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PI: I'm sorry... what are we talking about?
RAVI: We are leaving India.
PI: What?
MOTHER: We are selling the zoo.
FATHER: The zoo itself was never ours to sell. The land belongs to the town. But the 
animals are ours, and if we sell them, we will have enough to start a new life.
PI: But where would we go? Our life is here, Appa!
FATHER: Canada. I have some opportunities for work in Winnipeg. I'll be shipping most of 
the animals for sale in North America. We can get freighter passage for the whole family. 
So, it is settled. We will sail like Columbus!
PI: But Columbus was looking for India!

I'm sorry	Perdón, disculpas
to talk about something	hablar sobre algo. Notar el uso de la preposición about.
to leave	dejar, irse de
to sell something	vender algo. La persona o empresa que vende algo se llamar seller.
ours	nuestro
land	tierra
to belong to somebody	pertenecer a alguien
to ship something	enviar, remitir algo
most of	la mayoría de
sale	venta
freighter	buque carguero
whole	entero/a
to be settled	estar resuelto
to sail	navegar
Columbus	Colón
to look for something	buscar algo

PI: By the time we reached the Mexican shore, I was afraid to let go of the boat. My 
strength was gone. I was so weak. I was afraid that in two feet of water, so close to 
deliverance, I would drown. I struggled to shore and fell upon the sand. It was warm and 
soft, like pressing my face against the cheek of God. And somewhere two eyes were smiling 
at having me there.

by the time	para cuando
to reach	alcanzar, llegar a
shore	costa
to be afraid to do something	tener miedo de hacer algo
to let go of something	soltarse de algo
strength	fuerza. El adjetivo strong significa fuerte.
to be gone	desaparecer
weak	débil. El sustantivo weakness significa debilidad.
two feet	dos pies. Equivale a 61 centímetros. Para aprender a convertir medidas, ver Measures.
close to	cerca de
deliverance	salvación, rescate
to drown	ahogarse
to struggle	esforzarse, moverse con dificultad
to fall	caer. Las formas del pasado son fell, fallen.
sand	arena
against	contra
cheek	mejilla, cachete
to smile at something	sonreír por algo. Una sonrisa se dice a smile.

 

PI: I was so spent I couldn't move. And so, Richard Parker went ahead of me. He stretched his legs and walked along the shore. At the edge of the jungle, he stopped. I was certain he was going to look back at me, flatten his ears to his head, growl, that he'd bring our relationship to an end in some way. But he just stared ahead into the jungle. And then Richard Parker, my fierce companion, the terrible one who kept me alive, disappeared forever from my life.

so... (that)	tan... (que)
to be spent	estar exhausto, agotado
to go ahead of somebody	ir delante de alguien
to stretch something	estirar algo
edge	borde
jungle	selva
to be certain	estar seguro o convencido
to flatten	aplanar. El adjetivo flat significa plano, llano.
to growl	rugir
to bring something to an end	terminar algo
in some way	de alguna manera
to stare	mirar fijamente. Para aprender distintas maneras de mirar, ver Ways of looking.
fierce	feroz
forever	para siempre

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