Speaker 2: Listen to this conversation. Susan, do you have time for coffee? No,
Speaker 2: I don't, not now. A friend
Speaker 3: of mine is coming to visit and I don't have
Speaker 3: much time. Do I know your friend? I don't think so.
Speaker 3: Her name is Ana Rodriguez and she's from Mexico. I
Speaker 3: haven't
Speaker 2: seen her for a few years
Speaker 3: but maybe later we can have a glass of wine together.
Speaker 3: Listen again. Susan, do you have time for coffee? No,
Speaker 3: I don't, not now. Ahora, suponga que usted se llama
Speaker 3: María Ramírez. Es antes del mediodía y usted se encuentra
Speaker 3: accidentalmente
Speaker 2: con un conocido.¿ Cómo la
Speaker 3: saluda él, de modo moderno, llamándola por su apellido?
Speaker 2: Good morning, Ms. Ramírez. Ms. Ramírez. I'm sorry, what's your name?
Speaker 2: He answers...
Speaker 4: Me llamo Charles Johnson.
Speaker 2: My name is Charles Johnson.
Speaker 4: Sí. Oh, sí.¿ Y cómo está usted, señor Johnson? Oh,
Speaker 4: yes
Speaker 3: And how are you, Mr. Johnson?
Speaker 4: Nada mal, gracias.¿ Tiene tiempo para un café? Ahora no,
Speaker 4: pero un poco más tarde sí. Sí se sobreentiende. Él sugiere,¿
Speaker 4: por qué no vamos?¿ Por qué no vamos al café
Speaker 4: del jardín?
Speaker 2: Why don't we go to the garden cafe?
Speaker 4: A las cinco?
Speaker 2: At five o'clock?
Speaker 4: Podemos tomar una cerveza
Speaker 2: We can have a beer We can have a beer
Speaker 2: Or a glass of wine. Say,
Speaker 4: Nunca tomo vino blanco.
Speaker 3: I never drink white wine.
Speaker 4: Y no me gusta la cerveza.
Speaker 3: And I don't like beer.
Speaker 5: A veces. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Sometimes. Times. Some. Sometimes. Try to say.
Speaker 4: A veces tomo vino tinto. Diga, bebo.
Speaker 3: Sometimes I drink red wine. Sometimes I drink red wine.
Speaker 4: Pero me gusta mucho el café. Diga muy mucho.
Speaker 3: But I like coffee very much
Speaker 4: Él dice de manera informal a mí también o yo también.
Speaker 2: Me too.
Speaker 4: Me too. Ask. Entonces,¿ por qué no tomamos un café
Speaker 4: más tarde? Algo de café. Then,
Speaker 3: why don't we have some coffee later
Speaker 4: A veces tomo vino tinto.
Speaker 3: Sometimes I drink red wine.
Speaker 4: Y a veces tomo café. Pero nunca tomo cerveza. Ahora
Speaker 4: es otro día. Diga, una colega. A
Speaker 2: colleague.
Speaker 4: A colleague. Una colega mía viene de visita. A
Speaker 2: colleague of mine is coming to visit.
Speaker 6: Ask.
Speaker 4: Una colega suya.
Speaker 7: A colleague of yours?
Speaker 4: Say Sí, se llama Elena Martínez.
Speaker 2: Yes, her name is Elena Martínez. Her name is Elena Martínez.
Speaker 2: Viene con su esposo. She's coming with her husband. Ambos
Speaker 2: son mexicanos. Listen and repeat. They're both Mexican. Both. Both.
Speaker 5: Say in English, ambos.
Speaker 4: Ambos son mexicanos. Literalmente, ellos son ambos mexicanos. Desgraciadamente
Speaker 4: Quiere decir, no veo a mi colega desde hace un año. Diga,
Speaker 4: no veo a mi colega. Literalmente, no he visto a
Speaker 4: mi colega. I
Speaker 2: haven't seen my colleague. I haven't seen my colleague.
Speaker 4: Desde hace un año. No la veo desde hace un año.
Speaker 4: Tenga cuidado con el orden de las palabras.
Speaker 2: Ella y su esposo... She and her husband are both
Speaker 4: from Mexico. She and her husband are both from Mexico.
Speaker 4: Pero ahora viven en Washington.
