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English LingQ Podcast 1.0, Ninety-three: Family Fun – Christmas Train

Ninety-three: Family Fun – Christmas Train

Mark: Hello again, Mark Kaufmann here joined by Jill Soles, as usual. How's it going Jill?

Jill: Good thanks, how are you?

Mark: I'm good; I'm good. How was your weekend?

Jill: Great! I'm just trying to think, it's only Monday and I've already forgotten.

Mark: It was a long time ago, yeah.

Jill: It's the pregnancy mush brain or whatever they call it though. I do have a hard time.

Mark: Are you finding that?

Jill: The last couple of months I've been finding that.

Mark: More mushy than before?

Jill: Yeah, a little more empty in there, hollow, but I do forget things and can't sort of focus as much often. I don't know, maybe I'm just looking for excuses really.

Mark: You know, I think people start to make up excuses or be more sensitive. It's like talking about senior moments, you know.

Jill: Yeah, yeah.

Mark: I mean, I don't know, I've always forgotten stuff. Just when I become a senior I'll be able to blame it on being a senior.

Jill: Exactly.

Mark: I guess I won't be able to blame it on being pregnant.

Jill: No, no, hopefully not.

But no, it was nice. Oh, we talked about it I guess on Friday. I did go over to the Sunshine Coast and hung out there with the kids and got a Christmas up and ate lots and played UNO and games with kids and just sort of hung out and relaxed. Then yesterday I went to Stanley Park with my brother and sister-in-law and two kids and went on the Christmas Train.

Mark: Oh yeah.

Jill: It's a big area that's all decorated and lit up and just beautiful.

Mark: Was it busy?

Jill: Oh yeah, it's packed, but it was great. We went on the train and then they have the farm animals that you can go and see after and there's hot chocolate and different things there, so. It's not that much it's like $7.00 and you can stay as long as you want and see the animals, ride the train and look around, so.

Mark: Oh that's nice. You know, they have the Halloween Train at Stanley Park too.

Jill: Right.

Mark: I know for that it's hard to get on you have to buy tickets in advance.

Jill: I don't know if this is the case every year, but this year what they did is they had 50 percent of tickets for sale online in advance and then 50 percent that are there that you have to go there and buy them and, basically, you have a time, so between three and four. So you can go without tickets and show up and hope that there are tickets left and then you kind of basically line up any time between three and four and that's your time.

Mark: Right.

Jill: So, my brother lives a ways away from Stanley Park, so they wanted to go in the evening, which is the most popular because it's dark, but all of the online tickets were sold out. Because they live about 50 minutes away they didn't want to take the chance of coming in and not being able to get tickets, so we got ones from three to four.

Mark: Online.

Jill: Yeah, actually they got theirs online and I didn't have one and I went and just bought it at the window. We got there at around three and we were on a train at three-fifteen, so it wasn't a problem.

Mark: No, well that's pretty good.

Jill: Yeah and it was really well done.

Mark: That's sounds like fun. I'm sure my kids would enjoy that too.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: I should think about doing that.

Jill: Have you guys never done that?

Mark: I don't think so, maybe once quite a few years ago. I can remember going on the Stanley Park Train when I was little, but I'm not sure. I know we've never done the Halloween Ghost Train because my kids would be too scared.

Jill: I was just going to say, this one's not scary so your kids might like it.

Mark: Yeah, exactly.

Jill: I know they're not big fans of scary rides or anything, but this is very tame. It's just pretty and they've got Christmas music going the whole time.

Mark: Well, we should think about going.

Jill: And I think you can still get online tickets for the evening times for next weekend and the weekend after. It was just that it was so close already to this weekend they were already sold out.

Mark: Is it only on the weekends?

Jill: No, I don't believe it is.

Mark: Weeknights too we would be able to do it.

Jill: Yeah, I think so.

Mark: Well, I'll look into it.

Jill: Yeah, you guys live close enough to Stanley Park that it's not a big deal for you to just whip over.

Mark: Exactly.

Jill: But yeah, I think they would enjoy it.

Mark: I'll look into that after the show.

Jill: And you just got a call from your wife talking about your dog.

Mark: I did. Yeah, he's been limping for four or five days, at least four or five days, so she finally took him to the vet. Apparently, he's only nine months old now, nine month old puppy, but he's got the beginnings of arthritis in both elbows. And yeah, he's been told not to play with other dogs, at least for a while, because he ends up playing with the dog across the street because the neighbors across the street got a puppy about the same time, so he's about the same age. He may be a month younger than Gordie, Gordie is our dog, but he's like an Australian Sheep Dog. Sheep Dogs are quick, they're made to run forever and hyper and, you know, that's how they are and our dog is kind of a big half Black Lab-Retriever cross. He's more of a bigger, loping kind of a dog rather than a quick hyper dog, so there's a bit of a miss-match there in terms of speed. I think it's just hard on his joints.

Jill: To try to keep up with the Sheep Dog.

Mark: To try to keep up and I mean they love it. They just want to play together all the time and really I don't know how we're going to keep him from going over there, but I guess we're going to have to try.

Jill: Oh, that's too bad.

Mark: Yeah, apparently the vet said he's more of a 10-miler type of dog rather than a quick-burst type of a dog, which we know that. He's more of a loping type of runner. It's tough because the big dogs, like his breed Lab and Retrievers, they tend to have a lot of problems with their joints and their hips and arthritis. So, we don't want to…I mean he's so young to have that already. It isn't very good, so we've got to try and keep him a little less active.

Jill: I know, which is so hard. It's like trying to keep kids from playing when they're sick and they still want to play and they don't understand why they can't.

Mark: Exactly.

Jill: They don't probably understand that they're in pain because of what they're doing, because of their running, obviously, they don't understand that.

Mark: No, for sure.

Jill: So that's sad.

Mark: You feel bad for the dog. You can't speak to him, you know. Sorry, you're not allowed out for the next three weeks, you know, whatever it is.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: But it's funny, friends of ours also got a Lab recently and also have a Sheep Dog living next door, a full-grown Sheep Dog, like a regular English…maybe it's not a Sheep Dog, but it's a Collie, which is a kind of a Sheep Dog anyway, quick and lots of energy and that dog needs surgery on both of its knees or two of its knees. I guess it has four, I don't know exactly…

Jill: …dog anatomy.

Mark: But yeah, probably for the same reason. You know, young puppy, big breed, trying to keep up with a little, fast, aggressive, breed it's just tough on them.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: Yeah, so anyway, that's too bad; we just found that out today.

Jill: So I guess that means you guys will be doing a lot more walking with Gordie.

