2.2 Story: El Cuento del Río
Following is the story EL CUENTO DEL RÍO (The Story of the River) by Martina Bex.
1. Read through the story once in its entirety.
2. On a piece of lined paper, write the sentences in Spanish leaving a couple of blank lines between each sentence you write in Spanish.
3. Some of the sentences will be translated to English for you. There will also be some that have NOT been translated. Using the vocabulary from 2.1 of this module, translate the sentences to the best of your ability...without using Google Translate!
4. After completing the writing and translating portion, share the sentences you translated to English with me. Please send me an email letting me know you have shared the sentences with me. (If you want to take a picture and forward them to me that way, it's fine.) The sentences are...#7-10-11-12-13-18-20-22-25.
5. There is more to the story that I haven't shared with you yet. Based upon what you've read, what do you think is going to happen? All is NOT hearts and flowers...so to speak! Let me know what you think is going to happen....da, da, da, da!!!!!!!
Here is the story.
1. Un muchacho y una muchacha están separados por un río. A boy and a girl are separated by a river.
2. El muchacho se llama Marcos y la muchacha se llama Ana. The boy's name is Marcos and the girl's name is Ana.
3. Ellos son novios. They are boyfriend/girlfriend (sweethearts).
4. Ana quiere cruzar el río porque ama mucho a Marcos. Ana wants to cross the river because she loves Marcos a lot.
5. ¡ Quiere estar con su novio ! She want to be with her boyfriend!
6. Pero hay un problema. But there is a problem.
7. Ana no puede cruzar al otro lado del río. (Now it's your turn to translate!)
8. No puede cruzar al otro lado del río porque hay cocodrilos en el río. She can't cross to the other side of the river because there are crocodiles in the river.
9. Ana sabe que necesita un bote para cruzar el río. Ana knows she needs a boat to cross the river.
10. Ella habla con Diego. (Your turn!)
11. Diego tiene un bote. (Your turn to translate!)
12. Ana quiere cruzar el río en el bote de Diego. (Your turn!)
13. Típicamente, cuesta 100 dólares cruzar el río en el bote de Diego. (Your turn!)
14. Sin embargo, Diego sab que Ana no tiene otra opición. Nevertheless, Diego knows that Ana doesn't have another option.
15. Él dice que ella tiene que pagar 200 dólares. He says that she has to pay $200 dollars.
16. Ana no tiene dinero. (Your turn!)
17. Cruzar el río en el bote de Diego cuesta demasiado, así que Ana tiene que buscar otra solución. Crossing the river in Diego's boat costs too much money; as a result, Ana has to look for another option.
18. Ana habla con otro chico que se llama Sancho. (Your turn!)
19. Le explica la situación y Sancho le dice, "Si tú me das un beso, te daré $200." She explains the situation and Sancho says, "If you give me a kiss, I will give you $200."
20. Ana considera la oferta de Sancho. (Your turn!)
21. No quiere darle un beso porque tiene un novio, pero parece que no tiene otras opciones. She doesn't want to give him a kiss because she has a boyfriend, but it seems that she doesn't have other options.
22. Le da un beso a Sancho y Sancho le da $200 a Ana. (Your turn!)
23. Ana toma los $200 de Sancho y se los da a Diego. Ana takes the $200 from Sancho and gives it to Diego.
24. Por fin, cruza el río en el bote de Diego y está reunida con su novio, Marcos. At last, she crosses the river in Diego's boat and is reunited with her boyfriend.
25. Ana y Marcos están muy felices (happy) porque están juntos. (Your turn!)