Speaker 2: They live in Washington now. Where do they live? Answer
Speaker 4: Todavía viven en Washington.
Speaker 2: They still live in Washington.
Speaker 4: Ahora quiere decir, viven allí desde hace tres años.
Speaker 2: Listen and repeat. They've lived there for three years. Lived
Speaker 2: Lived They have lived. They've lived. They've lived there for
Speaker 2: three years.
Speaker 4: Observe que con for years se usa una forma de have,
Speaker 4: they've lived, we've been, etc. Diga, viven allí desde hace...
Speaker 2: They've lived there for... They've lived there for...
Speaker 4: Viven allí desde hace tres años.
Speaker 2: They've lived there for three years.
Speaker 4: Ask¿ Cuánto tiempo?
Speaker 3: How long?
Speaker 4: Try to ask¿ Cuánto tiempo hace que viven allí?
Speaker 3: How long have they lived there? How long have they
Speaker 3: lived there?
Speaker 4: Viven allí desde hace tres años.
Speaker 2: They've lived there for three years.
Speaker 5: Say that they're both Mexican.
Speaker 2: They're both Mexican.
Speaker 5: Say that they both speak English. They both
Speaker 2: speak English.
Speaker 4: Observe el orden de las palabras.
Speaker 5: Are
Speaker 4: both. Pero. Both speak. Diga otra vez, ambos hablan inglés.
Speaker 2: They both speak English
Speaker 4: Ellos siempre hablan en inglés conmigo.
Speaker 2: They always speak English with me.
Speaker 4: Pero a veces hablan en español.
Speaker 2: But sometimes they speak Spanish. But sometimes they speak Spanish.
Speaker 2: With my children. Try to ask
Speaker 4: Cuándo llegaron a Nueva York? Esta mañana. Llegaron a Nueva
Speaker 4: York esta mañana.
Speaker 2: They arrived in New York this morning.
Speaker 4: Viven en Washington desde hace tres años.
Speaker 2: They've lived in Washington for three years. They've lived in
Speaker 2: Washington for three years.
Speaker 4: Tiene mucho trabajo hoy.
Speaker 3: Do you have a lot of work today? A lot
Speaker 5: of work.
Speaker 4: Answer No, no tengo mucho trabajo.
Speaker 2: No, I don't have much work.
Speaker 4: Much work.¿ Tiene tiempo para una copa de vino? Yo
Speaker 4: siempre tengo tiempo.
Speaker 2: Para una copa de vino. For a glass of wine.
Speaker 2: Con
Speaker 4: usted. With you. Ask Entonces,¿ por qué no vamos?
Speaker 3: Then, why don't we go?
Speaker 4: Al café del jardín? To
Speaker 3: the garden café.
Speaker 4: Bueno, me gusta el café del jardín.
Speaker 2: A veces voy allí. Go. I go. Sometimes I go there.
Speaker 2: Say
Speaker 4: A veces voy allí con un amigo mío.
Speaker 2: Sometimes I go there with a friend of mine.
Speaker 4: Observe que usted dijo I
Speaker 5: go
Speaker 4: y no I'm going I'm going Se usa en relación
Speaker 4: con un suceso en particular. Pero con palabras tales como nunca,
Speaker 4: a veces, siempre, usted dirá, etc. Escuche estos pares de
Speaker 4: oraciones y piense acerca de lo que significan.
Speaker 2: Voy a Boston mañana. I'm going to Boston tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Now say Nunca voy a Boston. I
Speaker 3: never go to
Speaker 5: Boston. Now say again A veces voy
Speaker 2: allí. Sometimes I go there. Con un amigo mío. Ambos
Speaker 2: fuimos allí ayer. Ahora, suponga que usted es un mexicano.
Speaker 4: que va de viaje a Nueva York. Usted está con
Speaker 4: una amiga y ella acaba de sugerir que ambos tomen
Speaker 4: el autobús de vuelta a su hotel. Dígale a su
Speaker 4: amiga que usted no quiere esperar. I
Speaker 2: don't want to wait.
Speaker 4: Your friend says Bueno, podemos ir caminando. Ir caminando o caminar.
Speaker 4: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Walk Walk Walk.
Speaker 4: Try to say Bueno, podemos ir caminando.
Speaker 3: Alright, we can walk. We can walk. Try to say
Speaker 4: A veces voy caminando.
