Day 187 of 200

Day 187: Learning to Program at Fifty

In an apartment in Novosibirsk, a father who has started an online programming course asks his son, a developer, for help.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title.
  2. Read the dialogue and its translation. The audio for this lesson is coming soon.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Russian audio, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.

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  1. A

    Сын, глянь. Простейшая программа, а не работает, хоть убей.

    Son, take a look. The simplest program, and it won't work for the life of me.

  2. B

    Давай посмотрю. Ого, ты уже циклы проходишь?

    Let me see. Wow, you're already doing loops?

  3. A

    А ты думал! Третий месяц сижу по вечерам, пока мама сериалы смотрит.

    You bet! For three months I've been at it every evening while Mom watches her series.

  4. B

    Вот, нашёл: скобку не закрыл. Классическая ошибка начинающих программистов.

    There, found it: you didn't close a bracket. A classic mistake of beginner programmers.

  5. A

    Из-за одной скобки я весь вечер просидел? Обидно.

    I sat here all evening because of one bracket? That hurts.

  6. B

    Зато всё остальное правильно. Я ведь через три месяца так не умел, пап.

    But everything else is right. You know, Dad, I couldn't do this after three months.

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