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Advanced Spanish Listening Practice – Spanish expressions with colours Posted by on May 26, 2020 in Learning, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Vocabulary

In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice using Spanish expressions with colours. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening.

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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my Advanced Spanish course posted here on the Transparent Language blog. Let’s test your listening comprehension and see if you can understand a short audio in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times.

Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:

Advanced Spanish Lesson – Spanish expressions with colours

Now play the audio to listen a conversation. Can you understand what is being said? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.

(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Transcript:

Celia: Hola Peter. Ayer fui al restaurante Salinas. Me puse morada. Los platos son enormes y la comida deliciosa. Te lo recomiendo.
Peter: Gracias Celia, pero no creo que vaya. Estoy sin blanca.
Celia: ¿Sí? Pensaba que tenías un sueldo muy bueno.
Peter: Sí, lo tenía pero me echaron del trabajo hace un mes.
Celia: ¿Qué dices?
Peter: Sí, las estoy pasando negras. Ayer pasé la noche en blanco. Estoy agotado.
Celia: Guau, nunca habría pensado que no tienes dinero. Siempre vas de punta en blanco.
Peter: Es que tengo muchísima ropa que me compré cuando trabajaba.
Celia: ¿Estás buscando trabajo?
Peter: Sí, pero no me sale nada. No hay nada de trabajo. No sé qué voy a hacer.
Celia: Peter, tranquilo. No lo veas todo negro.
Peter: ¡Es que tengo la negra!
Celia: Qué dices. Eres muy afortunado. Tienes una familia que te quiere y tienes salud. Muchas personas se pondrían verdes de envidia si conocieran tu vida. Tienes mucha suerte. Encontrarás trabajo pronto seguro.
Peter: Gracias Celia. Tú siempre ves las cosas de color de rosa.
Celia: Ser optimista es necesario para ser feliz.
Peter: Sí, tienes razón.

 

So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…

Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!

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About the Author: Laura & Adam

Laura & Adam have been blogging and creating online Spanish courses for Transparent Language since 2010. Laura is from Bilbao in northern Spain and Adam is from Devon in the south of England. They lived together in Spain for over 10 years, where their 2 daughters were born, and now they live in Scotland. Both Laura & Adam qualified as foreign language teachers in 2004 and since have been teaching Spanish in Spain, the UK, and online.