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A2 Spanish Story

The Storm at the Wedding

La tormenta en la boda

0:45 min video · 3 sentences · 5 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. ¡Se ha ido la luz en la boda!The power has gone out at the wedding!
  2. Javier pone velas alrededor de la tarta de Marta.Javier puts candles around Marta's cake.
  3. Todos aplauden, pero Marta mira la tormenta y suspira.Everyone applauds, but Marta looks at the storm and sighs.

About this lesson

A shopkeeper delivers a wedding cake, but a storm cuts the power in the banquet hall. A customer has the idea of lighting the cake with candles, and the tale loops back to the first line.

How to practise

  1. Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
  2. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause.
  3. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.

Key words

SpanishEnglishLevel
la luzthe power, the light
la bodathe wedding
la tartathe cake
la tormentathe storm
aplaudenthey applaud

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