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.
- ¡Se ha ido la luz en la boda!The power has gone out at the wedding!
- Javier pone velas alrededor de la tarta de Marta.Javier puts candles around Marta's cake.
- 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
- 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 luz | the power, the light | |
| la boda | the wedding | |
| la tarta | the cake | |
| la tormenta | the storm | |
| aplauden | they applaud |
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