Speaker 2: Nancy le pregunta a un colega acerca de su próximo
Speaker 2: viaje a México.
Speaker 4: He doesn't want to.
Speaker 5: Why not
Speaker 3: He has a girlfriend now and he'd rather stay home
Speaker 3: with her.
Speaker 5: Well, I hope you and your wife have a good
Speaker 2: trip. En esta conversación, usted oyó girlfriend que significa novia
Speaker 2: y I hope que significa espero. Listen again.
Speaker 5: You and
Speaker 3: your wife are going to Mexico next week, aren't you? Yes,
Speaker 3: first we're going to Guadalajara for a few days, then
Speaker 3: to Mexico City.
Speaker 5: How nice
Speaker 3: Are your children going too? Unfortunately not. Our daughter can't
Speaker 3: come with us and our son doesn't want to.
Speaker 5: Me gustaría un helado grande. I'd like a big dish
Speaker 3: of ice cream. A big dish of ice cream.
Speaker 2: Vayamos al café del jardín.¿ Dónde está el café del jardín?
Speaker 3: Sabe dónde está el café?
Speaker 2: Sabe dónde está el café?
Speaker 3: Do you know where the café is? Do you know
Speaker 3: where the café is?
Speaker 2: Say Sí, está allá. Yes
Speaker 5: it's over there.
Speaker 2: A veces voy allí con mis amigos.
Speaker 5: Sometimes I go there with my friends.
Speaker 2: Se acuerda cómo se dice menos caro?
Speaker 3: Less expensive. Less. Less expensive.
Speaker 2: Ahora usted habla acerca de viajar. Diga, solía ser menos caro.
Speaker 3: It used to be less expensive.
Speaker 2: Viajar solía ser menos caro.
Speaker 3: Listen and repeat. Traveling used to be less expensive. Traveling. Traveling.
Speaker 3: Traveling used to be less expensive.
Speaker 2: Fíjese que viajar puede significar to travel o traveling. Por ahora,
Speaker 2: use traveling cuando venga al principio o cerca del principio
Speaker 2: de la oración. Si no, diga to travel. Diga, viajar
Speaker 2: solía ser menos caro.
Speaker 3: Me gusta viajar.
Speaker 2: Pero viajar es más caro ahora. Ahora está hablando con
Speaker 2: una conocida. Diga, el tiempo no está muy agradable.
Speaker 3: El tiempo no está muy agradable. The weather's not very
Speaker 3: nice
Speaker 2: Observe que se puede decir ya sea isn't or not. Normalmente,
Speaker 2: los estadounidenses dicen lo que les resulta más fácil pronunciar.
Speaker 2: Por ejemplo,
Speaker 4: Her husband isn't. My daughter's not.
Speaker 2: Ambas formas son correctas. Dígame otra vez que el tiempo
Speaker 2: no está muy agradable. Use la forma
Speaker 3: not. The weather is not very nice.
Speaker 2: No me gusta viajar.
Speaker 3: I don't like to travel. Si el tiempo está malo.
Speaker 3: If the weather
Speaker 2: is bad. Viajar es caro también. Pero la semana próxima.
Speaker 2: Voy de vacaciones. Voy de vacaciones.
Speaker 3: Voy a la Ciudad de México. Hay mucho que ver allí.
Speaker 2: Cómo preguntaría ella si van sus hijos con usted?
Speaker 5: Are your children going with you? Are your children going
Speaker 5: with
Speaker 2: you? Now she asks, Sus hijos van con usted, ¿no?
Speaker 5: Your children are going with you, aren't they? Aren't they?
Speaker 5: No
Speaker 2: nuestros hijos no van con nosotros.
Speaker 3: Mi esposa y yo vamos. My wife and I are going.
Speaker 3: Sin nuestros hijos. Without our children.
Speaker 2: Nuestra hija tiene mucho trabajo.
Speaker 3: Our daughter has a lot of work. Has. Our daughter
Speaker 3: has a lot of work.
Speaker 2: Y a nuestro hijo no le gusta viajar.
