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Exercise 7: In pairs, translate 8-10 lines from the dialogue into Hebrew row by
row, each translating his or her part (translate the whole dialogue if you are up
for the challenge). Then act out the dialogue in front of your classmates.

1 Excuse me… :‫דניאל‬
:‫שירה‬
2 Yes? :‫דניאל‬

3 Do you maybe know where there’s a service :‫שירה‬
taxi to Jerusalem?
:‫דניאל‬
4 Yeah, sure! You walk down, and then left, and :‫שירה‬
then right, and then… :‫דניאל‬
:‫שירה‬
5 One minute, take it easy!
6 I’m sorry, am I speaking quickly? :‫דניאל‬
:‫שירה‬
7 Yes, but it's OK. All Israelis speak quickly. :‫דניאל‬
:‫שירה‬
I’m sorry. I should speak slowly. The taxies for
:‫דניאל‬
8 Jerusalem are… One minute, I need a service :‫שירה‬
taxi for Jerusalem too. Maybe you’d like to :‫דניאל‬

walk with me? :‫שירה‬
:‫דניאל‬
9 Yes, thank you! :‫שירה‬

11 Cool, come on. :‫דניאל‬
11 Do you live in Jerusalem?
:‫שירה‬
12 No, I live close to Jerusalem, in Mevaseret.
And do you live in Jerusalem? :‫דניאל‬
:‫שירה‬
13 As of today yes. :‫דניאל‬

14 As of today? And until today? :‫שירה‬
:‫דניאל‬
15 Until today in New York, and as of today in
:‫שירה‬
Jerusalem. :‫דניאל‬
:‫שירה‬
16 Oh. You’re a new immigrant? :‫דניאל‬

17 Yes.

18 One minute, and where’s all your family?
What, you’re making aliyah on your own?

Yes, I’m making aliyah on my own. My

19 parents and brothers don’t want to make aliyah.

They want to stay in New York.

21 Really? And why are you making aliyah to
Israel?

21 Oh boy, here it comes…

22 What?

The Question. The million dollar question –

23 Why are you making aliyah? Everybody asks

why.

24 I’m sorry… I just… I…

It’s fine! It’s an excellent question. You know

25 what? I’ll tell you why I’m making aliyah, and

you tell me what your name is.

26 Oh, I’m sorry! My name is Shira.

27 And I’m Daniel. Nice to meet you.

28 Nice to meet you. Daniel, here’s our taxi!

29 Come quickly!

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