Chapter 4
Mientras
while
Pedro
Peter
habla
he speaks
con
with
el
the
Señor
Mr.
Yamaha,
Yamaha
While Peter talks to Mr. Yamaha,
Elena
Helen
camina
she walks
hacia
towards
la
the
oficina
office
de
of
correos
post
para
for
enviar
to send
algunas
some
cartas
letters
y
and
tarjetas
cards
postales.
postcards
Helen walks to the post office to send some letters and postcards.
A
to
su
her
madre
mother
en
in
Inglaterra
England
le
her
encanta
enchants
recibir
to receive
tarjetas
cards
postales.
postcards
Her mother in England loves to receive postcards.
Elena
Helen
se
-
entristece
sadness
cuando
when
escucha
she listens
ha
to
alguien
someone
decir
to say
Helen feels sad when she hears from someone
que
that
la
the
oficina
office
de
of
correos
post
está
it is
cerrada
closed
hoy.
today
that the post office is closed today.
Ella
she
va
she goes
luego
then
al
to the
banco
bank
para
for
sacar
to take
algo
something
de
of
dinero
money
She then goes to the bank to get some money
y
and
al
to the
supermercado
supermarket
para
for
comprar
to buy
algo
something
de
of
comida.
food
and to the supermarket to buy some food.
Los
the
niños
children
caminan
they walk
por
by
el
the
parque
park
bajo
under
el
the
sol
sun
caliente.
hot
The children walk through the park in the hot sun.
Ellos
they
disfrutan
they enjoy
mirando
looking
los
the
diferentes
different
tipos
types
de
of
animales
animals
locales
locals
y
and
plantas.
plants
They enjoy looking at the different kinds of local animals and plants.
Después
after
de
of
un
one
rato
while
tienen
they have
sed.
thirst
After a while they get thirsty.
Marcos:
Mark
“Busquemos
let’s search
algo
something
para
to
beber.
to drink
Mark: “Let’s get something to drink.
María:
Mary
“Yo
I
necesito
I need
ir
togo
al
to the
aseo.
toilet
Mary: “I need to go to the toilet.
Pablo:
Paul
“¡Mira!
look
Por
for
allá
there
hay
there is
un
one
restaurante.
restaurant
Paul: “Look! There is a restaurant over there.
Estoy
I am
seguro
sure
que
that
allá
there
podemos
we can
usar
to use
el
the
aseo
toilet
I’m sure we can use the toilet there
La
the
hermana
sister
y
and
los
the
hermanos
brothers
corren
they run
rápido
fast
al
to the
restaurante,
restaurant
The sister and brothers run fast to the restaurant,
abren
they open
la
the
puerta
door
con
with
rapidez
speed
y
and
entran.
they enter
open the door quickly and go in.
María
Mary
da
she gives
a
to
los
the
chicos
boys
algo
something
de
of
dinero
money
Mary gives the boys some money
Los
the
chicos
boys
compran
they buy
dos
two
botellas
bottles
de
of
zumo
juice
de
of
frutas
fruits
The boys buy two bottles of fruit juice
para
for
poder
can
compartir
to share
las
the
bebidas.
drinks
so that they can share the drinks.
Ellos
they
se
-
sientan
sit
cerca
near
de
of
un
one
grupo
group
de
of
turistas
tourists
jóvenes
young people
de
from
México.
Mexico
They sit down by a group of young tourists from Mexico.
ella
she
comienza
she begins
a
to
hablar
to talk
con
with
una
one
chica
girl
mexicana,
Mexican
Marcela,
Marcela
she starts talking to a Mexican girl, Marcela,
quien
who
está
is
sentada
sitting
al
to the
lado
side
de
of
ella.
she
who is sitting next to her.
¿Podrías
could you
repetirlo
repeat it
despacio,
slow
por
for
favor?”
favor
Would you repeat that slowly, please?”
María
Mary
(hablando
speaking
despacio):
slow
“Oh,
oh
lo
the
siento.
I feel
Mary (speaking slowly): “Oh, I’m sorry.
Marcela:
Marcela
“Sí,
yes
estoy
I am
contenta
happy
de
of
estar
to be
aquí.
here
Marcela: “Yes, I am happy to be here.
Marcela:
Marcela
“Nosotros
we
somos
we are
una
one
clase
class
de
of
un
one
colegio
school
en
in
México.
Mexico
Marcela: “We are a class from a school in Mexico.
y
and
ahora
now
queremos
we want
divertirnos
we have fun
juntos.
together
and now we want to have fun together.
Nosotros
we
viajamos
we travel
juntos
together
cada
every
año.”
year
We go on a trip together every year.”
María:
Mary
“¿En
in
serio?
serious
¿Te
you
gustaría
would like
ser
to be
mi
my
invitada
guest
mañana?
tomorrow
Mary: “Really? Would you like to be my guest tomorrow?
Podemos
we can
hacer
to do
algunas
some
cosas
things
juntas.
together
We can do some things together.
Quizás
maybe
podemos
we can
nadar
swim
en
in
la
the
piscina
swimming pool
de
of
nuestro
our
hotel,
hotel
Maybe we can swim in the swimming pool of our hotel,
Marcela:
Marcela
“¡Maravilloso!
wonderful
¿Dónde
where
nos
we
encontramos?”
we find
Marcela: “Wonderful! Where shall we meet?”
Maria:
Mary
“Quedamos
we stay
aquí
here
en
in
este
this
mismo
same
parque
park
por
for
la
the
tarde.”
afternoon
Mary: “Let’s meet here in this same park in the afternoon.”
Marcela:
Marcela
“¡Excelente!
excellent
¿A
at
qué
what
hora?”
hour
Marcela: “Great! At what time?”
Marcela:
Marcela
“Muy
very
bien.
good
¡Nos
we
vemos
we see
luego!”
later
Marcela: “Okay. See you then!”
María:
Mary
“Fue
it was
bueno
good
hablar
to talk
contigo.
with you
Mary: “It was nice talking to you.