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Easy Stories

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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.

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PARALLEL TEXT

Una aventura en La Tomatina

An adventure in La Tomatina

Me llamo Sean y tengo 21 aos.

My name is Sean and Im 21 years old.

Soy de Nueva York, pero vivo en Barcelona, Espaa, desde hace seis meses.

Im from New York, but I live in Barcelona, Spain for six months.

Estoy estudiando Literatura Castellana y tengo mucha suerte de poder disfrutar de esta experiencia en Espaa.

Im studying Spanish Literature and Im very lucky to enjoy this experience in Spain.

Pero a veces me pasan cosas locas y divertidas como la que hoy os voy a explicar.

But sometimes crazy and funny things happen, like the one that Im going to explain to you today.

Llegu a Espaa en marzo y me puse a vivir con unos chicos y chicas muy simpticos, compartiendo con ellos un piso precioso en el centro de la ciudad.

I arrived to Spain in March, and I started to live with some very friendly boys and girls, sharing with them a beautiful apartment in the city center.

Es un placer poder vivir en el centro de una ciudad tan bonita.

Its a pleasure to live in the center of such a beautiful city.

Todo est muy cerca, incluso la universidad.

Everything is very close, even the University.

En esta casa vivimos cuatro compaeros de piso.

In the house we live are four room-mates.

Sara es de Sevilla y tiene veintisis aos, estudia arquitectura.

Sara is from Sevilla and shes twenty-six years old, she studies architecture.

Jos es de Barcelona, tiene veinte aos, estudia ingeniera y es un apasionado del ftbol.

Jos is from Barcelona, hes twenty years old, he studies engineering and hes passionate about football.

Por ltimo est Andrea, una chica del sur de Francia.

Finally, Andrea, a girl from the south of France.

Sus padres son espaoles, estudia publicidad y tambin es bailarina de flamenco.

Her parents are Spanish, she studies advertising, but shes also a flamenco dancer.

No os parece que son increbles?

Dont you think they are incredible?

Nos llevamos todos muy bien y vivir con ellos es muy sencillo.

We get along very well and living with them is really easy.

Conocis Barcelona?

Do you know Barcelona?

Es una de las ciudades ms grandes de Espaa, y se encuentra en la zona noreste del pas.

Its one of the biggest cities in Spain and is located in the Northeast of the country.

Es una ciudad que vive pegada al mar, por lo tanto tiene lo mejor de una gran ciudad (discotecas, grandes universidades, tiendas para ir de compras, restaurantes, museos), pero tambin lo mejor de estar cerca de la playa en Espaa (buen tiempo, el mar, cientos de playas preciosas).

It is a city next to the sea, therefore it has the best of a big city (discos, big universities, shops to go shopping, restaurants, museums), but also the best from being close to the beach in Spain (nice weather, the sea, hundreds of beautiful beaches).

Adems, Barcelona est rodeada de montaas por todas partes y est muy cerca de los Pirineos, las montaas ms altas de Espaa donde puedes esquiar durante todo el invierno y parte de la primavera.

In addition, Barcelona is surrounded by mountains on all sides and its very close to the Pyrenees, the highest mountains in Spain, where you can ski during the Winter and part of the spring.

Es un lugar para quedarse, no os parece?

It is a place to stay, dont you think?

La primavera pas rpidamente en Barcelona.

The spring passed quickly in Barcelona.

Yo estaba muy ocupado estudiando y por las tardes jugaba al ftbol con Jos y su equipo.

I was very busy studying and in the evenings I played football with Jos and his team.

En Espaa, el curso termina en el mes de junio.

In Spain, the semester finishes in June.

Haba aprobado todas mis asignaturas con muy buenas notas!

I passed all my subjects with very good grades.

Ahora, tena todo el verano por delante, lleno de planes, al lado de la playa y con muchos amigos para pasrmelo bien.

Now, I had all the whole summer in front of me, full of plans, next to the beach and with many friends to enjoy it.

Adems, en Espaa en verano en todos los pueblos hay fiestas tradicionales y populares de las que siempre haba odo hablar, aunque muchas eran muy raras y no las entenda muy bien

Furthermore, in Spain, during the summer, in every village there are traditional and popular parties that I have heard of, but many of them were very strange to me and I didnt understand them very well.

Mi amigo Jos me llam un da de julio y me invit a ir a una fiesta en un pueblo de Valencia que se iba a celebrar en agosto.

My friend Jos called me one day in July and invited me to go to a party in a village in Valencia that was going to be held in Augusto.

Dijo que era seguramente la mejor fiesta en la que seguramente habra estado en mi vida, y que no poda faltar.

He said that it is surely the biggest party that I have ever been to in my life and that I couldnt miss it.

Yo le pregunt: por qu esa fiesta es tan espectacular?

I asked him: Why is this party so spectacular?

Y l no me dijo nada! Dijo que quera que fuera una sorpresa para m, que slo me iba a decir el nombre de la fiesta.

And hedidnt tell me a word! He said that it wanted it to be a surprise for me, that he will only give me the name of the party.

La fiesta se llamaba La tomatina.

The party was called the tomatina.

Por supuesto que que haba muchas pginas de internet y sitios donde yo habra podido buscar informacin sobre la misteriosa tomatina, pero mi amigo me hizo prometerle que no buscara nada.