Mark: That's right.

Jill: You can't just send him out to play with the neighbor dog.

Mark: That's right.

Jill: You'll have to take him out for his exercise.

Mark: We take him out quite a bit anyway.

Jill: Yeah, you do.

Mark: But he's always wanted to go out and play with the neighbor's dog, but he won't be able to do that. I mean I like running with him when I can. If that's okay then it's just a matter of getting his current injury to settle down and then he'll be fine.

Jill: Yeah, I think it's like people. From what I've heard about other dogs is if something starts acting up like that if you rest it and lay off it for a little while it will get better and then, obviously, you can't resume the same activities exactly the same way or as much, but you can certainly continue to have activity in their daily routine.

Mark: Yeah, oh yeah, I mean he's got too much energy to sit around for too long as a pup.

Jill: And that can't be healthy anyway.

Mark: No.

Jill: Dogs need to run around.

Mark: That's right.

Jill: So.

Mark: So, that's that. Otherwise, I don't know, anything exciting?

Jill: Oh, you had your all weekend hockey training course.

Mark: Yes I did.

Jill: How did that go?

Mark: I did. Well, actually, I went on Saturday and the guy running it didn't want to be there. He didn't think he was going to have to do it and he found out sort of late and he's like well, I can only do it on Saturday. They were going to bring someone else in on Sunday, but then they ended up… He said you know what, let's just get through it all on Saturday, so he went through it really quickly on Saturday. I didn't have to go Sunday, it was perfect. It wasn't perfect because I had to be there on Saturday too, but I got my Sunday back.

Jill: Oh good.

Mark: So that was great, yeah.

Jill: So, I mean, obviously, they're not that concerned if they're going to let a replacement come in and just rush right through it.

Mark: Yeah, I mean, they make a big deal of it and I think they probably wouldn't be that happy if they knew that was what happened, but he just couldn't come Sunday and it was a last minute thing and so he just did that, which was lucky for us.

Jill: So, did you get anything out of it?

Mark: You know, a little bit, sure but, again, the little bit that you get out of it doesn't make up for a full day that you spend there. It's hot in here, can you open that window?

Jill: Yeah, we're having hot flashes here.

Mark: That's right.

But now I'm done; now, hopefully, I don't have to do it anymore. I do have a homework assignment that I have to send in.

Jill: You're kidding?

Mark: No, but, hopefully, that won't take too long and then I'll be done.

Jill: And can you actually fail that assignment?

Mark: I think if you don't send it in then you fail but, otherwise, not.

Jill: You can officially be the coach now?

Mark: That's right.

Jill: The coveted role of coach.

Mark: The coveted role of coach, so that now I can spend…

Jill: …four mornings a week.

Mark: Exactly.

Jill: Well, that's good.

Mark: Yeah, so that kind of worked out well. I got the Christmas tree on Sunday and set it up and it's all decorated.

Jill: Oh nice.

Mark: It's looking quite Christmassy at home. I guess that's about it.

Jill: Good.

Mark: Had a nice relaxing day. I saw Annie's hip-hop concert dancing with her friends.

Jill: Was it a Christmas concert?

Mark: No, just the end of their little term, so they have their concert.

Jill: Was that at the Centennial Theatre or something?

Mark: No, it was at Kay Meek Theatre at West Van. High, which everyone was kind of grumbling about because it was quite expensive to go and watch my own daughter dance with her class.

Jill: I know the Kay Meek Centre is only a couple of years old and its, apparently…I haven't been inside, but just a beautiful…

Mark: It's really nice, yeah.

Jill: And it's at a local high school.

Mark: It's at a high school, yeah.

Jill: And they have performances of all calibers there.

Mark: They really do, yeah.

Jill: So how much was it to go?

Mark: Well, it was like $15 bucks a person, but by the time the whole family is there just to watch my daughter and it's not like a professional production, it just seemed like…

Jill: Who's kidding who?

Mark: Yeah, it just seemed like ha, why? I mean I pay for her to go and now I've got to… Anyway, she liked it, but they used to do it in a school gymnasium, but I don't know why they didn't this time. I heard that they weren't allowed to for some reason, but it seems strange. It's fine to have it in a school gym, why do we need to be in a fancy theatre and pay that kind of money. I mean it's a lot, there were four of us that went.

Jill: And the kids didn't even get…there was no discount for kids?

Mark: Oh kids were $10.00, adults were $15.00.

Jill: Yeah, that is actually a lot though, yeah.

Mark: Yeah, I mean…

Jill: So it was $50 bucks then.

Mark: Yeah, that's a lot.

Jill: To see your daughter dance for five minutes, ten minutes.

Mark: Five minutes, you know, maybe yeah, it's a 30 minute show, 30 minutes tops and she's not in every…she went out and did two songs, so two songs, yeah.

Jill: Yeah, that's pretty amazing that they can charge those prices.

Mark: I know. I think a lot of people complained, so now the instructor is like pouting.

Jill: Oh.

Mark: Oh well, we had to do this for this reason. I never saw the email, but apparently she sent an email out and we're not going to have the class anymore.

Jill: What do you mean?

Mark: After Christmas there's no more. The class is no more because people complained too much.

Jill: So she's just not going to offer that class anymore?

Mark: That's what she said.

Jill: Oh is that ever bizarre.

Mark: Yeah, I know. She probably will, she's just being an artist, you know.

Jill: Has hurt feelings or something, yeah.

Mark: Exactly.

So, at any rate, I mean it was fun. They are getting better. Like she's done that, I don't know, three or four years now and it's been pretty painful at times to watch that.

Jill: It cannot be as painful as children learning to play instruments and going to see their band concerts.

Mark: I haven't done that, but I've watched my daughter's piano recitals. They play for such a short time and there are always some kids that are good and some that are less good. I don't mind those, actually, the recitals.

Jill: A piano recital is okay, but when you've got a whole band and nobody is in tune and nobody is playing together and there are a bunch of 10 year olds and it's their first year of playing the trumpet it's not very harmonious sounding.

Mark: Are you speaking from experience? You've done this?

Jill: I have done that, actually, I'm sure I thought I was really good at the time.

Mark: Oh, you were playing.

Jill: I was in the band, yeah.

Mark: So you don't know, in fact, that you were bad.

Jill: No, because I've also gone and listened too. My little sister is so much younger than me, so I have gone and listened year's ago, but… I was speaking about it with Kate here at the office too because she's had to go watch her little niece's concert and same thing they just… How can we get out of this? How can we be busy that night because it's just painful it's like nails down a chalkboard, you know, so at least dancing you're just watching something.

