Speaker 2: Un mexicano que viaja por Estados Unidos le pregunta a
Speaker 2: un transeúnte en dónde puede comprar un periódico en español.
Speaker 2: Usted escuchará Newsstand que significa puesto de periódicos. Escuche esta
Speaker 4: conversación. Disculpe, señora. Por supuesto.¿
Speaker 3: Qué puedo hacer para usted?¿ Sabe dónde puedo comprar un
Speaker 3: periódico en español?¿ Un periódico en español? Realmente no lo sé. Oh, espera.
Speaker 3: Hay un Newsstand
Speaker 5: ahí. Tal vez pueda comprar uno allí.
Speaker 3: Usted habla con una conocida que dentro de poco se
Speaker 3: va a ir a pasar unos días de vacaciones en Washington.¿
Speaker 3: Cómo le desearía un buen viaje?
Speaker 6: Have a good trip.
Speaker 2: Cómo le preguntaría cómo está el tiempo allí?
Speaker 3: How's the weather there? How's the weather? She says
Speaker 2: No hace demasiado frío.
Speaker 5: It's not too cold.
Speaker 2: And it's not too hot. El tiempo está agradable.
Speaker 5: The weather's nice.
Speaker 3: Ask again
Speaker 2: Cómo está el tiempo?
Speaker 3: How's the weather?
Speaker 2: Está bonito. Mientras piensa en el tiempo cálido, usted dice,
Speaker 2: Me gustaría un helado. Literalmente, una copa de helado.
Speaker 3: I'd like a dish of ice cream. I'd like a
Speaker 3: dish of ice cream.
Speaker 2: Ahora, suponga que usted es una mexicana que está haciendo
Speaker 2: un viaje largo a Nueva York. Está hablando con un amigo. Pregúntele,¿
Speaker 2: la semana próxima?
Speaker 7: Next week. Next
Speaker 2: week.¿ Le gustaría tomar algo?
Speaker 5: Would you like to have something to drink?
Speaker 2: En mi casa?¿ Cómo acepta él brevemente y pregunta cuándo?
Speaker 2: El martes próximo a las ocho y diez. Diga, después
Speaker 2: de las 8. Next
Speaker 5: Tuesday
Speaker 2: at 10 after 8? He says, Sí, está bien. Literalmente, eso está bien.
Speaker 3: Yes, that's fine. That's fine.
Speaker 2: Un colega mío viene también. A
Speaker 5: colleague of mine is coming too.
Speaker 2: Con sus hijos.
Speaker 5: With his children
Speaker 2: Usted quiere decir, tiene dos niñas. Tiene.
Speaker 4: He has.
Speaker 5: Has. He has.
Speaker 2: Say. Tiene dos niñas.
Speaker 5: He has two girls. He has two girls.
Speaker 2: No tiene niños.
Speaker 5: He doesn't have any boys. Any boys. He doesn't have
Speaker 5: any boys.
Speaker 2: Diga otra vez que tiene dos niñas. He
Speaker 5: has two girls.
Speaker 2: Your friend asks,¿ Conoce a sus hijas?
Speaker 3: Do you know his daughters?
Speaker 2: Say, Conozco muy bien a la mayor. Ponga muy bien
Speaker 2: al último.
Speaker 5: I know the older one very well. I know the
Speaker 5: older one very well.
Speaker 2: Es muy bonita.
Speaker 5: She's very beautiful.
Speaker 2: No conozco a la menor. I
Speaker 5: don't know the younger one.
Speaker 2: Say. Mi colega viene el martes próximo.
Speaker 5: My colleague is coming next Tuesday.
Speaker 2: Con sus hijas.
Speaker 5: With his daughters.
Speaker 2: Son
Speaker 5: de México.
Speaker 2: Pero viven en Washington desde hace unos años.
Speaker 5: They've lived in Washington for a few years.
Speaker 4: Say that your colleague likes to travel with his children.
Speaker 4: My
Speaker 5: colleague likes to travel with his children.
Speaker 4: Your friend asks,
Speaker 2: De veras? Really?
