Day 125 of 175

Day 125: Soda Water for Three Kopecks

At a museum of Soviet arcade machines in Moscow, a father shows his teenage son around.

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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

    Смотри, автомат с газировкой! Одна копейка без сиропа, три копейки с сиропом.

    Look, a soda water machine! One kopeck without syrup, three kopecks with syrup.

  2. B

    Прикольно. А пили вы из чего, стаканчики одноразовые рядом лежали?

    Cool. What did you drink out of, were there disposable cups next to it?

  3. A

    Какие одноразовые! Один стеклянный стакан на всех: выпил, помыл и поставил обратно.

    Disposable, are you kidding? One glass for everyone: you drank, rinsed it and put it back.

  4. B

    Один на всех? Пап, там же микробы, как вы вообще живы остались?

    One for everyone? Dad, it must have been full of germs, how did you even survive?

  5. A

    Вымытый стакан, между прочим, был почище твоего телефона. Эх, были времена... Пошли лучше в «Морской бой».

    A rinsed glass, by the way, was cleaner than your phone. Ah, those were the days... Let's go and play Sea Battle instead.

  6. B

    Давай! Только я тебя разгромлю по полной, я с пяти лет играю.

    Let's go! But I'm going to crush you completely, I've been playing since I was five.

  7. A

    Ну что, чемпион, пять ноль? Я у этого автомата всё детство провёл.

    So, champ, five-nil? I spent my whole childhood at this machine.

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