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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll discover how one young soccer player's
Speaker 3: decision to prioritize teamwork over personal glory transforms his perspective
Speaker 3: and paves the way for true leadership.
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Speaker 1: La brisa, friscamento, la pas, Bolivia, elslos promet in Santia,
Speaker 1: rispi rava, profunda, memras, servavasus, companeros, el dia de la Spanidad, ekelas, festividavala, udad,
Speaker 1: los chicos, el campamento, Tenny Andrea, hugar football Santiago, joven dedicado,
Speaker 1: siemprebus cando, se rel mejor peruen capas de silen ciersus propia, dudas, kria,
Speaker 1: ce rel capitan de le quipos, collar, el caia, the
Speaker 1: most sario, paraidera, cine embargo, Ellen, trinador parisi and clenars massasa, Miguel,
Speaker 1: Miguel rapido, it, capasidad natural, parel, juego, locasia, sentira Santiago
Speaker 1: and visible, los trenamientos, Erra Exigentes Santiago, se kedava, practic
Speaker 1: caando cuando gil sol ponia, traslas montaigas, una nocce men,
Speaker 1: traslas luses, the leestadio javan, devilmente Santiago de cidio of
Speaker 1: larcon elen trenador sea cerco con de terminai and trinador
Speaker 1: se Miguel Peroo, la pasionl compromiso, paracelder Comento Santiago, Cynthia Rason,
Speaker 1: la tia, mars, rapido ellen trinado, lo mido, conquidado peroo
Speaker 1: di Jonada Santiago, regressol campo, mos medos, pero maas de sidido,
Speaker 1: nunca diegol, dia del partido mistoso, la proiva, los quiposestavaqui livrados,
Speaker 1: el marcado, ra sero, toto de pendia de stulti mo
Speaker 1: juego Santiago stava and el medio, Campo and portunidad la
Speaker 1: pelotaaa al PODi intentarel goal podia selero pero bio miguel
Speaker 1: bi and posiionado es momento crucial Santiago de cidio paso
Speaker 1: a miguel sindo darlo e miguel no fajo la multitu
Speaker 1: de jovenesta jioena plaosos alfinale, mirace, Miguel reciviel as felicitaes
Speaker 1: miro Santiago levantoel pulgarisanrio Santiago, SiO, centa de caa via,
Speaker 1: albo mas grande, qesudo individual, elequipo, esatarde, alfinali, cerelenrenamiento, ellen
Speaker 1: trenadorsa cercua Santiago, mostra verdadolid raso, sabtra vaquipo, di jo,
Speaker 1: dando leon pal mada and elmbro, elviento, fresco de la
Speaker 1: prima Veravarriel Campo is Santiago, cintio, kelgo then trode la via, cambiado,
Speaker 1: a villa, prendido, canberdadolider recono, elva lor de los masi
Speaker 1: quzu camino, reci comenzava elia de lees Panidad, secon vito
Speaker 1: solo nuna celebracion cultural Sinota viene nuna celebracian personal namento
Speaker 1: para Santiago.
Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have messed.
Speaker 1: La brisa fresca de la rima vere campamentomento la paz Bolivia.
Speaker 3: The fresh spring breeze enveloped, the training camp in La pass, Bolivia.
Speaker 1: El siloa sul and marcado porlos machuestoso Sandees prometi dia
Speaker 1: perfecto parel football.
Speaker 3: The blue sky framed by the majestic on this promised
Speaker 3: a perfect day for soccer.
Speaker 1: Intre loos fugadores, Santiago respireva prous.
Speaker 3: Combageros among the players. Santiago breath deeply while watching his
Speaker 3: teammates elvia.
Speaker 1: Dele Spanide, las festivid la souda, los chicos, el campamento
Speaker 1: andrea hugar football.
Speaker 3: It was Dia de la Espanidad, and although the festivities
Speaker 3: brightened the city, the boys at the camp had a
Speaker 3: task to play soccer.
Speaker 1: Santiago jovicado sim rebus candos rel mejor perun capas silencersus
Speaker 1: propia zulas.
Speaker 3: Santiago was a dedicated young man, always striving to be
Speaker 3: the best, but he couldn't silence his own doubts.
Speaker 1: Quilla seril capitan de le quipos cool.
Speaker 3: He wanted to be the captain of the school team.
Speaker 1: Elia de Mostra quo Parralidra.
Speaker 3: He wanted to prove that he had what it takes
Speaker 3: to lead.
Speaker 1: Sim Baro ellin Trinador Parisienne Masaier Migel.
Speaker 3: However, the coach seemed to lean more toward Miguel.
Speaker 1: Miguel ra rapido, capasid natural parel juro luce sia Centira,
Speaker 1: Santiago in visible.
Speaker 3: Miguel was fast and had a natural ability for the game,
Speaker 3: which made Santiago feel invisible.
Speaker 1: Losentrinamientos renixigenis.
Speaker 3: The training sessions were demanding.
Speaker 1: Santiago sequava pratica dolpone traslas montaimyes.
Speaker 3: Santiago stayed practicing when the sun had already set behind
Speaker 3: the mountains.
Speaker 1: Una noce mi traslas LUs lestadio rillevan, devilmente, santiergro de
Speaker 1: sido a v ler con ellinrenador.
Speaker 3: One night, while the stadium lights shone dimly, Santiago decided
Speaker 3: to talk to the.
Speaker 1: Coach Serco con deter minacion. He approached with determination in
Speaker 1: trenador se migeleador pero tengo la pasion compromiso paras comento
Speaker 1: Santiago cinthien do kezu ra soon la tia marraido coach.
