Speaker 2: Escucha esta conversación. María está hablando con su esposo, Felipe.
Speaker 2: Escucha otra vez.
Speaker 3: Here's a letter from my friend Elena. She's coming to
Speaker 3: visit on Tuesday.
Speaker 4: Tuesday? That's tomorrow. At what time
Speaker 3: She's arriving in New York at ten to five. We
Speaker 3: can have dinner at the Park Avenue restaurant, but I
Speaker 3: have to buy a few things, too.
Speaker 5: I'm going into the city this morning. Would you like
Speaker 5: to go with me?
Speaker 3: Yes, let's go together.
Speaker 6: How do you ask?¿ Qué tan tarde están abiertas las tiendas?
Speaker 6: How
Speaker 3: late are the stores open?
Speaker 5: Hasta las cinco.¿ Por qué?¿ Qué quiere comprar?
Speaker 6: Por qué?¿ Qué quiere comprar?
Speaker 5: Responda. Unas camisetas. Unas camisetas
Speaker 6: Unas camisetas.¿ Se acuerda de cómo se pregunta con quién?
Speaker 6: With whom. With whom. Now try to ask.¿ Para quién?
Speaker 6: For whom. Say. Para mis amigos mexicanos. For
Speaker 3: my Mexican friends.
Speaker 6: Quiero comprar unas camisetas para mis amigos.
Speaker 3: I want to buy a few t-shirts for my friends.
Speaker 6: Llegan.
Speaker 3: They're arriving.
Speaker 6: El lunes.
Speaker 3: On Monday.
Speaker 6: Y se van. El
Speaker 3: martes
Speaker 6: Se van el martes en la mañana. Cuando se añaden
Speaker 6: expresiones como en la mañana, no se dice en.
Speaker 3: They are leaving Tuesday morning. Tuesday morning
Speaker 6: O el martes en la noche.
Speaker 3: Or Tuesday
Speaker 6: night. Try to say Quizás se vayan el martes en
Speaker 6: la noche. En inglés, quizá y puede ser son lo mismo.
Speaker 3: Maybe
Speaker 2: they're leaving Tuesday night. Ask if she is going to
Speaker 2: buy the t-shirts in the city.
Speaker 5: Are you going to buy the t-shirts in the city?
Speaker 6: Usando into, trate de decir, sí, voy a la ciudad ahora.
Speaker 3: Yes, I'm going into the city now.
Speaker 2: Ask how she's going there. How
Speaker 5: are you going there? En metro.
Speaker 3: By subway.
Speaker 6: Say, Son las tres menos veinte. It's twenty to three.
Speaker 6: Tengo que ir a la ciudad ahora también.
Speaker 5: I have to go into the city now too.
Speaker 6: She says, Entonces, vayamos juntos. Then
Speaker 3: let's go together.
Speaker 6: De acuerdo, pero me gustaría ir en taxi.
Speaker 5: No quiero tomar el metro.
Speaker 6: Y no quiero ir caminando. Vayamos en taxi. Y más tarde,
Speaker 6: tomemos algo. Literalmente, algo para beber.
Speaker 5: And later, let's have something to drink.
Speaker 6: She answers, Sí, vayamos al café del jardín. Yes,
Speaker 3: let's go to the garden café
Speaker 6: Más tarde, en el café, ella le muestra la carta
Speaker 6: de su amiga.¿ Cómo dice, aquí está la carta?
Speaker 3: Here's the letter
Speaker 6: Aquí está la carta de mi amiga Rosa. Es mexicana.
Speaker 3: She's Mexican.
Speaker 6: Pero vive en Filadelfia desde hace unos años.
Speaker 3: Ella y su esposo vienen de visita.
Speaker 6: Ella y su esposo vienen de visita. Pero desgraciadamente, su
Speaker 6: hijo no viene con ella.
Speaker 3: Voy a comprar una camiseta.
Speaker 6: Voy a comprar una camiseta. Para su hijo también. Ahora,
Speaker 6: suponga que usted es un mexicano que está viajando en
Speaker 6: Estados Unidos. Usted y una conocida suya están hablando acerca
Speaker 6: de sus planes para esta noche.
