Acaban de presentar al señor Johnson a la señora
Martínez. No, las chicas son pequeñas.¿ Dónde están ahora?
They're at the hotel with my husband. Listen again. Pleased to meet you,
Mrs. Martinez. Is your husband here in New York, too? Yes, he is. And the children are with us, too. How many children do you have? Three.
We have three children, one boy and two girls. Is that your
boy over there? Yes, that's my boy. He's very
big. Are your girls big, too? No, the girls are little. Where are they now? They're at the hotel with my
husband.
De ahora en adelante, usted va a oír con más frecuencia las instrucciones en inglés, tales como Say Hola en inglés. Diga Hola en inglés. Say Hola Hello Esto es necesario para que usted comprenda y hable inglés sin traducir del español. Quizás sea un poco difícil al principio. Usted puede repetir la lección varias veces si lo necesita. Say Diga Say Mucho gusto en conocerlo.
Pleased to meet you
Ask me. Pregúnteme.
Ask me how I am. How are you? Ask me again how I am. How are you?
Ask me,¿ dónde queda el baño?
Where is the bathroom? Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
Ask me again
Pregúnteme otra vez.
Ask me again. Where is the bathroom
Say in English. Un niño grande. A big boy. Say Tenemos un niño grande.
We have a big boy.
Nuestro niño es grande.
Our boy is big.
Una niña pequeña. A little girl. Nosotros también tenemos una niña pequeña.
We have a little girl, too
Nuestra niña no es grande.
Our girl isn't big.
Ask me how many children I have. How many children do you have? Ask me again. How many children do you have? I have three children. We have three children.
Are they big? Answer affirmatively.
Are they big? Yes, they're big. Ask where they are. Where
are
they? Say, Están aquí con nosotros. They're
here with us. With us
Ask me,¿ Dónde queda el baño? Where is the bathroom?
Say, the bathroom is over there. The bathroom is
over there. It's over there.
Ask in English.¿ De verdad?
Really?
Really? De verdad.
Really.
Puedo esperar. I
can wait
Mi familia está en los Estados Unidos.
Listen and repeat. My family is in the United States. States States United United The. The United States. In. In the United States. My family's in the United States.
Say again. Mi familia está en los Estados Unidos.
My family is in the United States.
Now say your family is in Mexico. My family
is in
Mexico. Say your family is with you
My family is with me. My family is with me.
Now say,
Nuestra familia está con nosotros.
Our family is with us. Our family is with us. Listen and repeat.
How many people? People. People.
Ask in English.¿ Cuántas personas?
How many people?
Ahora, ella quiere preguntar,¿ cuántas personas hay? Listen and repeat. How
many people are
there? Are there? How many people? How many people are there?
Ask¿ Cuántas personas hay?
How many people are there?
En su familia. En su familia
Cuántas
personas hay?¿ Cuántas personas
hay en
su familia?¿ Cuántas personas hay en su familia?
How many people are there in your family?
Hay tres personas. Listen and repeat.
There are three people. There are. There are. There are three people.
En mi familia. Repita la pregunta y la respuesta después del locutor.
How many are there? There are three. How many people are there? There are three people.
Hay tres personas en mi familia.
Cuántas personas hay en su familia?
Cuántas personas hay en su familia?
Say there are six people in your family. There are six
people in my family
En mi coche. Listen and repeat. In my car. Car. Car. Say in English. Coche. Car. Car. Tell me you have a car. I have a car. Now ask me if. If I have a car. Ask me if I have a car. Do you have a car? Do you have
a car?
En inglés,¿ cómo dices? Si. Si.¿ Tu carro está aquí?¿ Tu carro está aquí? Pregúntame si mi familia está en los Estados Unidos.
Is your family in the
United States? Say Los hijos están aquí con nosotros. The
children are here with us.
Ask me how many people there are in my family. Ask me how many people there are in my family.
How many people are there in
your family? Are there. Say Hay cinco personas en nuestra familia.
There are five people in our family.
Tell me you have a car. We have a car. Tell me you have a big car. We have a big car
Say suficientemente. Enough. Enough. Say suficientemente grande. Big enough. Big enough. Tell me. Mi coche es suficientemente grande.
