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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll uncover how a gingerbread debacle turns
Speaker 3: into a triumphant testament to creativity and spirit.
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Speaker 1: La la vid Mexico, las casa elvan, s postosivo, clado,
Speaker 1: compradun quit para, suna, casa de hen hibre, stevan ujove
Speaker 1: and the corrasona mable perun poco, torpe kerias or prenderasu familia,
Speaker 1: la competencia, nol de casas henhibre, todos, los agnos, supremo,
Speaker 1: julio ga nava, Consu's construction, the tajadas perueso, Stevan, kia
Speaker 1: cerel campaigon in control, ultimo, quid de casas hen hibre
Speaker 1: and umpegno posto. The Corrado conlusis pagor rapido, sonrindo is
Speaker 1: alu dando alvenddor comprisa, guardola, care, subolsa, s did jioa
Speaker 1: casa esa nocce and sucosina stevan puss manos a la obra, perola,
Speaker 1: brila ca, las pizzas, commen saronakevracel me nor tooke in
Speaker 1: tentoona yo traves, perocada, intento, terminava and frustration. The esperado,
Speaker 1: theamoso a miga marisol called esperanza de quos, a menelo
Speaker 1: a judara, the nemos casercretivos, estevean, dijo marisol, al veegar, mirandol,
Speaker 1: disastre de pisa, rotas, marisole, suhidio, sargla parauniirlas, pisas and
Speaker 1: formas poco conventionalis podemos a serunes cultura, propuso, alvocenavia, ja
Speaker 1: vistoantes compoco, tim poantes cara, la competensia stevan tomocorage, usolas, pisa, rotas,
Speaker 1: paraconstrid alvaonico, the corando concarramellos, baston sementa, ifijuras, chocolat and
Speaker 1: position esperadas, La figura, paresia massuna ora de art abstracto,
Speaker 1: kena casa de hen hibre traditional, la competensia comenso i
Speaker 1: juliodes plevos o ra maestra, una casa, condettages perfectos, condo,
Speaker 1: jevol turno, stevan, cinthion, nervios, perotambien, orgujo, parasor presa de todos,
Speaker 1: la familia plaudio su creti vidadiorhinalidad, elrigenz s cultura, caespirito, navideno, manera,
Speaker 1: tot felicidades is stevan ex clamos, utilla ista Navidad, tuere
Speaker 1: s elganador, stevan sanrio and tendiendo caveses lunportant la perfection
Speaker 1: sign corrasoni, la gretti, vidaden do masque gana, levia, mostrado,
Speaker 1: kevis flute process men conta.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: La Navidad cercava, las lusses brigeva and Elmercado Navideno de
Speaker 1: la Suda de Mexico.
Speaker 3: Christmas was approaching and the lights were shining at the
Speaker 3: Mercado Navideno and Sudad de Mexico.
Speaker 1: Las caviesta, vangenas, risa si musica.
Speaker 3: The streets were filled with laughter and music.
Speaker 1: E l roma del bonce, la pecias them flai.
Speaker 3: The aroma of poncee and seasonal spices floated in the air.
Speaker 1: Istevan consou, la vere rojo pasea and trelos postosivo claro
Speaker 1: compra dunqueruna Casa de hen hibre.
Speaker 3: A Stevan with his green scarf and red hat, was
Speaker 3: strolling between the stalls with a clear goal to buy
Speaker 3: a gingerbread house kit.
Speaker 1: Istevan ujo cora soona mavele perun po torpe kerrias or
Speaker 1: prindra sufamilie la competile casa degenhibri.
Speaker 3: Estevan, a young man with a kind heart but a
Speaker 3: bit clumsy, wanted to surprise his family in the annual
Speaker 3: gingerbread house competition.
Speaker 1: Todos los agnos suprimo julnava consus constructions Perustevan querria serel campegon.
Speaker 3: Every year his cousin Julio would win his detailed constructions,
Speaker 3: but this year A Stevan wanted to be the champion.
Speaker 1: In controi de casa zegnhivre nupe puesto de corrado corlusis.
Speaker 3: He found the last gingerbread house kit at a small
Speaker 3: stall decorated with lights.
Speaker 1: Pagor ra pido sondriendo.
Speaker 3: He quickly paid, smiling and greeting the vendor.
Speaker 1: Comprisa guardo la careen subolsa seviri hioa casa.
Speaker 3: In a hurry, he stored the box in his bag
Speaker 3: and headed home.
Speaker 1: Esa noce enzucosina istevan pus manos a la.
Speaker 3: That night, in his kitchen, as Steven got to work.
Speaker 1: Pero la ri la cache las pisos comen sarnavrasel me
Speaker 1: nor tooke.
