Day 150 of 150

Day 150: Found After Thirty-Five Years

In a café in Gomel, two men who were best friends at a summer camp as boys meet for the first time in thirty-five years, and their old camp leader, Semyon Markovich, joins them.

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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

    Серёга, ты? Не может быть, тридцать пять лет прошло, а я тебя сразу узнал, по ушам.

    Seryoga, is that you? It can't be, thirty-five years have gone by, and I recognised you straight away, by your ears.

  2. B

    По ушам... А ты, Толик, совсем не изменился, разве что полысел малость. Садись, рассказывай, куда тебя жизнь занесла.

    By my ears... And you, Tolik, haven't changed at all, except you've gone a bit bald. Sit down, tell me where life has taken you.

  3. A

    Долго рассказывать. Слушай, а помнишь «Звёздочку», июльскую смену, как мы ночью сняли флаг и спрятали под лодочной станцией?

    It's a long story. Listen, do you remember Zvyozdochka, the July session, how we took down the flag one night and hid it under the boathouse?

  4. B

    Ещё бы! А утром он опять висел на месте, и мы так и не узнали, чьих рук это дело.

    Of course! And in the morning it was back in its place, and we never found out whose handiwork that was.

  5. C

    Ну, здравствуйте, орлы! Толя Ковалёв и Серёжа Мартынов, второй отряд, вечно с разбитыми коленками и вечно на ногах после отбоя.

    Well, hello there, my eagles! Tolya Kovalyov and Seryozha Martynov, second group, always with grazed knees and always up after lights-out.

  6. A

    Семён Маркович, неужели вы нас помните? Я, честно говоря, половину той смены уже забыл.

    Semyon Markovich, do you really remember us? To be honest, I've already forgotten half of that summer.

  7. C

    Я всех своих помню, работа такая. А спрятанный вами флаг на рассвете вернул на мачту я, пока директор не проснулся.

    I remember all my kids, it comes with the job. And the flag you hid, it was me who put it back up the pole at dawn, before the director woke up.

  8. B

    Так это были вы? А мы всю смену думали, что это призрак вожатого, утонувшего в озере в пятидесятых!

    So it was you? And we spent the whole summer thinking it was the ghost of a camp leader who drowned in the lake in the fifties!

  9. C

    Призрак, как видите, жив-здоров и хранит ваши тайны. Ну что, орлы, по чаю, и рассказывайте, кем стали.

    The ghost, as you can see, is alive and well and keeping your secrets. Well then, my eagles, let's have some tea, and tell me what you've become.

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