Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Unexpected Adventures: Spilling Drinks and Dancing on the Rambla
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Story Transcript:

Ca: Marta i Jordi estaven passejant per la Rambla de Barcelona, buscant alguna cosa emocionant per fer.
En: Marta and Jordi were walking down the Rambla in Barcelona, looking for something exciting to do.

Ca: El sol brillava i la gent passejava animada pel carrer.
En: The sun was shining and people were walking excitedly on the street.

Ca: La Marta estava a la recerca d'un artista de carrer per als seus fills, mentre que en Jordi anava actualitzant el seu perfil d'Instagram.
En: Marta was looking for a street artist for her children, while Jordi was updating his Instagram profile.

Ca: Després de caminar una estona, van veure un grup de persones que es reunien al costat d'un home que tocava una guitarra.
En: After walking for a while, they saw a group of people gathering around a man playing a guitar.

Ca: "Ara sí que ho tindrem!
En: "Now we will have it!"

Ca: ", va pensar la Marta.
En: thought Marta.

Ca: Va agafar la seva beguda i es va col·locar estratègicament al davant de tot per poder veure millor.
En: He grabbed his drink and strategically placed himself in front of everything so he could see better.

Ca: De sobte, va escoltar uns crits i va notar que la seva beguda estava volant pel carrer.
En: Suddenly, he heard screams and noticed that his drink was flying down the street.

Ca: Havien vessat la seva beguda accidentalment a en Jordi, que estava al seu costat.
En: They had accidentally spilled their drink on Jordi, who was next to them.

Ca: La Marta es va disculpar ràpidament, però en Jordi no semblava en absolut molestat.
En: Marta quickly apologized, but Jordi didn't seem bothered at all.

Ca: De fet, estava guaitant la seva roba per veure si havia quedat aigua.
En: In fact, he was looking at his clothes to see if there was any water left.

Ca: Va somriure i va començar a ballar una dansa divertida al mig de la Rambla.
En: He smiled and began to dance a funny dance in the middle of the Rambla.

Ca: La gent que estava al seu voltant es va unir a ell, i aviat tothom estava ballant.
En: The people around him joined him, and soon everyone was dancing.

Ca: La Marta va estar contenta que en Jordi no s'enfadés per la beguda vessada.
En: Marta was happy that Jordi wasn't angry about the spilled drink.

Ca: També va trobar la situació molt divertida i va començar a ballar amb en Jordi i amb la resta de gent.
En: He also found the situation very funny and started dancing with Jordi and the rest of the crowd.

Ca: Va ser una experiència única i molt agradable, que la Marta no va oblidar durant molt de temps.
En: It was a unique and very pleasant experience, which Marta did not forget for a long time.

Ca: Després de ballar, van continuar caminant per la Rambla i van acabar el seu dia sopant en un restaurant acollidor.
En: After dancing, they continued walking down La Rambla and ended their day with dinner in a cozy restaurant.

Ca: La Marta va estar agraïda per la seva sort de tenir un amic tan divertit com en Jordi, i va pensar que valia la pena vessar una beguda només per passar un bon moment.
En: Marta was thankful for her luck to have a friend as funny as Jordi, and thought it was worth spilling a drink just to have a good time.

Ca: En el camí de tornada a casa, la Marta va repassar la seva jornada i va somriure pensant en com un petit accident havia portat a un gran ball.
En: On the way home, Marta reviewed her day and smiled thinking how a small accident had led to a big dance.

Ca: Va ser un dia perfecte, ple de diversió i aventures inesperades.
En: It was a perfect day, full of fun and unexpected adventures.


Vocabulary Words:

• Marta: Marta
• Jordi: Jordi
• Rambla: Rambla
• Barcelona: Barcelona
• walking: passejant
• exciting: emocionant
• sun: sol
• people: gent
• street: carrer
• street artist: artista de carrer
• children: fills
• Instagram profile: perfil d'Instagram
• group: grup
• guitar: guitarra
• drink: beguda
• accidentally: accidentalment
• spilled: vessat
• apologized: va demanar disculpes
• bothered: molestat
• smiled: va somriure
• dance: ballar
• middle: mig
• happy: content
• crowd: gentada
• unique: única
• pleasant: agradable
• forgot: oblidar
• dinner: sopar
• cozy: acollidor
• friend: amic
• funny: divertit
• adventures: aventures