Speaker 3: But upon opening the box, the pieces began to break
Speaker 3: at the slightest touch.
Speaker 1: In ten yo traves eruca neva in frustracion.
Speaker 3: He tried again and again, but each attempt ended in frustration.
Speaker 1: This is errado diemos mira Marisol cole speranza ve qui
Speaker 1: nios a mine loda.
Speaker 3: Desperate, he called his friend Marisol, hoping her ingenious mind
Speaker 3: could help him.
Speaker 1: The ne moos que sercretivos istevan vijo mariso la viger
Speaker 1: millendo lisastre de pisa rotas.
Speaker 3: We have to be creative, as deevan, said Marisol upon arriving.
Speaker 3: Looking at the disaster of broken pieces.
Speaker 1: Marisol le suhido s la serro paruni las pisas informas
Speaker 1: poco convenconnalis.
Speaker 3: Marisol suggested using icing to join the pieces in unconventional shapes.
Speaker 1: Podmos serrunes cultura propuso alvocenavie ya vistrants.
Speaker 3: We can make a sculpture. He proposed something no one
Speaker 3: has seen before.
Speaker 1: Compo la combet istevan rege.
Speaker 3: With little time before the competition closed, Estevan gathered his
Speaker 3: courage us las.
Speaker 1: Pisa rota sparaconstri relico de cornmellos vamente ifiura colaperradas.
Speaker 3: He used the broken pieces to build something unique, decorating
Speaker 3: it with candies, peppermint sticks, and chocolate figures in unexpected
Speaker 3: positions La fiura masunai. The figure looked more like a
Speaker 3: piece of abstract art than a traditional gingerbread house.
Speaker 1: La competinia comezojo ra maestra una cases perfectos.
Speaker 3: The competition began, and Julio unveiled his masterpiece, a house
Speaker 3: with perfect details.
Speaker 1: Gundo ye nos tevan cintos rota vien jo.
Speaker 3: When it was a stevan as turn, he felt nervous,
Speaker 3: but also proud barasor prestovos.
Speaker 1: La familia pla suretividahina lida.
Speaker 3: To everyone's surprise, the family applauded his creativity and originality.
Speaker 1: Elrie su sculturas piritu na vidouna manra.
Speaker 3: To the brightness and joy in his sculpture captured the
Speaker 3: Christmas spirit in a totally new way.
Speaker 1: Felicida, This is Devan.
Speaker 3: Congratulations is Tevan.
Speaker 1: Exclamosultia exclaimed, His aunt is the navida ture silador.
Speaker 3: This Christmas, you are the winner, is Tevan.
Speaker 1: Sund in tinvien loceveses lump la perfiction.
Speaker 3: Vida Estevan smiled, understanding that sometimes what's important is not perfection,
Speaker 3: but heart and creativity.
Speaker 1: So mosque gana levia mostra lo kevis frutil pro.
Speaker 3: His new approach had taught him more than winning. It
Speaker 3: had shown him that enjoying the process was what truly mattered.
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: Ava ava ava approaching, la resassas, la resa's laughter, l roma,
Speaker 1: l oma e laroma, aroma, blavuvanda, lavufunda, lavu vanda, scarf
Speaker 1: plos postos, los postos, los poestos stalls el Keith, el Keith,
Speaker 1: el Keith kit the heng Hebri, the hen Hebri, the
Speaker 1: hen Hebri, gingerbread torpe, torpe, torpe clumsy bla competensia, La competensia,
Speaker 1: la competensia competition El Primo, el primo, el primo, cousin
Speaker 1: plus Constructionists, less Constructionists, las constructionists, construction hell, Campeon, el Campeon,
Speaker 1: el Campeon, Champion helven de door, elvenddor, elvenddor vendor pla
Speaker 1: cocina pla, cosina, la cosina, kitchen plus pisas plus piss
Speaker 1: last pisas pieces tel toke el toke el toke touch,
Speaker 1: blaff lustracion, blaff lustration, la rustracion frustration. This is sperado,
Speaker 1: This is sperado, This is sperado, desperate, pin heniosa, in henosa,
Speaker 1: in heniosa, ingenious, unir unir unir join pla school dura
Speaker 1: pla schuldura, la school dura, sculpture, Los caramelos, los caramelos,
Speaker 1: los caramelos, candies, losvaston dementa, Losvoston dementa, los wastonmenta peppermints
Speaker 1: abstracto abstracto abstracto abstract blow over a maestra, blow over
Speaker 1: a maestralow over a maestra. Masterpieces, loss loses details or
Speaker 1: proud bla creativida, la creativida, lacreativ that creativity blaalida ladalida
Speaker 1: laalidav originality eli spirito eli spirito, Eli spirito.
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