Pameran Belum Siap

By Speak Indo, original reading practice from the Speak Indo course.

The Exhibition Is Not Ready. A community team solves a safety and budget problem before an exhibition opens.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Pameran seniman ini buka besok, tapi dindingnya belum aman.
   This artist's exhibition opens tomorrow, but the wall is not safe yet.
2. Insinyur sudah datang untuk memeriksanya.
   An engineer has arrived to inspect it.
3. Akuntan bilang biaya perbaikan terlalu tinggi.
   The accountant says the repair cost is too high.
4. Pengacara sedang membaca kontraknya.
   The lawyer is reading the contract.
5. Penulis pameran perlu mengubah teks di dinding.
   The exhibition writer needs to change the wall text.
6. Wartawan juga menunggu untuk membuat berita.
   A journalist is also waiting to write a report.
7. Pedagang di luar sudah menyiapkan makanan.
   The vendor outside has already prepared food.
8. Koki dan pelayan bisa menunggu satu jam.
   The cook and server can wait for one hour.
9. Baik. Kita tutup bagian yang rusak dan pakai ruang lain saja.
   Okay. We will close the damaged section and use another room.
10. Setuju. Insinyur bilang ruang yang lain aman.
    Agreed. The engineer says the other room is safe.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• seniman, artist
• ini, this
• besok, tomorrow
• tapi, but
• belum, not yet
• aman, safe
• insinyur, engineer
• sudah, already
• datang, to come
• untuk, for
• akuntan, accountant
• biaya, cost