Mark: Yeah, that's true and that was why I was glad it was only half an hour because that's perfect. You get a little bit of it and then after a while you can't watch it anymore. I shouldn't say that. I've missed a few; I have missed a few.

Jill: Well, I think mothers and fathers and women and men are a little bit different too because you probably really enjoy watching your son play hockey.

Mark: Yeah I do, yeah.

Jill: And I don't know, I mean sure, if it's my own son I will care more, but I don't know that I'll really get a lot out of watching an 8 year old play hockey. Whereas, I've watched little girls that I know or care about have little recitals when they were even younger than Annie, like 6 years old, and I thoroughly enjoy it because I like watching the dancing. I think it's so cute and all the costumes so I think…

Mark: Yeah, that's for sure part of it, for sure. I know that Kindrey my wife enjoys it much more than I do.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: Although I didn't mind it this time, but I will say that she's a diehard at the hockey games.

Jill: Kindrey is.

Mark: Oh yeah.

Jill: But I can see that too.

Mark: You know what though? Hockey is much more exciting to watch than kid's soccer. Kid's soccer, especially when they're young, is painful. Whereas the hockey for whatever reason… One big advantage is that it's confined. The puck has to stay in play. It can't go out of play, so they're kind of trying to do it and they can't really stand up and they can't really hit and every once in a while somebody makes a play. It's just like you're watching it and you're come on!

Jill: And it's so cute.

Mark: It's cute, yeah.

Jill: The little boys and they can't skate and they look so little out there. They're falling all over the place and they can't stop and it's cute; it's funny to watch the little kids.

Mark: Yeah, I mean even non-hockey fans, mothers, they all love it.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: They all say it's more exciting than any other little guy's sporting activity that they watch. The hockey is by far the most fun to watch.

Jill: I can see that.

Mark: I don't know why that is, but partly it's because it is difficult and they just look funny. They can't really stand up and yeah, no, it is.

Jill: Oh yeah.

Mark: Anyway, with that I think we should let everybody go here. We will talk again later.

Jill: Alright, bye, bye.

Ninety-three: Family Fun – Christmas Train Dreiundneunzig: Familienspaß - Weihnachtszug Noventa y tres Diversión en familia - Tren de Navidad Quatre-vingt-treize : Plaisir en famille - Train de Noël 九十三です:家族の楽しみ方~クリスマストレイン Dziewięćdziesiąty trzeci: Rodzinna zabawa - Świąteczny pociąg Noventa e três: Diversão em família - Comboio de Natal Девяносто три: Семейные забавы - Рождественский поезд Nittiotre: Familjekul - jultåg Doksan üç: Aile Eğlencesi - Noel Treni 九十三:家庭乐趣——圣诞火车 九十三:家庭樂趣-聖誕火車

Mark: Hello again, Mark Kaufmann here joined by Jill Soles, as usual. Mark: Tekrar merhaba, Mark Kaufmann'a her zamanki gibi Jill Soles katıldı. How’s it going Jill?

Jill: Good thanks, how are you?

Mark: I’m good; I’m good. How was your weekend?

Jill: Great! I’m just trying to think, it’s only Monday and I’ve already forgotten. Intento pensar, sólo es lunes y ya se me ha olvidado. J'essaie juste de réfléchir, nous ne sommes que lundi et j'ai déjà oublié. Düşünmeye çalışıyorum, bugün daha pazartesi ve çoktan unutmuşum.

Mark: It was a long time ago, yeah. Mark: Uzun zaman önceydi, evet.

Jill: It’s the pregnancy mush brain or whatever they call it though. Jill: Es ist das Schwangerschaftsbrei-Gehirn oder wie auch immer sie es nennen. Jill: Es el embarazo mush cerebro o lo que sea que lo llaman sin embargo. Jill : C'est le cerveau de la bouillie de grossesse ou peu importe comment ils l'appellent. ジル: それは妊娠中の脳みそか、彼らがそれを何と呼んでいるのかです. Jill: Hamilelik lapa beyni ya da her ne diyorlarsa o. I do have a hard time. zor zamanlar geçiriyorum

Mark: Are you finding that? Mark: Bunu mu buldun?

Jill: The last couple of months I’ve been finding that. Jill: Son birkaç aydır bunu buluyorum.

Mark: More mushy than before? Mark: ¿Más blando que antes? Mark: Eskisinden daha duygusal mı?

Jill: Yeah, a little more empty in there, hollow, but I do forget things and can’t sort of focus as much often. Jill: Sí, un poco más vacío, hueco, pero se me olvidan las cosas y no puedo concentrarme tanto a menudo. Jill : Ouais, un peu plus vide là-dedans, creux, mais j'oublie des choses et je n'arrive pas à me concentrer aussi souvent. Jill: Evet, orası biraz daha boş, içi boş, ama bazı şeyleri unutuyorum ve eskisi kadar sık odaklanamıyorum. I don’t know, maybe I’m just looking for excuses really. Bilmiyorum, belki de gerçekten bahane arıyorum.

Mark: You know, I think people start to make up excuses or be more sensitive. Mark : Vous savez, je pense que les gens commencent à inventer des excuses ou à être plus sensibles. It’s like talking about senior moments, you know.

Jill: Yeah, yeah.

Mark: I mean, I don’t know, I’ve always forgotten stuff. Just when I become a senior I’ll be able to blame it on being a senior. Cuando sea mayor podré echarle la culpa a ser mayor. Juste au moment où je deviendrai un senior, je pourrai blâmer le fait d'être un senior. Net als ik een senior word, kan ik de schuld geven aan het feit dat ik een senior ben. Son sınıfa geldiğimde suçu son sınıfta olmama atabileceğim.

Jill: Exactly.

Mark: I guess I won’t be able to blame it on being pregnant.

Jill: No, no, hopefully not.

But no, it was nice. Oh, we talked about it I guess on Friday. I did go over to the Sunshine Coast and hung out there with the kids and got a Christmas up and ate lots and played UNO and games with kids and just sort of hung out and relaxed. Fui a Sunshine Coast y me quedé allí con los niños, celebramos la Navidad, comimos mucho, jugamos al UNO y a otros juegos con los niños, y simplemente pasamos el rato y nos relajamos. Je suis allé sur la Sunshine Coast et j'ai traîné là-bas avec les enfants et j'ai passé Noël et j'ai beaucoup mangé et j'ai joué à UNO et à des jeux avec des enfants et j'ai juste traîné et détendu. Then yesterday I went to Stanley Park with my brother and sister-in-law and two kids and went on the Christmas Train. Ayer fui a Stanley Park con mi hermano, mi cuñada y dos niños y subí al Tren de Navidad.

