Day 206: A Gift for a Retiring Colleague
At a factory in Yekaterinburg, two engineers are choosing a retirement gift for an older colleague.
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Dialogue
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A
Пётр Иванович уходит на пенсию. Что подарим?
Pyotr Ivanovich is retiring. What shall we give him?
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B
Сорок лет на заводе... Может, часы?
Forty years at the factory... Maybe a watch?
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A
Часы есть. Он же каждый понедельник рассказывает, какую рыбу поймал.
He's got a watch. And every Monday he tells us what fish he caught.
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B
Точно! Помнишь лодку, о которой он мечтает?
Right! Remember the boat he dreams about?
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A
Вот её и подарим. Деньги соберу я.
Then that's what we'll give him. I'll collect the money.
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