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    Learn Spanish II - Parallel Text - Intermediate Level 1 - Short Stories (English - Spanish)
    Learn Spanish II - Parallel Text - Intermediate Level 1 - Short Stories (English - Spanish)
    Learn Spanish II - Parallel Text - Intermediate Level 1 - Short Stories (English - Spanish)
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    Learn Spanish II - Parallel Text - Intermediate Level 1 - Short Stories (English - Spanish)

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    Learning Spanish with parallel text is the most rewarding and effective method to learn a language. Existing vocabulary is refreshed, while new vocabulary is instantly put into practice.

    Our second series of Learn Spanish with Parallel Text is for intermediate level users of Spanish. While the stories can be easily followed and understood, a good understanding of basic Spanish is required to get the most out of the moderately harder grammar and vocabulary.

    Our entertaining stories contain European culture and characters. Our books are fun to read so you maintain concentration and learn from motivation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPolyglot Planet Publishing
    Release dateMay 11, 2014
    ISBN9781310608889
    Learn Spanish II - Parallel Text - Intermediate Level 1 - Short Stories (English - Spanish)

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      Learn Spanish II - Parallel Text - Intermediate Level 1 - Short Stories (English - Spanish) - Polyglot Planet Publishing

      Learn Spanish II

      Parallel Text

      Intermediate Level 1

      Short Stories

      English - Spanish

      Copyright © 2015

      Polyglot Planet Publishing

      www.polyglotplanet.ink

      © Polyglot Planet

      About this Book

      Learning Spanish with parallel text is the most rewarding and effective method to learn a language. Existing vocabulary is refreshed, while new vocabulary is instantly put into practice.

      Our second series of Learn Spanish with Parallel Text is for intermediate level users of Spanish. While the stories can be easily followed and understood, a good understanding of basic Spanish is required to get the most out of the moderately harder grammar and vocabulary.

      Our entertaining stories contain European culture and characters. Our books are fun to read so you maintain concentration and learn from motivation.

      This book is part of the Learn Spanish - Parallel Text Series:

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      Easy Stories

      Learn Spanish II with Parallel Text

      Intermediate Level 1

      Learn Spanish III with Parallel Text

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      Business Spanish - Parallel Text

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      PARALLEL TEXT

      La carrera de quesos

      The Cheese Rolling Festival

      Me llamo Robert, y les voy a contar ahora como sucedió que yo acosaba como un loco detrás de un queso entero en una cuesta inglesa.

      My name is Robert and I’m going to tell you a story about how I ended up in the middle of an English field frantically chasing cheese down a hill.

      Crecía en una pequeña ciudad Francesa en la provincia de Normandía, donde la comida desde siempre tenía mucha importancia.

      Growing up in a small French village in the region of Normandy, eating was a big part of our family life for as long as I can remember.

      Las horas de comer permitían a la familia de reunirse, compartir historias, y disfrutar de la compañía de los demás.

      Eating represented an occasion for the whole family to get together, to share stories and to enjoy each other’s company.

      El mejor momento de una comida común era, cuando se servía el queso, ya que la selección es inmensa en Francia – hay casi 400 tipos de quesos diferentes producidos en todo el país, y yo los he probados todos.

      My favourite part of the meal was always when the cheese was brought to the table, and being brought up in France I was spoilt for choice – there are almost 400 different types of cheese produced across the nation and I think I must have tasted all of them.

      Indiferentemente al tipo de queso –queso de cabra, queso de oveja, queso azul, o queso de leche de vaca – yo comía todo.

      It didn’t matter what kind of cheese it was – goat, ewe, blue, cow – if it was available I would eat it.

      Pronto me conocían como el loco por el queso de la familia: no sorprendía que de niño fui un poco gordito.

      I became famous in my family for just how much I loved cheese: you won’t be surprised to hear I was a little on the chubby side as a child.

      Desde el lugar donde crecía en Normandía, podía ver Jersey, una isla del canal, que pertenece al Reino Unido.

      Where I used to live in Normandy, I grew up being able to see Jersey, one of the Channel Islands that belong to the United Kingdom.

      Mi abuelo me dejaba sentarme en su seno, y contaba historias de Inglaterra y de sus visitas de la isla con el ferry.

