Fluent Fiction - Catalan

The Accidental Flamenco Dancer: Uncovering a Hidden Passion


Listen Later

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: The Accidental Flamenco Dancer: Uncovering a Hidden Passion
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/the-accidental-flamenco-dancer-uncovering-a-hidden-passion

Story Transcript:

Ca: A la ciutat de Barcelona, on es pot veure la Sagrada Familia des de qualsevol lloc, hi viu un home anomenat Joan.
En: In the city of Barcelona, where you can see the Sagrada Familia from anywhere, there lives a man named Joan.

Ca: Un dia brillant i assolellat, Joan decideix que vol aprendre a tocar la guitarra flamenca.
En: One bright and sunny day, Joan decides that he wants to learn to play the flamenco guitar.

Ca: No gaire lluny d'on viu Joan, hi ha una escola de música que ofereix una àmplia varietat de classes.
En: Not far from where Joan lives, there is a music school that offers a wide variety of classes.

Ca: Ple d'entusiasme, Joan es disposa a anar-hi per inscriure's en una classe de guitarra flamenca.
En: Full of enthusiasm, Joan sets off to enroll in a flamenco guitar class.

Ca: Però quan arriba a l'escola de música, Joan està una mica nerviós.
En: But when he arrives at the music school, Joan is a little nervous.

Ca: Les seves mans suen i el seu cor batega ràpid.
En: His hands sweat and his heart beats fast.

Ca: Quan la dona darrere del mostrador li pregunta quina classe vol fer, Joan s'ofega amb les paraules i diu "ball flamenc" en lloc de "guitarra flamenca".
En: When the woman behind the counter asks him what class he wants to take, Joan chokes on his words and says "flamenco dance" instead of "flamenco guitar".

Ca: Sense adonar-se de l'error, la dona li assegna una classe de ball flamenc.
En: Unaware of the mistake, the woman assigns him a flamenco dance class.

Ca: Joan, encara nerviós, acaba signant la documentació sense revisar-la.
En: Joan, still nervous, ends up signing the paperwork without reviewing it.

Ca: Un parell de dies més tard, Joan es presenta a la seva primera classe.
En: A couple of days later, Joan shows up for his first class.

Ca: Però en lloc de veure guitarres, veu faldilles de ball, sabatilles de fusta i una professora amb una energia contagiosa que comença a moure's al ritme de la música flamenca.
En: But instead of seeing guitars, he sees dance skirts, wooden clogs, and a teacher with contagious energy who starts moving to the rhythm of flamenco music.

Ca: Joan està confós.
En: Joan is confused.

Ca: No entén per què tothom està de peu ballant.
En: He doesn't understand why everyone is standing up and dancing.

Ca: Pregunta a una noia propera quina classe és aquesta.
En: He asks a nearby girl what class this is.

Ca: Quan li diu que és ball flamenc, Joan es posa vermell com un tomaquet.
En: When she tells him it's flamenco dance, Joan turns as red as a tomato.

Ca: "Oh no," pensa.
En: "Oh no," he thinks.

Ca: "Això és una equivocació!
En: "This is a mistake!"

Ca: "Però al mateix temps, Joan no vol semblar un idiota davant de tota la classe.
En: But at the same time, Joan doesn't want to look like a fool in front of the whole class.

Ca: Així que decideix quedar-se per la lliçó.
En: So he decides to stay for the lesson.

Ca: Balla i es mou al ritme de la música flamenca.
En: He dances and moves to the rhythm of flamenco music.

Ca: Tot i que està una mica descoordinat al principi, amb el pas del temps es va adaptant.
En: Although he's a little uncoordinated at first, with time he starts to adapt.

Ca: I en lloc d'una classe de guitarra flamenca, Joan es troba ballant flamenc cada setmana.
En: Instead of a flamenco guitar class, Joan finds himself dancing flamenco every week.

Ca: Troba que el ball és una forma d'expressió que mai havia explorat.
En: He finds that dance is a form of expression he had never explored before.

Ca: El ball flamenc se li dona bé, fins i tot el mestre diu que té un gran talent.
En: He's good at flamenco dance, the teacher even says he has great talent.

Ca: "Potser va ser un error el que em va portar aquí," pensa Joan.
En: "Maybe it was a mistake that brought me here," Joan thinks.

Ca: "Però estic tan content d'haver vingut, encara que no fos el que esperava.
En: "But I'm so glad I came, even if it wasn't what I expected."

Ca: "Així, Joan, l'home que volia tocar la guitarra flamenca, es converteix en un ballarí de flamenc a Barcelona.
En: And so, Joan, the man who wanted to play the flamenco guitar, becomes a flamenco dancer in Barcelona.

Ca: De vegades, els errors ens porten cap a destins inesperats.
En: Sometimes, mistakes lead us to unexpected destinations.

Ca: Però això no significa que no puguin ser bonics.
En: But that doesn't mean they can't be beautiful.

Ca: Al final, Joan va trobar una nova passió que mai hauria descobert sense aquella primera equivocació.
En: In the end, Joan found a new passion he would have never discovered without that first mistake.


Vocabulary Words:
  • Barcelona: Barcelona
  • Sagrada Familia: Sagrada Família
  • Joan: Joan
  • bright and sunny: brillant i assolellat
  • flamenco guitar: guitarra flamenca
  • music school: escola de música
  • classes: classes
  • enthusiasm: entusiasme
  • enroll: inscriure-se
  • nervous: nerviós
  • sweat: suar
  • heart beats fast: el cor batega ràpid
  • counter: mostrador
  • chokes on his words: s'ofega amb les paraules
  • flamenco dance: ball flamenc
  • mistake: error
  • assigns: li assegna
  • signing the paperwork: signant la documentació
  • first class: primera classe
  • guitars: guitarres
  • dance skirts: faldilles de ball
  • wooden clogs: sabatilles de fusta
  • contagious energy: energia contagiosa
  • rhythm: ritme
  • confused: confós
  • standing up and dancing: de peu ballant
  • nearby girl: noia propera
  • red as a tomato: vermell com un tomaquet
  • look like a fool: semblar un idiota
  • lesson: lliçó
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Fluent Fiction - CatalanBy FluentFiction.org

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

7 ratings


More shows like Fluent Fiction - Catalan

View all
Fluent Fiction - Spanish by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Spanish

4 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - French by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - French

7 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Italian by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Italian

6 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - German by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - German

6 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Japanese by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Japanese

6 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese

4 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Korean by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Korean

6 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Polish by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Polish

2 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Danish by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Danish

6 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew

9 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Hungarian by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Hungarian

5 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Greek by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Greek

1 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Swedish by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Swedish

4 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Swedish by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Swedish

4 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Vietnamese by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Vietnamese

2 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Vietnamese by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Vietnamese

2 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Ukrainian by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Ukrainian

1 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Serbian by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Serbian

4 Listeners

Fluent Fiction - Hindi by FluentFiction.org

Fluent Fiction - Hindi

2 Listeners