Chapter 3
y
and
toman
they take
un
one
autobús
bus
para
for
el
the
centro
center
de
of
la
the
ciudad.
city
and take a bus to the city centre.
y
and
solo
only
toma
it takes
quince
fifteen
minutos
minutes
en
in
autobús.
bus
and it takes only fifteen minutes by bus.
Por
for
el
the
camino
path
ven
they see
muchas
a lot of
cosas
things
interesantes:
interesting
On the way they see many interesting things:
un
one
niño
boy
y
and
una
one
niña
girl
jugando
playing
con
with
un
one
tren
train
de
of
juguete
toy
en
on
la
the
calle,
street
A boy and a girl playing with a toy train in the street,
una
one
mujer
woman
mayor
senior
vendiendo
selling
pescado
fish
en
in
una
one
mesa
table
de
of
un
one
mercadillo,
street market
an old woman selling fish on a table in an open market square,
un
one
policía
policeman
durmiendo
sleeping
bajo
under
el
the
sol
sun
a police officer sleeping in the sun
al
to
lado
side
de
of
su
his
bicicleta
bicycle
sobre
on
el
the
césped
grass
verde,
green
beside his bicycle on the green grass,
un
one
caballo
horse
parado
idle
en
in
medio
half
de
of
la
the
carretera,
street
a horse standing in the middle of the road,
un
one
gato
cat
con
with
un
one
ratón
mouse
muerto
dead
en
in
su
its
boca,
mouth
a cat with a dead mouse in its mouth,
y
and
una
one
hermosa
beautiful
iglesia
church
amarilla
yellow
encima
above
de
the
una
one
alta
high
colina.
hill
and a beautiful yellow church on top of a high hill.
Ellos
they
agradecen
they thank
al
the
conductor
driver
y
and
se
they
bajan
they go down
del
of the
autobús.
bus
They thank the driver and get off the bus.
Ellos
they
caminan
they walk
hacia
towards
la
the
parte
part
este
east
They walk to the eastern part
y
and
descansan
they rest
un
one
rato
while
en
in
un
one
pequeño
small
parque.
park
and rest for a while in a small park.
Ellos
they
escuchan
they listen
a
to
los
the
pájaros
birds
cantando
singing
en
in
los
the
árboles.
trees
They hear birds singing in the trees.
Pedro
Peter
ve
he sees
un
one
hombre
man
bajito
short
y
and
joven
young
con
with
ropa
clothes
negra
black
leyendo
reading
un
one
periódico.
newspaper
Peter sees a short young man in black clothes reading a newspaper
El
the
hombre
man
lo
he
mira
he looks
y
and
empieza
he starts
a
to
hablarle.
talk to him
The man looks at him and starts talking to him.
Señor Y:
mister Y
“Buenos
good
días.
days
¿Puedo
can I
sentarme
to seat
y
and
hablar
to talk
contigo?
with you
mr. Y: “Good day. Can I sit and talk with you?
Pedro:
Peter
“Hola.
hello
Yo
I
soy
I am
Pedro
Peter
Johnson.
Johnson
Peter: “Hello. I’m Peter Johnson.
Señor Y:
mister Y
“Yo
I
estoy
I am
aquí
here
para
for
aprender
to learn
inglés.
English
Mr. Y: “I am here to learn English.
El
the
inglés
English
no
no
es
is
un
one
idioma
language
fácil.
easy
English is not an easy language.
Yo
I
creo
I believe
que
that
es
is
un
one
idioma
language
difícil,
difficult
I believe it is a difficult language,
así
so
que,
that
por
for
favor,
favor
habla
speak
despacio
slow
y
and
claro.”
clear
so please speak slowly and clearly.”
Pedro:
Peter
“Está
it is
bien.
all right
Es
is
muy
very
agradable
nice
conocerte.
to meet you
Peter: “Okay. It’s very nice to meet you.
y
and
regresamos
we come back
a
to
casa
house
el
the
próximo
next
viernes.”
Friday
and we will go home next Friday.”
Pedro:
Peter
“Oh,
oh
entonces
then
no
no
estás
you are
aquí
here
solo.”
alone
Peter: “Oh, then you are not here alone.”
Señor Y:
mister Y
“No,
no
estoy
I am
aquí
here
con
with
mi
my
mujer.
woman
Mr. Y: “No, I am here with my wife.
¿Sabes
you know
dónde
where
queda
stay
el
the
hospital?”
hospital
Do you know where the hospital is?”
Señor Y:
mister Y
“Mi
my
esposa
wife
está
is
enferma
sick
y
and
necesita
she needs
ver
to see
un
one
doctor.
doctor
Mr. Y: “My wife is ill and needs to see a doctor.
Pero
but
no
no
te
you
preocupes,
worry
no
no
es
it is
nada
nothing
muy
very
serio.
serious
But, don’t worry, it is not so serious.
Estoy
I am
seguro
sure
de
of
que
what
ella
she
se
-
sentirá
will feel
mejor
best
pronto.
soon
I am sure she will feel better soon.
Pedro:
Peter
“En
in
mi
my
opinión,
opinion
es
is
un
one
lugar
place
maravilloso.
wonderful
Peter: “In my opinion, it’s a wonderful place.