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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll escape the chaos aboard an old train,
Speaker 3: reigniting hope and seeking reunion against all odds.
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Speaker 1: di vender Varnfuller graffiti off the imbordant lagenhut at atzeitomen
Speaker 1: dear artva fa lesson to lucas on Janna varnicht Alin,
Speaker 1: the Herden dishredded their plunderer, the inenfrekten lucas engershikta mechanica
Speaker 1: filty the last their should of sanen schultan avoided as
Speaker 1: zuk schon langer rapareran on demka or Steveltzenfleeen Jana shtand
Speaker 1: naben im ain hofnos shama in iran augen the zurti
Speaker 1: ira familiar on defat metem zukwa iraschanza of anevida fa
Speaker 1: ainigong we are mistened in zuk some laufenbringen zak de
Speaker 1: lucas Lisa dee plunderers and nichtwaite and fant Yanna Nichte.
Speaker 1: If we had an a four written zuchen fel like
Speaker 1: tivet on the advance das via Finten Lucas Sugeate, their
Speaker 1: director Victim stoy A round Varius, kant Abernuti Schleislich and
Speaker 1: schiet azi igdusten eiden Warton shacht s s Schneller, Janna
Speaker 1: Zameta mood Alaina Doushti dunkeelheide so again Waga ferlech Dosifa Draude,
Speaker 1: lucas On vodi im Haefen, met anam and Schlausen and
Speaker 1: nickten and fantasizik On pagan den barn Hovna zachan so
Speaker 1: Doschen Lukas kodosten Engen kyten shacht Seina hendersh Burtendi Kyliten
Speaker 1: Matthai vender warrant Azibaete Sinagaedantan Schlogan followed his wife Obeste
Speaker 1: Richtiger and Schaidon van then entlech reichtet Stoya ram yeah
Speaker 1: Abe tatishnell seine finger knt jeden hebel on schia ein
Speaker 1: funkeen i inkleinest session on Tatsuka wachtet soom leben i'd
Speaker 1: said the motor hertel furte air and klein venich elishtrong
Speaker 1: this to deisent moment was the nicht orbiesnohoffnong gab Yana,
Speaker 1: come zuri grant iran rusak fall fete Lucas dee plunderers
Speaker 1: in here brief si there now in decent moment come
Speaker 1: dead zuk and gang the a lam ibatunde dishredded their
Speaker 1: plundera schnell sprang and lucas on Jana in the eerstenwagen
Speaker 1: dead zukrouter deeplundera bleiben zook i'd stadzuks ten dunke and
Speaker 1: tone rasta ardmtten by the tief douche Lukas furd atvace
Speaker 1: does elangafa lauren glaubte hofnong on filaischt fegebung Yana Anzana
Speaker 1: zeide hiltzik nder hofnong fest does ire familiar idenwood draus
Speaker 1: the wind pleased to the often and fenced that as
Speaker 1: wagens culled on freshva or and sasin for neu begin
Speaker 1: Lucas shout at Sujana via schaffendas zak de ubertzoicht, Jana
Speaker 1: leherte in an yeah vire schaffendas on so f andsidim
Speaker 1: umba kanton and giegen aba met an anoyn kraft on
Speaker 1: them wisen das varen.
Speaker 3: Let's take another Listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: The killed ko un afzam in the shtegilik to uban
Speaker 1: tatzion in Berlin.
Speaker 3: The cold crept relentlessly into the abandoned subway station in Berlin.
Speaker 1: Lucas shouted, ziji um.
Speaker 3: Lucas looked around the.
Speaker 1: Vender varenfoller graffiti.
Speaker 3: The The walls were full of graffiti.
Speaker 1: Of de imboden lagen shot at saitomen.
Speaker 3: On the ground lay rubble and old newspapers.
Speaker 1: Deir ottva falasen do Lucas on Jana varnicht aline.
Speaker 3: The place was deserted, Yet Lucas and Jana were not alone.
Speaker 1: The hert dischritter der plundera di inenfugten.