Speaker 2: My husband isn't home yet
Speaker 2: How does she say that today he's working until 6 o'clock?
Speaker 2: He's working. How does she say that he often works late?
Speaker 3: He often works late.
Speaker 6: She says... Pero quizá usted y su esposa...
Speaker 3: But maybe you and your wife...
Speaker 6: Puedan cenar con nosotros más tarde.
Speaker 3: Can have dinner with us later.
Speaker 6: Se acuerda de cómo se dice quiero o quiero hacerlo?
Speaker 6: I want to. Now try to say Nos gustaría.
Speaker 5: We'd like to. Yes, we'd like to have dinner with you.
Speaker 6: She asks¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A
Speaker 6: las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el
Speaker 6: restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿
Speaker 6: A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en
Speaker 6: el restaurante
Speaker 3: Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A
Speaker 3: las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el
Speaker 3: restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿
Speaker 3: A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en
Speaker 3: el
Speaker 6: restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿
Speaker 6: A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en
Speaker 6: el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida
Speaker 5: Parque?¿ A las 7 en el restaurante Avenida Parque?¿ A las
Speaker 6: Tenemos que comprar algo primero.
Speaker 5: We have to buy something first.
Speaker 6: Ask¿ A las ocho?
Speaker 5: At eight o'clock?
Speaker 6: O a las ocho menos diez?
Speaker 5: Or at ten to eight?
Speaker 6: A las 8 menos 10 está bien. At 10
Speaker 3: to 8 is fine
Speaker 6: Ahora, suponga que es una mexicana que le habla a
Speaker 6: un amigo acerca de una carta que ha recibido. Diga,
Speaker 6: aquí está una carta de una colega.
Speaker 3: Here's a letter from a colleague.
Speaker 6: De mi colega, Elena Ramírez. La carta es de Elena.
Speaker 3: The letter is from Elena.
Speaker 6: Viene de visita.
Speaker 3: She's coming to visit.
Speaker 6: Es de México.
Speaker 3: She's from Mexico.
Speaker 6: Vive allí desde hace dos años.
Speaker 3: She's lived there for two years.
Speaker 6: Cuándo llega su colega?
Speaker 5: When is your colleague arriving?
Speaker 6: Llega el viernes. Viernes.
Speaker 2: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Friday. Friday. On Friday.
Speaker 6: Llega el viernes.
Speaker 3: She's arriving on Friday.
Speaker 6: Llega el viernes en la noche. Recuerde que en se sobreentiende.
Speaker 3: She's arriving Friday night.
Speaker 6: Y se queda.
Speaker 3: And she's staying.
Speaker 6: Hasta el lunes. Literalmente, hasta el lunes.
Speaker 3: Until Monday.
Speaker 6: O quizá hasta el martes.
Speaker 3: Or maybe until Tuesday.
Speaker 6: Viene sola?
Speaker 5: Viene con su
Speaker 6: hija? No, viene con su hija. Su hija se llama Rosa.
Speaker 3: Her daughter's
Speaker 6: name is Rosa. He asks,¿ Hablan inglés, verdad?
Speaker 5: They speak English, don't they? Don't they?
Speaker 6: Claro, hablan inglés muy bien.
Speaker 3: Of course, they speak English very well.
Speaker 6: Cuándo llegan?
Speaker 5: When are they arriving?
Speaker 6: El viernes a las ocho y diez. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 6: On Friday
Speaker 3: at ten after eight. After After. After eight. At ten
Speaker 3: after eight
Speaker 6: Literalmente, usted dice a diez después de las ocho. Diga
Speaker 6: a las ocho y diez. At ten after eight. Try
Speaker 6: to say a las ocho y veinte.
Speaker 3: At twenty
Speaker 6: after eight. He asks,¿ No a las nueve y veinte?
Speaker 5: Not at twenty after nine?
Speaker 2: Answer
Speaker 6: No, llegan a las ocho y veinte.
Speaker 3: No, they're arriving at twenty after eight.
