Day 9: A Watermelon Without a Seat Belt
At a car service in Omsk, a driver complains to a mechanic that his car has been beeping all the way from the market.
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Dialogue
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A
Здравствуйте, посмотрите машину: всю дорогу с рынка что-то пищит, не пойму что.
Hello, could you look at my car: something's been beeping all the way from the market, and I can't work out what.
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B
Пищит, говорите? Сейчас проверим проводку, с электрикой в этих моделях всякое бывает.
Beeping, you say? Let's check the wiring, anything can happen with the electrics in these models.
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A
Пищит не переставая! Я по дороге два раза останавливался, так ничего и не нашёл.
It beeps non-stop! I stopped twice on the way and found nothing.
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B
Проводка в порядке. Погодите, а кто это у вас на пассажирском сиденье?
The wiring's fine. Hang on, and who's this you've got in the passenger seat?
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A
Арбуз, двенадцать кило, на дачу везу. Не в багажник же его, там расколется.
A watermelon, twelve kilos, I'm taking it to the dacha. I wasn't going to put it in the boot, it would crack there.
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B
Ну вы даёте, это же датчик ремня! Смотрите: поднимаю арбуз... и тишина.
Well, you're something else, it's the seat belt sensor! Look: I lift the watermelon... and silence.
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A
Ну и ну... Выходит, вёз нарушителя всю дорогу, сам того не заметив. В следующий раз пристегну.
Well I never... So I was carrying a lawbreaker all the way without even noticing. Next time I'll buckle him up.
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