      My granddad used to sit me on his knee and tell me stories about England and the times he had visited the islands on the ferry.

      Estuve joven y curioso, y quería ir a toda costa.

      As I was young and curious, I wanted to go there.

      Y si iría algún día, querría comer queso.

      And when I got there, I wanted to eat cheese.

      Un día, todos estaban dispuestos a hacer un pequeño viaje de ferry a la isla desde St. Malo.

      So one day we all agreed to catch the ferry from a town called St Malo and made the short journey to the island.

      Fue la primera vez que estuve fuera de casa, y me acuerdo lo extraño que sentía:

      It was my first time abroad and I remember thinking how different everything felt:

      el idioma parecía raro, la arquitectura era distinta de todo que conocía antes, y la comida no tenía el mismo sabor como en casa.

      the language sounded peculiar, the architecture was different to anything I had ever seen and the food was nothing like I had tasted at home.

      Por suerte, mi abuelo hablaba el inglés bastante bien, y hablaba con el dueño de una tienda local de los hábitos alimentarios diferentes.

      Luckily, my granddad could speak good English, and he started a conversation with a local shop owner about the differences in food.

      Contaba al dueño de la tienda que yo era un amante del queso, y fue como sabía por la primera vez de un evento inglés llamado „Carrera de Quesos de Copper's Hill".

      He told the shop owner that I loved cheese, and this is where I first found out about a festival in England called ‘Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling’.

      Me enteraba no solo de que el queso existía en Inglaterra, sino también de que fue tan bueno, que la gente estaba dispuesta de correr detrás de él en una cuesta, competiendo con más gente.

      I found out that not only did people in England have cheese, but it was so good they were willing to chase it down a hill and fight other people for it.

      Tenía que esperar un poco para llegar a verlo en persona: un chico de nueve años no puede viajar a Inglaterra él solo.

      Well, I had to wait a little while to get there: 9 year olds can’t make the journey to England alone.

      Mi tiempo llegaba más tarde, cuando hice un año de estudios al extranjero en Inglaterra, para hacer un curso de estudios de postgrado en Londres.

      My time to visit came later, whilst I was in England studying for a year as part of my postgraduate university course in London.

      Nunca podía olvidar la historia de la carrera de quesos, así que mi abuelo me recomendaría en una llamada de teléfono a tener en cuenta una visita del festival de Coopers Hill.

      The story about chasing cheese down a hill never left me, and while talking to my granddad on the phone, he said that I should make plans to visit the Cooper’s Hill festival.

      Así fue que una tarde, me encontraba en una colina con tres amigos ingleses juntos con cientos de gente, esperando a bajar esta cuesta enormemente escarpada, corriendo detrás de una pieza de queso.

      So, three English friends and I found ourselves one afternoon, stood on top of a hill with literally hundreds of other people, waiting to chase a piece of cheese down a steep field.

      Locura.

      Madness.

      La carrera de quesos de Cooper’s Hill se celebra en las proximidades de la ciudad Gloucester, y tal como el nombre sugiere, un queso Double Gloucester de 9 libras está empujado para bajar una cuesta, y cientos de atrevidos le siguen corriendo.

      The Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling festival is held near the city of Gloucester and, just like the name suggests, involves rolling a 9lbs piece of Double Gloucester Cheese down a hill whilst hundreds of daredevils chase after it.

      Cada uno es obsesionado de agarrar el queso, pero muchas veces, no hay nadie que ni llega a acercarse al queso:

      Everyone wants to catch the cheese, but quite often no one manages to get a hand on it:

      por lo menos alcanza una velocidad de 70 millas por hora (112 km/h).

      it has been known to get up to speeds of 70mph on its way down.

      Eso coincide con la velocidad máxima permitida en una autovía inglesa.

      That’s the same as the legal speed limit on an English motorway.

      Este espectáculo seguramente es una versión muy divertida de disfrutar del queso, lejos de comer junto con mi familia en una granja tranquila en Normandía.

      This is certainly a novel way to enjoy eating cheese: a far cry from eating it with my family on a quiet farm in Normandy.

      Estando en esta colina preparando para correr detrás del queso, me sorprendía escuchar tantos dialectos diferentes en mi entorno.

      As I stood on

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