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In this episode, will follow Klaus as he transforms a monotonous commute into a heartwarming adventure by daring to step off his routine path.
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Der Vinta in Berlin is kite.
The winter in Berlin is cold, ice, kite ice cold.
Klaus sits of the impend la sug in rechtom stat sentrom.
Klaus sits on the commuter train heading toward the city center.
Jeden morgendsel bevig dizden ghezichte diezden gedantan.
Every morning, the same route, the same faces, the same thoughts.
It's siitzen and schail enger om din heiz.
He pulls his scarf tighter around his neck.
Defense that is zuk sind peschlagen.
The train windows are fogged up drausan c.
T faschneid to fostat anim.
Fobai outside the snow covered suburbs pass by him.
Klaus is mete frtzich.
Klaus is in his mid forties.
Zeenjob mburou is sicha abba Langwilich.
His office job is secure but boring.
Eschreibzan and tabin.
He writes numbers into spreadsheets.
Jeden tag for nine bisfunf.
Every day from nine to five.
Manch marzen sich klausnach apvekslon nah etwas echtem.
Sometimes Klaus longs for something different, something real.
The lauch precher msu krechtzen ads dinees destat sun angazaktat.
The loud speakers on the train crackle as the next station is announced.
An gaedanka, blitz toussen and kopf.
A thought flashes through his mind.
Vas vere vener einfa auschtegenverde. What if he simply got off an an ashtatzion darnich.
Kent at a station he doesn't know ein pha.
Ein mal et vas reskirn.
Just take a risk for once detsu kate. The train stops.
Klauschtet alf before de gadanka fer Klomenist.
Klaus stands up before the thought fades.
DEAs hats klopped visto heights.
His heart is pounding in his chest, er stiched OUs.
He gets off kaelteluftriftzengezicht.
Cold air hits his face.
The ban fiertwetter on klauslipped off the imban steik Steen.
The train moves on and Klaus remains standing on the platform.
Alice wktrempt ava or Alfreigt.
Everything seems strange but also exciting.
Distazion Ist Kleiner at avatt.
The station is smaller than expected.
Spy glaiser i'm pabenker ont ein kiosk.
Two tracks, a few benches and a kiosk.
Of derander and sete de gleiser ze yemanten de imbacante focomte.
On the other side of the tracks, he sees someone who looks familiar.
Einer fraumedrotem Schel, a woman with a red scarf. Des is Monica. That is Monica Aina al de schulfreud In, an old school friend zi hatzi kampha ended.
She has hardly changed.
Klaus Klaus rufzi ershed down at see in a kint.
She calls out in surprise when she recognizes.
Him, the komt neer zie Lechet.
She comes closer.
She smiles, as is Anne vamos echtes Lechen.
It's a warm, genuine smile.
The omamanzich they hud vas maastu here.
What are you doing here?
Frakt Monica asks Monica Klaus slacht. Klaus laughs ich parta ain fa mal et vasnai is.
I just needed something new?
The z of Anna bank on Plowden.
They sit on a bench and chat.
Monica at said van Iram job Inderstadt van Iram kleinen Hunt.
Monica talks about her job in the city, about her little dog.
Klaus hurtsu on furzichle Bendich.
Klaus listens and feels alive.
Deed, said fergit Onzi lahn.
Feel time passes and they laugh a lot.
I'm end at taoshnzi telephone no manaus.
In the end they exchange phone numbers.
Monica's act lets on snide ya feggin lessen.
Monica says, let's not let years pass by again.
It's Klaus speta vide imsuk sis of dim weeknahauser futezifer end at.
Later, when Klaus is sitting on the train again on his way home, he feels changed.
Dear alitak mark, i'm too anich sign thinked ezich avia ekhanyider said nouevig again.
The everyday life may be monotonous, he thinks to himself, but he can take new pads at any time.
Manmosn mota aust susteigen.
You just have to have the courage to get off.
Der schneefertwta aberd k de stutzzia.
The snow continues to fall, but the cold doesn't bother him as much anymore.
Klaus hatwama imhatzengefunten.
Klaus has found warmth in his heart and.
Kleiner Schritten's unba canta hatzenevetka ifnet.
A small step into the unknown has opened his world.
Elechit a ostimfensta shout.
He smiles as he looks out the window. Yeah is far, I'm good attack, Yes, it was a good day. There anfang fan at first naim the beginning of something new.
Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.
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Night, snow covered.
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