Day 45: A Saturday With Uncle Kostya
On a grey November Saturday in Moscow, a young man is looking after his eight-year-old nephew.
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Dialogue
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A
Ну что, Тёма, вместо того чтобы весь день смотреть мультики, поедем в океанариум?
So, Tyoma, instead of watching cartoons all day, shall we go to the oceanarium?
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B
Ура! А там акулы есть? Настоящие?
Yay! Are there sharks there? Real ones?
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A
Смотри, какая огромная! Это, наверное, белая акула, самая опасная.
Look how huge it is! That must be a great white, the most dangerous one.
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B
Дядя Костя, это же не белая. Белых в океанариумах вообще не держат.
Uncle Kostya, that's not a great white. They don't keep great whites in oceanariums at all.
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A
Откуда ты всё это знаешь? Да ты про акул знаешь больше меня!
How do you know all this? You know more about sharks than I do!
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B
Из книжки. Хочешь, расскажу, какая акула самая быстрая?
From a book. Want me to tell you which shark is the fastest?
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