Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
The world is becoming a very small place. Many people now work for international companies, and your best job prospect might want you to know more than one language. But with so many different languages in the world, how can we bridge the gap? In the future, technology might help us. However, in important meetings, struggling to understand another person isn’t a good option.
Never fear! There are many impressive people who are fluent in many languages. Working as an interpreter is a valuable job for people like this. A good interpreter can help people communicate important ideas. They think on their feet and can understand many things at the same time. Working as an interpreter might be difficult sometimes, but it is also very rewarding.
Romeo speaks many languages. Listen to today’s English lesson to hear him tell Jordin about the idea he had after he ran into an old friend.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Romeo: ¡Hola chica! ¿Cómo estás?
Jordin: Hola. ¿Muy bien gracias y tú?
Romeo: Oooo!
Jordin: Yeah, that’s pretty much all I know.
Romeo: Oh!
Jordin: Yeah, I couldn’t be an interpreter.
Romeo: So, you know how I’ve been, like, struggling really hard and trying to find a job.
Jordin: Yeah…
Romeo: And I ran into an old friend of mine, and he was telling me about how he makes a lot of money being an interpreter. It’s something I never would have thought of, and since I speak six different languages, I always thought…
Jordin: Wow! I did not know that!
Romeo: Yeah.
Jordin: That’s so impressive!
Romeo: Guten Tag.
Jordin: German! Nice!
Romeo: Привет.
Jordin: I don’t know that one.
Romeo: Спасибо! Yeah, I can’t believe you didn’t know that about me.
Jordin: I didn’t know it!
Romeo: Well, I am pretty fluent, like I said, in six different languages. And I think that a job like that would be pretty rewarding because, let’s say that I was an interpreter for, like, a court, you know, for somebody’s trial or something…
Jordin: Um-hum, yeah.
Romeo: They need to be able to understand what’s going on. They don’t know the court system. They don’t understand the language. And you know, I think that, because I think on my feet really well, that I’d be a perfect person to bridge the gap.
Jordin: Yeah, that sounds like a really cool, rewarding job prospect for you.
Romeo: Aren’t you proud of me?
Jordin: I am proud of you!
Romeo: No more unemployment checks!
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Discussion
Romeo has had a difficult time finding a good job. However, he recently ran into an old friend who gave him a new idea. Romeo’s friend works as an interpreter and makes a lot of money. Because Romeo speaks six languages, he thinks being an interpreter would be a rewarding job. He tells Jordin about this idea, and tells her some of his favorite words in other languages.
Jordin thinks that Romeo’s new job prospect is impressive. She didn’t know that he spoke so many languages. Romeo explains that he could really help a lot of people. For example, if he worked as an interpreter in the court system, he could help people who don’t speak English understand the law. Jordin is very proud of him. She thinks this is a great idea.
Which languages are you fluent in? Would you like to work as an interpreter?
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