Speaker 3: Sometimes I walk. Sometimes I walk.
Speaker 4: Y a veces tomo un taxi. Tomo un taxi.
Speaker 5: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: I take a taxi. A taxi. Take. Take a taxi.
Speaker 3: I take a taxi. Say
Speaker 4: A veces tomo un taxi.
Speaker 3: Sometimes I take a taxi.
Speaker 4: Podemos ir caminando.
Speaker 3: We can walk. We can walk.
Speaker 4: O podemos tomar un taxi.
Speaker 3: Or we can take a taxi.
Speaker 5: Say that you can both take a taxi.
Speaker 3: We can both take a taxi. Ask her
Speaker 5: where her car is. Where's your car? Where's
Speaker 2: your car?
Speaker 5: En casa. At home. At home. At home. ¿Dónde? Where?
Speaker 5: At home. At home
Speaker 3: En inglés. En inglés.
Speaker 4: Tanto house como home significan casa. Diga otra vez, en casa.
Speaker 3: At
Speaker 4: home. She says, podemos ir caminando. We
Speaker 3: can walk. We can walk.
Speaker 4: O podemos tomar un taxi.
Speaker 3: Or we can take a taxi.
Speaker 4: Pero mi coche está en casa.
Speaker 3: But my car is at home. I don't have much time.
Speaker 4: Por qué?
Speaker 3: Because
Speaker 4: Voy a cenar con un colega mío.
Speaker 3: I'm going to have dinner with
Speaker 4: a colleague of mine. Ask.¿ Un colega suyo? A
Speaker 2: colleague of yours.
Speaker 4: Yes, a colleague from Mexico.
Speaker 3: She says
Speaker 5: that his name is Miguel Rodriguez.
Speaker 3: His name is Miguel Rodriguez.
Speaker 5: She says that he's coming to visit today.
Speaker 3: He's coming to
Speaker 4: visit today. Say, Oh, lo conozco.
Speaker 2: Oh,
Speaker 4: I know him. Creo que su esposa es colombiana.
Speaker 2: I think his wife is Colombian.
Speaker 4: Sí, y ahora viven en Boston. Viven allí desde hace
Speaker 4: dos años. Ambos hablan inglés muy bien.
Speaker 3: They both speak English very well.
Speaker 4: Pero a veces hablamos español juntos.
Speaker 3: But sometimes we speak Spanish together
Speaker 4: Ask¿ Dónde van a cenar ustedes?
Speaker 2: Where are you going to have dinner?
Speaker 4: En casa.
Speaker 3: At home.
Speaker 4: Try to say A veces vamos a un restaurante.
Speaker 3: Sometimes we go to a restaurant. We go
Speaker 4: Pero esta noche vamos a comer en casa. Vamos a
Speaker 4: tomar un taxi.
Speaker 2: Vamos a tomar un taxi?
Speaker 4: Su amiga ha cambiado de parecer. Dice, no, no es lejos. No,
Speaker 3: it's not far.
Speaker 4: Por qué no vamos caminando?
Speaker 3: Why don't we walk? Why don't we walk?
Speaker 4: En el hotel, Ustedes deciden tomar una copa de vino
Speaker 4: en el bar. Mientras ustedes hablan y toman vino, su
Speaker 4: amiga le pregunta,¿ conoce a mi amiga María Ortiz?¿ Viene
Speaker 4: de visita mañana?
Speaker 3: She's coming to visit tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Dice, María, sí, la conozco.
Speaker 2: ¿María? Sí, la conozco.
Speaker 4: La conozco. Vive en Guadalajara, ¿no?
Speaker 2: Vive en Guadalajara, ¿no?
Speaker 5: Sí
Speaker 4: todavía vive ahí con su hijo
Speaker 4: Ella no ha visto a su amiga desde hace un tiempo,
Speaker 4: entonces dice, Desgraciadamente no la veo.
Speaker 3: Unfortunately, I haven't seen her I haven't seen her
Speaker 4: desde hace unos años
Speaker 7: for a few years.
Speaker 4: Pero mañana viene de visita.
Speaker 3: But tomorrow she's coming to visit.
Speaker 4: Y mañana no tengo mucho trabajo. Este es el final
Speaker 4: de la lección siete.