LESSON 1.

- LISTENING
Anna is a doctor. She works every day. She works at a hospital in
Canada. She has many friends at work. She has many patients.
She likes to help her patients. Her patients get better when they
visit her. Ana loves her job. She would like to run her own hospital
in the future.

Hospital:

Get better: more good.

Run: to be in control of something. To operate. To organize.

Own: indicates property.

Peter is a singer. He sings at a restaurant on weekends. He sings

many different songs. He sings Freddy Mercuri songs. He sings
Justin Beiber songs. He sings Bad Bunny songs. He likes different
genres of music. The people love his performance because he
sings from the heart. He feels energetic when he sings.
Singer:

Genres of music: reggeaton, rap, hip hop, pop, electro music, etc…

Performance: to act, dance and sing in front of people.

From the heart: very sincere. Energetic: with energy.

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 LESSON 2. LISTENING
James likes to go to the park. He went to the park with his friends
yesterday. They wanted to go to the park because they wanted
to play soccer. They played soccer. James drank a lot of water
after the game because he was very thirsty. When the game
was over, they went to his friend’s house and ate pizza. James
didn’t like the pizza because he’s allergic to pepperoni. He
prefers to eat boneless wings.
Park: an area with grass and trees.

Over: finished.

Thirsty: need to drink

Allergic to: having allergy

Boneless wings: food -→

Mary and Johnny studied at the same university 2 years ago.

They became friends at college. Johnny invited Mary to a party
last week because he wanted to see her. Mary said she couldn’t
go with him because she had to work on weekends and she had
to sleep early. Johnny understood the situation. They decided to
take a rain check.
The same: exactly like other.
College: university
Early: temprano
Take a rain check: to tell someone you can’t accept the
invitation now but you would like to change the plans for the
future.

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 LESSON 3.- LISTENING
My mom loves to travel. She travels many times each year. She’s
going to New York with her friends next week. They will visit
different places. They will go to central park and they will take a
lot of pictures. They will also go to the empire state building. They
want to see the city from the building. She will stay at Riu Plaza
hotel. She loves that hotel because it’s very economic and they
have good service.

Travel: to go to a different city, country or continent.

Places: areas.

Pictures: photos.

The empire state building:

Building: a structure with walls

Economic: good price.

Good service: good attention.

Mr. Green wants his students to work together on a project.

Nestor, Brian and Naomi are all in one group. But there is a
problem. Nestor is very lazy. He doesn’t do anything. Naomi and
Brian have to do all the work and they are feeling angry. They tell
Mr. Green about the situation. The teacher decides to talk to
Nestor’s parents.
Group: 2, 3, 4…

Problem: bad situation.

Situation: this that are happening.

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 LESSON 4.- LISTENING
Lily lives in California. Her brother lives in Ohio. They miss each
other. They only see each other once a year. Lily calls him every
day. She talks about their parents. She also tells him about her
day at school. He tells her about his day at college. They never
want to say goodbye to each other.
Parents: father and mother
Collage: university
Each other: reciprocal action

Everyone knows that practice makes perfect. Katy practices

singing once every two weeks. She is not that good. She usually
gets third place in competitions. Lily practices once a week. She
is better than Katy. She gets second place. Mary practices every
day. She is very good. She gets first place.
Everyone: all the people.

Singing: canto.

That good: very good.

Usually: frequently.

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 LESSON 5.- LISTENING
My cousins came to my house last week. They came here
because we celebrated my father’s birthday. My father is turning
45 years old. My father and my uncle had a bbq. They drank
beer and watched the game. My father got angry because the
rayados lost the game against the tigres 3 to 0 . My father and
my uncle had a fight and the party was over.

Cousins: suns and daughters of my uncles and aunts.

Celebrated:

Turning: cumpliendo. Age.

Bbq: →

Fight: pelea.

