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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll scale the rooftops of Buenos Aires
Speaker 3: for a whimsical holiday adventure, discovering that sometimes simple moments
Speaker 3: hold the greatest magic.
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Speaker 5: La viejaico, santi asulo, Luca, cla decep dis is modi version, primavera,
Speaker 5: el vientos, plava, forte deesel rio, aciendolo, Masifici, Santiago, Normadorno,
Speaker 5: na videno, una corona, verde, concinta, rojas campana, zoradas, esta
Speaker 5: vez Lolo, graremos, Luciana, the siacon entusiasmo mintras and charla
Speaker 5: corona alborde del tejado, perol viento, Jugaa in contra, moviendo
Speaker 5: la corona, the ulado, atro, estaceguro, de esto, Santiago, pregunto Luciana,
Speaker 5: crusando los brasos, sutono e ra practico talveses mejor col
Speaker 5: garla la porta e la porta, nol miso impacto, respondo Santiago,
Speaker 5: tratando de mantener la corona and zulugar roke to, Ledificio,
Speaker 5: siena leespid to Navideno, Luciana, sacudo la cavesa, peronos ju darlo.
Speaker 1: Call borl telo, Judo, Libra.
Speaker 5: La corona, estavien, peronochiro pas la Navidaden lospital Santiago, sondrio
Speaker 5: de sidido, tengo plambe dijo secando and rogo de cinta
Speaker 5: de ciba connesto no sra and unlado mentrer la cinta,
Speaker 5: unftegolpe viento so toel tejado, la corona, volo Econejia Santiago,
Speaker 5: perdoleki librio, Luciana conel corrason, la garganta prexion rapidamente agarando
Speaker 5: subraso ju'sto a tempo Amo recupero Eleki, librio and medio,
Speaker 5: the risas nervosas cetegron cars and la grava esopoco the
Speaker 5: masiado moste parami exclamo Luciana, Friendo Santiago, aliviado, suno a sureza,
Speaker 5: sas creo rason, Admito Santiago, mirando la corona, ke ja
Speaker 5: siasus piace talvea mejor la porta, the volta nel suelo, Colgaro,
Speaker 5: la corona, la porta, then trada de la dificio Mira
Speaker 5: vijo Luciana admirandosu tra vajo no stana da mal aveses
Speaker 5: losim plez mejor Santiago miroo a Luciana dan dos e
Speaker 5: cuenta de kelsto in portava, tanto comolti and pojuntos savis
Speaker 5: istara qui contivo lo mejor dee todo conna andresa compartida
Speaker 5: las cilla, corona and cavezando lentrada Santiago Luciana conclusion navan
Speaker 5: grandez hestos paraser momentos specialists lasso that segia la tiendos
Speaker 5: alreddor pero paraegos a quel pecenu instante ra prefecto.
Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have messed.
Speaker 5: La louse e neva los deja Buenos Aires reflejendo se
Speaker 5: la vinnas viejasile di ficio.
Speaker 3: The evening light bathed the rooftops of Buenos airis reflecting
Speaker 3: off the old building's windows.
Speaker 5: Santiago sa il techo del vie jo, dificio rovero venena,
Speaker 5: suxideva si pegnas pied ra ZeVA.
Speaker 3: Santiago was on the roof of the old building, surrounded
Speaker 3: by rusty antennas and small gravel stones.
Speaker 1: Assulado Luciena lopava conuna mees clave si di sis moid.
Speaker 3: Version next to him, Luciana watched him with a mix
Speaker 3: of skepticism and amusement.
Speaker 5: A qua prima vera el viento so plava forte vesil
Speaker 5: rio acien do lo masi fici.
Speaker 3: Although it was spring, the wind blew strong from the river,
Speaker 3: making it more difficult.
Speaker 5: Santiago so no medor no na viveno una corona verde
Speaker 5: concinta roja sicampanazoavas.
Speaker 3: Santiago was holding a huge Christmas ornament, a green wreath
Speaker 3: with red ribbons and golden bells. Ista vez lolo remos Luciena,
Speaker 3: this time will make it. Luciana de sie conentusiezmo mintra
Speaker 3: sentinteringentla corona al bordevil te carado, he said enthusiastically, while
Speaker 3: trying to hook the wreath on the edge of the roof.
Speaker 5: Erol viento juga rencontre movien do la corona de un
Speaker 5: lad altro, but.
Speaker 3: The wind was playing against them, moving the wreath from
Speaker 3: side to side.
Speaker 1: Is tase vuro veesto, Santiago.
Speaker 3: Are you sure about this? Santiago prevun too, Luciena grusan
Speaker 3: do los rasos, Luciana asked, crossing her arms so to
Speaker 3: Nora Pretico. Her tone was practical, Tel.
Speaker 1: Ves is mejor cover la perta.
Speaker 3: Maybe it's better to hang it on the door.
Speaker 5: E la mismo I inpacto responvio Santiago, tratndo la corona
Speaker 5: and zulugar.
Speaker 3: It doesn't have the same impact on the door, replied Santiago,
Speaker 3: trying to keep the wreath in place.
Speaker 1: Qui que le vi ficio si lespirito na videmo.
Speaker 3: I want the whole building to feel the Christmas spirit.
Speaker 5: Luciena sacudo la cavesa edolo.
