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The IKEA Challenge: Building an Unconventional Sofa

Dec 17, 2023 · 15m 27s
The IKEA Challenge: Building an Unconventional Sofa
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01 · Main Story

11m 25s

02 · Vocabulary Words

14m 44s

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Fluent Fiction - Swedish: The IKEA Challenge: Building an Unconventional Sofa Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/the-ikea-challenge-building-an-unconventional-sofa/ Story Transcript: Sv: Emma, Johan och Sofia bodde i...

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Fluent Fiction - Swedish: The IKEA Challenge: Building an Unconventional Sofa
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/the-ikea-challenge-building-an-unconventional-sofa

Story Transcript:

Sv: Emma, Johan och Sofia bodde i Stockholm, staden som aldrig sov. Där alla byggnader skimrade i ljus och atmosfären var livlig. Men deras liv var inte bara fest och glitter. Idag hade de en stor utmaning framför sig. De skulle montera IKEA-möbler.
En: Emma, Johan, and Sofia lived in Stockholm, the city that never slept. Where all buildings shimmered with lights and the atmosphere was lively. But their lives were not just about parties and glitter. Today, they had a big challenge ahead. They were going to assemble IKEA furniture.

Sv: Emma var en kreativ person med förkärlek för snygg design. Sofia var praktisk och visste hur man fick saker att fungera. Johan, han var bara tacksam att ha två så hjälpsamma vänner. Han hade bara ett fel. Han var ingen hantverkare.
En: Emma was a creative person with a love for stylish design. Sofia was practical and knew how to make things work. Johan, he was just grateful to have two such helpful friends. He only had one flaw. He wasn't a craftsman.

Sv: Emma rullade ut ritningen på golvet. "Det ser inte så svårt ut." Hon försökte låta säker. Deras vardagsrum såg ut som en krigszon. Skruvar, träplattor och okända tillbehör var utspridda över hela golvet.
En: Emma unrolled the blueprint on the floor. "It doesn't look that difficult." She tried to sound confident. Their living room looked like a war zone. Screws, wooden planks, and unknown accessories were scattered all over the floor.

Sv: Sofia såg skeptisk ut. "Säkert...", svarade hon med en tvivelaktig ton i rösten. Hon kände redan nu att något inte stämde.
En: Sofia looked skeptical. "Sure...", she replied with a doubtful tone. She already felt that something was off.

Sv: Johan missade helt Sofias skeptiska uttryck, istället började han med entusiasm att skruva ihop de olika delarna enligt instruktionerna på ritningen. Den stora IKEA-soffan de hade drömt om började sakta ta form.
En: Johan completely missed Sofia's skeptical expression and instead started energetically screwing together the different parts according to the instructions on the blueprint. The big IKEA sofa they had dreamed of slowly began to take shape.

Sv: Ganska snart började det dock gå upp för dem att allt inte var som det skulle. Trots ihärdigt sökande och flera timmars montering, verkar det som att flera skruvar saknades till soffan. De gick till och med så långt att de rev upp hela vardagsrummet i sin jakt på de försvunna delarna. Men nej, de var helt försvunna.
En: Soon, however, it became clear to them that not everything was as it should be. Despite persistent searching and several hours of assembling, it seemed that several screws were missing for the sofa. They even went to the extent of tearing up the entire living room in their search for the missing parts. But no, they were completely gone.

Sv: "Men, vad i hela friden...", sa Sofia och kastade upp händerna i ren frustration. Emma nickade bekymrat, inseende att deras dröm om en ny soffa kanske inte skulle bli verklighet idag. I sitt huvud gick hon igenom alla hundratals IKEA-poäng, de tidigare hemmastunder och den långa kö vistelsen de hade genomlidit för att köpa detta.
En: "But, what on earth...", said Sofia, throwing her hands up in frustration. Emma nodded in concern, realizing that their dream of a new sofa might not come true today. In her mind, she went through all the hundreds of IKEA points, the previous home decor moments, and the long wait they had endured to buy this.

Sv: Men Johan, trots sin tidigare lättsinniga attityd, var inte redo att ge upp. "Vi ska fixa det här", sa han och tog en titt på de delar de hade kvar. Som om en lösning bara skulle dyka upp om han stirrade tillräckligt intensivt på dem.
En: But Johan, despite his previous carefree attitude, was not ready to give up. "We'll fix this," he said, taking a look at the parts they had left. As if a solution would just appear if he stared intensely enough at them.

Sv: Och det var precis vad som hände. Johan insåg att även om de saknade vissa delar, fanns det andra delar över. Med lite klurande och några modifikationer kunde en ny design ta form.
En: And that's exactly what happened. Johan realized that even though they were missing some parts, there were other parts left over. With some tinkering and a few modifications, a new design could take shape.

Sv: Efter mycket arbete, några komiskt tragiska snedsteg, och inte lite mängd av skratt, satt Emma, Johan och Sofia slutligen på sin egendesignade IKEA-soffa. Inte riktigt så som ursprungsritningen såg ut, men till och med bättre.
En: After much work, some comically tragic missteps, and quite a lot of laughter, Emma, Johan, and Sofia finally sat on their self-designed IKEA sofa. Not exactly as the original blueprint looked, but even better.

Sv: Hemma i Stockholm med vänner och en unik soffa, insåg de att några saknade IKEA-delar inte var slutet på världen. Kreativitet och gemenskap, det var sant guld värt.
En: At home in Stockholm, with friends and a unique sofa, they realized that a few missing IKEA parts were not the end of the world. Creativity and companionship, that was true gold worth.


Vocabulary Words:
  • Emma: Emma
  • Johan: Johan
  • Sofia: Sofia
  • Stockholm: Stockholm
  • city: stad
  • never: aldrig
  • slept: sov
  • buildings: byggnader
  • shimmered: skimrade
  • lights: ljus
  • atmosphere: atmosfär
  • lively: livlig
  • parties: fest
  • glitter: glitter
  • challenge: utmaning
  • ahead: framför sig
  • assemble: montera
  • IKEA: IKEA
  • furniture: möbler
  • creative: kreativ
  • stylish: snygg
  • design: design
  • practical: praktisk
  • work: fungera
  • craftsman: hantverkare
  • blueprint: ritning
  • floor: golvet
  • difficult: svårt
  • living room: vardagsrum
  • screws: skruvar
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Organization Kameron Kilchrist
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