Day 49 of 125

Day 49: Talking at Kilometre Thirty

At the thirtieth kilometre of the Kazan marathon, a first-time marathon runner is running alongside his friend from the running club.

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  1. Read the situation under the title.
  2. Read the dialogue and its translation. The audio for this lesson is coming soon.
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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Всё, Серёг... я сдох. Тридцатый километр... ноги как чугунные. Сойду с дистанции.

    That's it, Seryoga... I'm dead. Thirty kilometres... my legs are like cast iron. I'm dropping out.

  2. B

    Это стена, её все ловят на тридцатом, ты не первый и не последний. Темп сбавь, но не останавливайся, слышишь?

    That's the wall, everyone hits it at thirty, you're neither the first nor the last. Ease off the pace, but don't stop, hear me?

  3. A

    Легко тебе... говорить... Ты сорок марафонов... пробежал.

    Easy for you... to say... You've run forty marathons.

  4. B

    Сорок два, по числу километров, специально подгадал. Кстати, я тебе рассказывал, как мой тесть на даче баню затеял?

    Forty-two, one for every kilometre, I timed it that way. By the way, did I ever tell you how my father-in-law took it into his head to build a bathhouse at his dacha?

  5. A

    Какая баня... Серёга... я умираю.

    What bathhouse... Seryoga... I'm dying.

  6. B

    Не умираешь, а бежишь, это разные вещи. Так вот, тесть решил, что фундамент ему ни к чему: мол, деды без фундамента строили, и ничего... Давай-давай, руками работай!

    You're not dying, you're running, those are two different things. So, my father-in-law decided he had no use for a foundation: our grandfathers built without one, he says, and they were fine... Come on, come on, use your arms!

  7. A

    И что... с баней?

    And what... about the bathhouse?

  8. B

    А то, что к весне она накренилась, как Пизанская башня, и тёща теперь водит туда гостей, как в музей. Кстати, тридцать пятый километр, ты заметил?

    Well, by spring it was leaning like the Tower of Pisa, and now my mother-in-law takes guests to see it, like a museum. By the way, that's kilometre thirty-five, did you notice?

  9. A

    Погоди, тридцать пятый? Слушай, а ведь... отпустило. Второе дыхание, что ли?

    Hang on, thirty-five? Listen, it's... eased off. Is that my second wind?

  10. B

    Оно самое! Ну же, держись за мной, не отставай, а я тебе пока расскажу, как тесть эту башню домкратом выпрямлял.

    That's the one! Come on, stay behind me, don't drop back, and meanwhile I'll tell you how my father-in-law straightened that tower with a jack.

  11. A

    Рассказывай, только медленно, чтобы до самого финиша хватило.

    Go on, only tell it slowly, so it lasts all the way to the finish.

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