Reading and listening Exercise
It´s four thirty in the afternoon and today is Saturday.
María is having a green herbal tea with soya.
María is from Granada but now she´s living in Madrid.
She lives in a small apartment with two other girls.
She likes living in Madrid because there are a lot of museums,
theaters and especiallly many different bars where she can go with her friends. 1.) Of course, one
thing thing she doesn´t like about Madrid is that there are 2.) too many cars in the center of the city.
María is working at a computer company because she can program and design web pages.
She likes her job 3.) very much because it´s interesting and her 4.) workmates are very nice.
Now she´s in her small room. She likes her room because it has a terrace where she can open
the door and see a park with a 5.) tall pine tree where it is always 6.) full of birds singing.
It´s a little 7.) cloudy but it´s not cold. The streets are 8.) empty at the moment, but later there
will be a lot of people going for a walk.
She will 9.) also go for a walk to the center of the city to go to the 10.) movies.
She likes to go and see a movie 11.) by herself Saturday afternoon and later 12. meeting her
friends in her favorite coffee shop.
Vocabulary
1. Of course = desde luego
2. too many = demasiados
3. very much = muchísimo
4. workmates = compañeros de trabajo
5. tall = alto
6. full = lleno
7. cloudy = nublado
8. empty = vacio
9. also = también
10. movies = cine
11. by herself = sola
12. meeting = reunión
Ahora contestar estas preguntas sobre el texto:
1. What time is it?........................................................................................................................
2. What is María doing? ...............................................................................................................
3. Where is María from?................................................................................................................
4. Where is she living now? ..........................................................................................................
5. Who is she living with?..............................................................................................................
6. Why does she like living in Madrid? ...........................................................................................
7. What doesn´t she like about Madrid? ........................................................................................
8. What are her workmates like?...................................................................................................
(Como son sus compañeros del trabajo?)
9. Why does she like her room?....................................................................................................
10. What´s the weather like? ........................................................................................................
(Que tiempo hace?)
11. What is she going to do today? ...............................................................................................
(Que va a hacer hoy?)
12. Who is she going to meet later? ..............................................................................................
(Con quien va a reunirse más tarde?)