Speaker 2: Listen to this conversation.
Speaker 3: Miguel, wait. Where are you
Speaker 2: going? I have to go into the city. I want
Speaker 2: to buy a few things for my wife. Are you
Speaker 2: going to
Speaker 3: take
Speaker 2: the subway? Yes, my wife needs the car. Do you
Speaker 2: have time for coffee first? Maybe. How late are the
Speaker 2: stores
Speaker 3: open
Speaker 2: tonight? Until nine o'clock. Then I do have time for coffee.
Speaker 2: Listen again
Speaker 3: Miguel, wait. Where are you
Speaker 2: going? I have to go into the city. I want
Speaker 2: to buy a few things for my wife.
Speaker 3: Are
Speaker 2: you going to take the subway? Yes, my wife needs
Speaker 2: the car. Do you have time for
Speaker 3: coffee
Speaker 2: first? Maybe. How late are the stores open tonight
Speaker 4: Until nine o'clock. Then I do have time for
Speaker 2: coffee. A friend of mine is coming to visit. Say
Speaker 2: Él es de México. He's from Mexico.
Speaker 4: Pero vive aquí desde hace tres años. But
Speaker 2: he's lived here for three years. He's lived here for
Speaker 2: three years.
Speaker 4: Cómo se llama su amigo?
Speaker 3: What's your friend's name?
Speaker 4: Felipe Martínez. Se llama Felipe Martínez.
Speaker 2: Vamos a almorzar juntos. We're going to have lunch together
Speaker 4: en el restaurante Avenida Parque
Speaker 2: at the Park Avenue restaurant. Try to say A veces
Speaker 2: como allí. Sometimes I eat there.
Speaker 4: Y a veces como en casa.¿ Se acuerda cómo se
Speaker 4: dice primero? Primero vamos a almorzar. Y luego, vamos a
Speaker 4: una tienda departamental. Mi amigo quiere comprar una camiseta para
Speaker 4: su hijo. Camiseta.
Speaker 5: T-shirt. Shirt.
Speaker 2: Shirt. T-shirt.
Speaker 4: Say. Mi amigo quiere comprar una camiseta. My
Speaker 2: friend wants to buy a T-shirt. Para su hijo. For
Speaker 2: his
Speaker 4: son. Say. Primero. Va a comprar una camiseta. Y
Speaker 2: después, vamos a tomar una copa de vino.
Speaker 4: Y después vamos a tomar una copa de vino.
Speaker 2: Felipe siempre toma vino tinto. Felipe siempre toma vino tinto.
Speaker 4: Nunca toma cerveza.
Speaker 2: Nunca toma cerveza.
Speaker 5: Pregunta cómo va a la ciudad.
Speaker 3: How are you going into the city?
Speaker 5: En metro? Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: By subway? By.¿ By subway?
Speaker 4: Try to ask.¿ En metro o en taxi?
Speaker 3: By subway or by taxi.
Speaker 4: En metro, claro
Speaker 4: Frecuentemente tomo el metro.
Speaker 2: Say
Speaker 5: that taxis are faster.
Speaker 2: Taxis are faster
Speaker 4: Observe que dijo taxis y no the taxis. En inglés
Speaker 4: se usa the solamente cuando se habla de personas o
Speaker 4: cosas en particular. Diga otra vez, los taxis son más rápidos.
Speaker 2: Pero son más caros.
Speaker 4: Ahora, imagínese que usted y su esposa están en un
Speaker 4: viaje prolongado a Boston. Tienen un coche alquilado y ambos
Speaker 4: necesitan hacer unos mandados. Su esposa le dice, voy a
Speaker 4: comprar una camiseta.
Speaker 3: I'm
Speaker 5: going to buy a t-shirt. Ask her if she needs
Speaker 2: the car. Do you need the car? She answers
Speaker 4: No, puedo ir caminando. No,
Speaker 3: I can walk. I can walk
Speaker 4: La tienda no está lejos. The
Speaker 3: store isn't far.
Speaker 4: Y frecuentemente voy ahí caminando.
Speaker 3: And I often walk there.
Speaker 4: No necesito el coche hoy.
Speaker 3: I don't need the car today.
Speaker 5: Say that you can both go by car.
Speaker 2: We can both go by car.
Speaker 4: Say Podemos ir al centro juntos.
Speaker 2: We can go into town together.
Speaker 4: Puedes comprar la camiseta.
Speaker 2: You can buy the t-shirt. Y luego...
Speaker 4: And then... Podemos tomar una copa de vino juntos.
