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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll skate into a shimmering night of courage,
Speaker 3: friendship and unexpected bonds on a quaint village ice rink.
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Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
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Speaker 1: soch the kerst cloak or do lucht.
Speaker 3: The ice crystals sparkle in the moonlight while gentle Christmas
Speaker 3: bells float through the air.
Speaker 1: This hats bahm hi fedor awnau de Luvenis beat the
Speaker 1: machhis decor for the caerst fearing from the doorb.
Speaker 3: The skating rink, surrounded by ancient ruins, provides a magical
Speaker 3: setting for the village's Christmas celebration.
Speaker 1: Kindre lach, flvosneprat and ider rent from the face to.
Speaker 3: The ka afums, children laugh, adults chat, and everyone enjoys
Speaker 3: the festive evening.
Speaker 1: Bloom stats and the runt from the bam.
Speaker 3: Brahm stands at the edge of the rink.
Speaker 1: Hey caked neiders hatzers met a mix from the wundering announced.
Speaker 3: He looked, said the skaters with a mix of admiration
Speaker 3: and fear.
Speaker 1: Hey vildel outmaca fon fla house marse fut fullen oslout.
Speaker 3: He wants to be part of the joyful chaos, but
Speaker 3: his feet feel like lead.
Speaker 1: Vot a sick fall, What if I fall? Ding t
Speaker 1: hey bass yourself, he thinks to himself. Son met her
Speaker 1: warm friend de la grimloch seet him and beslout dot
Speaker 1: vona funt afund is omar con stevarch.
Speaker 3: Shahna, with her warm, friendly smile, sees him and decides
Speaker 3: that tonight is the night to take her chance.
Speaker 1: Hey Broum hey brom uttufoluctervelle snarhem tou chlad.
Speaker 3: She calls, cheerfully as she glides over to him.
Speaker 1: Kum ye de bam up.
Speaker 3: Are you coming onto the rink o.
Speaker 1: Ustral and blumfuls and bommelodeward.
Speaker 3: Her eyes shine and Broum feels his cheeks turn red.
Speaker 1: Equate neat of totlhutide is mompote tevel hey narseen for
Speaker 1: slatus hunekeggt.
Speaker 3: I'm not sure that's a good idea, he mumbles, looking
Speaker 3: down at his worn out shoes.
Speaker 1: Under this strict Yoris. The bestest hats are from Adorp,
Speaker 1: the adercht met Indrivek and the peruettis and sprung.
Speaker 3: Meanwhile, Youorish, the best skater in the village draws attention
Speaker 3: with impressive pirouettes and jumps.
Speaker 1: Id rain clopped en yacht my yur is marked Blum
Speaker 1: and the gumbs.
Speaker 3: Everyone claps in cheers, but Yoris notices Brum on the side.
Speaker 1: Mettenknipo richte stem.
Speaker 3: With a wink, he directs himself to him. Come up, Bullom,
Speaker 3: come on, Brahm.
Speaker 1: Do may.
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Speaker 3: arselt Brhm hesitates, Hey vill knit.
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Speaker 3: He doesn't want to mess up, but the encouragement makes
Speaker 3: his heart race.
Speaker 1: Son a le tarhant open arm.
Speaker 3: Shanna places her hand on his arm.
Speaker 1: Ik ben Yer only to help Friimler sobret.
Speaker 3: I'm here to help you, she smiles, sincerely.
Speaker 1: The goodnissamusrats.
Speaker 3: We can skate together.
Speaker 1: This is a moment from levarre hate.
Speaker 3: This is the moment of truth.
Speaker 1: Bloom ferjet amult se mout and kneakd.
Speaker 3: Brum gathers his courage and nods.
Speaker 1: Lung sam shur fultai met son de bamp.
Speaker 3: Slowly he shuffles onto the rink with Shanna.
Speaker 1: The cow preached in zeen vogna maher Zacht steered him.
Speaker 3: The cold nips at his cheeks, but her gentleness strengthens him.
Speaker 1: Saint Marclays de zauvert as stop for stop deeveld ruinus
Speaker 1: bofen hnded taglosu s honheid from the alfel for stek.
Speaker 3: Together they glide over the ice, step by step, while
Speaker 3: the ruins above them enhance the timeless beauty of the evening.
Speaker 1: Eva fer delop start youris the newer sit met ravarch
Speaker 1: de moufs.
Speaker 3: A bit further away, Juris begins a new set with
Speaker 3: daring moves.
Speaker 1: He knit do d'ltes and efe wcht least embe neffolds.
