The Colorful Collision: A Joyful Encounter on the Streets of Barcelona

The Colorful Collision: A Joyful Encounter on the Streets of Barcelona
Dec 19, 2023 · 14m 35s

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: The Colorful Collision: A Joyful Encounter on the Streets of Barcelona Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/the-colorful-collision-a-joyful-encounter-on-the-streets-of-barcelona/ Story Transcript: Ca: Al vibrar...

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Fluent Fiction - Catalan: The Colorful Collision: A Joyful Encounter on the Streets of Barcelona
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/the-colorful-collision-a-joyful-encounter-on-the-streets-of-barcelona

Story Transcript:

Ca: Al vibrar del matí, just quan els primers raigs de sol esquitxen les lloses dels carrers de Barcelona, comença el nostre conte.
En: At the crack of dawn, just as the first rays of sun splatter the cobblestones of Barcelona's streets, our story begins.

Ca: La nostra història es desenvolupa a Les Rambles, un lloc on els colors vius de les flors, la gentada i el soroll constant juntament amb les olors familiars de cafè mòlt, el mar proper i el perfum de les flors fan sentir a Jordi en una mena d’extasi.
En: Our tale unfolds on Les Rambles, a place where vibrant colors of flowers, bustling crowds, and constant noise, together with the familiar scents of ground coffee, the nearby sea, and the fragrance of flowers, make Jordi feel a kind of ecstasy.

Ca: Jordi és un noi jove d’uns vint anys, alt, amb un somriure dolç que mai deixa la seva cara.
En: Jordi is a young man in his twenties, tall, with a sweet smile that never leaves his face.

Ca: Viu a prop de Les Rambles i cada matí trepitja aquests carrers de pedra per anar a la feina.
En: He lives close to Les Rambles and every morning he walks these stone streets to go to work.

Ca: Aquell dia, la Rambla estava més animada que mai amb artistes de carrer, venedors ambulants, turistes entusiasmats i ciutadans locals.
En: That day, La Rambla was livelier than ever with street performers, street vendors, enthusiastic tourists, and local citizens.

Ca: Jordi, caminava entre la multitud, distret i corre cuit Xino-Xano.
En: Jordi walked among the crowd, absentminded and happily bustling about.

Ca: L'aire estava ple de risa i música.
En: The air was filled with laughter and music.

Ca: Mentre Jordi atrafegava es va xocar amb un objecte inesperat que el va fer trontollar.
En: While Jordi was bustling, he collided with an unexpected object that made him stumble.

Ca: Això no era simplement una pedra o una bossa oblidada, sinó el peu d'un artista de carrer.
En: It wasn't just a stone or a forgotten bag, but the foot of a street performer.

Ca: Jordi no tenia ni idea que acabava de formar part d'un espectacle de carrer, fins que va veure la cara somrient del pallasso amb qui acabava de xocar.
En: Jordi had no idea that he had just become part of a street performance until he saw the smiling face of the clown he had just bumped into.

Ca: El pallasso, vestit de cap a peus de vermell i groc, amb una cara pintada de blanc i una gran sonrisa pintada de vermell, va mirar Jordi amb sorpresa i divertiment.
En: The clown, dressed entirely in red and yellow, with a face painted white and a big smile painted red, looked at Jordi with surprise and amusement.

Ca: I a partir d’aquest trepitjada accidental, arriba l'inici del caos.
En: And from that accidental collision, chaos ensued.

Ca: El pallasso ballava a través de la multitud amb Jordi.
En: The clown danced through the crowd with Jordi.

Ca: Amb cada pas, salt o gir que feia, el pallasso somreia encara més ampliament.
En: With each step, jump, or spin he took, the clown smiled even wider.

Ca: Jordi, superat per la vergonya inicial, va començar a gaudir del moment.
En: Jordi, overcoming his initial embarrassment, began to enjoy the moment.

Ca: Va ballar i saltar amb el pallasso, fent riure a la gentada.
En: He danced and jumped with the clown, making the crowd laugh.

Ca: Va passar d'una simple rutina matinal a ser part de l’acte d’un pallasso.
En: He went from a simple morning routine to being part of a clown's act.

Ca: Finalment, després d'una última pirueta amb el pallasso, Jordi va trepitjar el pallasso una altra vegada.
En: Finally, after one last somersault with the clown, Jordi accidentally stepped on the clown again.

Ca: Però a diferència de la primera vegada, aquesta va ser a propòsit.
En: But unlike the first time, this one was deliberate.

Ca: El públic estava emocionat i aplaudia ràpidament.
En: The audience was thrilled and applauded quickly.

Ca: Exhaurit però feliç, Jordi va ajudar el pallasso a aixecar-se.
En: Exhausted but happy, Jordi helped the clown to stand up.

Ca: Van riure junts, es van donar una forta palmada a l'esquena, i es van separar.
En: They laughed together, gave each other a strong pat on the back, and parted ways.

Ca: El pallasso va continuar amb el seu espectacle, i Jordi, amb un somriure encara més gran que abans, continuava el seu camí cap a la feina.
En: The clown continued with his show, and Jordi, with an even bigger smile than before, continued his way to work.

Ca: Aquell dia, el sol va brilla diferent per a Jordi a la Rambla.
En: That day, the sun shone differently for Jordi on La Rambla.

Ca: La ciutat tenia un encant inesperat.
En: The city had an unexpected charm.

Ca: I tot gràcies a un trepitjada accidental que li va regalar un moment de pura alegria.
En: And all thanks to an accidental collision that gifted him a moment of pure joy.


Vocabulary Words:
  • our: el nostre
  • story: conte
  • begins: comença
  • tale: història
  • unfolds: es desenvolupa
  • place: lloc
  • vibrant: colorits
  • colors: colors
  • flowers: flors
  • bustling: gentada
  • crowds: multitud
  • constant: constant
  • noise: soroll
  • together: juntament
  • familiar: familiars
  • scents: olors
  • ground: el terra
  • coffee: cafè
  • nearby: proper
  • sea: mar
  • fragrance: perfum
  • make: fa
  • Jordi: Jordi
  • feel: fa sentir
  • kind: mena
  • ecstasy: extasi
  • young: jove
  • man: noi
  • twenties: vint anys
  • tall: alt
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