Speaker 3: Con nosotros. Con nosotros. Prefiere quedarse en casa. He'd rather
Speaker 3: stay home. Stay home.
Speaker 2: Con sus amigos. With his friends. Entonces,¿ ambos se quedan
Speaker 2: en casa? Then
Speaker 5: they're both staying home. They're both staying home.
Speaker 2: Conteste brevemente en forma afirmativa. Sí, lo
Speaker 3: son. Sí, lo son. Se quedan en casa. Con sus amigos.
Speaker 3: Con sus amigos.¿ Vamos sin nuestros hijos?
Speaker 2: Porque prefieren ver a sus amigos.
Speaker 3: Qué lástima.
Speaker 5: That's too bad.
Speaker 2: La ciudad de México es una ciudad bonita.
Speaker 5: Mexico City is a beautiful city.
Speaker 2: Y hay mucho que hacer allí.
Speaker 5: And there's a lot to do there.
Speaker 2: Here's how to ask¿ Cuántos años tiene su hijo?
Speaker 5: Escucha y repite.
Speaker 2: Cuántos años tiene su hijo? Literalmente,¿ qué tan viejo es
Speaker 2: su hijo?
Speaker 5: How old is your son?
Speaker 4: Try to answer...
Speaker 3: Tiene veintiuno. He's twenty-one. He's twenty-one
Speaker 2: Y cuántos años tiene su hija?
Speaker 5: And how old is your daughter? How old
Speaker 2: is your daughter? Mi hija
Speaker 3: tiene 19. My daughter is 19.
Speaker 2: Le gustaría venir con nosotros. She'd
Speaker 3: like to come with us. She'd like to come with us.
Speaker 3: Pero no puede. But she can't. Tiene mucho trabajo. She
Speaker 3: has a lot of work.
Speaker 2: Y es muy caro viajar, literalmente, y viajar es muy caro.
Speaker 3: And traveling is very expensive. It used to be less expensive.
Speaker 3: It used to be less expensive.
Speaker 2: Entonces, ustedes van a México.
Speaker 5: Then you're going to Mexico.
Speaker 2: Sin sus hijos.
Speaker 5: Without your children.
Speaker 2: Van sin ellos.
Speaker 5: You're going without them. Them. Them. Without them. You're going
Speaker 5: without them.
Speaker 4: Answer
Speaker 2: Sí, desgraciadamente.
Speaker 3: Yes, unfortunately. Vamos sin ellos. We're going without them. Sin él.
Speaker 3: Without him. Without him. Y sin ella. And without her.
Speaker 3: And without her. Vamos sin ellos. We're going without them.
Speaker 3: Without them.
Speaker 2: Se quedan aquí con sus amigos.
Speaker 3: They're staying here with their friends. Vamos sin ellos. We're
Speaker 3: going without them.
Speaker 2: She says, Desgraciadamente, yo no puedo viajar ahora.
Speaker 5: Unfortunately, I can't travel now.
Speaker 2: Porque no tengo suficiente tiempo.
Speaker 5: Because I don't have enough time. I don't have enough time.
Speaker 2: Try to say Y no tengo coche.
Speaker 5: And I don't have a car. A car. I don't
Speaker 5: have a car.
Speaker 2: Try to say Solía tener coche.
Speaker 5: I used to have a car.
Speaker 2: Pero no tengo coche en este momento. Voy a comprar
Speaker 2: un coche la semana próxima.
Speaker 5: I'm going to buy a car next week
Speaker 6: Mi hijo tiene coche. My
Speaker 5: son has
Speaker 2: a car. Ask¿ Cuántos años tiene su hijo?
Speaker 3: How old is your son? How old is your son?
Speaker 2: She answers. Tiene veinticinco.
Speaker 5: He's twenty-five. He's twenty-five.
Speaker 2: Vive en Nueva York ahora. He
Speaker 5: lives in New York now.
Speaker 2: Solía vivir en San Francisco.
Speaker 5: He used to live in San Francisco. San Francisco. He
Speaker 5: used to live in San Francisco.