Speaker 3: Luciana shook her head, but she couldn't resist helping him.
Speaker 1: Dudo qui la corona.
Speaker 3: She approached the edge of the roof and helped him
Speaker 3: balance the wreath.
Speaker 1: Ista vien d no quiro pas la navida ne loos pitel.
Speaker 3: Okay, but I don't want to spend Greece Mas in
Speaker 3: the hospital.
Speaker 1: Santiago Sondrio Desidido.
Speaker 3: Santiago smiled, determined.
Speaker 1: Tengu plam ve vijo secando broyo descinda de siva.
Speaker 3: I have a plan, B, he said, pulling out a
Speaker 3: roll of tape.
Speaker 1: Conesto no sira ningun lado.
Speaker 3: With this, it won't go anywhere.
Speaker 1: Mientra cinier la cinta unforte volpe de viento so tolte.
Speaker 3: As he tried to secure the tape, a strong gust
Speaker 3: of wind swept the roof.
Speaker 5: Lea corona volo iconella Santiago per dioleki librio.
Speaker 3: The wreath flew, and with it Santiago lost his balance.
Speaker 5: Luciena conel corrason lenta rexionora pidamente agarndo subraso jus do tempo.
Speaker 3: Luciana, with her heart in her throat, reacted quickly, grabbing
Speaker 3: his arm just in time.
Speaker 1: Amborecuper librio in medio verrisas nervosas seveegron car sentava.
Speaker 3: Both regained their balance and amidst nervous laughter, they let
Speaker 3: themselves fall, sitting on the gravel.
Speaker 5: Esofu poco de masierro moste parami.
Speaker 3: That was a bit too exciting for me.
Speaker 5: Exclamo, Luciena friendo, exclaimed Luciana, laughing Santiago aliviedo suna sussas.
Speaker 3: Santiago relieved, joined in her laughter.
Speaker 5: Rason admitio Santiago, millendo la corona.
Speaker 1: Kea Yesia, suspe.
Speaker 3: I think you're right, admitted Santiago, looking at the wreath
Speaker 3: that now lay at their feet.
Speaker 1: Telve mejo la porta.
Speaker 3: Maybe it's better on the door.
Speaker 5: The voltl suelo coloro la corona, la de le dificio.
Speaker 3: Back on the ground, they hung the wreath on the
Speaker 3: building's front door.
Speaker 1: Mira vijo, Luciena admireanajo.
Speaker 3: Look said Luciana, admiring their work. No isada mal, It's
Speaker 3: not bad at all. Aves is locim ples mejor sometimes
Speaker 3: simple is better, Santiago.
Speaker 1: Miro a Luciana don dos quilt and po juntos.
Speaker 3: Santiago looked at Luciana, realizing that the gesture wasn't as
Speaker 3: important as the time spent together.
Speaker 1: Serves is the ra qui contivoje too.
Speaker 3: You know, being here with you is the best part
Speaker 3: of all.
Speaker 5: Conuna sonrisa compartida, lascia corona and cave Sana Santiago, Luciana
Speaker 5: gavan rendestos baser momentos picielis.
Speaker 3: With a shared smile and the simple wreath adorning the entrance.
Speaker 3: Santiago and Nusiana concluded that grand gestures weren't necessary to
Speaker 3: make special moments.
Speaker 5: Less you da segier la tiendos re roparaegius a quilpekenuis
Speaker 5: dante ra prefecto.
Speaker 3: The city continued to pulse around them, but for them,
Speaker 3: that small moment was perfect.
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 5: He la taser ila taser i, la tar deser, the evening,
Speaker 5: il tejado, il tejro il tejo, the roof top, black grava,
Speaker 5: black grava, la grava, the gravel, elicepe di sismo, elicepe
Speaker 5: di sismo, elicipi sismo, the skepticism bla viversion, la version,
Speaker 5: la vi version, the amusement, soupla so plaer, soupla tablow,
Speaker 5: bla corona, bla corona, la corona, the wreath placinthas, lacinthas lacinthas,
Speaker 5: the ribbons, plas campanas, las campanas, las campanas, the bells inganchar, inganchar,
Speaker 5: ingencher t hook geki libra, geki libra equi libra to
Speaker 5: balance placintha deciva, lacinta deciva, La cinta deciva, the tape,
Speaker 5: elgolpe deviento, el golpeviento, el golpeveviento, the gust pasota pasotar
Speaker 5: asota to sweep pelboorde, el bordie, el borde, the edge,
Speaker 5: ell impacto, el impacto, ellen pacto, the.
Speaker 1: Impact fihr fihar fihar to secure plas resa's las resa's,
Speaker 1: la resa's, the laughter, precuperra, precuperra, precuperra, to regain, concluir, concluir, concluyir,
Speaker 1: to conclude, platyr latir la tr to pause, elsto, elsto,
Speaker 1: el hesto, the gesture, admira, admirra, admirer, to admire l spirito,
Speaker 1: l spirito, l s spito, the spirit, the svido, the ciddo,
Speaker 1: this CD determined, sin cigo, sin cijo, sin siyo simple
Speaker 1: elospital elspitel elspitel, the hospital, bassar bassar bassar, to spend sakud,
Speaker 1: sakudir sakudi to shake gon intuo gone into gone, into.
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