Day 106: The Old Cinema Reopens
At the reopening of an old cinema in Vologda, two friends in their sixties meet in the foyer.
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- Read the situation under the title.
- Read the dialogue and its translation. The audio for this lesson is coming soon.
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Dialogue
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Коля, сколько лет, сколько зим! Ты тоже на открытие пришёл?
Kolya, long time no see! Did you come for the opening too?
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B
А как же! Здесь у меня первое свидание было, как сейчас помню.
Of course! I had my first date here, I remember it like it was yesterday.
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A
И у меня, с Людой. Только кресла теперь как диваны: сядешь и сразу уснёшь.
So did I, with Lyuda. Only now the seats are like sofas: you sit down and you're out like a light.
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B
Зато зал отремонтировали на совесть. И «Иронию судьбы» покажут в восстановленной копии!
But they did a proper job on the hall. And they're showing "The Irony of Fate" in a restored print!
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A
А билеты почём, видел? Триста рублей, а были по пятьдесят копеек!
And did you see what the tickets cost? Three hundred rubles, and they used to be fifty kopecks!
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B
А кто в семьдесят шестом на «Иронии судьбы» уснул, да ещё на жёстком кресле?
And who fell asleep at "The Irony of Fate" back in seventy-six, on a hard seat at that?
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A
Я не спал, я от счастья глаза закрыл: Люда в тот вечер сказала «да»!
I wasn't asleep, I'd shut my eyes from happiness: that evening Lyuda said yes!
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