Speaker 2: Try to say, Trabaja para
Speaker 4: IBM.
Speaker 5: He works for IBM. For IBM. He works for IBM.
Speaker 2: Ask.¿ Dónde trabaja?
Speaker 3: Where does he work? Para IBM.
Speaker 2: For IBM. Solía trabajar para Apple.
Speaker 5: He used to work for Apple. He used to work
Speaker 5: for Apple.
Speaker 2: Tengo también dos hijas. I
Speaker 5: have two daughters, too.
Speaker 2: Try to ask¿ Y cuántos años tienen ellas?
Speaker 3: And how old are they?
Speaker 2: How old are they? She answers... La mayor tiene dieciocho.
Speaker 5: The older one is eighteen.
Speaker 2: Y la menor tiene doce.
Speaker 5: And the younger one is twelve.
Speaker 2: Ahora, suponga que usted es una mujer mexicana, María Ramírez.
Speaker 2: Está sentada al lado de un comerciante americano en una
Speaker 2: comida para gente de negocios en un hotel en Nueva York.¿
Speaker 2: Cómo lo saludaría?
Speaker 3: Hello. Oh, hello. I'm sorry. Your name is... Say that
Speaker 3: your name is María Ramírez.
Speaker 5: My name is
Speaker 3: Maria Ramirez. Pleased to meet you.
Speaker 2: I'm Charles Johnson. Conteste que le da gusto a usted
Speaker 2: conocerlo saludándolo por su apellido.
Speaker 5: Pleased
Speaker 4: to meet you, Mr. Johnson. Now ask him how he
Speaker 4: is tonight. How are
Speaker 5: you tonight?
Speaker 4: Not bad, and you? Say that you're fine and thank him.
Speaker 4: I'm fine, thanks. Fine, thank you. Now ask
Speaker 3: where he works. Where do you work? I work here
Speaker 3: in New York for IBM. And you? Say that you
Speaker 3: work for Telmex. I work for Telmex. Oh
Speaker 2: really? Are you Mexican? Conteste apropiadamente.
Speaker 5: Yes, I'm
Speaker 2: Mexican. Yes, I am. He says, Mi hijo vive en México.
Speaker 2: Dígalo por él.
Speaker 3: My son lives in Mexico.
Speaker 2: Él y su esposa viven allí. He
Speaker 3: and his wife live there. Con sus hijos. With their children.
Speaker 3: How do you say... Con ellos. With them. Them.
Speaker 2: Desgraciadamente, no los veo.
Speaker 3: Muy frecuentemente. Muy frecuentemente. Mi
Speaker 2: hija va a México la semana próxima. My
Speaker 3: daughter is going to Mexico next week.
Speaker 2: Tiene una muy buena amiga allí.¿ Cómo está el tiempo
Speaker 2: allí ahora? Está bonito en este momento.
Speaker 5: It's beautiful at the moment
Speaker 2: Han seguido hablando durante la cena y ahora están tomando
Speaker 2: el postre.
Speaker 4: Say that this is very good ice cream. This is
Speaker 4: very good
Speaker 5: ice cream
Speaker 2: Ella siente y pregunta,¿ Cuánto tiempo se queda en Nueva York?
Speaker 3: How long are you staying in New York? How long
Speaker 3: are you staying in New York?
Speaker 2: Answer. Hasta el sábado.
Speaker 5: Until Saturday.
Speaker 2: Me gusta mucho Nueva York.
Speaker 5: I like New York very much. I like New York
Speaker 5: very much.
Speaker 2: Pero solía ser menos caro.
Speaker 5: But it used to be less expensive.
Speaker 4: Now ask¿ Y su hija?
Speaker 5: And your daughter?
Speaker 2: Cuánto tiempo se queda en México?
Speaker 5: How long is she
Speaker 4: staying in
Speaker 3: Mexico? Try to say¿ Quién sabe? Who knows? Who knows?
Speaker 2: Es muy caro viajar. Comience con viajar.
Speaker 3: Traveling is very expensive. Viajar es muy caro.