Mark: Oh yeah.

Jill: It’s a big area that’s all decorated and lit up and just beautiful. Jill : C'est un grand espace tout décoré, illuminé et tout simplement magnifique.

Mark: Was it busy? Mark: ¿Estaba ocupado?

Jill: Oh yeah, it’s packed, but it was great. Jill: Oh, sí, está lleno, pero fue genial. We went on the train and then they have the farm animals that you can go and see after and there’s hot chocolate and different things there, so. It’s not that much it’s like $7.00 and you can stay as long as you want and see the animals, ride the train and look around, so. No es tanto, son unos 7 dólares y puedes quedarte todo el tiempo que quieras y ver a los animales, montar en el tren y echar un vistazo.

Mark: Oh that’s nice. You know, they have the Halloween Train at Stanley Park too.

Jill: Right.

Mark: I know for that it’s hard to get on you have to buy tickets in advance. Mark: Sé que es difícil entrar, hay que comprar las entradas con antelación. Mark : Je sais que pour ça c'est dur de monter il faut acheter les billets à l'avance.

Jill: I don’t know if this is the case every year, but this year what they did is they had 50 percent of tickets for sale online in advance and then 50 percent that are there that you have to go there and buy them and, basically, you have a time, so between three and four. Jill : Je ne sais pas si c'est le cas chaque année, mais cette année, ce qu'ils ont fait, c'est qu'ils avaient 50 % des billets en vente en ligne à l'avance, puis 50 % qui sont là et qu'il faut y aller et les acheter et , en gros, vous avez un temps, donc entre trois et quatre. So you can go without tickets and show up and hope that there are tickets left and then you kind of basically line up any time between three and four and that’s your time. Así que puedes ir sin entradas y presentarte con la esperanza de que queden entradas y luego, básicamente, hacer cola en cualquier momento entre las tres y las cuatro y esa es tu hora. Vous pouvez donc partir sans billets et vous présenter en espérant qu'il reste des billets, puis vous vous alignez à tout moment entre trois et quatre heures et c'est votre heure.

Mark: Right.

Jill: So, my brother lives a ways away from Stanley Park, so they wanted to go in the evening, which is the most popular because it’s dark, but all of the online tickets were sold out. Jill: Por lo tanto, mi hermano vive muy lejos de Stanley Park, por lo que quería ir por la noche, que es el más popular porque es de noche, pero todos los billetes en línea se agotaron. Because they live about 50 minutes away they didn’t want to take the chance of coming in and not being able to get tickets, so we got ones from three to four. Como viven a unos 50 minutos, no querían correr el riesgo de venir y no poder conseguir entradas, así que conseguimos unas de tres al cuarto. Parce qu'ils habitent à environ 50 minutes, ils ne voulaient pas prendre le risque d'entrer et de ne pas pouvoir obtenir de billets, alors nous en avons eu de trois à quatre.

Mark: Online.

Jill: Yeah, actually they got theirs online and I didn’t have one and I went and just bought it at the window. Jill: Sí, en realidad ellos consiguieron el suyo en línea y yo no tenía uno y fui y lo compré en la ventanilla. Jill : Ouais, en fait ils ont eu le leur en ligne et je n'en avais pas et je suis allé l'acheter à la fenêtre. We got there at around three and we were on a train at three-fifteen, so it wasn’t a problem. Llegamos sobre las tres y cogimos un tren a las tres y cuarto, así que no hubo problema.

Mark: No, well that’s pretty good.

Jill: Yeah and it was really well done. Jill: Sí y fue realmente bien hecho.

Mark: That’s sounds like fun. I’m sure my kids would enjoy that too.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: I should think about doing that.

Jill: Have you guys never done that?

Mark: I don’t think so, maybe once quite a few years ago. I can remember going on the Stanley Park Train when I was little, but I’m not sure. I know we’ve never done the Halloween Ghost Train because my kids would be too scared.

Jill: I was just going to say, this one’s not scary so your kids might like it. Jill: Yo sólo iba a decir, este no es de miedo por lo que sus hijos les guste. Jill : J'allais juste dire, celui-ci n'est pas effrayant donc vos enfants pourraient l'aimer.

Mark: Yeah, exactly.

Jill: I know they’re not big fans of scary rides or anything, but this is very tame. Jill: Sé que no son grandes fans de los paseos de miedo o algo así, pero esto es muy manso. Jill: Je sais qu'ils ne sont pas de grands fans de manèges effrayants ou quoi que ce soit, mais c'est très docile. Jill: Ik weet dat ze geen grote fans zijn van enge attracties of zo, maar dit is erg tam. Джил: Я знаю, что они не большие любители страшных аттракционов, но этот очень спокойный. It’s just pretty and they’ve got Christmas music going the whole time.

Mark: Well, we should think about going.

Jill: And I think you can still get online tickets for the evening times for next weekend and the weekend after. It was just that it was so close already to this weekend they were already sold out.

Mark: Is it only on the weekends?

Jill: No, I don’t believe it is.

Mark: Weeknights too we would be able to do it. Mark: Entre semana también podríamos hacerlo. Mark: Ook doordeweeks zouden we het kunnen doen.

Jill: Yeah, I think so.

Mark: Well, I’ll look into it. Mark: Bueno, lo investigaré.

Jill: Yeah, you guys live close enough to Stanley Park that it’s not a big deal for you to just whip over. Jill: Sí, ustedes viven lo suficientemente cerca de Stanley Park que no es un gran problema para que usted acaba de azotar. Джил: Да, вы, ребята, живете достаточно близко к Стэнли-парку, чтобы вам не составляло большого труда просто проехаться туда.

Mark: Exactly.

Jill: But yeah, I think they would enjoy it.

Mark: I’ll look into that after the show.

Jill: And you just got a call from your wife talking about your dog. Jill : Et vous venez de recevoir un appel de votre femme qui parle de votre chien.

