Lars and His Unfortunate Bike Dive

Fluent Fiction - Danish: Lars and His Unfortunate Bike Dive Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/lars-and-his-unfortunate-bike-dive Story Transcript:Da: Lars cyklede gennem Københavns gader og nød den friske luft på denne solskinsdag.En: Lars cycled through the streets of Copenhagen and enjoyed the fresh air on this sunny day.Da: Han havde ingen anelse om, at hans dag snart ville tage en dårlig drejning.En: He had no idea that his day would soon take a bad turn.Da: Pludselig mistede Lars balancen på sin cykel og faldt ned i en kanal.En: Suddenly Lars lost his balance on his bike and fell into a canal.Da: Han prøvede at holde sit hoved over vandet, men hans cykel holdt ham nede.En: He tried to keep his head above water, but his bike held him down.Da: Tilskuere på broen råbte "Lars i vandet!"En: Spectators on the bridge shouted "Lars in the water!"Da: og nogle kastede en livline til ham for at hjælpe ham op.En: and some threw him a lifeline to help him up.Da: Lars var nysgerrig efter, om hans cykel overlevede faldet, så han hev den op af vandet og begyndte at inspicere den.En: Lars was curious to see if his bike survived the fall, so he lifted it out of the water and began to inspect it.Da: Heldigvis var den stadig i god stand.En: Fortunately, it was still in good condition.Da: Men tilskuerne var ikke færdige med at spøge med Lars og råbte jokes som "se hvor nemt han kan svømme med en cykel!"En: But the spectators weren't done joking with Lars, shouting jokes like "look how easily he can swim with a bicycle!"Da: og "næste gang burde du prøve på en mere spektakulær måde at få din cykel op på broen!"En: and "next time you should try a more spectacular way to get your bike onto the bridge!"Da: Til sidst fik Lars nok og råbte tilbage til dem, at de skulle tage det roligt og give ham lov til at komme op på broen i fred.En: Finally, Lars had enough and shouted back at them to take it easy and allow him to get on the bridge in peace.Da: Han cyklede væk fra kanalen, med vandet dryppende fra hans tøj, og tænkte på, hvordan han ville kunne undgå denne pinlige situation i fremtiden.En: He cycled away from the canal, the water dripping from his clothes, thinking about how he could avoid this embarrassing situation in the future. Vocabulary Words:Lars: Larscycle: cyklestreets: gaderfresh air: friske luftsunny day: solskinsdagbad turn: dårlig drejningbalance: balancenbike: cykelcanal: kanalhead: hovedwater: vandethold: holdtspectators: tilskuerebridge: broenshouted: råbtelifeline: livlinehelp: hjælpecurious: nysgerrigsurvived: overlevedefall: faldetinspect: inspiceregood condition: god standjoking: spøgeswim: svømmespectacular: spektakulærfinally: til sidstenough: noktake it easy: tag det roligtpeace: fredavoid: undgåembarrassing situation: pinlige situationfuture: fremtiden.