LingoflyDružbena omrežja in resnica
A text in Slovenian at level B1. The translation sits next to it for checking, not for support: at this level the text is read whole, and an unknown word is usually guessed from the sentence. My sister has more than ten thousand followers on social media. She prepares every post in advance and chooses the…
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- Moja sestra ima na družbenem omrežju več kot deset tisoč sledilcev. Vsako objavo pripravi vnaprej, fotografijo pa izbere zelo skrbno. Včasih dobi tristo všečkov v eni uri, drugič pa komaj petdeset, in nikoli ne ve, zakaj. Pod eno objavo se je nabralo toliko grdih komentarjev, da je morala nekaj ljudi blokirati. Pravi, da najbolj utruja hitrost: govorica se razširi, preden jo kdo preveri. Zato zdaj vsako novico preveri pri dveh virih, čeprav to pomeni, da objavi kasneje kot drugi.My sister has more than ten thousand followers on social media. She prepares every post in advance and chooses the photo very carefully. Sometimes she gets three hundred likes in an hour, and another time barely fifty, and she never knows why. Under one post so many nasty comments gathered that she had to block several people. She says what tires her most is the speed: a rumor spreads before anybody checks it. So now she checks every piece of news against two sources, even though it means she posts later than others.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- How many followers does the sister have?
- Why did she have to block somebody?
- What tires her most, in her own words?
- What does she do now?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Slovenian?
B1. That means: everyday topics are behind you, you know about three thousand words, and an unknown word is more often guessed from the sentence than looked up.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.