Day 168: A Metro Station Promised Again
In a suburb of Novosibirsk, a man reads out a piece of news to his older neighbor in the yard.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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A
Михаил Иванович, слышали? Через три года у нас возле дома откроют станцию метро!
Mikhail Ivanovich, have you heard? In three years they're opening a metro station right by our building!
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B
Через три года, говоришь? Ну, не за горами, конечно...
In three years, you say? Well, that's just around the corner, of course...
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A
Хочу вторую квартиру купить, пока цены не взлетели. Потом ведь дороже будет.
I want to buy a second apartment before the prices shoot up. It'll cost more later, you know.
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B
Не спеши. Эту станцию нам обещали ещё в девяносто пятом, я тогда тоже на квартиру копил.
Don't rush. They promised us this station back in ninety-five, and I was saving for an apartment then too.
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A
Серьёзно? Но сейчас же официально, в новостях показали, даже схема есть.
Seriously? But this time it's official, it was on the news, there's even a map.
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B
И тогда в газете была схема, с той же обещанной станцией. Лапшу на уши вешать у нас умеют.
Back then there was a map in the paper too, with the same promised station. They're good at pulling the wool over our eyes around here.
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A
Ладно, подожду, пока хотя бы котлован выроют. А схему сохраню, для истории.
All right, I'll wait until they at least dig the pit. But I'll keep the map, for history.
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