Day 52 of 175

Day 52: An Electric Car at Minus Thirty

In a courtyard in Novosibirsk at minus thirty, a man shows his neighbor, a taxi driver, the charge on his electric car.

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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

    Геннадий Петрович, представляете, за ночь запас хода упал в два раза!

    Gennady Petrovich, can you imagine, the range dropped by half overnight!

  2. B

    А я тебе говорил: электромобиль в Сибири, ну смешно же. Надо было брать дизель, как у меня.

    I told you: an electric car in Siberia, it's a joke. You should have got a diesel, like mine.

  3. A

    Да уж. Батарея, заряженная с вечера, на морозе всё равно садится.

    Yeah, well. Even a battery charged the evening before still drains in the frost.

  4. B

    Вот-вот. Смотри и учись: мой старый дизель заводится с пол-оборота.

    Exactly. Watch and learn: my old diesel starts at the first turn of the key.

  5. A

    Что-то не очень он заводится, Геннадий Петрович.

    It's not starting very well, Gennady Petrovich.

  6. B

    Топливо, наверное, замёрзло... Слушай, подбрось меня до работы, а? Смешно сказать: таксист без машины.

    The fuel must have frozen... Listen, give me a lift to work, will you? Funny, isn't it: a taxi driver without a car.

  7. A

    Садитесь, салон уже прогрет. Только над электромобилями больше не смейтесь!

    Get in, it's already warm inside. Just don't laugh at electric cars anymore!

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