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Traffic Jam Ballet: A Turn of Fate

14 mar 2024 · 13 min. 7 sec.
Traffic Jam Ballet: A Turn of Fate
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01 · Main Story

1 min. 42 sec.

02 · Vocabulary Words

10 min. 57 sec.

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Traffic Jam Ballet: A Turn of Fate Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/traffic-jam-ballet-a-turn-of-fate/ Story Transcript: Af: In die hartjie van Kaapstad, waar...

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Traffic Jam Ballet: A Turn of Fate
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/traffic-jam-ballet-a-turn-of-fate

Story Transcript:

Af: In die hartjie van Kaapstad, waar die berge so hoog styg dat hulle die wolke soen, het 'n man genaamd Johan gewoon.
En: In the heart of Cape Town, where the mountains rise so high that they kiss the clouds, lived a man named Johan.

Af: Johan was 'n saggeaarde siel met 'n honger vir avontuur, maar die lewe het hom dikwels langs die veilige en bekende paaie gelei.
En: Johan was a gentle soul with a hunger for adventure, but life often led him along safe and familiar paths.

Af: Elke oggend, soos die son sy ogies oopmaak, het Johan sy betroubare motor bestuur na die kantoor, waar hy as 'n rekenmeester gewerk het.
En: Every morning, as the sun opened its eyes, Johan would drive his reliable car to the office, where he worked as an accountant.

Af: Op 'n dag, die reuk van die oseaan swaar in die lug, het Johan besluit om 'n nuwe roete te probeer na werk.
En: One day, with the smell of the ocean heavy in the air, Johan decided to try a new route to work.

Af: Die verkeer was anders hier.
En: The traffic was different here.

Af: In plaas van strak en voorspelbaar, was die paaie onstuimig en vol verrassings.
En: Instead of being tight and predictable, the roads were tumultuous and full of surprises.

Af: Met groot moed het Johan sy motor in die druk strate ingesteer, maar die vryheid het kort geleefd geblyk.
En: With great courage, Johan maneuvered his car into the busy streets, but the freedom proved short-lived.

Af: Skielik het alles tot 'n staanplek gekom.
En: Suddenly, everything came to a standstill.

Af: 'n Verkeersknoop, so styf toegedraai dat nie eens 'n fluistering daardeur kon glip nie, het voor hom uitgestrek.
En: A traffic jam, tightly wound that not even a whisper could slip through, stretched out in front of him.

Af: Johan het gesug, sy gedagtes het wolkies in die koue lug gemaak.
En: Johan sighed, his thoughts forming little clouds in the cold air.

Af: Terwyl hy na die horison staar, verwag hy om 'n karavaan van motors te sien.
En: As he gazed at the horizon, he expected to see a caravan of cars.

Af: Maar toe vang 'n ander tafereel sy oog.
En: But then, another scene caught his eye.

Af: Dit was nie motors wat die verkeer laat stop het nie, maar 'n skouspel van voëls.
En: It wasn't cars that had brought the traffic to a halt, but a spectacle of birds.

Af: 'n Swerm seemeeue wat soos 'n dik wolk oor die pad hang.
En: A flock of seagulls hanging like a thick cloud over the road.

Af: Die voëls was 'n warrelwind van beweging, elkeen dansend en duiwend in 'n opgevoerde ballet.
En: The birds were a whirlwind of movement, each one dancing and diving in an elaborate ballet.

Af: Johan het nog nooit so iets in die stad gesien nie, en skielik kon hy nie help om te glimlag nie.
En: Johan had never seen anything like it in the city, and suddenly, he couldn't help but smile.

Af: Die frustrasies oor die verkeer het weggesmelt.
En: The frustrations of the traffic melted away.

Af: Terwyl hy so geheg was aan die skouspel, begin die seemeeue een vir een wegtrek, en die klank van hulle krys het 'n musikale afskeid gespeel.
En: As he was absorbed in the spectacle, the seagulls began to depart one by one, and the sound of their cries played a musical farewell.

Af: Die verkeer het begin beweeg, stadig maar seker, en Johan het sy motor weer in rat gesit.
En: The traffic started moving, slowly but surely, and Johan put his car into gear again.

Af: Maar hierdie keer het iets binne hom verander.
En: But this time, something had changed within him.

Af: Hy het 'n nuwe waardering vir die onverwagte koele draaie van die lewe gehad.
En: He had a new appreciation for the unexpected twists and turns of life.

Af: Daardie aand by die huis, het Johan sy eerste storie ooit geskrywe.
En: That evening at home, Johan wrote his first story ever.

Af: 'n Storie oor 'n man, 'n skare voëls en 'n verkeersknoop wat 'n onverwagte wending geneem het.
En: A story about a man, a flock of birds, and a traffic jam that took an unexpected turn.

Af: Hy het besef dat selfs in oponthoud kan jy die skoonheid van die lewe ervaar, as jy net bereid is om te kyk.
En: He realized that even in delays, you can experience the beauty of life, if you're willing to look.

Af: En so het Johan, die rekenmeester, ook Johan die storieverteller geword.
En: And so, Johan, the accountant, also became Johan, the storyteller.

Af: En die volgende oggend het die son opgekom op 'n wêreld waar alles moontlik gevoel het.
En: And the next morning, the sun rose on a world that felt full of possibilities.


Vocabulary Words:
  • high: hoog
  • kiss: soen
  • gentle: saggeaarde
  • adventure: avontuur
  • reliable: betroubare
  • tumultuous: onstuimig
  • frustrations: frustrasies
  • seagulls: seemeeue
  • elaborate: opgevoerde
  • flock: skare
  • absorbed: geheg
  • departure: afskeid
  • unexpected: onverwagte
  • twists: koele
  • possibilities: moontlikhede
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