A1 Spanish Story
The Stopped Lift
El ascensor parado
0:45 min video · 3 sentences · 5 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
Two classmates get stuck in a lift on the way to a study session, and one of them has the cake. The lift starts again, and the doors open on a surprise.
How to practise
- Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
- Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause.
- At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.
Key words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el ascensor | the lift |
| mucha hambre | a lot of hunger (tener mucha hambre = to be very hungry) |
| la puerta | the door |
| no funciona | does not work |
| miran | they look |
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