Curso de Inglés Nivel Avanzado

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

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The course catalog
El catálogo de cursos

 

Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las frases.

 

Sarah:

Do you want to take a class with me at the community college?

Kevin:

Maybe. What are they offering?

Sarah:

Well, here's the course catalog. Take a look.

Kevin:

Hmm. They've got a lot of language classes – Chinese, German, Japanese. Would you rather learn an Asian language or a European one?

Sarah:

Um, actually, I think I'd rather take an art class. They have one on landscape photography and another on making videos.

Kevin:

That sounds OK. But I think I'd prefer studying video to learning about photography.

Sarah:

Oh, wait. It says here that you need to provide your own video equipment.

Kevin:

Oh, I'd rather not spend a lot of money. Let's see what else they're offering.

Sarah:

[pages of catalog flipping] Hmm. Hey, this sounds kind of interesting: the art of bonsai.

Kevin:

What's bonsai?

Sarah:

You know, those miniature trees they grow in little tubs. It says here that they have a course on how to grow them, and on how to develop a business selling bonsais. Apparently, you can sell them for up to $500 apiece.

Kevin:

Really? Wow! That does sound good. We could learn how to grow them and then maybe set up a little business.

Sarah:

Yeah. We could do it out at my dad's place. He has lots of room to grow things in his garden.

Kevin:

Is the course expensive? Do you have to buy any special equipment?

Sarah:

It says no special equipment is required except plant containers and some young trees.

Kevin:

Let's check it out, then.

 

VOCABULARY

community college: (USA) colegio comunitario donde puedes aprender un oficio o prepararte para la universidad; actually: en realidad; I'd rather take = I'd prefer to take/taking: prefiero tomar; landscape: paisajística; provide: proporcionar; what else: qué más, qué otra cosa; kind of interesting: en cierto modo interesante; tubs: potes, macetas poco profundas; apiece: por pieza, cada unidad; grow/grew/grown/growing: cultivar; set up: fundar, establecer, armar, crear; check it out: averiguar o consultar sobre el curso

 

Activity 7: Basándote en los comentarios anteriores, selecciona las opciones más adecuadas para cada oración. Verifica luego las respuestas correctas.

1.

Kevin would prefer studying ...

3.

The course they chose ...

  video to photography.
  photography to video.
  video to a language course.

  requires special equipment.
  does not require special equipment.
  only requires a garden.

2.

They finally decided to take ...

4.

They decided to take the course because  ...

  a language course.
  an art class on photography.
  a course in the art of bonsai.

  they could learn to grow containers.
  it does not require special equipment.
  they may set up a little business.

Mr. Grammar explicará ahora una nueva gramática: WOULD RATHER / WOULD PREFER.

 

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