Speaker 2: We can have a glass of wine together. Tomemos una
Speaker 2: copa de vino juntos. Listen and repeat. Let's have a
Speaker 2: glass of wine together. Let's. Let's have a glass of
Speaker 2: wine together.
Speaker 4: Los norteamericanos muchas veces usan let's para sugerir que se
Speaker 4: haga algo juntos. Diga otra vez, tomemos una copa de
Speaker 4: vino juntos.
Speaker 2: Let's have a glass of wine together.
Speaker 4: Now try
Speaker 5: to
Speaker 4: say Vayamos al centro juntos.
Speaker 2: Let's go into town together. Let's go into town together.¿
Speaker 2: Por qué no?
Speaker 3: Why not?
Speaker 4: Qué tan tarde?¿ Qué tan tarde quiere quedarse en el centro?
Speaker 4: Él se sobreentiende.
Speaker 2: Qué tan tarde quiere quedarse en el centro?
Speaker 5: Hasta las seis
Speaker 3: Entonces
Speaker 4: vayamos en metro. Ahora, imagínese que usted está en Nueva
Speaker 4: York trabajando con una amiga en su oficina. Ha llegado
Speaker 4: una carta para usted. Carta
Speaker 4: Cómo le diría a su amiga a usted, aquí está
Speaker 4: una carta para usted?
Speaker 3: Here's a letter for you. Here's a letter for you.
Speaker 2: Para mí?¿ Por mí?
Speaker 4: Sí, una carta para usted. Es de México.
Speaker 3: Dice...
Speaker 4: La carta es de un colega mexicano.
Speaker 2: Oh, the letter is from a Mexican colleague. The letter
Speaker 2: is from a Mexican colleague.
Speaker 4: Cómo se llama su colega? What's
Speaker 3: your colleague's name?
Speaker 4: Miguel, Miguel Rodríguez.
Speaker 2: Miguel, Miguel Rodríguez. La carta es de Miguel.
Speaker 4: Él y su esposa vienen de visita.
Speaker 2: Su esposa se llama Elena. Viven en Guadalajara. Él vive
Speaker 4: allí desde hace dos años.
Speaker 2: He's lived there for two years.
Speaker 4: Y ella vive ahí desde hace cinco años.
Speaker 2: And she's lived there for five years.
Speaker 4: Your friend asks, Ellos hablan inglés, ¿no?
Speaker 3: They speak English, don't they? They speak English, don't
Speaker 5: they? Answer.
Speaker 4: Sí, claro. Ambos hablan inglés muy bien.
Speaker 2: Yes, of course. They both speak English very well.
Speaker 4: Pero a veces hablamos español juntos.
Speaker 2: But sometimes we speak Spanish together.
Speaker 5: Your friend asks
Speaker 4: Cuándo vienen?
Speaker 3: When are they coming? When are they coming?
Speaker 5: Answer ¿Vienen?
Speaker 2: They're coming. El lunes.
Speaker 5: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 2: On Monday. Monday. Monday. On Monday. Try to say, Vienen
Speaker 2: el lunes. They're coming on Monday.
Speaker 4: Observe que en inglés, Literalmente se dice en lunes. Dígame
Speaker 4: otra vez que vienen el lunes.
Speaker 2: They're coming on Monday.
Speaker 4: Pero llegaron a los Estados Unidos.
Speaker 2: But they arrived in the United States. They arrived in
Speaker 2: the United States. Ayer en la mañana. Yesterday morning.
Speaker 4: Your friend asks,¿ Cuánto tiempo se van a quedar?
Speaker 3: How long are they going to stay? How long are
Speaker 3: they going to stay?
Speaker 5: Answer
Speaker 4: Durante
Speaker 2: dos días. For two days. Vienen el lunes. They're coming
Speaker 2: on Monday. They're coming.
Speaker 4: Ahora, de la misma manera, trate de decir llegan. They're arriving.
Speaker 4: Acuérdese que en inglés, esta forma se puede usar para
Speaker 4: hablar de algo que va a ocurrir en el futuro próximo. Aquí,
Speaker 5: they're arriving
Speaker 4: significa exactamente lo mismo que
Speaker 5: they're
Speaker 4: going to arrive. Diga otra vez, llegan.
Speaker 2: They're arriving. Llegan el lunes. They're arriving on Monday.¿ A
Speaker 2: qué hora llegan?
Speaker 3: At what time
Speaker 4: are they arriving? A las cinco, creo.
Speaker 2: At five o'clock, I think.