Over: finished

My sister likes to watch Adrian Marcelo videos. We were

watching them yesterday. Adrian Marcelo went to LA ALAMEDA
and he was selling ice cream. He charges 10 pesos for a small
size ice cream. He charges 15 pesos for a medium size ice
cream. He charges 20 pesos for a big size ice cream. He
made a lot of money. He is very popular. People always
want to take pictures with him. He is very funny and silly.

Selling: vendiendo.

Small size:

Medium size:

Big size: Silly: Menso.

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 LESSON 6.- LISTENING
Regina likes to dance. Dancing is her favorite hobby. She
decided to become an exotic dancer because she loves
dancing. She’s not a prostitute, she is only a table dancer. She
feels sexy when she dances. Her friends disapprove but I think
she is happy with her life, plus she doesn’t give a fuck.
Exotic dancer: very extravagant. Unusual.
Table dancer:
Disapprove: don’t like.
Give a fuck: don’t care. Don’t give importance to.

Diego is a strange person but he’s very authentic. He’s very

interesting. He is an engineer, he’s an actor and he’s a
communicator. He speaks about different topics. He talks about
money, relationships, love, business and many other things. He
loves his life, he feels very fullfiled. Some people don’t like Diego
because he’s very honest and rude.
Authentic: real, true.

Communicator: the person that

communicates things.

Topics: themes.Relationships:

Business: Fulfilled: feeling glad and

happy aboutyour life.

Honest: telling the truth. Rude: not kind. Offensive.

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 LESSON 7.- LISTENING
It was 7 am. Peter had to go to work. He didn’t feel very
motivated that morning but he went anyway. He woke up. He
got out of bed. He took a shower. He brushed his teeth. He
cooked breakfast. He decided to eat eggs with ham and drank
a little coffee. He drove to work. He likes listening to music while
he drives. When he arrived at his office, he turned on his
computer and started working. He had to send some e-mails to
his customers. He has to be very professional because if he
doesn’t deliver his work on time, his boss gets angry. Peter
appreciates his job but he’s thinking about launching his own
business in the future. He wouldn’t like to be an employee all his
life. He's happy with his job because thanks to it he can pay for
his house and his car.

Motivated: very enthusiastic.

Anyway: como quiera.

Woke up: levatarse.

Got out of: salirse de.

Brushed: cepillar.

Teeth: dientes

A little: poco

While: mientras

Turned on: prender

Some: algunos

Deliver: to give something to someone at a specific time.

On time: not late.

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Boss: jefe

Appreciates: apreciar

Launching: starting

Employee: empleado

Pay for: pagar por

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 LESSON 8.- LISTENING
Carla was graduating from high school. She was excited and
nervous. She had to prepare everything for the graduation party.
She went to the mall and bought some things. She bought a nice
dress. She bought make up and hair products. Next, she had to
buy her graduation gown at school. She went to the school and
bought it. It looked nice. She was proud of herself. Her family was
proud of her. When the day came, she had a little problem. She
had a headache. She felt kind of bad. She decided to go to the
doctor. The doctor gave her a pill. She took the pill and felt
better. She wanted to be very energetic because it was a very
special day. Her graduation party was great. She danced with
her friends all night. They ate delicious food and drank soda at
the party.

Graduating: when a person finish the university.

Excited: very happy

Nervous: worried, anxious.

Prepare: get rea dy.

Graduation party:

Make up:

Hair products: productos para el cabello

Graduation gowns:

Proud of herself: orgullosa de si misma.

Proud: orgulloso.

Headache: dolor de cabeza

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 LESSON 9.- LISTENING
Lisa loves to draw. She also likes to paint. Drawing and painting
are similar. She draws with a pencil. She paints with a paintbrush.
Lisa draws many things. She draws animals. She draws people.
She draws objects. Drawing is easy for Lisa. Lisa is a good drawer.
Lisa is also a good painter. She paints landscapes. She paints
sunsets. Painting is more difficult than drawing for Lisa. Painting
requires a lot of patience. Drawing is fast for Lisa. She wants to be
famous one day. Lisa paints every day. Lisa paints in her room.
Her room is full of art supplies. Her friends love her drawings and
paintings. A friend wants to buy her paintings. Lisa accepts the
offer. She sells her paintings. She feels glad when people
appreciate her work. She loves colors, art, painting and drawing.
Art is very important in her life.