Mark: I did. Yeah, he’s been limping for four or five days, at least four or five days, so she finally took him to the vet. Apparently, he’s only nine months old now, nine month old puppy, but he’s got the beginnings of arthritis in both elbows. Al parecer, ahora solo tiene nueve meses, cachorro de nueve meses, pero tiene principio de artritis en ambos codos. Apparemment, il n'a que neuf mois maintenant, un chiot de neuf mois, mais il a un début d'arthrite aux deux coudes. And yeah, he’s been told not to play with other dogs, at least for a while, because he ends up playing with the dog across the street because the neighbors across the street got a puppy about the same time, so he’s about the same age. Y sí, le han dicho que no juegue con otros perros, al menos durante un tiempo, porque acaba jugando con el perro de enfrente porque los vecinos de enfrente tuvieron un cachorro más o menos al mismo tiempo, así que tiene más o menos la misma edad. Et oui, on lui a dit de ne pas jouer avec d'autres chiens, au moins pendant un moment, parce qu'il finit par jouer avec le chien d'en face parce que les voisins d'en face ont eu un chiot à peu près au même moment, donc il a à peu près le même âge . He may be a month younger than Gordie, Gordie is our dog, but he’s like an Australian Sheep Dog. Puede que sea un mes más joven que Gordie, Gordie es nuestro perro, pero es como un perro pastor australiano. Sheep Dogs are quick, they’re made to run forever and hyper and, you know, that’s how they are and our dog is kind of a big half Black Lab-Retriever cross. Los perros pastores son rápidos, están hechos para correr eternamente y son hiperactivos y, ya sabes, así es como son y nuestro perro es una especie de gran cruce de Labrador Negro y Retriever. He’s more of a bigger, loping kind of a dog rather than a quick hyper dog, so there’s a bit of a miss-match there in terms of speed. Es más bien un perro grande, de paso ligero, en lugar de un perro rápido e hiperactivo, así que hay un poco de desajuste en términos de velocidad. Il s'agit plus d'un chien plus gros et plus sautillant que d'un chien hyper rapide, donc il y a un peu de raté en termes de vitesse. Hij is meer een grotere, lopende hond dan een snelle hyperhond, dus er is een beetje een misser in termen van snelheid. I think it’s just hard on his joints. Creo que es duro para sus articulaciones.

Jill: To try to keep up with the Sheep Dog. Jill: Para tratar de mantenerse al día con el perro pastor. Джилл: Пытаться идти в ногу с Овцебыком.

Mark: To try to keep up and I mean they love it. They just want to play together all the time and really I don’t know how we’re going to keep him from going over there, but I guess we’re going to have to try. Quieren jugar juntos todo el tiempo y, la verdad, no sé cómo vamos a evitar que vaya allí, pero supongo que tendremos que intentarlo. Ils veulent juste jouer ensemble tout le temps et je ne sais vraiment pas comment nous allons l'empêcher d'aller là-bas, mais je suppose que nous allons devoir essayer.

Jill: Oh, that’s too bad.

Mark: Yeah, apparently the vet said he’s more of a 10-miler type of dog rather than a quick-burst type of a dog, which we know that. Mark: Sí, aparentemente el veterinario dijo que es más del tipo de perro de 10 millas que del tipo de perro de carrera rápida, lo cual ya sabemos. Mark : Ouais, apparemment le vétérinaire a dit qu'il était plus un type de chien de 10 milles plutôt qu'un type de chien à éclatement rapide, ce que nous savons. Mark: Ja, blijkbaar zei de dierenarts dat hij meer een hond van 10 mijl is dan een snelle hond, wat we weten. He’s more of a loping type of runner. Es más del tipo de corredor que va a paso ligero. Hij is meer een lopend type loper. It’s tough because the big dogs, like his breed Lab and Retrievers, they tend to have a lot of problems with their joints and their hips and arthritis. C'est difficile parce que les gros chiens, comme sa race Lab et Retrievers, ont tendance à avoir beaucoup de problèmes avec leurs articulations, leurs hanches et leur arthrite. So, we don’t want to…I mean he’s so young to have that already. It isn’t very good, so we’ve got to try and keep him a little less active.

Jill: I know, which is so hard. It’s like trying to keep kids from playing when they’re sick and they still want to play and they don’t understand why they can’t. C'est comme essayer d'empêcher les enfants de jouer quand ils sont malades et qu'ils veulent toujours jouer et qu'ils ne comprennent pas pourquoi ils ne peuvent pas.

Mark: Exactly.

Jill: They don’t probably understand that they’re in pain because of what they’re doing, because of their running, obviously, they don’t understand that. Jill : Ils ne comprennent probablement pas qu'ils souffrent à cause de ce qu'ils font, à cause de leur course, évidemment, ils ne comprennent pas ça.

Mark: No, for sure.

Jill: So that’s sad.

Mark: You feel bad for the dog. You can’t speak to him, you know. Sorry, you’re not allowed out for the next three weeks, you know, whatever it is. Lo siento, no puedes salir en las próximas tres semanas, ya sabes, lo que sea.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: But it’s funny, friends of ours also got a Lab recently and also have a Sheep Dog living next door, a full-grown Sheep Dog, like a regular English…maybe it’s not a Sheep Dog, but it’s a Collie, which is a kind of a Sheep Dog anyway, quick and lots of energy and that dog needs surgery on both of its knees or two of its knees. Mark: Pero es gracioso, unos amigos nuestros también tienen un Lab hace poco y también tienen un Sheep Dog viviendo al lado, un Sheep Dog adulto, como un inglés normal... quizás no es un Sheep Dog, pero es un Collie, que es una especie de Sheep Dog de todas formas, rápido y con mucha energía y ese perro necesita cirugía en sus dos rodillas o en dos de sus rodillas. Mark : Mais c'est drôle, des amis à nous ont aussi récemment eu un laboratoire et ont aussi un chien de berger vivant à côté, un chien de berger adulte, comme un anglais ordinaire... peut-être que ce n'est pas un chien de berger, mais c'est un colley, qui est une sorte de chien de berger de toute façon, rapide et plein d'énergie et ce chien a besoin d'une intervention chirurgicale sur ses deux genoux ou sur deux de ses genoux. I guess it has four, I don’t know exactly… Supongo que tiene cuatro, no sé exactamente...

Jill: …dog anatomy.

Mark: But yeah, probably for the same reason. You know, young puppy, big breed, trying to keep up with a little, fast, aggressive, breed it’s just tough on them. Молодой щенок, крупная порода, пытающаяся угнаться за маленькой, быстрой, агрессивной породой - это просто тяжело для них.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: Yeah, so anyway, that’s too bad; we just found that out today.

Jill: So I guess that means you guys will be doing a lot more walking with Gordie. Jill : Donc, je suppose que cela signifie que vous marcherez beaucoup plus avec Gordie.

Mark: That’s right.

Jill: You can’t just send him out to play with the neighbor dog.

Mark: That’s right.

Jill: You’ll have to take him out for his exercise.