Speaker 3: They heard the footsteps of looters following them.
Speaker 1: Lucas angeshikta mechanica fut di las de schut af senen schurtan.
Speaker 3: Lucas, a skilled mechanic, felt the weight of guilt on
Speaker 3: his shoulders.
Speaker 1: Evoddestzuk schon langarian om dik ostevetsu and fleen.
Speaker 3: He had wanted to repair the train for a long time,
Speaker 3: to escape the chaos of the world.
Speaker 1: Jana standnim and hof non chen in iran augen.
Speaker 3: Jana stood beside him, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
Speaker 1: Sizur ti irefamia antifatmaimsukwa iraschanz of anevida fa ainikong.
Speaker 3: She was searching for her family, and the train ride
Speaker 3: was her chance for a reunion.
Speaker 1: Wearemustened in suksum laufenbringen zach de Lucas Leisa.
Speaker 3: We need to get the train running, Lucas said quietly.
Speaker 1: Diplundera zint nichtweit and funt.
Speaker 3: The looters aren't far away.
Speaker 1: Yanna nichte. Jana nodded, is dna foretn zuuren.
Speaker 3: I'll look for supplies.
Speaker 1: Fila tivt etvas des vie finten.
Speaker 3: Maybe something we find could help.
Speaker 1: Us, Lucas zugerte.
Speaker 3: Lucas hesitated, de direkte.
Speaker 1: Some stoyer ramvars kant at.
Speaker 3: The direct path to the control room was risky, but necessary.
Speaker 1: Schlislich and chizi. Finally, he decided, Igi deustin eidenwaton schacht,
Speaker 1: I'll go through the old maintenance shafts is schnella, It's faster.
Speaker 1: Jana zamtemud.
Speaker 3: Yana gathered her courage.
Speaker 1: Alaina Dousti don pelhaitsugin Wageli.
Speaker 3: Walking alone through the darkness was dangerous.
Speaker 1: Dorsifa traud lukas on voti imhefn.
Speaker 3: But she trusted Lucas and wanted to help him.
Speaker 1: Mit anem and schlosen and nick and fantasy zich on
Speaker 1: the gan din van ulfnachzach.
Speaker 3: With a determin and nod, she moved away and began
Speaker 3: to search the station for useful items.
Speaker 1: Lucas kortosten engen kiten schacht.
Speaker 3: Lucas crawled through the narrow cold.
Speaker 1: Shaft zenahinder shpurtendi kaiten mataivender want ezichbaete.
Speaker 3: His hands felt the cold metal walls as he hurried.
Speaker 1: Zene gedanken Schlugunfoalazweife.
Speaker 3: Doubts filled his mind.
Speaker 1: Opeste rechtige and chaidon vang.
Speaker 3: Was it the right decision?
Speaker 1: Then entlicher rechtstoyer raum.
Speaker 3: Then finally he reached the control room.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Abe.
Speaker 3: He worked quickly.
Speaker 1: Zenefinger kantennjeden jebel on chatter.
Speaker 3: His fingers knew every lever and switch.
Speaker 1: Ain fonken and in kleinestician te a vachtetzumleben.
Speaker 3: A spark a small sizzle, and the train came to
Speaker 3: life at.
Speaker 1: Ser de moto heurte fute er en kleinwinich elichtn.
Speaker 3: When he heard the engine, he felt a small sense
Speaker 3: of relief.
Speaker 1: Zsudisent moment vous denicht opisnahoffnongab.
Speaker 3: Until that moment he didn't know if there was still hope.
Speaker 1: Jana comezur gerand iren roxac for laforete.
Speaker 3: Janna came running back, her backpack full of supplies.
Speaker 1: Lucas di plunderas intire, Lucas, the looters are here, reef Si,
Speaker 1: she called gennow in dezent moment camdezuken gang.
Speaker 3: At that very moment, the train started moving.
Speaker 1: Der lam ubertunde di schritter der plundera.
Speaker 3: The noise drowned out the footsteps of the.
