Conversation
Daniel notified the tutor that he would arrive 15 minutes late, and lesson vocabulary messages begin at 13:20. He described a mountain trip and a cable-car ride, then discussed working on trains, reserving a seat with a table, and Argentine transport terms such as colectivo and subte. The lesson moved through drinks, personalized equipment, hardware and software updates, cabins and roofs, product qualities, security vulnerabilities, and finally landscape, weather, seasons, fences, lawns, mountain ranges, and borders.
High-value language
Mi novia y yo tomamos el teleférico para subir la montaña.— My girlfriend and I took the cable car up the mountain.Necesito ponerme al día con el trabajo.— I need to catch up on work.En Buenos Aires, el metro se llama subte.— In Buenos Aires, the subway is calledsubte.Alquilamos una cabaña en la montaña.— We rented a cabin in the mountains.Llegué transpirado después de la caminata.— I arrived sweaty after the hike.Reservé un asiento con mesa para trabajar en el tren.— I reserved a seat with a table to work on the train.La computadora necesita una actualización de hardware.— The computer needs a hardware upgrade.Extraño la versión anterior.— I miss the previous version.La actualización corrigió varias brechas de seguridad.— The update fixed several security vulnerabilities.La cordillera forma la frontera entre los dos países.— The mountain range forms the border between the two countries.