Mark: We take him out quite a bit anyway. Mark: De todas formas, lo sacamos bastante.

Jill: Yeah, you do.

Mark: But he’s always wanted to go out and play with the neighbor’s dog, but he won’t be able to do that. I mean I like running with him when I can. If that’s okay then it’s just a matter of getting his current injury to settle down and then he’ll be fine. Si eso está bien, entonces sólo es cuestión de que su lesión actual se calme y entonces estará bien. Si c'est d'accord, c'est juste une question de calmer sa blessure actuelle et tout ira bien.

Jill: Yeah, I think it’s like people. From what I’ve heard about other dogs is if something starts acting up like that if you rest it and lay off it for a little while it will get better and then, obviously, you can’t resume the same activities exactly the same way or as much, but you can certainly continue to have activity in their daily routine. Por lo que he oído de otros perros es que si algo empieza a comportarse así, si se descansa y se deja un poco de lado durante un tiempo, mejorará y luego, obviamente, no se pueden reanudar las mismas actividades exactamente de la misma manera o tanto, pero sin duda se puede seguir teniendo actividad en su rutina diaria. D'après ce que j'ai entendu à propos d'autres chiens, si quelque chose commence à agir comme ça, si vous le reposez et que vous l'arrêtez pendant un petit moment, cela ira mieux et ensuite, évidemment, vous ne pourrez pas reprendre les mêmes activités exactement de la même manière. ou autant, mais vous pouvez certainement continuer à avoir une activité dans leur routine quotidienne.

Mark: Yeah, oh yeah, I mean he’s got too much energy to sit around for too long as a pup. Mark : Ouais, oh ouais, je veux dire qu'il a trop d'énergie pour rester assis trop longtemps en tant que chiot.

Jill: And that can’t be healthy anyway.

Mark: No.

Jill: Dogs need to run around.

Mark: That’s right.

Jill: So.

Mark: So, that’s that. Otherwise, I don’t know, anything exciting?

Jill: Oh, you had your all weekend hockey training course.

Mark: Yes I did.

Jill: How did that go?

Mark: I did. Well, actually, I went on Saturday and the guy running it didn’t want to be there. Bueno, en realidad, fui el sábado y el tipo que lo dirigía no quería estar allí. Eh bien, en fait, j'y suis allé samedi et le gars qui le dirigeait ne voulait pas être là. Вообще-то, я поехал в субботу, и парень, который там работал, не захотел там быть. He didn’t think he was going to have to do it and he found out sort of late and he’s like well, I can only do it on Saturday. No pensaba que iba a tener que hacerlo y se enteró un poco tarde y dijo: bueno, sólo puedo hacerlo el sábado. Il ne pensait pas qu'il allait devoir le faire et il l'a découvert un peu tard et il est du genre, je ne peux le faire que samedi. Он не думал, что ему придется это делать, и узнал об этом довольно поздно, и сказал: "Ну, я могу сделать это только в субботу". They were going to bring someone else in on Sunday, but then they ended up… He said you know what, let’s just get through it all on Saturday, so he went through it really quickly on Saturday. Ils allaient faire venir quelqu'un d'autre dimanche, mais ensuite ils ont fini… Il a dit vous savez quoi, passons à autre chose samedi, alors il l'a parcouru très rapidement samedi. Они собирались пригласить кого-то еще в воскресенье, но в итоге... Он сказал, что знаете что, давайте просто пройдем через все это в субботу, и он очень быстро прошел через все это в субботу. I didn’t have to go Sunday, it was perfect. Мне не нужно было ехать в воскресенье, все было идеально. It wasn’t perfect because I had to be there on Saturday too, but I got my Sunday back. Ce n'était pas parfait parce que je devais être là aussi le samedi, mais j'ai récupéré mon dimanche. Это было не идеально, потому что я должен был быть там и в субботу, но я получил свое воскресенье обратно.

Jill: Oh good.

Mark: So that was great, yeah.

Jill: So, I mean, obviously, they’re not that concerned if they’re going to let a replacement come in and just rush right through it. Jill: Así que, quiero decir, obviamente, no están tan preocupados si van a dejar que un reemplazo entrar y sólo se apresuran a través de él. Jill: Donc, je veux dire, évidemment, ils ne sont pas si inquiets s'ils vont laisser un remplaçant entrer et se précipiter. Jill: Yani, demek istediğim, belli ki, bir yenisinin gelmesine izin vereceklerse ve bunu hemen yapacaklarsa o kadar da endişeli değiller.

Mark: Yeah, I mean, they make a big deal of it and I think they probably wouldn’t be that happy if they knew that was what happened, but he just couldn’t come Sunday and it was a last minute thing and so he just did that, which was lucky for us. Mark : Ouais, je veux dire, ils en font tout un plat et je pense qu'ils ne seraient probablement pas si heureux s'ils savaient que c'est ce qui s'est passé, mais il n'a tout simplement pas pu venir dimanche et c'était une chose de dernière minute et donc il a juste fait ça, ce qui a été une chance pour nous. Mark: Evet, yani bunu çok büyüttüler ve bence böyle olduğunu bilselerdi muhtemelen o kadar da mutlu olmazlardı ama Pazar günü gelemedi ve son dakika meselesiydi ve o da bunu yaptı, ki bu bizim için bir şanstı.

Jill: So, did you get anything out of it? Jill: Peki, bundan bir şey elde ettin mi?

Mark: You know, a little bit, sure but, again, the little bit that you get out of it doesn’t make up for a full day that you spend there. Mark : Vous savez, un peu, bien sûr, mais, encore une fois, le peu que vous en retirez ne compense pas une journée complète que vous y passez. Mark: Bilirsiniz, birazcık, elbette ama yine de, oradan aldığınız küçük bir parça, orada geçirdiğiniz tam bir günü telafi etmez. It’s hot in here, can you open that window?

Jill: Yeah, we’re having hot flashes here. Jill: Sí, estamos teniendo sofocos aquí. Jill: Ja, we hebben hier opvliegers.

Mark: That’s right.

But now I’m done; now, hopefully, I don’t have to do it anymore. Pero ya he terminado; ahora, con suerte, no tendré que hacerlo más. I do have a homework assignment that I have to send in. Göndermem gereken bir ev ödevim var.

Jill: You’re kidding?

Mark: No, but, hopefully, that won’t take too long and then I’ll be done. Mark: Hayır, ama umarım bu çok uzun sürmez ve sonra işim biter.

Jill: And can you actually fail that assignment? Jill : Et pouvez-vous réellement échouer à cette mission ? Jill: Peki bu ödevden gerçekten kalabilir misin?