Speaker 1: Looders Schneshprang and Lucas aunt Jana indian erstenwagen.
Speaker 3: Quickly, Lucas and Jana jumped into the first carriage.
Speaker 1: Deetzuk route de plunderablizorok.
Speaker 3: The train rolled on leaving the Looders behind.
Speaker 1: At deetzuk dunken raste admetten baide tiftoch.
Speaker 3: As the train raced through the dark tunnel, both took
Speaker 3: a deep breath.
Speaker 1: Lukas fute etvas deserlangaferloren glaubte hofnong aunt phileacht Fergibung.
Speaker 3: Lucas felt something he thought he'd lost long ago, hope
Speaker 3: and perhaps forgiveness.
Speaker 1: Jana Anzana zeite hidzich ander hofnong fest does irefami nvoda drausenwatt.
Speaker 3: Yanna by his side, held on to the hope that
Speaker 3: her family was out there somewhere waiting.
Speaker 1: Der vint please toushti oftenen fenced at d'swagens cult on fresh.
Speaker 3: The wind blew through the open windows of the carriage,
Speaker 3: cold and.
Speaker 1: Fresh, Dova and sashin for neu begin.
Speaker 3: Yet it was also a sign of new beginnings.
Speaker 1: Lucas shout atsu Yana.
Speaker 3: Lucas looked at Yana.
Speaker 1: Via schaffendas zak t e uberzoecht.
Speaker 3: We can do this, he said confidently.
Speaker 1: Yana lecherte in an.
Speaker 3: Yanna smiled at him, Yeah, via schaffendas, Yes, we can
Speaker 3: do this.
Speaker 1: On so fornsidim unvakanton and gigen.
Speaker 3: And so they headed into the unknown abah.
Speaker 1: Met an annoyenkraft on dim visend alina vahn.
Speaker 3: But with a new strength and the knowledge that they
Speaker 3: were not alone.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.
Speaker 1: Steer gelikt, steergelikt, stier geleikt, abandoned, dear shoot, dear shoot,
Speaker 1: dear shoot, rubble on alf heightzam on off hightza on
Speaker 1: alf heights, relentlessly, dischritte di schritte, di schritte, footsteps, dieplunder, diplunder, deeplunder, looters, goeschicht,
Speaker 1: goeschichteschik skilled d show it, D show it, D show it. Guilt.
Speaker 1: There's chaos, does chaos, there's chaos chaos. They are half
Speaker 1: nong shimmer, they are half non shimmer. They are half
Speaker 1: nong shimmer, glimmer. D v dea fa ainigung, d v
Speaker 1: de for ainy gom d v dea fa ainy gong reunion, defourtor,
Speaker 1: defour retor, defourator, supplies so gota so gotter z gote hesitated,
Speaker 1: the air director weak. They are director week, the air
Speaker 1: director weak, direct path, their stoyer room, their stoyer room,
Speaker 1: their Steyer realm control room, the Arevaton shaft, the Avarton shaft,
Speaker 1: the air war tongs.
Speaker 3: Shaft, maintenance shaft.
Speaker 1: They are mood their mood. They are moot, courage and schlossen,
Speaker 1: and schlossen and schlossen, determined, nutzlischaer sachen, nutzlicha sachen nutzlicha zachen,
Speaker 1: useful items ing ng eng narrow, deetsweifel, deeed, speifel, deeed sweife, doubts,
Speaker 1: dear hebel, deir hebel, dear hebel lover, deir funten, deir funten,
Speaker 1: deir funten, spark dastisian dastiiandstician sizzl deir Wagen der Wagen
Speaker 1: der wagen carriage. The annoy begin, the annoy begin, the
Speaker 1: annoy begin new beginnings. Defegiebon, defegiebon de fegeebon forgiveness devagon devagon,
Speaker 1: dear vagon wagon thus umba kante dous umbekante does umbekante unknown, decuffed, decuffed,
Speaker 1: de kufft strength ubetzucht ubetzuched ubertzucht Determined.
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