Spring Surprises: Matej's Moment of Courage

Fluent Fiction - Slovenian: Spring Surprises: Matej's Moment of Courage Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sl/episode/2025-03-06-23-34-02-sl Story Transcript:Sl: Krožišče pri Trnovski gimnaziji je bilo kot vedno polno študentov, ki so se prerivali mimo v lahkih jaknah.En: The roundabout near the Trnovska Gymnasium was, as always, full of students jostling past in light jackets.Sl: Zrak je bil svež, poln vonja spomladanskih cvetov.En: The air was fresh, filled with the scent of spring flowers.Sl: Matej je s torbo na rami hitel po hodniku, njegovo srce pa je divje utripalo.En: Matej, with his bag on his shoulder, hurried down the hallway, his heart beating wildly.Sl: Pomislel je na Ninino nasmejano obličje.En: He thought of Nina's smiling face.Sl: Danes je bil pomemben dan.En: Today was an important day.Sl: Šolsko tekmovanje se je bližalo in Matej je imel pomembno nalogo.En: The school competition was approaching, and Matej had an important task.Sl: Njegov prijatelj Luka, vedno poln energije, mu je pomahal.En: His friend Luka, always full of energy, waved at him.Sl: "Matej! Si že predal sporočilo učiteljem?" je vprašal Luka, mahedrajoč z ovojnico v roki.En: "Matej! Have you already handed the message to the teachers?" asked Luka, waving an envelope in his hand.Sl: "Šele grem," je rekel Matej.En: "I'm just going," said Matej.Sl: "Prepričan sem, da je vse pravilno pripravljeno."En: "I'm sure everything is prepared correctly."Sl: Luka je radovedno pogledal v ovojnico.En: Luka looked curiously at the envelope.Sl: "Daj no, pokaži!"En: "Come on, show me!"Sl: Matej se je zasmejal.En: Matej laughed.Sl: "Ne, to je zaupno," se je pošalil, a Luka je že potegnil ovojnico iz Matejevih rok.En: "No, it's confidential," he joked, but Luka had already pulled the envelope from Matej's hands.Sl: "Resno, Luka, daj mi to nazaj!" Toda Luka se je že smejal in odpiral sporočilo.En: "Seriously, Luka, give that back to me!" But Luka was already laughing and opening the message.Sl: "Oh, Tale šala bo kar spodletela," je zavzdihnil, toda že je prepisoval podatke na hitro pišeč listič, brez da bi se zavedal svoje nepazljivosti.En: "Oh, this prank will surely fail," he sighed, but he was already copying the data onto a hastily written note, unaware of his carelessness.Sl: Ko je imel Matej končno nazaj svojo ovojnico, ni opazil Luka, kako mu je pomahal v pozdrav in hitro izginil med razredne klopi.En: When Matej finally got back his envelope, he didn't notice Luka waving goodbye to him and quickly disappearing among the classroom benches.Sl: Na dan tekmovanja so se učitelji in učenci zbrali v telovadnici.En: On the day of the competition, teachers and students gathered in the gymnasium.Sl: Vsi so bili polni pričakovanj.En: Everyone was full of anticipation.Sl: Matej je stal ob strani, ko je učiteljica Marija stopila pred mikrofon.En: Matej stood aside as Professor Marija stepped up to the microphone.Sl: "Dragi učenci, danes bomo videli, kako ste se pripravili na temo... hm, ure tveganja?"En: "Dear students, today we will see how you've prepared on the topic... um, risk management?"Sl: Matej je otrpnil.En: Matej froze.Sl: "To ni prav!" je pomislil.En: "That's not right!" he thought.Sl: Načrtovali so povsem drugo temo.En: They had planned an entirely different topic.Sl: Kdor koli, ki je pisal drugače, je moral biti Luka.