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The text
Era un martes de enero y hacía mucho frío. Eran las nueve de la noche y yo estaba en la cocina. Preparaba una sopa y escuchaba la radio. Mientras tanto, mi compañero de piso, Jorge, veía una película en el salón.
It was a Tuesday in January and it was very cold. It was nine o'clock at night and I was in the kitchen. I was making soup and listening to the radio. Meanwhile, my flatmate, Jorge, was watching a film in the living room.
De repente, se apagaron todas las luces del edificio. Busqué mi móvil por toda la cocina y al final lo encontré al lado de la nevera. Por desgracia, casi no tenía batería.
Suddenly, all the lights in the building went out. I looked for my mobile all over the kitchen and in the end I found it next to the fridge. Unfortunately, it had almost no battery.
Entonces alguien llamó a la puerta. Eran don Luis y doña Teresa, los vecinos del tercero. Eran mayores y estaban muy nerviosos, porque no tenían velas en casa. Por eso los invitamos a entrar. Jorge encontró unas velas en un cajón y las encendió. Yo les serví un plato de sopa caliente.
Then someone knocked at the door. It was don Luis and doña Teresa, the neighbours from the third floor. They were elderly and they were very anxious, because they didn't have any candles at home. That's why we invited them in. Jorge found some candles in a drawer and lit them. I served them a bowl of hot soup.
Al principio, nadie hablaba mucho. Pero luego doña Teresa nos contó historias de su juventud en Galicia. Cuando era joven, no había luz eléctrica en su pueblo y todas las noches leía con una vela. ¡Nos reímos mucho!
At first, nobody talked much. But then doña Teresa told us stories about her youth in Galicia. When she was young, there was no electric light in her village and every night she read by candlelight. We laughed a lot!
La luz volvió a las doce. Jorge acompañó a los vecinos a su piso. Al día siguiente, doña Teresa nos trajo un bizcocho casero. Al final, aquel apagón fue una noche muy bonita: así conocimos a nuestros vecinos.
The power came back at twelve. Jorge walked the neighbours back to their flat. The next day, doña Teresa brought us a homemade sponge cake. In the end, that power cut turned out to be a lovely night: that's how we got to know our neighbours.
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Comprehension questions
Answer all 5 questions based on the reading passage.
- Question 1Multiple choice
¿Qué hacía el narrador cuando se apagaron las luces?
What was the narrator doing when the lights went out?
The text says "Preparaba una sopa y escuchaba la radio" (I was making soup and listening to the radio). Jorge was the one watching a film.
- Question 2Multiple choice
¿Dónde encontró el narrador su móvil?
Where did the narrator find the mobile?
The text says "al final lo encontré al lado de la nevera" (in the end I found it next to the fridge).
- Question 3Multiple choice
¿Por qué estaban nerviosos don Luis y doña Teresa?
Why were don Luis and doña Teresa anxious?
The text says "estaban muy nerviosos, porque no tenían velas en casa" (they were very anxious, because they didn't have any candles at home).
- Question 4Multiple choice
¿Qué hacía doña Teresa todas las noches cuando era joven?
What did doña Teresa use to do every night when she was young?
The text says "todas las noches leía con una vela" (every night she read by candlelight).
- Question 5True / False
Al día siguiente, el narrador les llevó un bizcocho a los vecinos.
The next day, the narrator took a cake to the neighbours.
The text says "Al día siguiente, doña Teresa nos trajo un bizcocho casero" (the next day, doña Teresa brought us a homemade sponge cake), not the other way round.
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