Sue: Welcome to class, Anna. I can’t wait to see your trash!

Sue: Oh, okay. Alright, it’s a — it’s a net with a … oh, it’s got a hole in it. Tell me about that.

Anna: This net said to me, “Anna, I used to catch stuff. I don’t anymore. So, use me, Anna.” That’s what it said. It said, “Use me, Anna.”

Sue: Okay. So…it’s a plastic helmet.

Anna: This plastic helmet said, “Anna. Hey, Anna, find me a head.”

Sue: Okay, um…and a broken toy.

Anna: This broken toy … this broken toy said to me – it said, “Anna, help me find fun.” “Help me, Anna” is what it said.

Sue: Anna, this stuff is not saying anything to you or me or anyone. It’s what we like to call in the business … garbage.

Anna: But you said to bring in trash.

Sue: Sometimes trash is treasure. Sometimes it’s just trash.

Sue: Anna, don’t worry. Next week, I could teach you decoupage.

Anna: Decoupage. Decoupage. That’s fun to say.

Sue: All you need to bring is a clean shoe box. A box that held shoes.

Anna: I got it. I got it! See you next week!

Prof. Bot: Ut oh. It looks like Anna doesn’t know the difference between treasure and trash. She thinks those things are telling her something!

Prof. Bot: The words tell and say have similar meanings. But we use them in different ways.

Prof Bot: Tell means “to inform or instruct someone with words” and is almost always followed by an indirect object. For example, Sue says, “Tell me about that.”

Prof. Bot: The word me is the indirect object and tells us who is being told.

Prof. Bot: Say means “to express something with words” and focuses more on the words used. For example, Anna says, “That’s what it said. It said, ‘Use me, Anna.’”

Prof. Bot: Listen for when Anna and Sue use tell and say.

Sue: Anna, welcome to Decoupage class. Decoupage is just gluing pretty pictures onto stuff.

(Sue gets a phone call.)

Sue: Anna, I’ve got to talk to this person. I’ll be right back. Don’t start without me.

Anna: Got it.

(Sue leaves to take her phone call. Anna gets glue everywhere. She becomes covered with glue and paper.)

Anna: Okay. I can fix this.

Sue: Anna, what happened? I told you to wait for me!

Anna: Actually, you told me not to start without you, which I didn’t. Your glue is really sticky.

Sue: Next week, let’s try lamp making. There’s – there’s no glue. Here’s a flier.

Anna: Thanks. See you next week.

Sue: Anna, you did really well this week. I think lamp making might be your thing!

Anna: Thanks, Sue. I did everything you told me to do.

Sue: Remember: I said to read the instructions really carefully. Where are those instructions?

Anna: Let’s just plug it in!

(Anna plugs in the lamp and, suddenly, the city loses electricity.)

Anna: So, what class will you be teaching next week?
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🧾 Glosario del texto

| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado en español |
| ———— | ————- | ——————————- |
| welcome | uélkom | bienvenido |
| class | klas | clase |
| can’t | kent | no puedo |
| wait | ueít | esperar |
| see | sí | ver |
| trash | trash | basura |
| alright | olráit | bien, de acuerdo |
| net | net | red |
| hole | jôul | agujero |
| tell | tel | decir, contar |
| about | abáut | sobre, acerca de |
| catch | katch | atrapar |
| stuff | staf | cosas |
| anymore | enimór | ya no |
| use | ius | usar |
| plastic | plástic | plástico |
| helmet | jélmet | casco |
| find | faind | encontrar |
| head | jed | cabeza |
| broken | bróuken | roto |
| toy | toi | juguete |
| help | jelp | ayudar |
| fun | fan | diversión |
| anything | énisin | nada, algo |
| business | bíznis | negocio |
| garbage | gárbidch | basura |
| said | sed | dijo |
| bring | bring | traer |
| sometimes | sómtaims | a veces |
| treasure | tréshur | tesoro |
| worry | uérri | preocuparse |
| teach | tich | enseñar |
| decoupage | dekupásh | técnica de decoración con papel |
| need | nid | necesitar |
| clean | klín | limpio |
| shoe | shú | zapato |
| box | boks | caja |
| held | jéld | contenía, sostuvo |
| got | gat | tener, conseguir |
| difference | dífrens | diferencia |
| between | bituín | entre |
| thinks | zinks | piensa |
| those | douss | esos |
| things | zings | cosas |
| telling | télin | diciendo |
| similar | símilar | similar, parecido |
| meanings | míníngs | significados |
| inform | infórm | informar |
| instruct | instrákt | instruir |
| someone | sámuan | alguien |
| with | uiz | con |
| words | uords | palabras |
| almost | ólmost | casi |
| always | ólueis | siempre |
| followed | fóluoud | seguido |
| indirect | índirekt | indirecto |
| object | óbdjekt | objeto |
| example | egzámpl | ejemplo |
| express | exprés | expresar |
| focus | fóukus | centrarse |
| more | mór | más |
| used | iusd | usado |
| listen | lísen | escuchar |
| gluing | glúin | pegando |
| pretty | príti | bonito |
| pictures | píktchurs | imágenes |
| onto | óntu | sobre |
| stuff | staf | cosas |
| talk | tok | hablar |
| person | pérson | persona |
| right | ráit | enseguida, correcto |
| back | bak | de vuelta |
| start | start | empezar |
| without | uizáut | sin |
| leaves | lívs | se va, deja |
| everywhere | évriuer | por todas partes |
| becomes | bikóms | se convierte |
| covered | kóverd | cubierto |
| paper | péiper | papel |
| fix | fiks | arreglar |
| happened | jápend | pasó, sucedió |
| told | tould | dijo, contó |
| actually | ákchuli | en realidad |
| sticky | stíki | pegajoso |
| try | trai | intentar |
| lamp | lamp | lámpara |
| making | méikin | haciendo |
| glue | glú | pegamento |
| flier | fláier | folleto |
| thanks | zanks | gracias |
| well | uél | bien |
| think | zink | pensar |
| might | máit | podría |
| remember | rimémber | recordar |
| read | rid | leer |
| instructions | instrákshons | instrucciones |
| carefully | kérfuli | cuidadosamente |
| plug | plag | enchufar |
| loses | lúses | pierde |
| electricity | ilektrísiti | electricidad |
| what | uat | qué |
| next | nekst | siguiente |
| week | uíik | semana |
| teaching | títchin | enseñando |

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