Speaker 3: I know Miguel is a good player, but I have
Speaker 3: the passion and commitment to be a good leader, Santiago said,
Speaker 3: feeling his heart beat faster.
Speaker 1: Ellen trenador lo miro con quiddo perno vi juonava.
Speaker 3: The coach looked at him carefully, but said nothing.
Speaker 1: Santiagozol Campoco, los mismos, milos perro mas sidido kenunca.
Speaker 3: Santiago returned to the field with the same fears, but
Speaker 3: more determined than ever.
Speaker 1: Di vuol dia del partido mistoso la pruva deimitiva.
Speaker 3: The day of the friendly match arrived, the ultimate test.
Speaker 1: Los i quiposestavai livrados il marcado ra sero.
Speaker 3: The teams were evenly matched, the score at zero DoD
Speaker 3: dipendia vees de ul ti mo jueiro. Everything depended on
Speaker 3: this last game.
Speaker 1: Santiago stava il melio campocuavia Portunida.
Speaker 3: Santiago was in midfield when he saw an opportunity.
Speaker 1: La pelota lava sieil.
Speaker 3: The ball was flying towards him.
Speaker 1: Bodie ain't tin tail rool. He could go for the goal,
Speaker 1: podie sere lero. He could be the hero perrovia Miguel vienposisionado.
Speaker 3: But he saw Miguel well positioned ennes.
Speaker 1: Momento cruziel san thiergro de Silo.
Speaker 3: At that crucial moment, Santiago decided.
Speaker 1: Vasol vallon na miel sindo dlo e miel no fagio.
Speaker 3: He passed the ball to Miguel without hesitation, and Miguel
Speaker 3: didn't miss La multitu de joveneses taiouena blaosos. The crowd
Speaker 3: of young people burst into applause.
Speaker 1: Alfinelle mientras, miguel re siviel las felicitaes midro a santiergo
Speaker 1: leve antol pulverisondrio.
Speaker 3: In the end, while Miguel received congratulations, he looked at Santiago,
Speaker 3: gave a thumbs up and smiled.
Speaker 1: Santiago sevio cuenta veca viel go mas gane quesu de
Speaker 1: siu in vivid ele quipo.
Speaker 3: Santiago realized there was something bigger than his individual desire.
Speaker 1: The team za terre alfinelli, srinamiento, ellindrinador scoa Santiago.
Speaker 3: That afternoon, at the end of the practice, the coach
Speaker 3: approached Santiago moistra.
Speaker 1: Verda vero live raso saverne quipo vijudn do leona al
Speaker 1: made loombro.
Speaker 3: True leadership is shown by knowing how to work in
Speaker 3: a team. He said, patting him on the shoulder.
Speaker 1: El viento frisco de la prima vera, varriel campo is santiero, cintio,
Speaker 1: kelvo dentro de la via cambiado.
Speaker 3: The fresh spring wind swept across the field, and Santiago
Speaker 3: felt that something inside him had changed.
Speaker 1: A villa prinddo, cam verda vero, liver recoslva de loze
Speaker 1: masi quzu caa mino recienco mensava.
Speaker 3: He had learned that a true leader recognizes the value
Speaker 3: in others, and that his journey was just beginning.
Speaker 1: Ilia delanie, sonna celera cultural, sna celebracion personal, naimiento parrasantiago dia.
Speaker 3: The Laispanidad became not just a cultural celebration, but also
Speaker 3: a personal one, a rebirth for Santiago.
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: La brisa la brisa, la brisa, the breeze, il campamentomento,
Speaker 1: il campamentomento, il campamento trinamiento, the training camp. Envolvert evolva,
Speaker 1: involver to envelop La duda, la dula la duda, the doubt,
Speaker 1: a leader, a leader, a leader, the leader inkly narse inklin, narse,
Speaker 1: inklan narsi telen is for sarce is, for sarce is
Speaker 1: for sarce to strive. The monstra, the mostra, the mostra
Speaker 1: to prove plus yion plus sion lass sayson the session,
Speaker 1: El compromiso, el compromiso, el compromiso, the commitment, El combagero,
Speaker 1: el combagnero, el combagero, the teammate, Brigard, brijar, brijar, to
Speaker 1: shine a cars per garsee aer garci, to approach, blad determinacion,
Speaker 1: la ve terminacion, la ve terminacion, the determination, laud lao
Speaker 1: lao pordunida.
Speaker 3: The opportunity, Do there do that?
Speaker 1: Do there?
Speaker 3: To hesitate?
Speaker 1: Lero, lero, lero the hero a la plaoso e la plaoso,
Speaker 1: a la plaoso, the applause, La breeva, la preueva, la preueva,
Speaker 1: the test. There seguenta there sequenta there seguenta to realize this.
Speaker 1: Taja istaja is taja to burst la darde lad lat.
Speaker 3: The evening.
Speaker 1: A lombro, a lombro, a lombro, the shoulder barer, barber
Speaker 1: Barer to sweep El il Renacimiento, El Renacimiento, The Rebirth,
Speaker 1: Bla Multi tooth, La multi tooth, La multi Tooth, The Crowd,
Speaker 1: Bla Montagne, La Montagne, la Montaigne, The Mountain, El Corasson,
Speaker 1: El Corasson, el Corasson, The Heart, El Partido, el Bartido,
Speaker 1: el Pardido, The Match, bel vaalor, el valor, il val Lore,
Speaker 1: the Value.
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