{"id":12452,"date":"2019-04-14T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T20:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12452"},"modified":"2019-04-14T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T20:34:48","slug":"intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-how-to-offer-and-accept-help-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/intermediate-spanish-listening-practice-how-to-offer-and-accept-help-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 How to offer and accept help in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we are going to look at how to offer and accept help in Spanish. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening. <\/p>\n

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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my Intermediate 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. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:<\/p>\n

Intermediate Spanish Lesson – How to offer and accept help in Spanish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

El Corte Ingl\u00e9s: Spanish department store
\nDos calles m\u00e1s abajo: Two streets down
\nZapater\u00eda: Shoe shop
\nTardar: To take time<\/p>\n

Now play the audio to listen a conversation between a taxi driver and her passenger. Can you understand what they are saying? 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
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Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taxista: Hola buenas \u00bfD\u00f3nde quiere que le lleve?
\nMike: A la zona de compras por favor.
\nTaxista: \u00bfQuiere que le deje cerca de El Corte Ingl\u00e9s?
\nMike: S\u00ed, se lo agradecer\u00eda much\u00edsimo. Tengo que ir a El Corte Ingl\u00e9s.
\nTaxista: Muy bien.
\nMike: Una pregunta
\nTaxista: D\u00edgame
\nMike: \u00bfHay zapater\u00edas cerca de El Corte Ingl\u00e9s?
\nTaxista: Mmmm, no. Las zapater\u00edas est\u00e1n dos calles m\u00e1s abajo.
\nMike: Vale, mmm, no s\u00e9 qu\u00e9 hacer. Necesito comprarme zapatos y quiero mirar varias tiendas.
\nTaxista:\u00bfQuiere que le deje en El Corte Ingl\u00e9s y luego le lleve a la calle de las zapater\u00edas? O al rev\u00e9s, \u00bfquiere que le lleve primero a la calle de las zapater\u00edas y luego le deje en El Corte Ingl\u00e9s? No me importa esperar.
\nMike: No, no es necesario, gracias. Puedo ir andando.
\nTaxista: \u00bfSeguro? No le voy a cobrar por la espera.
\nMike: No, gracias, de verdad. Es muy amable pero puede que tarde mucho tiempo. No quiero hacerle esperar. Ir\u00e9 andando.<\/p>\n

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So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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