A2 Spanish Story
The Key to the Door
La llave de la puerta
0:42 min video · 3 sentences · 5 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
At a New Year family dinner, tourist Emma hears someone opening the door. It is the grandfather, back with the grapes just before midnight, and someone else is coming.
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 | Level |
|---|---|---|
| la puerta | the door | |
| el abuelo | grandfather | |
| las uvas | the grapes | |
| Tranquila | relax, calm down | |
| alguien más | someone else |
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