Speaker 4: A las cinco menos diez. Literalmente, a diez para cinco.
Speaker 5: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 2: At ten to five.
Speaker 4: A las cinco menos diez. Observe que aquí no se
Speaker 4: usa o'clock
Speaker 4: Llegan a las cinco menos diez.
Speaker 2: They're arriving at ten to five.
Speaker 4: Usted se corrige. No, a las cinco menos veinte.
Speaker 2: No, at twenty to five.
Speaker 4: Now say, a las cinco menos cinco.
Speaker 2: At five to five.¿ A las cinco menos diez? At
Speaker 2: ten to five. Your friend asks,
Speaker 4: A las cinco menos veinte? At
Speaker 3: twenty
Speaker 4: to five.¿ O a las cinco menos diez? Or
Speaker 3: at ten to five.
Speaker 4: El señor y la señora Rodríguez llegan a las 5
Speaker 2: menos 20.
Speaker 4: Usted le enseña la carta.¿ Qué dice cuando hace esto?
Speaker 2: Here's the letter. Here's the letter.
Speaker 4: Así es como se dice martes. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 2: Tuesday. Tuesday. Tuesday.
Speaker 4: Trate de preguntar si tiene tiempo el martes.
Speaker 2: Do you have time on Tuesday? On Tuesday. Do you
Speaker 2: have time on Tuesday? Your friend
Speaker 4: asks¿ Qué le gustaría hacer? What
Speaker 3: would you like to do?
Speaker 4: Qué le gustaría hacer el martes?
Speaker 3: What would you like to
Speaker 4: do on Tuesday? Say,¿ Por qué no vamos al café
Speaker 4: del jardín?
Speaker 2: Why don't we go to the garden café?
Speaker 4: Con frecuencia voy allí con mis amigos.
Speaker 2: I often go there with my friends.
Speaker 4: Qué tan tarde está abierto el café? How
Speaker 3: late is the café open
Speaker 4: Hasta las once.
Speaker 2: Until eleven o'clock.
Speaker 4: Your friend says... De acuerdo. Vayamos al café del jardín.
Speaker 4: El martes. Con su colega y su esposa. Quiere decir,
Speaker 4: la esposa de él.
Speaker 3: With your colleague and his wife.
Speaker 4: Podemos ir en metro.
Speaker 3: We can go by subway.
Speaker 4: O podemos ir caminando.
Speaker 3: Or we can walk.
Speaker 4: Now say Son las seis menos veinte.¿ Tiene tiempo para
Speaker 4: un café? Claro. Después del café, usted le dice a
Speaker 4: su amiga, Me tengo que ir ahora. Primero, tengo que
Speaker 4: comprar una camiseta. Para mi hijita, literalmente, mi pequeña niña.
Speaker 2: For my little girl. My little girl.
Speaker 4: Y luego, tengo que comprar vino. Algo de vino.
Speaker 2: And then I have to buy some wine.
Speaker 5: Ask.
Speaker 4: Qué tan tarde están abiertas las tiendas? Hasta las ocho, creo. Entonces,
Speaker 4: no tengo mucho tiempo.
Speaker 2: Nos vemos el martes.
Speaker 4: Ahora, imagínese que recibe una carta de una colega mexicana.
Speaker 4: Es una carta de María. It's a letter from Maria.
Speaker 3: From whom?
Speaker 4: De Maria. Es una colega mía.
Speaker 2: From Maria. She's a colleague of mine. Viene de visita.
Speaker 2: She's coming to visit.
Speaker 5: When? Try to say,
Speaker 2: Llega el lunes. She's arriving on Monday. She's arriving.
Speaker 4: A las tres menos veinte.
Speaker 2: At twenty to three.
Speaker 4: No, a las tres menos diez.
Speaker 2: Primero viene a Nueva York. Y luego va a Washington.
Speaker 2: Y luego va a Washington.
Speaker 3: Is her husband
Speaker 5: coming too? Say that
Speaker 2: no, he's going to stay home. No, he's going to
Speaker 2: stay home.
Speaker 4: Con quedarse, usualmente se sobreentiende en. Diga otra vez, va
Speaker 4: a quedarse en casa.
Speaker 2: He's going to stay home. Con la hija menor. How
Speaker 2: long is your colleague going to stay?
Speaker 5: Say that she's staying until Tuesday.
Speaker 2: She's staying until Tuesday. Until Tuesday.
Speaker 4: Aquí está la carta, le dice usted.
Speaker 2: Este es el final
Speaker 3: de la lección nueve.