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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey through the bustling streets of
Speaker 3: La Rambla as Gemma embarks on a spirited quest for
Speaker 3: the perfect ingredients, discovering not just flavors, but her own
Speaker 3: resilience and creativity.
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Speaker 1: Laramblai, CAUs, bibranda, culos, eulos, una, simfunia, di vern ascarism, padratza, Barcelona, baradas,
Speaker 1: plen as, the fruitas, barduras, especias, rumatica, salinee ven nrega, rigada, contral, fretax, pluraba,
Speaker 1: al corvata, ran dalla, sutat, lajema as, muvilla, intra la multitude, ambun, proposit,
Speaker 1: firm akayan, bupa, umbanketti, uba para, la visita dal cells,
Speaker 1: familiars parlada da dal race gemma and balcave rakulit unabufan
Speaker 1: da tebi al call caraba una, sisterlia in trals, brasus, lubja,
Speaker 1: tiucla al Similio's ingredients, lamillo, festa, al problemma era Camolta's altras,
Speaker 1: personas tani and lamatesha there lasparadas, mes populars, yastav and
Speaker 1: mitch buiders big timas Dallas, compress does nadas das dias,
Speaker 1: the salabrazio ontarios, alsprims, does a, viamens banaba ala parada,
Speaker 1: dlstumtets ya villa, PoCA zupsions emol zulz attens, the spress
Speaker 1: dunes movements da dupta ba alava milo la sevada, terminazio,
Speaker 1: nova silava pro kada da sizio era un repta las
Speaker 1: mandarinas brillaven competits souls deven las babuza ala, cisteria, sumbrien
Speaker 1: aladona gran kalia villa, the shat pass ya villa una,
Speaker 1: cosa cam massa villa canopudia, alta las EBAs frescas para,
Speaker 1: umatiza al sel platastrea, mantilla, simatsha, can pudria, tuba fasil
Speaker 1: men prosavilla, casaia, complicate, al jira, una cantu nada baba
Speaker 1: al caam laven la ultimas vas a la parada than
Speaker 1: jiuseppe al coreliae un sal quan baba unsayo grand up
Speaker 1: servan las da prop abundan dueesalas ambun jest balleen asba prupa,
Speaker 1: the sculpi baddi ambun sumbat it astabas paran truba, castas
Speaker 1: erva a s perun supa, molas pasial al senno amkara,
Speaker 1: mappla bamira la seva, sisterlia plena ilbadi a castaadas rancebas gauda,
Speaker 1: shid al seumanja gem uba, the tod kor akes matin
Speaker 1: zala rambla, livian SATs del cavilla panzat guida vetania, Tortsel's
Speaker 1: ingredients canasasitaba parl kemesa villa, trubad erala, seba, propia, kunfianza
Speaker 1: yunadaptabilitad nova a la surda del marcat gemmas and tilla
Speaker 1: cavilla buonat las man kansas a viandu nad pass la
Speaker 1: creativitad is a villa cal manjaan non mes serias pacial
Speaker 1: si no nasala Bracioda's force e effecta labrizza freda lumpli
Speaker 1: als Pulman's mentrala tranquilitad umplia al sukor la fiestadal raised
Speaker 1: the kaya and kumen saba ambun savo, dolz da triumf persunal.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Laramblaun CAUs vibranda culos eulos una simfunia di verne auscarism
Speaker 1: padrat da barcellona lo.
Speaker 3: Rambla was a vibrant chaos of colors and scents, a
Speaker 3: winter symphony on the cobbled streets of Barcelona.
Speaker 6: Baradas plain as the fruitas barduras especias, rumatica, salinea, ven mintragena, brigada,
Speaker 6: contral fredaxplurab al corbatranda la sutet.
Speaker 3: Stalls full of fruits, vegetables and aromatic spices lined up,
Speaker 3: while people bundled up against the cold, explored the beating
Speaker 3: heart of the city.
