Chapter 4
Während
while
sich
himself
Peter
Peter
mit
with
Herrn
mister
Yamaha
Yamaha
unterhält,
talks
While Peter talks to Mr. Yamaha,
geht
goes
Helen
Helen
zur
to the
Post,
post
um
to
einige
several
Briefe
letters
und
and
Postkarten
post cards
abzuschicken.
send
Helen walks to the post office to send some letters and postcards.
Ihre
her
Mutter
mother
in
in
England
England
liebt
loves
es,
it
Postkarten
post cards
zu
to
bekommen.
get
Her mother in England loves to receive postcards.
Helen
Helen
ist
is
enttäuscht,
disappointed
als
when
sie
she
von
from
jemand
someone
hört,
hears
Helen feels sad when she hears from someone
dass
that
die
the
Post
post
heute
today
geschlossen
closed
ist.
is
that the post office is closed today.
Dann
then
geht
goes
sie
she
zur
to the
Bank
bank
um
to
etwas
some
Geld
money
abzuheben
lift
She then goes to the bank to get some money
und
and
zum
to the
Supermarkt,
supermarket
um
to
etwas
some
Essen
food
zu
to
kaufen.
buy
and to the supermarket to buy some food.
Die
the
Kinder
children
gehen
go
im
in the
Park
park
in
in
der
the
heißen
hot
Sonne
sun
spazieren.
walk
The children walk through the park in the hot sun.
Sie
they
sind
are
begeistert
excited
von
by
den
the
verschiedenen
different
Tieren
animals
und
and
Pflanzen,
plants
die
which
es
it
hier
here
gibt.
there is
They enjoy looking at the different kinds of local animals and plants.
Nach
after
einer
a
Weile
while
werden
become
sie
they
durstig.
thirsty
After a while they get thirsty.
Mark:
Mark
„Lasst
let
uns
us
etwas
some
zu
to
trinken
drink
besorgen.
get
Mark: “Let’s get something to drink.
Mary:
Mary
„Ich
I
muss
must
zur
to the
Toilette
toilet
gehen.
go
Mary: “I need to go to the toilet.
Ich
I
hoffe,
hope
es
it
gibt
gives
eine
one
in
in
der
the
Nähe.“
near
I hope there is one nearby.”
Paul:
Paul
„Schau!
look
Dort
there
drüben
over there
ist
is
ein
a
Restaurant
restaurant
Paul: “Look! There is a restaurant over there.
Ich
I
bin
am
sicher
sure
wir
we
können
can
dort
there
die
the
Toilette
toilet
besuchen
visit
I’m sure we can use the toilet there
Die
the
Schwester
sister
und
and
Brüder
brothers
rennen
run
schnell
quickly
zum
to the
Restaurant,
restaurant
The sister and brothers run fast to the restaurant,
öffnen
open
schnell
quickly
die
the
Tür
door
und
and
gehen
go
rein.
inside
open the door quickly and go in.
Die
the
Jungs
boys
kaufen
buy
zwei
two
Flaschen
bottles
Fruchtsaft
fruit juice
The boys buy two bottles of fruit juice
Sie
they
setzen
sit
sich
themselves
zu
to
einer
a
Gruppe
group
junger
young
Touristen
tourists
aus
from
Mexiko.
Mexico
They sit down by a group of young tourists from Mexico.
beginnt
begins
sie
she
mit
with
einem
a
mexikanischen
mexican
Mädchen,
girl
Marcela,
Marcela
zu
to
sprechen,
talk
she starts talking to a Mexican girl, Marcela,
Würdest
would
du
you
es
it
bitte
please
langsam
slowly
wiederholen?“
repeat
Would you repeat that slowly, please?”
Mary
Mary
(langsam):
slowly
„Oh,
oh
Entschuldigung.
sorry
Mary (speaking slowly): “Oh, I’m sorry.
Marcela:
Marcela
„Ja,
yes
ich
I
bin
am
glücklich,
happy
hier
here
zu
to
sein.
be
Marcela: “Yes, I am happy to be here.
Marcela:
Marcela
„Wir
we
sind
are
eine
a
Klasse
class
aus
from
einer
a
Schule
school
in
in
Mexiko.
Mexico
Marcela: “We are a class from a school in Mexico.
daher
therefore
wollen
want
wir
we
jetzt
now
Spaß
fun
zusammen
together
haben.
to
and now we want to have fun together.
Wir
we
machen
make
jedes
every
Jahr
year
eine
a
Reise
trip
zusammen.“
together
We go on a trip together every year.”
Mary:
Mary
„Wirklich?
really
Möchtest
want
du
you
morgen
tomorrow
mein
my
Gast
guest
sein?
be
Mary: “Really? Would you like to be my guest tomorrow?
Wir
we
können
can
etwas
something
zusammen
together
unternehmen.
do
We can do some things together.
Vielleicht
maybe
können
can
wir
we
im
in the
Schwimmbecken
swimming pool
in
in
unserem
our
Hotel
hotel
schwimmen
swim
gehen,
go
Maybe we can swim in the swimming pool of our hotel,
Marcela:
Marcela
„Super!
super
Wo
where
sollen
shall
wir
we
uns
ourselves
treffen?“
meet
Marcela: “Wonderful! Where shall we meet?”
Mary:
Mary
„Lass
let
uns
us
uns
ourselves
hier
here
in
in
diesem
this
Park
park
am
in the
Nachmittag
afternoon
treffen.“
meet
Mary: “Let’s meet here in this same park in the afternoon.”
Marcela:
Marcela
„Klasse!
great
Um
at
welche
what
Uhrzeit?”
time
Marcela: “Great! At what time?”
Mary:
Mary
„Es
it
war
was
schön,
nice
mit
with
dir
you
zu
to
sprechen.
speak
Mary: “It was nice talking to you.