Spanish–English parallel text
Dos pies izquierdos
Two Left Feet
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A bilingual Spanish–English edition: the Spanish text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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Salir más
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Beatriz trabajaba en la consulta de un dentista en São Paulo. Respondía al teléfono, daba citas y sonreía a personas nerviosas todo el día.
Beatriz worked at a dentist’s office in São Paulo. She answered the phone, made appointments and smiled at nervous people all day.
Tenía treinta y siete años y estaba divorciada. Su marido se fue hacía dos años. Ahora vivía en Río, con una nueva mujer.
She was thirty-seven and divorced. Her husband left two years ago. He lived in Rio now, with a new wife.
Todas las tardes, Beatriz volvía a casa, preparaba la cena y veía la tele con su gato.
Every evening, Beatriz went home, made dinner and watched TV with her cat.
El viernes, su amiga Carla fue a la consulta a la hora de comer. Comieron sándwiches en el parque de enfrente.
On Friday, her friend Carla came to the office at lunchtime. They ate sandwiches in the park across the street.
«¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado?», preguntó Carla.
“What did you do last weekend?” asked Carla.
«Limpié el piso. Vi una serie. Bañé al gato.»
“I cleaned the flat. I watched a series. I washed the cat.”
«¿Bañaste al gato?»
“You washed the cat?”
«No le gustó.»
“He didn’t like it.”
Carla dejó su sándwich. «Bia, tienes que salir más. Tienes treinta y siete años, no ochenta.»
Carla put down her sandwich. “Bia, you should go out more. You’re thirty-seven, not eighty.”
«Salgo. Voy a trabajar todos los días.»
“I go out. I go to work every day.”
«Eso no es salir. Escucha. Hay una escuela de baile en mi calle. Tienen una clase de forró para principiantes. ¿Por qué no pruebas?»
“That’s not going out. Listen. There’s a dance school on my street. They have a forró class for beginners. Why don’t you try it?”
«¿Forró? ¿Yo? No sé bailar. Tengo dos pies izquierdos.»
“Forró? Me? I can’t dance. I have two left feet.”
«Todo el mundo tiene dos pies izquierdos en una clase para principiantes. Por eso es una clase para principiantes.»
“Everybody has two left feet in a class for beginners. That’s why it’s a class for beginners.”
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