Day 40: A Busker on the Old Arbat
On the Old Arbat in Moscow, a café owner comes out to talk to a young street musician playing by his door.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Молодой человек, не могли бы вы отойти подальше? Вы мне весь вход загородили.
Young man, could you possibly move a bit further off? You're blocking my whole entrance.
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B
Арбат же общий. А публика ради меня останавливается и заодно к вам заглядывает.
The Arbat belongs to everyone. And people stop for me and drop in on you while they're at it.
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A
Какое там, у двери столпотворение. А мои гости «Звезду по имени Солнце» в десятый раз выслушивают.
Hardly, there's a crush at the door. And my guests are sitting through "A Star Called Sun" for the tenth time.
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B
Так ведь её и заказывают! А там дальше уже скрипач обосновался.
Well, that's what people ask for! And a violinist has already set up further along.
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A
Слушайте, а играете вы, надо признать, недурно. Что ещё в репертуаре, кроме Цоя?
Listen, you don't play badly at all, I have to admit. What else is in your repertoire besides Tsoi?
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B
Да всякое: Окуджава, Высоцкий, немного джаза. А вам, простите, зачем?
All sorts: Okudzhava, Vysotsky, a bit of jazz. Why, if you don't mind my asking?
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A
А если так: в пятницу играете у меня, за гонорар и ужин? И побольше Окуджавы.
What if we do this: on Friday you play inside my café, for a fee and dinner? And plenty of Okudzhava.
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