Conversaciones Memories of a train journey.

Listening conversaciones en inglés: Adrienne talks to her grandmother, Vivian, about her memories of trains.

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Adrienne:  I understand you recently rode a train from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. Was this the first time you ever rode a train?

Vivian:      No, I have been on a train many times as a young person but recently in the past 3 or 4 years I have ridden a train again several times. There was a period of time in my life that I did not ride the train.

Adrienne: How is it different riding the train now than it was back when you were younger?

Vivian:      When I was younger they had a different set of train people. Back then, you weren't served meals at your seat. You had, if they had a dining car, if they had a dining car, you could go into the dining car and eat but some trains, especially on short distances, like when I lived in Jaffy, Missouri, it was halfway between Memphis and St. Louis. Those were short routes and they did not have dining cars. On this trip that we just got back from yesterday, we had our, we were in the lower car because it's a handicap car. My sister is handicapped, and they brought us a menu, and they brought us a full dinner, including salad and dessert and coffee or tea, whatever we would like to drink.

Adrienne: How was the food on the train? Was it better than plain food?

Vivian:      Oh, much better. Much better. The chef's did a fantastic job and I understand that it is cooked on the train. It may not be all cooked on the train but it certainly is prepared and the salads are prepared on the train so that you don't get these package food tastes.

Adrienne: Oh,That sounds fun though.

Vivian:      Oh, it was great fun! We enjoyed every minute of it.

Adrienne: Good.

Vocabulario:

rode (verbo: ride / rode / ridden) - montar
ride a bicycle - montar en bicicleta
ride a horse - montar a caballo  
ride on a train, a bus.

Was this the first time you ever rode a train? - ¿Fue la primera vez que viajaba en tren?

I have been on a train many times - He viajaba muchas veces en tren

When I was younger they had a different set of train people. - Cuando era más joven la gente trabajando en los trene eran diferentes. 

Back then - En equella época

halfway between Memphis and St. Louis - a medio camino entre Memphi y St. Louis.

routes - rutas

trip .- viaje

handicapped > (adjetivo; to be handicapped) - Discapacitado, minusválido.

plain food = normal food, everyday food

tastes - sabores

We enjoyed every minute of it. - Disfrutamos de cada minuto de ella.

 
                        Inglés                                                                             Español

Adrienne: I understand you recently rode a train from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. Was this the first time you ever rode a train?	Adrienne: Tengo entendido que recientemente montó un tren desde Milwaukee a Minneapolis. ¿Era la primera vez que viajaba un tren?
Vivian:   No, I have been on a train many times as a young person but recently in the past 3 or 4 years I have ridden a train again several times. There was a period of time in my life that I did not ride the train.	Vivian:  No, he estado en un tren muchas veces cuando era joven, pero en los últimos 3 ó 4 años he viajado en tren de nuevo varias veces. Hubo un período de tiempo en mi vida que yo no viajaba en el tren.
Adrienne: How is it different riding the train now than it was back when you were younger?	Adrienne: ¿Qué es diferencia en el tren de hot  y lo que era cuando eras más joven?
Vivian: When I was younger they had a different set of train people. Back then, you weren't served meals at your seat. You had, if they had a dining car, if they had a dining car, you could go into the dining car and eat but some trains, especially on short distances, like when I lived in Jaffy, Missouri, it was halfway between Memphis and St. Louis. Those were short routes and they did not have dining cars. On this trip that we just got back from yesterday, we had our, we were in the lower car because it's a handicap car. My sister is handicapped, and they brought us a menu, and they brought us a full dinner, including salad and dessert and coffee or tea, whatever we would like to drink.	Vivian: Cuando era más joven la gente trabajando en los trene eran diferentes. En aquella época, no se sirvieron comidas a tu asiento. Si había un vagón restaurante, si tenían un vagón restaurante podrías entrar en el vagón restaurante y comer, pero en algunos trenes, sobre todo a distancias cortas, como cuando vivía en Jaffy, Missouri que estaba a medio camino entre Memphis y St. Louis. Esas fueron las rutas cortas y no tenían vagones restaurantes. En el viaje que acabamos de volver ayer, estábamos en la planta bajo porque es un vagón para discapacitados. Mi hermana es minusválida y nos trajeron un menú, y nos trajeron una cena completa, incluyendo ensalada y postre y café o té.
Adrienne: How was the food on the train? Was it better than plain food?	Adrienne: ¿Cómo era la comida en el tren? ¿Es mejor que la comida normal?
Vivian: Oh, much better. Much better. The chef's did a fantastic job and I understand that it is cooked on the train. It may not be all cooked on the train but it certainly is prepared and the salads are prepared on the train so that you don't get these package food tastes.	Vivian:  Oh, mucho mejor. Mucho mejor. El chef hizo un trabajo fantástico y tengo entendido que se prepara en el tren. A lo mejor no toda está preparada en el tren, pero sin duda las ensaladas se preparan en el tren, así que no te dan los sabores de comida envasada.
Adrienne: Oh,That sounds fun though.	Adrienne: Oh, eso suena muy bien, ¿no?
Vivian: Oh, it was great fun! We enjoyed every minute of it.	Vivian: Oh, fue muy divertido! Disfrutamos de cada minuto de ella.
Adrienne: Good.	Adrienne: Bien.

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