Mark: I think if you don’t send it in then you fail but, otherwise, not. Mark : Je pense que si vous ne l'envoyez pas, vous échouez, mais sinon, non. Mark: Bence göndermezseniz başarısız olursunuz ama aksi takdirde olmazsınız.

Jill: You can officially be the coach now?

Mark: That’s right.

Jill: The coveted role of coach. Jill: El codiciado papel de entrenador. Jill : Le rôle convoité d'entraîneur. Jill: Koçun imrenilen rolü.

Mark: The coveted role of coach, so that now I can spend… Mark: Çok sevilen koçluk rolü, böylece artık...

Jill: …four mornings a week.

Mark: Exactly.

Jill: Well, that’s good.

Mark: Yeah, so that kind of worked out well. Mark: Sí, así que funcionó bien. I got the Christmas tree on Sunday and set it up and it’s all decorated. El domingo compré el árbol de Navidad, lo monté y ya está decorado.

Jill: Oh nice.

Mark: It’s looking quite Christmassy at home. I guess that’s about it.

Jill: Good.

Mark: Had a nice relaxing day. Mark: Tuve un buen día de relax. I saw Annie’s hip-hop concert dancing with her friends.

Jill: Was it a Christmas concert?

Mark: No, just the end of their little term, so they have their concert. Mark: No, sólo el final de su pequeño trimestre, así que tienen su concierto.

Jill: Was that at the Centennial Theatre or something?

Mark: No, it was at Kay Meek Theatre at West Van. High, which everyone was kind of grumbling about because it was quite expensive to go and watch my own daughter dance with her class. High, del que todo el mundo se quejaba porque era bastante caro ir a ver bailar a mi propia hija con su clase. High, ce dont tout le monde se plaignait parce que c'était assez cher d'aller voir ma propre fille danser avec sa classe.

Jill: I know the Kay Meek Centre is only a couple of years old and its, apparently…I haven’t been inside, but just a beautiful… Jill : Je sais que le Kay Meek Center n'a que deux ans et c'est, apparemment… je n'y suis pas allé, mais c'est juste un beau…

Mark: It’s really nice, yeah.

Jill: And it’s at a local high school.

Mark: It’s at a high school, yeah.

Jill: And they have performances of all calibers there. Jill: Y tienen actuaciones de todos los calibres allí. Jill: Et ils ont des performances de tous calibres là-bas. Jill: Ve orada her kalibreden performans var.

Mark: They really do, yeah.

Jill: So how much was it to go?

Mark: Well, it was like $15 bucks a person, but by the time the whole family is there just to watch my daughter and it’s not like a professional production, it just seemed like… Mark : Eh bien, c'était comme 15 dollars par personne, mais au moment où toute la famille est là juste pour regarder ma fille et ce n'est pas comme une production professionnelle, ça semblait juste comme…

Jill: Who’s kidding who? Jill: ¿Quién está bromeando a quién? Jill : Qui se moque de qui ? Джилл: Кто кого разыгрывает?

Mark: Yeah, it just seemed like ha, why? I mean I pay for her to go and now I’ve got to… Anyway, she liked it, but they used to do it in a school gymnasium, but I don’t know why they didn’t this time. Je veux dire que je paye pour qu'elle y aille et maintenant je dois… Bref, elle aimait ça, mais ils avaient l'habitude de le faire dans un gymnase d'école, mais je ne sais pas pourquoi ils ne l'ont pas fait cette fois. I heard that they weren’t allowed to for some reason, but it seems strange. It’s fine to have it in a school gym, why do we need to be in a fancy theatre and pay that kind of money. C'est bien de l'avoir dans un gymnase d'école, pourquoi avons-nous besoin d'être dans un théâtre chic et de payer ce genre d'argent. I mean it’s a lot, there were four of us that went. Je veux dire, c'est beaucoup, nous étions quatre à y aller.

Jill: And the kids didn’t even get…there was no discount for kids? Jill : Et les enfants n'ont même pas eu… il n'y avait pas de réduction pour les enfants ?

Mark: Oh kids were $10.00, adults were $15.00.

Jill: Yeah, that is actually a lot though, yeah.

Mark: Yeah, I mean…

Jill: So it was $50 bucks then.

Mark: Yeah, that’s a lot.

Jill: To see your daughter dance for five minutes, ten minutes.

Mark: Five minutes, you know, maybe yeah, it’s a 30 minute show, 30 minutes tops and she’s not in every…she went out and did two songs, so two songs, yeah. Mark : Cinq minutes, tu sais, peut-être ouais, c'est un show de 30 minutes, 30 minutes maximum et elle n'est pas dans toutes… elle est sortie et a fait deux chansons, donc deux chansons, ouais.

Jill: Yeah, that’s pretty amazing that they can charge those prices. Jill: Ja, dat is best verbazingwekkend dat ze die prijzen kunnen vragen.

Mark: I know. I think a lot of people complained, so now the instructor is like pouting. Creo que mucha gente se quejó, así que ahora el instructor está de morros. Je pense que beaucoup de gens se sont plaints, alors maintenant l'instructeur fait la moue. Я думаю, что многие жаловались, поэтому теперь инструктор как бы отдувается.

Jill: Oh.

Mark: Oh well, we had to do this for this reason. I never saw the email, but apparently she sent an email out and we’re not going to have the class anymore. Je n'ai jamais vu l'e-mail, mais apparemment, elle a envoyé un e-mail et nous n'allons plus avoir de cours. Я не видел письма, но, видимо, она разослала письмо, и мы больше не будем проводить занятия.

Jill: What do you mean?

Mark: After Christmas there’s no more. The class is no more because people complained too much. La classe n'est plus parce que les gens se sont trop plaints.

Jill: So she’s just not going to offer that class anymore? Jill : Alors, elle ne va tout simplement plus offrir ce cours ?

Mark: That’s what she said.

Jill: Oh is that ever bizarre. Jill: Oh es que nunca extraño.

Mark: Yeah, I know. She probably will, she’s just being an artist, you know. Probablemente lo hará, sólo está siendo una artista, ya sabes. Наверное, так и будет, она просто художник, понимаете?

Jill: Has hurt feelings or something, yeah. Ha herido sentimientos o algo, sí.

Mark: Exactly.

So, at any rate, I mean it was fun. They are getting better. Like she’s done that, I don’t know, three or four years now and it’s been pretty painful at times to watch that. Comme si elle avait fait ça, je ne sais pas, il y a trois ou quatre ans maintenant et ça a parfois été assez douloureux de regarder ça. Как она это делает, я не знаю, уже три или четыре года, и временами наблюдать за этим было очень больно.