Speaker 3: He enjoys himself until he loses his balance and almost
Speaker 3: falls er klinked.
Speaker 1: And roussmoortre loch and hopperting vyner heisen herstels.
Speaker 3: There is stifled laughter and relief when he recovers.
Speaker 1: Des a Lugusi Duazzi zored for a moment for Roseame
Speaker 1: lugus Roc and Darna break the ria roos.
Speaker 3: This precarious situation creates a moment of shared shock, and
Speaker 3: then applause breaks out.
Speaker 1: Blum emiddles whattzel for zacreder loch.
Speaker 3: Laudob Brahm, now a bit more confident, laughs out loud, on.
Speaker 1: Starts a newo di namik tis s dedri.
Speaker 3: A new dynamic emerges between the three yours.
Speaker 1: The inset dot sent competiti spell and bake you to
Speaker 1: fiel voss comtena two en besen ams.
Speaker 3: Urish, realizing his competitive play was a bit much, comes
Speaker 3: over to them and offers his hand.
Speaker 1: Zulivet sam Pobierre. Shall we try together flachte freeing delegate incenstem.
Speaker 3: He asks, with kindness in his voice.
Speaker 1: Blonchimlacht and accepteared the outno the thing.
Speaker 3: Brum smiles and accepts the invitation.
Speaker 1: Sonsitaar comes and no ten out on Samonne.
Speaker 3: Mac Shanna seizes her opportunity and invites them to take
Speaker 3: a lap together.
Speaker 1: Devel semt sendriegreede nitis on the camerarats hop the mere
Speaker 1: fuldning saved donvelke indiffile prestadtsi don og.
Speaker 3: As they glide as a trio, they enjoy the camaraderie
Speaker 3: that provides it's more satisfaction than any individual achievement.
Speaker 1: The afld einetvormchau gola de milk and cookis.
Speaker 3: The evening ends with hot chocolate and cookies.
Speaker 1: Blum desen alvankka youngstiffed o for volmer diald for halem Metzen.
Speaker 1: New friend.
Speaker 3: Brahm, having overcome his initial fear, shares stories with his
Speaker 3: new friends.
Speaker 1: Son of fulsbe heem don euit and his blay deltr insponnet.
Speaker 3: Shanna feels closer to him than ever and is glad
Speaker 3: that her efforts have paid off.
Speaker 1: Youurish furtzb up met unsponechim lach tifraide met the new
Speaker 1: friends rap before him. Belong reker Is don person lea kanzine.
Speaker 3: URIs joins the group with a relaxed smile, pleased with
Speaker 3: the new friendship that is more important to him than
Speaker 3: personal prestige.
Speaker 1: Samla over the alfontur obtees under the budeau dehe mofclin hertdor.
Speaker 3: Together they continue to laugh about the adventures on the
Speaker 3: ice under the enchanting, starry sky of their small, close
Speaker 3: knit village.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Ais cristala, ais cristalin Aischrista, crystals, funkele, funkelen, fun cale, sparkle,
Speaker 1: awen oud, awen oud awen oud, ancient venus, ruvenus, ruinous, ruins,
Speaker 1: the wondering, the wondering, the woundering, admiration, load, load, load read, mumbled, mumbled, mumpults,
Speaker 1: mumbles for slater, for slayton for slater, worn out, pirouettis, pirouettis,
Speaker 1: pi ruettus, pirouettes acht, amdcht adercht attention, kinnipo, kinnippo, canipo,
Speaker 1: winks out, darned out, darned out, darned, challengingly arsult arsult
Speaker 1: arsult hesitates a murderinger am muderringen and murdering encouragement opricht obricht, obricht, sincerely, warreheat,
Speaker 1: warhead warheat truth forenseammelt enseammeled forsamelt.
Speaker 3: Gathers, moot, moot, moot, courage, stroufold stroufold sraufold, shuffles, zort heid, zorteid,
Speaker 3: zorteid gentleness, starkt, starket, starket, strengthened.
Speaker 1: Uvarchd reuvarchte, ruvarchte, daring evenwicht evenwicht evenwicht, balance, husmart husmart husmart,
Speaker 1: stifled ha, lucue ha, lucue haluk, precarious, cameras, camraades up,
Speaker 1: camarades hop, camaraderie, full doooning, full doooning, full dooming, satisfaction, insponning,
Speaker 1: insponning and inspawning endeavors, bedauv bedauverd thedaud enchanted, amsene, amsene,
Speaker 1: arms zene, prestige.
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