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Spanish Course Lesson 18
LUGARES (Places)
SUPERMERCADO (Supermarket)
VERDULERIA (greengrocer´s)
TIENDA DE ROPA (clothing store)
CARNICERIA (butcher´s)
(ice-cream shop) HELADERIA
LIBRERIA
(library)
PANADERIA
(shoe-shop)
KIOSKO (kiosk)
(restaurant) RESTAURANTE
(post-office)CORREO
FARMACIA
(hospital)font-family:"Curlz MT"”>HOSPITAL
PELUQUERIA
GIMNASIO (gym)
(cinema) CINE
TEATRO (theater)
(park) PLAZA
ZOOLOGICO (zoo)
MUSEO (museum)
Going to the museum
Alejandra: Amiga, ?por que no vamos al museo de Ciencias Naturales?
Bibiana: ?Que buena idea! ?Asi podremos entender mejor lo que estamos aprendiendo enla clase de Biologia en el colegio!
Alejandra:?Si! ?Vamos ahora?
Bibiana: ?Dale!
(Alejandra: My friend, why don´t we go to the Natural Science Museum?
Bibiana: What a good idea! So that we can understand better what we are learning in the Biology class at school!
Alejandra:Yes! Should we go now?
Bibiana: Yes!)
At the restaurant
Brenda: ?Ya decidiste que vas a pedir?
Karina: Si, una milanesa con papas fritas, ?y vos?
Brenda: Yo una hamburguesa completa con huevo frito y sin lechuga
Karina: ?Y para tomar?
Brenda: Un agua mineral.
Karina: Yo tambien voy a tomar agua.
Brenda: OK, llamemos al mozo entonces.
(Brenda: Are you ready to order?
Karina: Yes, one breaded meat with fries. And you?
Brenda: I´m going to order a whole hamburger with a fried egg and without lettuce.
Karina: And to drink?
Brenda: A bottle of mineral water
Karina: I´m going to drink water as well.
Brenda: OK. Let’s call the waiter then)
Going to the cinema
Marcela: ?Vamos al cine?
Evangelina: Me encanto la idea. ?Tenes idea de que pelicula estan dando?
Marcela: Mmmm… no… miremos en el periodico… ?Ah! ?Si! Podemos ir a ver Beowulf! ?Que te parece?
Evangelina: Buenisimo. ?A que hora empieza?
Marcela: En una hora y media. Debemos apurarnos si queremos llegar a tiempo.
Evangelina:Y cuanto dura?
Marcela: 1 hour 53 minutos.
Evangelina: Ok. Podemos ir a cenar a la salida.
Marcela: ?Dale!
(Marcela: Should we go to the cinema?
Evangelina: I love the idea. Do you know what they are showing?
Marcela: Mmmm…no…let’s look at the newspaper…Ah!Yes! We can see Beowulf! What do you think?
Evangelina: Great. What time does it begin?
Marcela: In an hour and a half. We must hurry if we want to arrive on time.
Evangelina: And how long does it take?
Marcela: 1 hour 53 minutes.
Evangelina.OK. We can have dinner after the film.
Marcela: Yeah!)
Going to the library
Paula: ?No se puede estudiar aqui! ?Hay muchisimo ruido! ?Es imposible concentrarse con el ruido de los colectivos y las bocinas de los automoviles!
Marisa: Si, tienes razon. Vayamos a la biblioteca que queda a tres cuadras de aqui.
Paula: Si, ?vayamos ahora porque sino, no haremos a tiempo para estudiar para el examen de Historia!
(Paula: We can´t study here! There´s a lot of noise! It´s impossible to concentrate with the noise of buses and the car horns!
Marisa: Yes, you are right. Let´s go to the library that is three blocks from here.
Paula: Yes, let´s go now because otherwise, we won´t have enough time to study for the History exam!)
At the post-office
Cliente: Buen dia. Quisiera enviar una carta a Austria por favor.
Empleado: ?Como quiere enviarla? ?Certificada o simple?