Drawing: dibujar

Painting: pintar

Pencil: lápiz

Paintbrush: brocha

Drawer: dibujante

Landscapes: paisajes

Sunsets: puestas de sol

Requires: need

Patience: the ability to wait

Full of: a lot of something. No space for other things.

Art supplies: art objects

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The offer: la oferta

Glad: agradecido

Appraciate: to recognize something is good.

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 LESSON 10.- LISTENING
Diego exercised every day. Diego lifted weights. He rode his
bike. He ran at the park in the morning. He did different exercises
at the gym. He did crunches and sit-ups. He did push-ups. He
did squats. He ate very healthy. He ate protein and took
vitamins. He ate eggs with ham in the morning. He ate broccoli
and chicken in the afternoon. He ate light at night. People said
he looked very strong and sexy. People liked his muscles. Girls
liked his appearence. He was very handsome. He decided to
work out because he was very fat in the past. He was bullied at
school. His classmates said he looked like Whinie The Pooh. He
felt very bad because of that. He didn’t have energy when he
was fat either. He felt unattractive, tired and heavy. He had
low-self esteem. He looked in the mirror one day and he
promised himself to lose weight. He stopped eating unhealthy
food.

Rode: Ride/ Rode to sit on a bycicle.

Crunches:

Sit ups:

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Push ups:

Squats: Healthy: saludable

Light: no heavy

Appearance: the look of a person

Handsome: good appereance. Guapo.

Was bullied: was made fun of.

Look like: similar in appereance. Parecerse.

Unattractive: no handsome. No pretty.

Heavy: pesado.

Low-self esteem: not to love yourself. Baja

autestima.

Look in the mirror: mirarse en el espejo.

Unhealthy food: junk food.

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 LESSON 11.- LISTENING
Mariana didn’t like her life. She hated Mondays. She didn’t like
the day because she had to wake up very early and go to work.
She worked in an office. She had to drive to work every day.
There was a lot of traffic in the morning. She didn’t like Tuesdays
either. Tuesdays were just as bad. Wednesdays were better than
Tuesdays because it’s the midpoint of the week. Thursdays were
better than Wednesdays. Thursday is the official start of the
weekend. Friday is her favorite day because she can go party.
She can visit her friends and have a good time with them. She
loved weekends. She drank beer with her friends on weekends.
She liked to go to the barezzito bar.

There was: past of there is.

Either: tampoco

Just as bad: equally bad

Midpoint: middle of

Official start: empiezo oficial

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 LESSON 12.-LISTENING
Mariana and James wanted to go to London because they had
never been there. This would be the first time. They checked the
flight prices online. The prices were fair and acceptable. Then,
they had to look for a hotel where they could stay. There were
many hotels in the city. They reserved a room at The Berkeley.
This hotel has excellent service. They enjoyed being there. The
reservation included three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. It
also included different drinks. They loved their room because it
was very elegant and comfy. The room had a great view. They
visited different places in London. They went to London Eye
Standard. They also visited the Windsor Castle. They went to the
Harry Potter studio. Many Harry Potter scenes were recorded in
London. They love Harry Potter. They think London is a beautiful
place. They would like to live in London.

Would be: sería.

Flight prices: precios de vuelos.

Online: using internet.

Fair: justos

Acceptable:

Stay: quedarse

Reserved: reservar

Berkeley: name of hotel

Reservation: reservación

Included: incluir

Breakfast: what you eat in the morning

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Lunch: what you eat in the afernoon

Dinner: what you eat at night

Elegant: fancy

Comfy: cómodo

Great view: buena vista

London Eye Standard:

Windsor Castle:

Harry Potter studio:

Scenes: escenas

Recorded: grabadas

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