Speaker 1: La jim as muviilla intra la multitude ambun proposit.
Speaker 3: Ferm Jima moved through the crowd with a firm purpose.
Speaker 1: A kayani ra umbanti para la visita val sails families
Speaker 1: par la da da dal raise.
Speaker 3: That year, she wanted to prepare an unforgettable banquet for
Speaker 3: her family's visit for the dada those rays.
Speaker 1: Jim umbalcavera una vufan da tevi al call cara una
Speaker 1: cistelia in trals brassus luggatiucla alsmilosingradiins, la millio festa.
Speaker 3: Jimma, with her hair tied up and a warm scarf
Speaker 3: around her neck, carried a basket in her arms with
Speaker 3: a clear goal the best ingredients, the best party.
Speaker 1: Al pulema era camoltas, altas, parsonas tani and la matescha.
Speaker 3: There the problem was that many others had the same
Speaker 3: idea Las.
Speaker 1: Paradas miss populars yestavan, michu vuides big timas da, las
Speaker 1: compress das nadas dls dilla, the salavracio and terrios.
Speaker 3: The most popular stalls were already half empty, victims of
Speaker 3: the frenzied shopping of the previous celebration days.
Speaker 1: Alsprimes de zefia, mens bana riva a, la parada vustuma TETs.
Speaker 3: The first challenges arrived at the tomato stall.
Speaker 1: Iya villa PoCA zupciuns imo zulzetins.
Speaker 3: There were few options and many watchful eyes.
Speaker 1: Desprice dunsmuments de dupta baub tapl ca cava millo.
Speaker 3: After a few moments of doubt, she opted for what
Speaker 3: looked best La.
Speaker 1: Sevad termine sieu novassilava procada de sizio era undrite.
Speaker 3: Her determination did not waver, but every decision was a challenge.
Speaker 1: Las mandarines briaven competits souls di venn.
Speaker 3: The mandarins shone like little winter suns.
Speaker 1: Las ba pouza la cisteria, sumbrien a ladona grandklia villa
Speaker 1: the chett pass.
Speaker 3: She placed them in the basket, smiling at the elderly
Speaker 3: woman who had let her pass Ya villa.
Speaker 1: Una corza, cajem masavia canopudia, falta la zrbas frescas paraumatiza
Speaker 1: al sil platastrella.
Speaker 3: There was one thing jim Maneu couldn't be missing, fresh
Speaker 3: herbs to season her star dish.
Speaker 1: Mantilla simatsha canpudria, truva fasilmen pro savilla casaia kumplicat.
Speaker 3: She lied to herself that she could easily find them,
Speaker 3: but she knew it would be complicated.
Speaker 1: Algira una cantu nada bavel al casam la ven la
Speaker 1: zulti masbas a la parada than Giuseppe.
Speaker 3: Turning a corner, she saw what seemed to be the
Speaker 3: last herbs at le bradn Giuseppe.
Speaker 6: Al corliwafe unsal guan bavea un senno ran up servan
Speaker 6: las da brop abun dan boui salas.
Speaker 3: Her heart skipped a beat when she saw an old
Speaker 3: gentleman observing them closely, about to take them.
Speaker 6: Ambun jest blen asba prupas.
Speaker 3: With a brave gesture, she approached disculpi.
Speaker 1: Badi umbun sumbriu ra timid astabasparan truvais gesta zervas perun
Speaker 1: supa molas pasil.
Speaker 3: Excuse me, she said, with a shy smile, I was
Speaker 3: hoping to find these herbs for a very special dinner.
Speaker 1: Al senour amcara mabla bamera la sevas siestel ya plena
Speaker 1: il vadi aguesta varada serin sevas.
Speaker 3: The gentleman, with a kind face, looked at her full
Speaker 3: basket and said, this time they'll be yours. Go the
Speaker 3: shidl siu manja, enjoy your meal.
Speaker 6: Jim ubaid tdkor.