Speaker 6: Creo que van a quedarse en Estados Unidos. Diga, los
Speaker 6: Estados Unidos. I
Speaker 3: think they're going to stay in the United
Speaker 6: States durante dos o tres semanas
Speaker 3: for two or three weeks.
Speaker 6: Se acuerda de cómo se dice le gusta a ella?
Speaker 3: She likes.
Speaker 6: Le gusta viajar. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: She likes to travel. Travel. To travel. She likes to travel.
Speaker 6: Le gusta viajar. Now try to say Pero a su
Speaker 6: esposo no le gusta viajar. Prefiere quedarse en casa. Listen
Speaker 6: and repeat.
Speaker 3: He'd rather stay home. Rather. Rather. He'd rather. He'd rather
Speaker 3: stay home.
Speaker 6: Say Él prefiere. Tenga cuidado con la pronunciación. He'd
Speaker 3: rather.
Speaker 6: Prefiere quedarse en casa.
Speaker 2: He'd rather stay home. Try to say Prefiero.
Speaker 3: I'd rather
Speaker 6: Now your friend asks¿ Qué le gusta hacer?
Speaker 5: What do you like to do?
Speaker 6: I like to work
Speaker 6: Pero no me gusta quedarme en casa.
Speaker 3: But I don't like to stay home.
Speaker 6: Try to say Prefiero viajar.
Speaker 3: I'd rather travel.
Speaker 6: Now say,¿ Usted prefiere?
Speaker 5: You'd rather. You would rather.
Speaker 6: Try to ask,¿ Prefiere quedarse en casa?
Speaker 5: Would you rather stay home?
Speaker 6: O le gustaría ir al cine conmigo? Listen and repeat.
Speaker 5: Or would you like to go to the movies with me? Movies. Movies.
Speaker 5: Go to the movies. Or would you like to go
Speaker 5: to the movies with me? Say. Ir al cine. To
Speaker 5: go to the movies.
Speaker 6: Le gustaría ir al cine conmigo?
Speaker 5: Would you like to go to the movies with me?
Speaker 2: Say that yes, you'd like to. Yes, I'd like to.
Speaker 6: Me gustaría ir al cine. Quizá el viernes. Sí, el
Speaker 6: viernes está bien. Aquí, él se omite.
Speaker 5: Yes, Friday is fine. Friday is
Speaker 6: fine. Y tomemos algo primero.
Speaker 5: And let's have something to drink first. Let's have something
Speaker 5: to drink first.
Speaker 6: Ahora, suponga que usted y un conocido están haciendo planes
Speaker 6: para salir. Pregúntele si le gustaría ir al cine.
Speaker 3: I
Speaker 5: don't know. What time is it? It's five after seven
Speaker 3: It's five after seven.
Speaker 5: All right, but why don't we go a little later?
Speaker 6: Quede de acuerdo con él y pregúntele a qué hora.
Speaker 3: Okay, at what time? All right, at what time?
Speaker 6: Él lee la lista de películas y dice, Diga que sí.
Speaker 6: Ocho y veinte está bien. Dígale formalmente que a usted también.
Speaker 3: So do I.
Speaker 6: Añada que usted va al cine frecuentemente. I
Speaker 3: often go to the movies.
Speaker 6: Diga que no le gusta quedarse en casa. I
Speaker 3: don't like to stay home.
Speaker 5: Tomorrow
Speaker 6: is Friday. Say Sí, y su amiga María llega mañana
Speaker 6: en la mañana. Yes
Speaker 3: and your friend Maria is arriving tomorrow
Speaker 6: morning. Try to say Si vamos al cine mañana en
Speaker 6: la noche.
Speaker 3: If we go to the movies tomorrow night,
Speaker 6: puede ir con nosotros. She
Speaker 3: can go with us.
Speaker 6: He says, A mi amiga le gusta ir al cine.
Speaker 5: My friend likes to go to the movies.
Speaker 6: Pero ella prefiere ir a un buen restaurante.
Speaker 5: She'd rather go to a good restaurant.