Speaker 3: Prefiero viajar solo. I'd rather travel alone.
Speaker 2: Viene con él su esposa?
Speaker 3: Is his wife coming with him? Is his wife coming
Speaker 3: with
Speaker 4: him? Answer.
Speaker 2: Todavía no lo sé. I
Speaker 5: don't know yet. I don't know yet.
Speaker 2: Se acuerda de cómo se dice sí?
Speaker 5: If.
Speaker 2: Try to say. No sé si ella viene el martes.
Speaker 5: I don't know if she's coming on Tuesday. On Tuesday.
Speaker 4: I don't know if she has time.
Speaker 5: Ella va a México
Speaker 2: la semana próxima
Speaker 5: She's going to Mexico next week.
Speaker 7: Next week.
Speaker 2: A la Ciudad de México. Va a visitar a su familia.
Speaker 2: Y
Speaker 5: le gusta mucho la Ciudad de México. And she likes
Speaker 5: Mexico City very much.
Speaker 2: Hay mucho que hacer allí.
Speaker 5: There's a lot to do there.
Speaker 2: He asks,¿ Cómo está el tiempo en México ahora?
Speaker 3: How's the weather in Mexico now?
Speaker 2: Try to say... Hace mucho calor. Literalmente, muy caliente.
Speaker 5: It's very hot. It's very hot.
Speaker 2: Try to say... Su esposo cree que hace demasiado calor.
Speaker 5: Her husband thinks it's too hot.
Speaker 2: Él no va con ella.
Speaker 5: Qué lástima.
Speaker 3: That's too bad
Speaker 4: Here's how to say sin. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 5: Without. Out. Out. With. Without.
Speaker 2: Try to say Va sin él.
Speaker 5: She's going without him. She's going without him.
Speaker 4: Y sin sus hijos. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 5: And without their children. Their Their Their children Without their
Speaker 5: children
Speaker 2: Observe que there se oye exactamente como la contracción de
Speaker 2: they are, pero su significado es distinto. Diga otra vez,
Speaker 2: sin sus hijos. Va sin sus hijos. En esta lección,
Speaker 2: seguiremos usando hijos para decir children, no obstante que solo
Speaker 2: se habla de niñas.
Speaker 5: She's going without their children. Sus hijos no van a
Speaker 2: la Ciudad de México
Speaker 5: Their children are not going to Mexico City. Aren't. Their
Speaker 5: children aren't going to Mexico City.
Speaker 2: Qué lástima.¿ Por qué no?
Speaker 3: That's too bad. Why not?
Speaker 2: Say. Creo que es demasiado caro. I think
Speaker 5: it's too expensive.
Speaker 4: How do you say? Buen viaje.
Speaker 3: Have a good trip. Now say, Un viaje
Speaker 2: A trip. Un viaje a México es caro. A
Speaker 3: trip to Mexico is expensive.
Speaker 2: Él quiere decir que solía ser menos caro viajar. Primero,
Speaker 2: solía ser. Listen and repeat. Used to be. Be. Be.
Speaker 2: Used
Speaker 4: to be.
Speaker 2: Used to be. Say in English
Speaker 3: Ser. To be. To be. Say, solía. Used. Used
Speaker 2: to. Solía ser. Used to be. Try to say, solía
Speaker 2: ser caro.
Speaker 3: It used to be expensive. It used to be expensive.
Speaker 3: Solía ser menos caro. Listen and repeat. It used to
Speaker 3: be less expensive. Less. Less. Less expensive.
Speaker 2: Dígame que solía ser menos caro.
Speaker 3: It used to be less expensive. Say, Ahora es más caro.
Speaker 3: Now it's more expensive. More expensive.
Speaker 2: Solía ser menos caro. Ahora es el martes próximo y
Speaker 2: usted ha estado hablando con otro amigo. Dígale, lo siento,
Speaker 2: tengo que irme ahora. Voy a comprar helado. Algo de helado.
Speaker 5: I'm going to buy some ice cream.
Speaker 2: Por qué esta noche?
