Practice for New Life Café

Rosa: Excuse me! This young man needs some help.
 
Receptionist: Oh, does he now? Sir, do you need an ?
 
Young Man: No money. No papers.
 
Receptionist: Don’t , honey. You don’t need any money! The interpreter is ! That means no fee. You see?
 
Young Man: Free? No charge? I love you, New York!

Doctor: Your results show your glucose level is high, and the concentration of…

Rosa: Could you please ? I’m nervous, and when I’m , I have trouble understanding English. Last time I was here, I didn’t understand anything you said!

Doctor: Okay, Mrs. Dominguez. Do you know what is?
 
Rosa: Diabetes?
 
Doctor: Diabetes, ‘Buela.
 
Rosa: Oh, the “sugar disease.” So that means I have to eat less sugar, right?
 
Doctor: Yes, but that’s not all. You have to get , every day. And take your , every day. And you must change your diet – what you eat and what you cook.

Rosa: What I cook? But, I am about to open a café!
 
Doctor: Well, you have to cook with less sodium. Less salt.
 
Rosa: My !
 
Doctor: Your .
 
Rosa: My rice and beans!
 
Doctor: Smaller !
 
Rosa: My famous cakes! All my Dominican recipes?
 
Doctor: Make your recipes low-fat. It’s good for your heart.
 
Rosa: What will I do? How can I open my new café?

Rosa: Fernando, I have something to tell you. I went back to the doctor today. I have diabetes. I can’t eat the way I used to. I can’t cook the way I used to. Fernando, I can’t open this café! And if I can’t my Dominican dishes, I’m not me! This is the end of all my .
 
Fernando: Rosa, that’s not true. You’ve worked so hard to open this cafe.
 
Rosa: I have to everything. I can’t do it!
 
Fernando: You packed up your whole life in the Dominican Republic to come to New York. If you made that change, you can change a recipe. … See? Your feet are still Dominican.