Day 189: Strawberry Picking for the Summer
At a farm near Brest, a student asks the farmer about summer work.
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Dialogue
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A
Здравствуйте. Вам нужны люди собирать клубнику?
Hello. Do you need people to pick strawberries?
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B
Нужны. Платим за килограмм: сколько соберёшь, столько получишь.
We do. We pay by the kilo: the more you pick, the more you earn.
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A
Отлично! А во сколько начинать?
Great! What time do we start?
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B
В пять утра. Днём уже жарко.
At five in the morning. Later in the day it's too hot.
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A
В пять утра? Можно я до завтра подумаю?
At five in the morning? Can I think about it until tomorrow?
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