Speaker 2: Susan, I'm going to the bank. I have
Speaker 3: to exchange some money. Which bank are you going to?
Speaker 3: The one on East 52nd Street. Wait a minute, I'll
Speaker 3: go with you. I
Speaker 4: have to go into the city too. Okay, but
Speaker 3: I'd like to leave soon if we can. Listen again. Susan,
Speaker 3: I'm going to
Speaker 4: the bank. I have to exchange some money. Which bank
Speaker 4: are you going to? The one on East 52nd Street.
Speaker 4: Wait a minute, I'll
Speaker 3: go with you. I have to go into the city too. OK,
Speaker 3: but I'd like to leave soon if we can. You're
Speaker 3: speaking with a colleague. Say, Discúlpeme.
Speaker 5: Excuse me.¿ Dónde
Speaker 3: puedo cambiar dinero? Where can I exchange money?¿ Sabe dónde
Speaker 3: puedo cambiar
Speaker 5: dinero?¿ Dónde puedo cambiar
Speaker 3: dinero? Do you know where I can exchange money?
Speaker 5: She says, Para cambiar dinero.
Speaker 4: To exchange money. To exchange money.
Speaker 5: Tiene que ir a la ciudad.
Speaker 4: You have to go into the city.
Speaker 5: Vaya al banco.
Speaker 4: Go to the bank. En la calle 52 Este. On East
Speaker 4: 52nd Street
Speaker 5: Creo que es el número 70 de la calle 52 Este. Literalmente,
Speaker 5: creo es número 70, calle 52 Este. I think
Speaker 4: it's number 70, East 52nd Street. Number 70, East 52nd Street.
Speaker 5: Puede cambiar dinero allí.
Speaker 4: You can exchange
Speaker 5: money there. Say, Entonces, voy a la ciudad esta mañana.
Speaker 3: Then I'm going into the city this morning.
Speaker 5: Tengo que ir al banco.
Speaker 3: I have to go to the bank.
Speaker 5: Para cambiar un poco de dinero
Speaker 3: To exchange some money.
Speaker 2: Your colleague asks,¿ Va ahora mismo? Listen and repeat. Are
Speaker 2: you going right
Speaker 4: now? Right now. Now. Are you going right now?
Speaker 5: Pregúntele si va ahora mismo.
Speaker 4: Are you going right now
Speaker 5: Say No, pero voy pronto.
Speaker 3: No, but I'm going soon. Tengo que cambiar un poco
Speaker 3: de dinero hoy. Y ya son las doce menos cuarto.
Speaker 3: Y ya
Speaker 5: son las
Speaker 3: doce menos cuarto. It's already quarter to twelve.
Speaker 5: Voy a
Speaker 3: mediodía. A mediodía.
Speaker 2: Listen
Speaker 5: and repeat.
Speaker 3: At noon. Noon. At noon. Try to say Voy a mediodía.
Speaker 3: I'm going at noon.
Speaker 2: Now, it's another day. A colleague asks you,
Speaker 5: A qué hora es la reunión esta mañana?
Speaker 4: At
Speaker 5: what time is the meeting this morning? Say, La reunión empieza.
Speaker 3: The meeting starts.
Speaker 2: Try to say,
Speaker 3: En unos minutos.
Speaker 5: Empieza a las once menos cuarto. No,
Speaker 3: espere. No, espere. Empieza a mediodía. It starts at noon.
Speaker 3: It starts at noon. Después de la reunión. Voy al banco.
Speaker 3: I'm going
Speaker 5: to the bank. Entonces,¿ por qué no vamos juntos a
Speaker 5: la ciudad? Tengo que ir al banco también. Y quiero
Speaker 5: llevar estas cartas. Al correo. Luego, si todavía tenemos tiempo.
Speaker 5: Si
Speaker 4: todavía tenemos tiempo.
Speaker 5: Me gustaría comprar un
Speaker 4: libro
Speaker 2: Hay un buen restaurante.
