La ventana con internet (The window with internet)
MCER A2115 palabras
My village has forty houses, one shop and very bad internet. In my house the internet only works in one place: the kitchen window.
So the kitchen window is the most important place in the family. My sister does her homework there. My father watches football matches there, standing up, with the phone in his hand. My mother sends her photos from there.
In summer, when my cousins are here, there is a queue.
The neighbours know it too. Sometimes a woman is outside our window with her phone, talking to her daughter in Germany. Nobody thinks this is strange.
We do not have good internet. We have a window that all the village knows.
Palabras que quizá no conozcas
- villagepueblo
- queuecola, fila
- neighboursvecinos
- standing upde pie
Preguntas
Se contestan con el texto delante. No es memoria: es entender.
Where does the internet work in the writer's house?
At the kitchen window — The internet only works in one place: the kitchen window. Solo ahí.
The village is big.
False — Falso: forty houses, one shop. Cuarenta casas y una tienda es un pueblo pequeño.
Why does visiting family create a wait at the kitchen window?
More people need the same small area with a connection. — Solo un pequeño punto tiene conexión y las visitas suman usuarios. No se indica otro punto más rápido ni traslado por vecinos.
Why does the father watch football standing up?
Because the signal is at the kitchen window — El texto solo dice standing up, sin explicarlo. Se entiende con el párrafo anterior: fuera de esa ventana no hay internet, así que no puede sentarse en el sofá.
What is the woman doing outside their window?
She is phoning her daughter in Germany — El texto no dice «usa nuestro internet»: dice que está fuera de ESA ventana, con el móvil, hablando con su hija en Alemania. La ventana es la única con cobertura.
What does the last line mean?
Poor internet makes the window a shared village meeting point — Las dos frases se oponen: no tienen buen internet, tienen una ventana. Y lo que la hace famosa es justo el problema, no la solución.