Day 127: Too Hot for Afternoon Classes
Over breakfast in Pateros, Sonny (A), the principal of a public elementary school, asks his mother Bining (B), a school nurse for thirty years before she retired, whether to send the pupils home at noon again as the heat index hits forty-two.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Ma, forty-two raw po ang heat index. Pauuwiin ko na po ba ulit ang mga bata?
Mom, they say the heat index is forty-two. Should I send the kids home early again?
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B
Noong nasa clinic pa ako, binabantayan ko kung may namumutla o nahihilo.
Back when I was at the clinic, I'd watch for any child turning pale or getting dizzy.
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A
Ganyan na nga po. Nagkakasakit na po ang ilan.
That's exactly what's happening. Some of them are already getting sick.
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B
Mainit din naman noon, a. Bakit parang mas malala ngayon?
It was hot back then too, you know. Why does it seem worse now?
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A
Limampu na po sila sa isang classroom, at iisa lang ang electric fan.
There are fifty of them in one classroom now, and just one electric fan.
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B
Kung ganoon, pauwiin mo na. Mas mabuting mahuli sila sa leksiyon kaysa may maospital.
Then send them home. Better for them to fall behind on lessons than to have a child end up in the hospital.
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A
Tama po kayo. Hindi rin naman po sila nakakapag-concentrate sa ganitong init.
You're right. They can't really concentrate in this heat anyway.
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