Speaker 5: No demasiado lejos de aquí.
Speaker 4: Not too far from here
Speaker 5: Le gustaría almorzar allí?
Speaker 4: Would you like to have lunch
Speaker 5: there? Tienen una carta de vinos muy buena. Carta de vinos.
Speaker 5: Listen
Speaker 2: and repeat. Wine list. List. Wine list.
Speaker 5: She says, tienen una carta de vinos muy buena.
Speaker 4: They have a very good wine
Speaker 5: list. Say, lo siento, pero hoy no tengo tiempo.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, but today I don't have time. I have
Speaker 3: another meeting at quarter to three.
Speaker 5: A friend of yours
Speaker 2: is going on a trip. Ask her if she's going
Speaker 2: on vacation. Are you going on vacation?
Speaker 5: Usando not, trate de decir no, desgraciadamente no.
Speaker 4: No, unfortunately not.
Speaker 5: Voy a Boston.
Speaker 4: I'm going to Boston.
Speaker 5: Para ver a algunos colegas.
Speaker 4: To see some
Speaker 2: colleagues. Ask when she's leaving.
Speaker 3: When are you leaving?
Speaker 5: She answers Mañana en la mañana.
Speaker 4: Tomorrow morning.
Speaker 5: Salgo para Boston mañana en la mañana.
Speaker 4: I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow morning.
Speaker 5: Y me quedo hasta el viernes.
Speaker 4: And I'm staying until Friday.
Speaker 5: Try to say, Prefiero regresar más pronto.
Speaker 4: I'd rather come back sooner. Sooner. I'd rather come back sooner.
Speaker 5: Pero tengo mucho que hacer allí.
Speaker 4: But I have a lot to do there.
Speaker 5: She asks,¿ Ha estado en Boston alguna vez? Have
Speaker 4: you ever been to Boston?
Speaker 5: Conteste brevemente que sí.
Speaker 2: Yes, I have. Say that people in Boston drive fast.
Speaker 3: People in Boston drive fast. Say, Manejan más rápido
Speaker 5: que
Speaker 3: yo. They drive faster than I do.
Speaker 5: Boston tiene muchos restaurantes buenos también.
Speaker 3: Boston has a lot of good restaurants, too. El pasado enero.
Speaker 3: Last January. Last January. Fui a la Parker House. I
Speaker 3: went to the Parker House. The Parker House.
Speaker 5: Tienen una carta de vinos muy buena.
Speaker 3: They have a very good wine list. They have a
Speaker 3: very good wine list.¿ Cómo está el tiempo en Boston ahora?
Speaker 3: How's the weather in Boston now?
Speaker 5: She answers, Ahora mismo está muy agradable.
Speaker 4: Right now it's very nice. Right now it's very nice
Speaker 5: Tengo mucho que hacer en Boston.
Speaker 4: I have a lot to do in Boston.
Speaker 5: Tengo una reunión el miércoles. Use el número. I
Speaker 4: have one meeting on Wednesday
Speaker 5: y otra el jueves en la mañana
Speaker 4: and another one Thursday morning.
Speaker 5: El jueves en la noche. Durante toda la lección, use
Speaker 5: la palabra más específica.
Speaker 4: Thursday evening
Speaker 5: Voy a visitar a algunos amigos. I'm
Speaker 2: going to visit some friends. Ask your friend how she's
Speaker 2: going to Boston.
Speaker 3: How are you going to Boston? Va a manejar. Are
Speaker 3: you going to drive? O a volar. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Or fly. To fly. Fly. Drive or fly.¿ Vas a
Speaker 3: manejar o
Speaker 5: a volar?¿ Vas a manejar o a volar?¿ Vas a
Speaker 5: manejar o a volar?
Speaker 3: Voy a tomar el tren. Escucha y repite.
Speaker 5: Voy a tomar el tren.
Speaker 4: Voy a Boston en tren. I'm going to Boston by train.
Speaker 4: By train.
