This week we continued with the topic of society and the world - La sociedad y el mundo - on page 3.
Crucemos los dedos - Fingers crossed
Te deseo lo mejor - I wish you the best
Que te lo pases muy bien - Have fun
Que te recuperes enseguida / Que te pongas bien - Get well soon
¡Qué va! - Not at all
Cuídate - Take care
Tengo que pedirte perdón - I have to apologise to you
¡Brindemos por ello! - Cheers to that!
On page 5, we talked about life stages and attitudes - Etapas de la vida.
Infancia - Childhood
adolescencia - teenage years
juventud - youth
adultez - adulthood
ancianidad - elder years
aceptación de la muerte - acceptance of death
búsqueda de la independencia - search for independence
aprendizaje - learning
devoción hacia los amigos - devotion towards friends
emancipación económica - financial freedom
In pairs, we talked about our teenage years. Sample answer:
Cuando era adolescente, confiaba en mis amigos y ellos siempre me apoyaban. Era una persona bastante extrovertida y hablaba con casi todo el mundo. Supongo que la relación con mis padres era como la de cualquier otra persona de mi edad. ¡Yo pensaba que no me comprendían! Me encantaba pasar tiempo en la calle o en el parque y charlábamos mientras que comíamos patatas fritas o bebíamos un refresco. ¡Cómo echo de menos esos años!
When I was a teen, I used to trust my friends and they would always support me. I was a quite extroverted person and I used to talk to almost everybody. I suppose my relationship with my parents was like any other person my age. I thought they couldn't understand me! I loved spending time on the street or the park and we used to chat while we ate a bag of crisps or had a fizzy drink. I miss those years so much!
We learnt adjectives to describe people's personalities.
aburrido/a - boring
comprometido/a - committed
conservador/a - conservative
convencional - conventional
desengañado/a - disillusioned
despreocupado/a - carefree
impulsivo/a - impulsive
moderno/a - modern
previsor/a - farsighted
sincero/a - honest
tradicional - traditional
vividor/a - opportunistic
In the last part of the class, we listened to two people and we described their personalities based on their comments:
Antonio
Le gusta vivir el momento - He likes to seize the moment
No quiere sentirse atado a nada y a nadie - He does not want to be tied to anything or anyone
Laura
Es una persona previsora porque le gustaría tener dos o tres hijos - She is a farsighted person because she would like to have two or three kids.
Es tradicional porque quiere casarse por la iglesia - She is traditional because she wants to get married in the church
Además, quiere ir vestida de blanco - She wants to wear a white dress
Creo que Laura es una persona conservadora y convencial - I think Laura is a conservative and conventional person.
New words and phrases we learnt this week:
inundaciones - floods
aislado - isolated
brindar - to give a toast
decepción - disappointment
saltarse las clases - to skip classes
tener rifirrafes - to have disagreements
rezar - to pray
mirar hacia adelante - to look forward
ambos - both
engañarse a sí mismo/a - to deceive yourself
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