Speaker 2: Escucha esta conversación. Escucha otra vez. Escucha otra vez.
Speaker 4: Suponga que usted está en Nueva York y que le
Speaker 4: comenta a una colega acerca de un viaje próximo. Diga,
Speaker 4: salgo para Boston mañana.
Speaker 2: I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow.
Speaker 4: She asks,¿ Va a manejar?
Speaker 3: Are you going to
Speaker 4: drive? O a volar. Diga o volar.
Speaker 3: Or fly. Or fly
Speaker 5: Say that you're not going to drive or fly.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to drive or fly.
Speaker 4: Voy a tomar el tren.¿ De veras?¿ Por qué? Me
Speaker 4: gusta viajar en tren.
Speaker 2: I like to travel by train.
Speaker 4: Ahora está en Boston con su familia y habla con
Speaker 4: una conocida. Diga, tengo que ir a un banco. I
Speaker 2: have to go
Speaker 4: to a bank para cambiar un poco de dinero
Speaker 2: to exchange some money to exchange some money.
Speaker 5: Ask if she knows where there's a bank.
Speaker 2: Do you know where there's a bank?
Speaker 4: She answers, Hay un banco en la Plaza del Correo.
Speaker 4: Post Office Square. There's a bank in Post Office Square
Speaker 4: Creo que es el número 10, Post Office Square. Creo
Speaker 3: que es el número 10, Post Office Square.
Speaker 4: Puede cambiar dinero allí. Va ahora mismo. En unos
Speaker 2: minutos.
Speaker 4: She says Me gustaría ir con usted.
Speaker 3: I'd like to go with you.
Speaker 4: Por qué tengo que comprar vino?
Speaker 3: Because I have to buy some wine. Some wine.
Speaker 4: Cerveza.
Speaker 3: Some beer. Some beer.
Speaker 4: Y agua mineral. Agua mineral. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Mineral water. Water. Mineral. Mineral. Mineral water.
Speaker 4: mineral
Speaker 3: water some mineral water
Speaker 4: tengo que comprar vino y cerveza I
Speaker 3: have to buy some wine and some beer
Speaker 4: y agua mineral
Speaker 3: And some mineral water. Some mineral water.
Speaker 4: Ya son las doce menos cuarto.
Speaker 3: It's quarter to twelve already.
Speaker 4: Por qué no almorzamos? Why
Speaker 3: don't we have lunch?
Speaker 4: En la casa Parker? At the
Speaker 3: Parker House.
Speaker 4: Say, Bueno, me gusta la casa Parker.
Speaker 2: All right, I like the Parker House.
Speaker 4: Tienen una carta de vinos bastante buena también.
Speaker 2: They have a pretty good wine list, too. A pretty
Speaker 2: good wine list.
Speaker 4: She says, De acuerdo, entonces vayamos ahora mismo.
Speaker 3: Okay, then let's go right now.
Speaker 4: En el camino usted dice, voy a Washington la semana próxima.
Speaker 4: Para ver a algunos colegas. Mis hijos van conmigo. Porque
Speaker 4: les gustaría ver Washington. Pero mi esposa tiene demasiado trabajo.
Speaker 2: But my wife has too much work.
Speaker 4: Now
Speaker 5: she
Speaker 4: asks,¿ Va a manejar o a volar?
Speaker 3: Are you going to drive or fly? Or fly
Speaker 4: O tomar el tren.
Speaker 3: Or
Speaker 4: take the train. Say, Me gusta viajar en tren.
Speaker 2: I like to travel by train.
Speaker 4: Pero es más rápido volar.
Speaker 2: But flying is faster. Flying is faster.
Speaker 4: Vuelo a Washington el sábado. Y
Speaker 2: vuelo de regreso el viernes.
Speaker 4: Y vuelo de regreso el viernes.
Speaker 2: I'm flying back on Friday.
Speaker 4: A mediodía. At noon. At noon. Antes del fin de semana.
Speaker 4: Fin de semana.
Speaker 5: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 4: Weekend.
Speaker 2: End. Week. Weekend
Speaker 4: Antes del fin de semana.
Speaker 5: Before the weekend. Before. Before.
Speaker 4: Before the weekend. Say, antes de. Before. Antes del fin
Speaker 4: de semana.
Speaker 2: Before the weekend.
Speaker 4: Regreso antes del fin de semana. I'm
Speaker 2: coming back before the weekend.
Speaker 4: Vuelo de regreso el viernes próximo.
Speaker 2: I'm flying back next Friday.
Speaker 4: Los hijos se quedan hasta el domingo. El domingo.
Speaker 5: Listen and repeat.
Speaker 4: Sunday
Speaker 2: Sunday. Say Hasta el domingo.
Speaker 4: Los hijos se quedan hasta el domingo.
Speaker 2: The children are staying until Sunday.
Speaker 4: Regreso.
Speaker 2: I'm coming back. Try to
Speaker 5: say
Speaker 4: Antes que mis hijos.
Speaker 5: Qué
Speaker 4: se omite?
Speaker 2: Before my children. I'm coming back before my children.
Speaker 4: Try to say. El próximo fin de semana.
Speaker 3: Next weekend. Next weekend.
Speaker 4: Now try to ask,¿ Qué hace el próximo fin de semana?
Speaker 3: What are you doing next weekend?
Speaker 4: She says, Quizá el próximo domingo.
Speaker 3: Maybe next Sunday.
Speaker 4: Podemos cenar juntos.¿ Le gustaría cenar en nuestra casa?
Speaker 3: El domingo?
