Day 57: Gogol Aloud on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve in Yaroslavl, a boy reads Gogol's "The Night Before Christmas" aloud to his grandfather, whose eyes are weak.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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A
Дед, тут опять непонятное слово: «черевички». Это что такое?
Grandpa, here's another word I don't understand: "cherevichki". What's that?
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B
Туфельки такие, праздничные. Их Вакула для Оксаны у самой царицы достал.
Little shoes, fancy ones. Vakula got them for Oksana from the Empress herself.
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A
Откуда ты это помнишь? Ты же сейчас даже книгу не видишь.
How do you remember that? You can't even see the book right now.
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B
Мне эту повесть дед каждый Сочельник вслух читал, как ты мне сейчас.
My grandfather read me this story aloud every Christmas Eve, just like you're reading to me now.
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A
Всё равно трудно. Повесть, написанная почти двести лет назад, как на другом языке.
It's still hard. A story written almost two hundred years ago is like another language.
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B
Слова-то забытые, а история живая. Читай дальше, я подскажу.
The words may be forgotten, but the story is alive. Keep reading, I'll help you.
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A
Ладно, читаю дальше. Дед, а зачем чёрт месяц с неба украл?
Okay, reading on. Grandpa, why did the devil steal the moon from the sky?
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