Page 40 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - 15-minute Spanish

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EN LA OFICINA
Warm up (1minute)
DE BILLETES
Count to 100 in tens.
(pp.10–11, pp.30–1) At the ticket office
Ask “What time is it?”
(pp.30–1) In Spain, commuter trains are very economical,
clean, and efficient. Long-distance trains still offer
Say “One-thirty.”
(pp.30–1) smoking and nonsmoking carriages, and the prices
vary depending on what day you travel, blue days
being the cheapest.

Words to remember (3 minutes)
el pasajero la señal
Learn these words and then el pasahairoh lah senyalnyal
passenger
sign
test yourself.
la estación (train) station
l l lah estathyonyonah estathyonah estath
la terminal (bus) station
lah termeenal
el billete ticket
el beeyetyet beeyet bee
el el ay
de ida one-way
day eedah
de ida y vuelta round-trip
day eedah ee bweltah
de primera first class
day preemerah
de segunda second class
day segoondah
La estación está
el descuento discount llena de gente.
el deskwentoh lah estathyonyonah estathyonah estath estah
l l
ye yenah day hentay
The station is crowded.
In conversation (4 minutes)

Dos billetes para Bilbao, ¿De ida y vuelta? Si. ¿Necesito reservar
por favor. day eedah y bweltah asiento?
d d dos beeyeyeos beeyeos bee tes paparah beeba- see. netheseetoh rreseerbar
oh, por fa, por fabor Round-trip? asyainyainsyains toh
a a
Two tickets to Bilbao, Yes. Do I need to
please. reserve seats?