Intermediate series 1

Intermediate 35: Nuestras historias en objetos

The shops are finally open again, and Rob and Lis are let loose to go shopping. Hear about their experiences in retail therapy, and learn about “window shopping” in the Spanish-speaking world!
Lis Salinas

Lis Salinas

Colombiana

Rob

Rob

Inglés

Contents

Transcript

Rob

[00:00:02]
Translation

Intermediate. Number 35. Our stories in objects. Is that a good way to put it?

Lis Salinas

[00:00:10]

Rob

[00:00:15]
Translation

Yeah. So, well, we started another podcast 3 minutes ago, that we wanted to talk about the things we can't live without. But it came out very boring because it was my mobile, my passport, my laptop. So, to be more poetic

Lis Salinas

[00:00:38]

Rob

[00:00:39]
Translation

Yes, even if we are, we wanted to tell our personal stories in the objects. So let's talk about three objects or three belongings.

Lis Salinas

[00:00:53]
Translation

Yes, very good, belongings

Rob

[00:00:56]
Translation

From each one and because they are meaningful to us, what story they bring in our lives to be less superficial. And you can't say either the passport, nor the mobile phone, nor the laptop, nor I don't know like everyday things and really important things in inverted commas, like that.

Lis Salinas

[00:01:21]
Translation

Yes, it seemed better to us to think about those things that we know that perhaps someone else sees them around and they are ugly and perhaps should be thrown away, but that each one of us has a meaning behind something we have in the house over there, the past.

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