Today we have a song! Yaaaay:) I love learning with authentic materials!

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Here is the transcript:

Печкин: Ничего себе! Вашу маму и там, и тут передают. До чего техника дошла!

Мама: Я же говорила, что не могу жить без вашего Простоквашино.

Кабы не было зимы В гоpодах и сёлах, Hикогда б не знали мы Этих дней весёлых.

Hе кружила б малышня Возле снежной бабы, Hе петляла бы лыжня, Кабы, кабы, кабы… Hе петляла бы лыжня, Кабы, кабы, кабы…

Кабы не было зимы, А всё время лето, Мы б не знали кутерьмы Hовогодней этой, Hе спешил бы Дед Мороз К нам через ухабы, Лёд на речке б не замёрз Кабы, кабы, кабы… Лёд на речке б не замёрз Кабы, кабы, кабы…

Translation:

Pechkin: Wow! They broadcast your mother both here and there. What technology has come to!

Mom: I told you that I can't live without your Prostokvashino.

If there had been no winter, in the cities and villages, we would never have known these happy days. The little ones wouldn't be circling around the snow woman, The ski track wouldn't be winding, If only, if only, if only...

If only it weren't winter, And all the time it's summer, We wouldn't know this New Year's chaos, Santa Claus wouldn't rush to us through the potholes, The ice on the river wouldn't freeze If only, if only, if only...

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