paved, or about the new
Speaker 3: children's park built thanks to the neighborhood committee.
Speaker 1: Mien tras Valeria lava joaquinescuchava con masac lokel mis mos ferrava.
Speaker 3: While Valeria spoke, Joaquin listened more attentively than he himself expected.
Speaker 1: Quiss nunca via pinzado and los pecunios cambios que su sevienal.
Speaker 3: Reddor perhaps he had never thought about the small changes
Speaker 3: happening around him.
Speaker 1: Las palavra Valia temien sentido.
Speaker 3: Valeria's words made sense.
Speaker 1: Mito al centro, Geno de vecinos, Charlandu, mando mate barra calentarce.
Speaker 3: He looked at the center full of neighbors chatting and
Speaker 3: thanking mata to warm.
Speaker 1: Up Valeria termino di siendo, cavra voto cuente.
Speaker 3: Joaquin Valeria finished by saying, every vote counts. Coaquin, so
Speaker 3: mus part del cambio. We are part of the change.
Speaker 1: Joaquin miroel centro de votazioni pensu and suzi jos in
Speaker 1: comun peg juesto podria ser la di ferencien subida futura.
Speaker 3: Coaquin looked at the polling center and thought of his children,
Speaker 3: how a small gesture could make a difference in their
Speaker 3: future lives.
Speaker 1: Prespidono parexpla re vijo estabien meco venciste.
Speaker 3: He took a deep breath to release the vapor in
Speaker 3: the air and said, all right, you convinced me.
Speaker 1: Boy, ja voltar, I'll vote. Valeria sondrio mien traslove yendra
Speaker 1: ral sentro.
Speaker 3: Valeria smiled as she watched him enter the center.
Speaker 1: La de sion de Joaquin tu une fec to domino.
Speaker 3: Joaquin's decision had a domino effect.
Speaker 1: Otru sin el centro alvea Joaquin dam VIENCEI maron a voltar.
Speaker 3: Others in the center seeing Joaquin were also encouraged to vote.
Speaker 1: La salle impsusee combersasas.
Speaker 3: The room began to fill with conversations and laughter.
Speaker 1: Camilla upservan duel cambo le viu of vliacido.
Speaker 3: Camilla, observing the change, gave Valeria a grateful hug a.
Speaker 1: Vie lorado loke parisie in possible.
Speaker 3: They had achieved what seemed impossible. Isater il sindro de
Speaker 3: votac de le ne hie de la comunida comprometida. That afternoon,
Speaker 3: the polling center was filled with the energy of the
Speaker 3: committed community.
Speaker 1: Vallieria prendel la individual i juaquin primera vesen mucho tiempo
Speaker 1: comfioenel processo.
Speaker 3: Valeria learned the power of individual action and kwaquin for
Speaker 3: the first time in a long time, trusted the process.
Speaker 1: Mintras kayella, noce una, lihira, nevada, kubriel suelodnke mahikuaia kevia,
Speaker 1: comensao cont frio yes dimo como.
Speaker 3: As night fell, a light snowfall covered the ground, lending
Speaker 3: a magical touch to a day that had begun with
Speaker 3: so much cold and skepticism.
Speaker 1: Valerie ca Mila, compardo, nuna, sondrisa sa tis feche saviendo
Speaker 1: ke viene chun camvio significa TiVo.
Speaker 3: Valeria and Camilla shared a satisfied smile, knowing they had
Speaker 3: made a significant change.
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: Elairi, elaire elairi, the wind be lado e lado e
Speaker 1: lado i see municipalis municipalis, municipalis municipal, balloondaria, balloon paria, bolloondaria, volunteer,
Speaker 1: Centro de Votacion, Central de Votacion, Centro de Votacion, polling
Speaker 1: station in Banadas in Banadas, Impanadas, fogged, ambiente, ambiente, ambiente, atmosphere,
Speaker 1: pstufas istufas is dufas. Here's a coohedor aco aedor cozy
Speaker 1: acoma acoma a coomoda. To arrange the sters politico, the
Speaker 1: ster is politico, the sintres politico, political apathy. A hita
Speaker 1: a hitar a hita to waive, accept sismo, accept sismo,
Speaker 1: accept sismo, skepticism, Brendeirce, Brendeirce, frendeerce, to give up, blogra,
Speaker 1: blogra logra, to achieve mehoras, mehoras, mehoras improvements, parking fantil
Speaker 1: parkin fantil paraquane fantil Children's park. Comiteve sinal, comitevecinal, comteve sinal,
Speaker 1: Neighborhood committee. Charla, Charlar, Charla, to chat, Klin Tarzi callin
Speaker 1: Arsi Kalin Darcy, to warm up. Histo histo, haste, to gesture,
Speaker 1: be the b thea, be the food to future lives.
Speaker 1: Effecto domino effecto, domino effecto, domino.
Speaker 6: Domino effect pop serva, pop serva, observa, to observe abrasa
Speaker 6: abrassar abras to.
Speaker 1: Hud comprometida, comprometida, comprometida committed. Confierre Confierre Confierre Trust Phera Nevada,
Speaker 1: Nevada Liher Nevada Light, Snowfall, Comparti Compartier Compartier to share
Speaker 1: Significativo significat TiVo Seebu significant.
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