Tutorial Transcript

Hello everyone! and welcome to lesson 9 of my TPRS Russian course. Today we're having a mini-story about eyesight and glasses. As usual I will tell the story first and then I'll ask you easy questions after each sentence. Here you can use the subtitles, English or Russian, doesn't matter. But the most important part is that after that you should come back and try it one more time without reading the subtitles. The most important part here is listening and trying to understand. Ok, now comes the short mini-story. Here we go. My eyesight is poor. That's why I need eyeglasses for reading. But I lost my glasses. I have been looking for them for 10 hours. Wait a minute. Here they are! That was the mini-story. And now the most important part - I'm going to ask you easy questions after each sentence. Here the most important thing is that you should give the answer out loud. And if you can not give the full answer. I mean the full sentence. For example I'm asking "Have I been looking for my glasses for 10 hours"? You don't have to answer "Yes, I have been looking for them for 10 hours" or "You have been looking for the glasses for 10 hours". No. If you can not do that, it's okay. Just say yes or no. If you don't understand, say that! "I don't understand" Just pretend that we're having this conversation one to one in real life. Of course you wouldn't be sitting like that, not knowing what to say. You would answer anything. So, just like that here, too Let's give it a try. I have poor eyesight. Do I have good eyesight? No, on the contrary. I have poor eyesight. I have bad sight. Do I have good vision? No, I have bad vision. I have poor eyesight. Is my mood bad? No, my mood is great. Good mood. And my eyesight is bad. That's why in order to read Book, magazine, newspaper. Anything. I need the eyeglasses for vision correction. Do I need the sunglasses? No, I don't need the sunglasses for reading. I need the sunglasses outside to prevent the sunlight in the eyes. And for reading, in order to read I need the eyeglasses. Do I need the glasses for hearing? No, the glasses for hearing don't exist. I need the glasses for vision correction. in order to read a book. What do I need the eyeglasses for? Correct. In order to read I need the eyeglasses. But I lost my glasses. Did I lose the contacts? No, I didn't lose the contacts. I lost my glasses. Whose glasses did I lose? My glasses. It was my glasses and I lost them. Did I lose my mom's glasses? No, my mom doesn't wear glasses. She has good eyesight. I lost my glasses. My own glasses. And I've been looking for them for 10 hours. Have I been looking for them for 1 hour? No, I have been looking for them for 10 hours. I have been looking for the glasses for 10 hours. All day long. For how many hours have I been looking for the glasses? 10 hours. For 10 hours I've been looking for my glasses. Wait a minute. Here they are! Where have they been? On my head. This whole time the glasses have been on my head. What has been on the head? The glasses. The glasses have been on the head. Have I found the glasses? Yes, here they are! I have found my glasses. Now I can read! And that was it for today. Thank you very much for watching. Don't forget that if you want to receive more free TPRS lessons go to my website - http://RealRussianClub.com/subscribe And you'll receive more than 20 audio lessons via email. Now thank you again for watching and for staying with me for so long and I'll be happy to see you in my next video. Bye-bye!

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