{"id":15443,"date":"2022-02-15T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15443"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T21:59:17","slug":"english-spanish-parallel-texts-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/english-spanish-parallel-texts-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"English Spanish Parallel Texts &#8211; Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson of our English Spanish Parallel Texts course and we are going to practice using vocabulary and phrases related to travel. Start by reading the text in Spanish below. The English translation is provided later but please try not to look at it until you have read the Spanish version various times and tried your best to understand it.<\/p>\n<p>There may be some words and phrases in the text that you are unfamiliar with, but you should be aiming to capture the main essence of what is happening. There will always be words and phrases popping up in real-life situations that you have never heard before, so it is important never to get too distracted by details.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to investigate some of the words you don\u2019t know with a dictionary that would be great, please do, but do this after trying your best to understand with what you already have in your head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out this video lesson with information relevant to this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-21-travel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travel<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15444\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15444\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/travel-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"travel\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/travel-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/travel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/antgarprats-2241814\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4830437\">Antonio Garcia Prats<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4830437\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Spanish Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bea: Buenos d\u00edas. Quiero un billete de tren a Sevilla por favor.<br \/>\nTaquilla: \u00bfIda o vuelta?<br \/>\nBea: Ida y vuelta.<br \/>\nTaquilla: Ciento veinte euros<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfHay un solo precio?<br \/>\nTaquilla: Ciento veinte euros es el coste del pr\u00f3ximo tren a Sevilla.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora sale ese tren?<br \/>\nTaquilla: A las nueve y media.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfQu\u00e9 trenes hay despu\u00e9s del tren de las nueve y media?<br \/>\nTaquilla: Hay uno a las once y cuarto y luego otro a las tres de la tarde. El tren de las tres es el \u00faltimo tren de hoy de Bilbao a Sevilla.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfY los precios de esos otros dos trenes, por favor?<br \/>\nTaquilla: El primer tren es el m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido y directo. El tren de las once y cuarto tarda un poco m\u00e1s y cuesta cien euros. El \u00faltimo tren tarda cuatro horas m\u00e1s y cuesta setenta y cinco euros.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfCu\u00e1ntas horas tarda el tren de las nueve y media?<br \/>\nTaquilla: Ocho horas cincuenta y seis minutos.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfPuedo reservar una plaza?<br \/>\nTaquilla: Por supuesto.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfHay alg\u00fan cargo extra por reservar un asiento?<br \/>\nTaquilla: S\u00ed, quince euros extra.<br \/>\nBea: Est\u00e1 bien. Quiero un billete de ida y vuelta de Bilbao a Sevilla con plaza reservada.<br \/>\nTaquilla: Vale, muy bien.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfHay comida disponible en el tren?<br \/>\nTaquilla: S\u00ed, la hay.<br \/>\nBea: \u00bfDe qu\u00e9 plataforma sale el tren?<br \/>\nTaquilla: De la plataforma doce. Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 su billete.<br \/>\nBea: Gracias por tu ayuda.<br \/>\nTaquilla: Buen viaje.<br \/>\nBea: \u00a1Que tengas un buen d\u00eda tambi\u00e9n!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>English Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bea: Good morning. I want a train ticket to Seville please.<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Round trip?<br \/>\nBea: Round trip.<br \/>\nTicket clerk: One hundred and twenty euros.<br \/>\nBea: Is there only one price?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: One hundred and twenty euros is the cost of the next train to Seville.<br \/>\nBea: What time does that train leave?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: At half past nine.<br \/>\nBea: What trains are there after the nine thirty train?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: There is one at a quarter past eleven and then another at three in the afternoon. The three o\u2019clock train is today\u2019s last train from Bilbao to Seville.<br \/>\nBea: And the prices of those other two trains, please?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: The first train is the fastest and most direct. The eleven fifteen train takes a little longer and costs a hundred euros. The last train takes four more hours and costs seventy five euros.<br \/>\nBea: How many hours does the nine thirty train take?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Eight hours fifty six minutes.<br \/>\nBea: Can I reserve a seat?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Of course.<br \/>\nBea: Is there an extra charge to reserve a seat?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Yes, fifteen euros extra.<br \/>\nBea: Okay. I want a round trip ticket from Bilbao to Seville with a reserved seat.<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Ok, very good.<br \/>\nBea: Is food available on the train?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Yes, there is.<br \/>\nBea: What platform does the train leave from?<br \/>\nTicket clerk: From platform twelve. Here\u2019s your ticket.<br \/>\nBea: Thanks for your help.<br \/>\nTicket clerk: Have a good trip.<br \/>\nBea: You have a nice day too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the original text before checking the translation? Please let me know in the comments section below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;t understand that much, practice makes perfect! Be patient and keep reading, hearing, writing, and speaking Spanish. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/travel-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"travel\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/travel-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/travel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Practice using vocabulary and phraes related to travel with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":15444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15443","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-learning-2","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15445,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions\/15445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}