Day 197: A Museum in a Village School
In a village near Pinsk in Belarus, a history student visits the small museum a retired teacher runs in the old village school.
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Dialogue
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A
Здравствуйте! Мне сказали, у вас в школе настоящий музей.
Hello! I was told you have a real museum here in the school.
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B
Проходи. Музей маленький, тут вещи людей, живших в нашей деревне.
Come in. The museum is small, these are things that belonged to people who lived in our village.
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A
А эта прялка откуда? Она же совсем старая.
And where's this spinning wheel from? It's really old.
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B
Из старейшего дома деревни. Я двадцать лет ходил по домам, собирая всё это.
From the oldest house in the village. I spent twenty years going from house to house collecting all this.
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A
Двадцать лет? А фотографии тоже местные?
Twenty years? And are the photos local too?
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B
Тоже. Вот мой класс, шестьдесят первый год. Угадаешь, где я?
They are. Here's my class, 1961. Can you guess which one is me?
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