Day 153: Interviewing the Village Head
In a village in the Smolensk region, a TV reporter interviews the head of the village about the new bridge over the river.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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Иван Кузьмич, что изменилось в деревне с появлением нового моста?
Ivan Kuzmich, what has changed in the village since the new bridge appeared?
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Раньше до райцентра час в объезд ехали, а теперь десять минут. А под мостом такие лещи стоят!
Before, it took an hour to drive round to the district center, and now it's ten minutes. And the bream under that bridge, you should see them!
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Про лещей чуть позже. Правда, что мост построили на деньги, выделенные областью?
We'll get to the bream a bit later. Is it true that the bridge was built with money provided by the region?
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Правда. Жители довольны, особенно рыбаки: у опор щука так и ходит... Ой, опять я на своего конька сел.
It is. The residents are happy, especially the fishermen: the pike just keep circling around the piers... Oh, there I go again, back on my hobbyhorse.
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Ничего, зрителям понравится. Всё, снято, спасибо вам большое!
That's all right, the viewers will love it. That's it, it's a wrap, thank you very much!
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Погодите, а можно всё переснять? Я строителей не поблагодарил, а их надо назвать по именам.
Wait, can we shoot it all again? I didn't thank the builders, and they deserve to be named.
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Переснимем, конечно. Только про лещей, Иван Кузьмич, на этот раз покороче.
We'll reshoot, of course. Only a bit less about the bream this time, Ivan Kuzmich.
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