My car is big enough.
Para nuestra familia. For our family. Trate de decir, si quiere.
If you want. If. If you want.
Say. Tres personas. Three people.
Say. Si usted quiere. If you
want. Hay tres personas. There are three people. En nuestra familia. In our family
Answer the question affirmatively. Do you have a car?
Yes, we have a car. Yes,
we do. Nos gustaría algo de gasolina. Listen
and repeat. We'd like some gas. Gas. Gas. Say again. We'd like some gas. Give
me some gas. Please give me some gas. En los Estados Unidos, la medida estándar para líquidos es el galón. Un galón es equivalente a 3 litros y medio. Así se piden 10 galones de gasolina. 10
galones. Ten gallons of gas. Ten gallons, please.
Say, quince galones.
Fifteen gallons. Fifteen gallons of gas, please.
Try to ask. Trate de preguntar. Try to ask,¿ Cuántos galones?
How many gallons
How many gallons? Say, Nos gustaría 20 galones.
We'd like 20 gallons. 20 gallons of gas, please. Say, espere.
Wait.
Try to say, Eso es mucha gasolina.
That's a lot of gas.
Say, Eso es demasiado.
That's too much.
Es suficiente. It's enough. Ask.¿ Es suficiente?
Is it enough?
Say. Treinta galones. Eso es demasiado. Thirty gallons
That's too much.
En los Estados Unidos, es muy común también pedir la gasolina de acuerdo a su valor en dólares. Eso también es más fácil de hacer. Me gustaría 10 dólares de gasolina, por favor.
I'd like ten dollars worth of gas, please.
Su pronunciación se parece a la del locutor.
Listen and repeat again.
Ten dollars worth. Ten dollars worth. I'd like ten dollars worth of gas, please.
Empleando worth, trate de decir, por favor, deme 10 dólares de gasolina.
Please give me 10 dollars worth of gas.
Ask.¿ Tiene usted suficiente gasolina? Do
you have enough gas?
Conteste brevemente que no.
No, I don't. No, I don't have enough gas
Voy a comprar algo de gasolina.
I'm going to buy some gas.
Try to ask,¿ cuánta gasolina? How much gas? How much gas do you want? Say, voy a comprar. I'm going to buy quince dólares de gasolina. $ 15
worth of gas. I'm going to buy $ 15 worth of gas.
La medida de distancia común es la milla. Una milla es equivalente a un poco más de un kilómetro y medio. Así se dice milla en inglés.
Listen and repeat.
Mile. Mile. Mile.
Ask.¿ Cuántas millas?
How many miles? Miles.
Answer. Conteste. Answer. Cincuenta millas. Fifty miles. Say. Entonces, voy a comprar algo de gasolina.
Then I'm going to buy some gas.
Por favor, deme 16 dólares de gasolina. Please give me 16
dollars worth of gas.
Espere.
Eso es suficiente gasolina. Es suficiente para 50 millas. Es suficiente para 50 millas. Usted quiere decir, me voy a Long Island. Escuche y repita. Long Island.
Long Island. Long Island.
Long Island. Es una región de Nueva York donde hay muchas playas. Me voy a Long Island.
Listen and repeat again.
I'm going to Long Island. To Long Island. Two. I'm going to Long Island.
Say again. Me voy a Long Island. I'm going to Long Island.¿ Cuántas millas son de aquí a Long Island? Listen and repeat.
How many miles is it to Long Island? To Long Island. To Long Island. How many miles? How many miles is it to Long Island?
En inglés, la frase de aquí se sobreentiende Cuántas millas son de aquí a Long Island
Cuántas
millas es de aquí a Long Island? Responde. 60 millas.
It's 60 miles. It's 60 miles to Long Island.
Ask how many miles it is. How many miles is it? How
many miles is it to Long Island? 65
millas. De verdad? Tengo un coche grande. I have a big car. Y tengo mucha gasolina en el coche.
And I have a lot of gas in the car.
Say... Y vamos a Long Island. And we're going to Long Island.