Чек в кармане пальто
After work, Nina stepped off the tram on Nevsky Prospekt and immediately tucked her hands into her pockets.
What you'll learn
- Bilingual graded story
- Native narration
- 8 useful words
- 2 comprehension questions
Then shadow
Borrow the narrator’s rhythm
Pause after this line and repeat it aloud without translating. Aim for three clean repetitions.
1Listen first
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Native Russian narration of this exact text. Keep the transcript visible on the first pass.
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2Then shadow
После работы Нина вышла из трамвая на Невском проспекте и сразу спрятала руки в карманы.Your speaking goal
Retrace recent actions and ask whether a lost item was found.
- “Кажется, я оставила здесь перчатки”
- “Вы ничего не находили?”
- “Я как раз собиралась отнести их в бюро находок”
Warm-up vocabulary
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Your Russian story
Read along with the narration, and tap any highlighted word for its meaning
После работы Нина вышла из трамвая на Невском проспекте и сразу спрятала руки в карманы.
After work, Nina stepped off the tram on Nevsky Prospekt and immediately tucked her hands into her pockets.
Правый карман был пуст: серых нигде не было.
The right pocket was empty; her gray wool gloves were nowhere to be found.
Нина вспомнила, что до трамвая заходила в кафе и снимала перчатки у стойки.
Nina remembered that before the tram she had stopped at a café and taken off her gloves at the counter.
Сначала она две остановки, потом шла по мокрому тротуару к кафе.
First she rode back two stops, then walked along the wet pavement to the café.
По дороге Нина нашла в кармане чек, который всё ещё пах корицей.
On the way, Nina found a receipt in her pocket that still smelled of cinnamon.
У стойки она спросила: «Кажется, я оставила здесь перчатки. ?»
At the counter she asked, “I think I left my gloves here. Did you happen to find anything?”
Бариста достала серую пару из ящика: «Я как раз ».
The barista took a gray pair from a drawer. “I was just about to take them to lost property.”
На улице Нина надела ещё влажные перчатки, а в трамвае крепче взялась за холодный поручень.
Outside, Nina pulled on the still-damp gloves; back on the tram, she held the cold handrail more firmly.
Vocabulary recap
Reading Comprehension Exercise
A2 Russian Reading Comprehension Exercises
1. What makes Nina suspect the café rather than the tram?
Correct: She remembers removing the gloves at the counter
Her memory of снимала перчатки у стойки gives her a concrete last location.
2. What was the barista about to do with the gloves?
Correct: Take them to lost property
The barista says she was about to take the gray gloves to lost property.
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