Speaker 5: Because tonight
Speaker 2: mi colega viene de visita. My
Speaker 5: colleague is coming to visit
Speaker 2: Say Esta noche podemos tomar un helado.
Speaker 5: Tonight we can have a dish of ice cream. We
Speaker 5: can have a dish of ice cream.
Speaker 2: Y un pedazo de pastel.
Speaker 5: And a piece of cake.
Speaker 2: Se acuerda de cómo se dice el nombre de su colega?
Speaker 3: Your colleague's name. Your colleagues.
Speaker 2: Now say, Los hijos de su colega.
Speaker 3: Your colleague's children.
Speaker 2: Try to ask,¿ Vienen también los hijos de su colega?
Speaker 3: Los planes han cambiado? Diga, no, mi colega y su esposa. No,
Speaker 3: mi colega y su esposa.
Speaker 2: Están aquí sin sus hijos.
Speaker 5: They're here without their children.
Speaker 2: Nueva York es demasiado caro ahora.
Speaker 5: New York is too expensive now.
Speaker 2: Solía ser menos caro.
Speaker 5: It used to be less expensive. It used to be.
Speaker 5: It used to be less expensive.
Speaker 2: De camino a la tienda, usted se detiene para comprar
Speaker 2: un periódico.¿ Qué diría usted para llamar la atención del vendedor?
Speaker 5: Excuse me. Excuse me, sir.
Speaker 4: Say that you'd like to buy a newspaper.
Speaker 5: I'd like to buy a newspaper.
Speaker 4: Ask how much you owe him.
Speaker 3: How much do I owe you? One dollar, please. Say,
Speaker 3: Solía ser menos caro. It
Speaker 5: used to be less expensive.
Speaker 2: Mientras usted busca su dinero, el dependiente dice It's cold today,
Speaker 2: isn't it? Trate de concordar con él de manera breve.
Speaker 5: Yes, it is. Yes, it's very cold today
Speaker 2: En ese momento, ve a un amigo. Después de saludarlo,
Speaker 2: él pregunta,¿ qué compró?
Speaker 3: What did you buy?
Speaker 4: What did you buy? Tell him that you bought a newspaper.
Speaker 5: I bought a newspaper.
Speaker 4: Tell him that it's for a friend of yours.
Speaker 5: It's for a friend of mine.
Speaker 2: Try to say Voy a darle el periódico a ella.
Speaker 5: I'm going to give her the newspaper. I'm going to
Speaker 5: give her the newspaper.
Speaker 2: Si la veo más tarde.
Speaker 5: If I see her later.
Speaker 2: Ella es de Colombia. Y está aquí en Nueva York.
Speaker 2: Hasta la semana próxima. He asks,¿ Está su familia aquí
Speaker 2: con ella?
Speaker 3: Is her family here with
Speaker 4: her? Answer,
Speaker 2: Ella tiene tres hijos. Pero están en casa. Su esposo
Speaker 2: está con ella.
Speaker 5: Ella
Speaker 2: y su esposo. Están aquí sin sus hijos.
Speaker 5: Anoche. Last night
Speaker 2: fuimos a un buen restaurante.
Speaker 5: We went to a good restaurant
Speaker 2: Hablamos en español juntos. We
Speaker 5: spoke Spanish
Speaker 2: together. He says, hay mucho que ver en Nueva York.
Speaker 3: There's a lot to see in New York. Y mucho
Speaker 3: que hacer. And a lot to do
Speaker 2: El tiempo es muy agradable también ahora.
Speaker 3: The weather is very nice now, too.
Speaker 2: Say, Sí, está realmente bonito. Yes,
Speaker 5: it's really beautiful
Speaker 2: Usted quiere tomar un bocadillo también. Dígale a su amigo,
Speaker 2: Voy a tomar un helado.
Speaker 5: I'm going to have a dish of ice cream. I'm
Speaker 5: going to have a dish of ice cream.
Speaker 2: En el café del jardín
Speaker 5: At the garden café.
Speaker 2: Le gustaría venir
Speaker 5: conmigo? Would you like to come with me?
Speaker 3: Sí, claro. Yes, of course. Of course I would.