Speaker 5: Try to say Me gusta viajar en tren. No quiero manejar.
Speaker 4: Y no quiero volar.
Speaker 5: Y no quiero volar.
Speaker 4: I don't want to fly.
Speaker 5: Se acuerda cómo se dice viajar es caro?
Speaker 4: Traveling is expensive.
Speaker 5: Now try to say Volar es más rápido.
Speaker 4: Flying is faster. Flying is faster.
Speaker 5: Pero eso no importa. Si
Speaker 4: viajo en tren, puedo leer un libro.
Speaker 5: Puedo leer un libro. Y puedo escribir unas cartas.
Speaker 4: And I can
Speaker 5: write a few
Speaker 2: letters
Speaker 5: Ask.¿ Regresa en tren también?
Speaker 3: Are you coming back by train too?
Speaker 5: No, vuelo de regreso. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 4: No, I'm flying back. Back. Flying. I'm flying back.
Speaker 5: Diga que vuela de regreso.
Speaker 4: I'm flying back
Speaker 5: She says, Vuelo de regreso a mediodía.
Speaker 4: I'm flying back at noon. El viernes no tomo el tren.
Speaker 4: On Friday I'm not taking the train. I'm not taking
Speaker 5: the train.¿ Por qué es más rápido volar?
Speaker 4: Because flying is faster. Flying is faster.
Speaker 5: El viernes en la noche.
Speaker 4: Friday evening.
Speaker 5: Voy a un concierto.
Speaker 4: I'm going to a concert
Speaker 5: Empieza a las ocho menos cuarto.
Speaker 4: It starts at
Speaker 2: quarter to eight
Speaker 5: Ask
Speaker 3: Le gusta volar? Do you like to fly? Do you
Speaker 3: like to fly?
Speaker 5: No mucho. Literalmente, no muy mucho. Pero eso no importa.
Speaker 5: Vuelo de regreso al mediodía.
Speaker 4: Pues
Speaker 3: buen viaje.
Speaker 5: Ahora, suponga que usted es una mujer mexicana que acaba
Speaker 5: de regresar de un viaje. Lo comenta con un amigo. Diga,
Speaker 5: la semana pasada fui a Boston.
Speaker 4: Last week I went to Boston.
Speaker 5: Fui a dos reuniones. I
Speaker 4: went to two meetings. Two meetings.
Speaker 5: Y vi a algunos amigos.
Speaker 4: And I saw some friends.
Speaker 5: Se llaman Mary y Peter Johnson. No creo que los conozca.
Speaker 4: I don't think you know them. I don't think you
Speaker 4: know them.
Speaker 5: El miércoles en la noche. Comí en la casa Parker.
Speaker 4: Tienen una carta de vinos muy buena.
Speaker 5: Tienen una carta de vinos muy buena. El jueves en
Speaker 5: la noche, comí en un restaurante mexicano. Con mis amigos.
Speaker 5: Hablamos en español con el mesero.
Speaker 4: We
Speaker 2: spoke Spanish with the waiter. How does he ask
Speaker 3: if both your friends speak Spanish? Do both your friends
Speaker 3: speak Spanish?
Speaker 5: Say Sí Pero ella habla mejor que él
Speaker 5: Pregúntele al amigo si ha estado en Boston alguna vez. No,
Speaker 5: desgraciadamente no.
Speaker 3: No, unfortunately not. Ahora mire su reloj.
Speaker 5: Diga, ya es mediodía.
Speaker 4: It's noon already. It's already noon.
Speaker 5: Tengo que irme ahora mismo.
Speaker 4: I have to leave right now. I have to leave
Speaker 4: right now.
Speaker 5: Try to say Voy a la casa de mi hija.
Speaker 4: I'm going to my daughter's place. My daughter's place.
Speaker 5: Para darle un libro.
Speaker 4: To give her a book.
Speaker 5: Compré un libro para ella en Boston.
Speaker 4: Nos vemos. See you later.