Un día de partido (Match day)
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It is Sunday, and my brother is playing an important match today. He plays in a small team, in our town near Bilbao.
We are all at the field now. My mother is nervous and she is walking from one side to the other. My father never watches a match in silence: he shouts a lot, and sometimes the other parents look at him.
My brother is not a great player, but he can run for ninety minutes without stopping. Today he is running more than usual, because his team is losing 2-1.
Now there are only three minutes left. My brother has the ball, he passes it to a tall boy, and the tall boy scores. Everybody is shouting. Even my mother is shouting.
We are not winning, but for us this is a party.
Palabras que quizá no conozcas
- matchpartido
- fieldcampo (de fútbol)
- to shoutgritar
- to scoremarcar un gol
- three minutes leftquedan tres minutos
- evenincluso, hasta
Preguntas
Se contestan con el texto delante. No es memoria: es entender.
Where is the family?
At the football field — We are all at the field now: están en el campo, viendo el partido en directo.
The father watches the match in silence.
False — Falso: my father NEVER watches a match in silence. Grita tanto que los demás padres lo miran.
The brother can run for ___ minutes without stopping.
ninety — He can run for ninety minutes: los noventa minutos que dura un partido.
Why is the brother running more than usual today?
Because the match is important and his team is losing — Se juntan dos datos: el partido es importante (párrafo 1) y van perdiendo 2-1. El texto no dice que sea el mejor: dice justo lo contrario.
What is the score at the end of the text?
2-2 — Nadie lo escribe: hay que sumarlo. Iban perdiendo 2-1 y su equipo marca un gol, así que quedan 2-2. Por eso la última frase dice we are not winning: empatar no es ganar.
The family is sad at the end of the match.
False — Falso. No ganan, pero todos gritan de alegría y quien escribe lo llama a party. El resultado y el ánimo no son lo mismo.