Speaker 3: Jimma thanked him wholeheartedly.
Speaker 1: A case matin za la rambla lia villen sennette miss
Speaker 1: del cavilla panzet.
Speaker 3: Those mornings that Lo Rambla had taught her more than
Speaker 3: she had thought.
Speaker 1: Guida vetanilla tordseel zingrediens cassava pral cames a villa trubat era,
Speaker 1: la seba propia kunfiensa yuna the tevil ted nova.
Speaker 3: She almost had all the ingredients she needed, but what
Speaker 3: she had found most of all was her own confidence
Speaker 3: and a new found adaptability.
Speaker 1: A La sultida del marquette jim centia cavilla Bugnette.
Speaker 3: At the markets exit, Jima felt she had won.
Speaker 1: Las mancanza za vien dunad pass a, la creativitet is
Speaker 1: sevilla calmanjian no numess serias pasil sin nasla bracio thas
Speaker 1: force ea fete.
Speaker 3: The shortages had given way to creativity, and she knew
Speaker 3: the meal would not only be special, but a celebration
Speaker 3: of effort and affection.
Speaker 1: La briza freda liumpli al spulmnsmentra, la tranquilita umblia al.
Speaker 3: Silkor the cold breeze filled her lungs, while tranquility filled
Speaker 3: her heart.
Speaker 1: La fista lal raise the key and kuman saba ummun
Speaker 1: sabu DoLS the triumph personal.
Speaker 3: The fist of those rays. That year began with a
Speaker 3: sweet taste of personal triumph.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Catalan, then in English.
Speaker 6: Alcaos alcaus, alcaos, the chaos alscarism, padrettes alscarism, padrettes alscarism padrattes.
Speaker 6: The cobbled streets, laparada, laparada, la parada, the star Alfred, Alfred, Alfred,
Speaker 6: the cold alcr bata ran, al cor bata ran, al
Speaker 6: cor bata ran, the beating heart, labufanda, labuvanda, labufanda, the scarf, lubjactu, lubjactiu, lubjactiu,
Speaker 6: The goal, al problemma, al problemma, all problemma, the problem
Speaker 6: mich budas mich budas mich with us half empty, als
Speaker 6: does a viamens als does a viamens alses a fiamns
Speaker 6: The challenges, lazupsiuns, lazupsians, lazupsians, the options alzuiz a t
Speaker 6: inns alzui is a t inns alzuiz a tenns, the
Speaker 6: watchful eyes, lad terminacieux lada, terminacieux la that ter minacieux,
Speaker 6: the determination al ribta al ribta al ripta, the challenge, alsumbrura, alsumbrura,
Speaker 6: al sumbrura, the smile, Ladona Gran, Ladona Gran, Ladona Gran.
Speaker 3: The elderly woman.
Speaker 6: Algist algist al jist the.
Speaker 1: Gesture alsgour alsgnour al sgo, the gentleman Lasistelia, lasistelia, lassistella,
Speaker 1: the basket, the tod cord, the tod kor, the toad cord,
Speaker 1: whoheartedly las Mankansas, las man Kansas, las man kansas, the shortages,
Speaker 1: La creativitat, la creativitat, la creativitat, the creativity labriza freda, labriza, freda,
Speaker 1: labriza fredda, the cold breeze.
Speaker 6: Al spol mons, alspool mons, alspuol mons, the lungs.
Speaker 1: La tranquillita, la tranquillita, la tranquillitat, the tranquility, al triumph,
Speaker 1: personal al triumph, personal al triumph.
Speaker 3: Personal the personal triumph.
Speaker 1: Lasimfunia deveran, lasimfunia devern, lasimfunia de vern, the winter symphony.
Speaker 6: Las fs, las fce, las fs, The endeavor.
Speaker 1: La victa, la victa, la fecta, the affection lad up
Speaker 1: wi tat lad up wi, t lad up wi that
Speaker 1: the adaptability.
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