Speaker 4: Lo siento, pero el domingo en la noche. En esta lección,
Speaker 4: continúe usando la palabra más específica. Un amigo nuestro viene
Speaker 4: de visita.
Speaker 2: A friend of ours is coming to visit. Hours. Of hours.
Speaker 2: A friend of ours is coming to visit.
Speaker 4: She asks, Entonces,¿ puede venir para un café? Literalmente, para café.
Speaker 3: Then, can you come for coffee?
Speaker 4: En la tarde. Listen and repeat. In the afternoon. Afternoon
Speaker 3: Noon. After. Afternoon. In the afternoon.
Speaker 4: Afternoon. Literalmente significa después del mediodía. Pregunte,¿ puede venir en
Speaker 4: la tarde?
Speaker 3: Can you come in the afternoon?
Speaker 4: Puede venir a las cuatro? Can you come at four o'clock?
Speaker 4: De la tarde, literalmente, en la tarde.
Speaker 3: In the afternoon. In the
Speaker 5: afternoon. Say that you'd like to. Use
Speaker 2: Nosotros. We'd like to. Yes, we'd like to.
Speaker 4: She answers Fabuloso. Nos vemos el domingo próximo.
Speaker 3: Great. See
Speaker 5: you next Sunday. Now you're on a trip to New York.
Speaker 5: Your wife and your two children are home in Mexico City.
Speaker 4: En una reunión social, usted ve a la señora Johnson,
Speaker 4: a quien conoció brevemente antes. Escuche su saludo y conteste
Speaker 4: de la misma manera.
Speaker 2: Good evening, Mrs. Johnson.
Speaker 4: Así se saluda a alguien en la noche. Usted diría
Speaker 4: good night al irse o cuando alguien se va a acostar.
Speaker 4: Diga este saludo otra vez.
Speaker 5: Good evening. Ask her how she is. How are you?
Speaker 3: Fine,
Speaker 5: thanks. And you? Tell her that you're fine, too. I'm fine,
Speaker 2: too. You speak English very well now.
Speaker 4: Say. Se lo agradezco. Hablo solamente un poco de inglés.
Speaker 2: Thank you. I speak only a little English.
Speaker 4: Pero entiendo mucho mejor ahora. Hasta el viernes próximo. Vuelo
Speaker 4: de regreso el viernes en la tarde.
Speaker 2: I'm flying back Friday afternoon
Speaker 4: Antes del fin de semana. Before the
Speaker 2: weekend.
Speaker 4: Ahora, conteste la pregunta de ella diciendo, en México.
Speaker 3: Is
Speaker 2: your wife here with you? No, she's in Mexico.
Speaker 4: Añada con nuestros hijos. With our
Speaker 2: children. How many children
Speaker 3: do
Speaker 2: you have? Two. We have two children
Speaker 4: La mayor está en la universidad. El
Speaker 2: menor tiene sólo 14 años. Años se sobreentiende.
Speaker 4: La mayor tiene sólo 14 años.
Speaker 3: Where do you live
Speaker 2: in Mexico? In Mexico City. We live in Mexico City. Oh,
Speaker 2: that's a beautiful city.
Speaker 4: Intente concordar con ella usando la forma corta.
Speaker 2: Yes, it is.
Speaker 4: Escuche lo que dice enseguida y responda de la misma manera.
Speaker 4: Ahora está en Boston. Una colega se da cuenta que
Speaker 4: usted busca algo.¿ Cómo preguntaría ella,¿ qué está buscando?
Speaker 3: What are
Speaker 5: you looking for? Say that you're looking for today's paper.
Speaker 2: I'm looking for today's paper.
Speaker 4: Say Me gustaría leerlo.
Speaker 2: I'd like to read it.
Speaker 4: Antes de la reunión de hoy.
Speaker 2: Before today's meeting. Before today's meeting. She says
Speaker 4: A mediodía. At
Speaker 3: noon
Speaker 4: Voy a comprar un libro. I'm
Speaker 3: going to buy a book
Speaker 4: Y agua mineral. Algo de.
Speaker 3: And some mineral water. Some mineral water.
Speaker 4: Puedo comprar un periódico para usted también. Use la expresión entera.
Speaker 4: I
Speaker 3: can buy a newspaper for you too.
Speaker 4: Now it's another day. Say... Tenemos muchas reuniones hoy. Tenemos
Speaker 4: una esta mañana. Y
Speaker 2: otra a las tres. And another one at three o'clock.
Speaker 2: De la tarde. In the afternoon. At three o'clock in
Speaker 2: the afternoon.
Speaker 4: Your colleague says, Lo sé, y el domingo próximo...
Speaker 3: I know, and next Sunday.
Speaker 4: Un colega nuestro. A
Speaker 3: colleague of ours. A colleague of ours.
Speaker 4: Viene de Filadelfia.
Speaker 3: Is coming from Philadelphia.
Speaker 4: Charles Johnson llega el domingo a la tarde.
Speaker 3: Charles Johnson is arriving Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 4: A las cinco menos cuarto.
Speaker 3: At quarter to five.
Speaker 4: Quizá el domingo en la noche.
Speaker 3: Maybe Sunday evening.
Speaker 4: Podemos cenar en la casa Parker. We can
Speaker 3: have dinner at the Parker house.
Speaker 4: Tienen una carta de vinos muy buena.
Speaker 3: They have a very good wine
Speaker 4: list
Speaker 2: Say,¡ Qué buena idea! That's a good idea. Pero Charles
Speaker 2: nunca toma vino. But Charles never drinks wine. Siempre toma
Speaker 2: agua mineral.
Speaker 4: Siempre toma agua mineral.