Day 13 of 150

Day 13: Twenty Minutes in the Wrong Lecture

At Moscow State University, a first-year student goes up to a physics professor at the end of a lecture.

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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

Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.

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  1. A

    Игорь Васильевич, извините... Я, честно говоря, не совсем туда попал, у меня матанализ.

    Igor Vasilyevich, excuse me... To be honest, I ended up in the wrong place, I'm supposed to be in calculus.

  2. B

    Я заметил. Первокурсника на четвёртом курсе видно сразу, по лицу.

    I noticed. You can spot a first-year in a fourth-year course at once, by his face.

  3. A

    Понял минут через двадцать, но выйти посреди лекции постеснялся.

    I realised about twenty minutes in, but I was too shy to walk out in the middle of the lecture.

  4. B

    Похвальная деликатность. И что же вы, позвольте спросить, поняли из квантовой механики?

    Commendable tact. And what, may I ask, did you understand of quantum mechanics?

  5. A

    Как бы это сказать... Электрон ведёт себя иначе, когда на него смотрят. Как я на экзамене.

    How shall I put it... An electron behaves differently when someone's watching it. Like me in an exam.

  6. B

    Грубо, но верно, чего, впрочем, не скажешь о многих моих студентах. Приходите ко мне в кружок.

    Crude, but correct, which, incidentally, is more than I can say for many of my students. Come and join my research group.

  7. A

    Правда можно? Только скажите номер аудитории, а то я опять не туда попаду.

    Really, I can? Just tell me the room number, or I'll end up in the wrong place again.

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