Cliente: Simple por favor. ?Cuantos dias tarda en llegar?
Empleado: No mas de 7 dias.
Cliente: Muy bien. ?Podria darme las estampillas correspondientes?
Empleado: Si, son USD 0.75. Tome.
Cliente: Gracias. ?Adonde la deposito?
Empleado: En aquel buzon por favor.
Cliente: Gracias. Adios
(Customer: Good morning. I´d like to send a setter to Austria please.
Assistant: How would you like to send it? Registered or simple?
Customer: Simple, please. How long does it take to arrive?
Assistant: No more than 7 days.
Customer: OK. Could you give me the corresponding stamps?
Assistant: Sure. It´s USD 0.75. Here you are.
Customer: Thank you. Where do I put it?
Assistant: In that mail box please.
Customer: Thank you. Good bye.)
Going to the ice-cream shop
Emilia: ?Que dia caluroso!
Florencia:?Si! ?Esta insoportable!
Emilia: ?Vamos a comer un helado?
Florencia: ?Buenisimo!
(Emilia: What a hot day!
Florencia: Yes! It´s unbearable!
Emilia: Should we go for an ice-cream?
Florencia: Great!)
USEFUL PHRASES TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS
VAYAMOS A… (Let´s go to…)
?VAMOS AL…? (Let´s go to…)
POR QUE NO VAMOS A…(Why don´t we go to…)
ANSWERS
NO… NO TENGO GANAS (no…I don´t feel lke…)
?BUENISIMO! (Great!)
?QUE BUENA IDEA! (Great idea!)
Lectura (Reading)
La nina le pregunto a su padre si podian ir al zoologico al dia siguiente. Su padre le dijo que solo la llevaria si se portaba bien. La nina se comporto muy bien. Realmente queria ir a ver y darles de comer a los camellos y a los ducks. Tambien queria ver las jirafas, los flamencos y los monos, aunque tenia miedo de ver a las serpientes.
(The girl asked her father if they could go to the zoo the following day. Her father told her that he would take her if she behaved well. The girl behaved very well. She really wanted to go and feed the camels and ducks. She also wanted to see the giraffes, the flamingoes and the monkeys, although she was afraid to see the snakes.)
Exercise:
A) Answer the following questions based on the reading
a) ?Donde queria ir la nina? Al zoologico
(Where did the girl want to go? To the zoo)
b) ?Por que se porto bien la nina? Porque queria ir al zoologico
(Why did the girl behave well? Because she wanted to go to the zoo.)
c) ?Que queria hacer en el zoologico? Ver y darles de comer a los camellos y a los patos.
(What did she want to do in the zoo? She wanted to see and feed the camels and ducks.)
d) ?Que otros animales queria ver? Queria ver las jirafas, los flamencos y los monos.
(What other animals did she want to see? She wanted to see the giraffes, the flamingoes and the monkeys.)
e) ?A que les tenia miedo? A las serpientes.
(What was she scared of? She was scared of snakes.)
B) Put the following dialogue in order:
?Dale!
Me encanto la idea. ?Que pelicula estan dando?
?Vamos al cine?
No importa. Vayamos igual.
Buenisimo. ?A que hora empieza?
No se cuanto dura…
En una hora. Debemos apurarnos si queremos llegar a tiempo.
OK. Podemos ir a tomar un cafe a la salida.
Podemos ir a ver X-men! ?Que te parece?
Y cuanto dura?
?Y cuanto dura?
C) Complete the following dialogues
Cliente: Buen dia. Quisiera enviar una carta a Francia por favor.
Cliente: Simplepor favor. ?Cuantos dias tarda en llegar?
Empleado:No mas de 5 dias.
Empleado: Si,son USD 0.45. Tome.
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Jorgelina: Amiga, ?por que no vamos al museo de Historia?
Anabel: ?Buenisimo! ?Asi podremos entender lo que estamos viendo enla clase de Historia en el colegio!
Jorgelina: ?Si! ?Vamos ahora?
Anabel: ?Dale!
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