Jill: It cannot be as painful as children learning to play instruments and going to see their band concerts.

Mark: I haven’t done that, but I’ve watched my daughter’s piano recitals. They play for such a short time and there are always some kids that are good and some that are less good. Ils jouent si peu de temps et il y a toujours des enfants qui sont bons et d'autres moins bons. I don’t mind those, actually, the recitals. No me molestan, la verdad, los recitales. Ik vind die, eigenlijk, de recitals niet erg.

Jill: A piano recital is okay, but when you’ve got a whole band and nobody is in tune and nobody is playing together and there are a bunch of 10 year olds and it’s their first year of playing the trumpet it’s not very harmonious sounding. Jill : Un récital de piano, c'est bien, mais quand vous avez tout un groupe et que personne n'est accordé et que personne ne joue ensemble et qu'il y a un groupe d'enfants de 10 ans et que c'est leur première année à jouer de la trompette, le son n'est pas très harmonieux. .

Mark: Are you speaking from experience? You’ve done this?

Jill: I have done that, actually, I’m sure I thought I was really good at the time.

Mark: Oh, you were playing. Mark: Oh, estabas jugando.

Jill: I was in the band, yeah.

Mark: So you don’t know, in fact, that you were bad. Марк: То есть, по сути, вы не знаете, что вы были плохим.

Jill: No, because I’ve also gone and listened too. Jill : Non, parce que j'y suis aussi allée et que j'ai écouté aussi. My little sister is so much younger than me, so I have gone and listened year’s ago, but… I was speaking about it with Kate here at the office too because she’s had to go watch her little niece’s concert and same thing they just… How can we get out of this? Ma petite sœur est tellement plus jeune que moi, donc je suis allé écouter il y a un an, mais… j'en parlais aussi avec Kate ici au bureau parce qu'elle a dû aller voir le concert de sa petite nièce et la même chose qu'ils ont juste… Comment peut-on s'en sortir ? How can we be busy that night because it’s just painful it’s like nails down a chalkboard, you know, so at least dancing you’re just watching something. Comment pouvons-nous être occupés cette nuit-là parce que c'est juste douloureux, c'est comme des clous sur un tableau noir, vous savez, alors au moins danser, vous regardez juste quelque chose. Как мы можем быть заняты в тот вечер, потому что это просто больно, это как гвозди по меловой доске, знаете, так что, по крайней мере, танцуя, вы просто смотрите что-то.

Mark: Yeah, that’s true and that was why I was glad it was only half an hour because that’s perfect. You get a little bit of it and then after a while you can’t watch it anymore. Vous en obtenez un peu et puis après un certain temps, vous ne pouvez plus le regarder. I shouldn’t say that. I’ve missed a few; I have missed a few. Me he perdido unos cuantos; me he perdido unos cuantos. J'en ai raté quelques-uns ; J'en ai raté quelques-uns.

Jill: Well, I think mothers and fathers and women and men are a little bit different too because you probably really enjoy watching your son play hockey.

Mark: Yeah I do, yeah.

Jill: And I don’t know, I mean sure, if it’s my own son I will care more, but I don’t know that I’ll really get a lot out of watching an 8 year old play hockey. Jill: Y no sé, quiero decir, seguro, si es mi propio hijo me importará más, pero no sé si realmente voy a obtener mucho de ver a un niño de 8 años jugar al hockey. Jill : Et je ne sais pas, je veux dire bien sûr, si c'est mon propre fils, je m'en soucierai davantage, mais je ne sais pas si je tirerai vraiment grand chose de regarder un enfant de 8 ans jouer au hockey. Whereas, I’ve watched little girls that I know or care about have little recitals when they were even younger than Annie, like 6 years old, and I thoroughly enjoy it because I like watching the dancing. Tandis que j'ai vu des petites filles que je connais ou dont je me soucie avoir de petits récitals alors qu'elles étaient encore plus jeunes qu'Annie, comme 6 ans, et j'apprécie vraiment ça parce que j'aime regarder la danse. I think it’s so cute and all the costumes so I think…

Mark: Yeah, that’s for sure part of it, for sure. I know that Kindrey my wife enjoys it much more than I do. Sé que Kindrey mi mujer lo disfruta mucho más que yo.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: Although I didn’t mind it this time, but I will say that she’s a diehard at the hockey games. Mark: Aunque esta vez no me ha importado, pero diré que es una acérrima en los partidos de hockey. Mark : Bien que cela ne me dérangeait pas cette fois, mais je dirai qu'elle est une inconditionnelle des matchs de hockey.

Jill: Kindrey is.

Mark: Oh yeah.

Jill: But I can see that too.

Mark: You know what though? Hockey is much more exciting to watch than kid’s soccer. Kid’s soccer, especially when they’re young, is painful. Whereas the hockey for whatever reason… One big advantage is that it’s confined. The puck has to stay in play. It can’t go out of play, so they’re kind of trying to do it and they can’t really stand up and they can’t really hit and every once in a while somebody makes a play. No puede salir fuera de juego, así que lo intentan y no pueden pararse y no pueden golpear realmente y de vez en cuando alguien hace una jugada. Cela ne peut pas sortir du jeu, alors ils essaient en quelque sorte de le faire et ils ne peuvent pas vraiment se lever et ils ne peuvent pas vraiment frapper et de temps en temps quelqu'un fait un jeu. It’s just like you’re watching it and you’re come on! C'est comme si vous le regardiez et vous y êtes !

Jill: And it’s so cute.

Mark: It’s cute, yeah.

Jill: The little boys and they can’t skate and they look so little out there. Jill : Les petits garçons et ils ne savent pas patiner et ils ont l'air si petits là-bas. They’re falling all over the place and they can’t stop and it’s cute; it’s funny to watch the little kids.

Mark: Yeah, I mean even non-hockey fans, mothers, they all love it.

Jill: Yeah.

Mark: They all say it’s more exciting than any other little guy’s sporting activity that they watch. Mark : Ils disent tous que c'est plus excitant que les activités sportives de n'importe quel autre petit garçon qu'ils regardent. The hockey is by far the most fun to watch. Le hockey est de loin le plus amusant à regarder.

Jill: I can see that.

Mark: I don’t know why that is, but partly it’s because it is difficult and they just look funny. They can’t really stand up and yeah, no, it is.

Jill: Oh yeah.

Mark: Anyway, with that I think we should let everybody go here. We will talk again later.

Jill: Alright, bye, bye.