La foto del cerro
The Photo from the Hill
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1 · Fill in the blank
The sky is cloudy, but it is not raining.
Today I wake up very early, before seven.
2 · Write it in Spanish
My house is on a hill in the city.
I sit down at the table with my cup.
Now I go out to the terrace of my house.
I look at the hill and the colorful houses.
That way the photo can be seen very well.
3 · Put the words in order
4 · Word search
8 words from the story hide across and down.
- GUARDAR
- TEMPRANO
- PEINARSE
- SENTARSE
- NUBLADO
- VIEJO
- DUCHARSE
- AMARILLO
5 · Match the word to the picture
Write the letter of the picture next to the word.
Vocabulary
18 words from this story. You will hear all of them in the song.
La canción · The song
The story, line by line
Read the Spanish first. Say it out loud. The English is there only when you need it.
Me llamo Pablo y vivo en Concepción.
My name is Pablo and I live in Concepción.
Tengo treinta y tres años.
I am thirty-three years old.
Mi casa está en un cerro de la ciudad.
My house is on a hill in the city.
En el cerro hay casas de muchos colores.
On the hill there are houses of many colors.
Hay casas azules, rojas, amarillas y verdes.
There are blue, red, yellow and green houses.
Hoy me despierto muy temprano, antes de las siete.
Today I wake up very early, before seven.
El cielo está nublado, pero no llueve.
The sky is cloudy, but it is not raining.
Me levanto despacio y abro la ventana.
I get up slowly and open the window.
El aire de la mañana está fresco.
The morning air is cool.
Me ducho y me lavo los dientes.
I take a shower and brush my teeth.
Me peino delante del espejo del baño.
I comb my hair in front of the bathroom mirror.
Me miro en el espejo y sonrío.
I look at myself in the mirror and smile.
Me gusta la mañana cuando todo está callado.
I like the morning when everything is quiet.
En la cocina preparo un café caliente.
In the kitchen I make a hot coffee.
Me siento a la mesa con mi taza.
I sit down at the table with my cup.
Bebo el café y miro las nubes grises.
I drink the coffee and look at the gray clouds.
Yo guardo cosas viejas en cajas.
I keep old things in boxes.
Guardo llaves viejas, cartas, papeles y fotos.
I keep old keys, letters, papers and photos.
Para mí, las cosas viejas son importantes.
For me, old things are important.
Cada cosa vieja cuenta una historia pequeña.
Each old thing tells a small story.
Ahora salgo a la terraza de mi casa.
Now I go out to the terrace of my house.
Quiero mirar el cerro por la mañana.
I want to look at the hill in the morning.
Entonces veo algo blanco en el suelo.
Then I see something white on the ground.
Es un papel pequeño, cerca de la puerta.
It is a small paper, near the door.
Me acerco despacio y lo recojo.
I come closer slowly and pick it up.
No es un papel: es una foto vieja.
It is not a paper: it is an old photo.
La foto está un poco sucia.
The photo is a little dirty.
En la foto hay un cerro con casas de colores.
In the photo there is a hill with colorful houses.
Hay una casa azul con una puerta amarilla.
There is a blue house with a yellow door.
Delante de la casa hay flores rojas.
In front of the house there are red flowers.
Detrás de la foto hay unas letras pequeñas.
On the back of the photo there are small letters.
Dice: calle Las Flores, número catorce.
It says: Las Flores street, number fourteen.
También hay una fecha: quince de abril.
There is also a date: the fifteenth of April.
El viento trae esta foto hasta mi puerta.
The wind brings this photo to my door.
Yo guardo cosas viejas, pero esta foto no es de mi casa.
I keep old things, but this photo is not from my house.
Esta foto tiene una casa y una dirección.
This photo has a house and an address.
Entonces decido llevar la foto a esa casa.
So I decide to take the photo to that house.
Busco la calle Las Flores en mi mapa.
I look for Las Flores street on my map.
La calle está arriba, en el mismo cerro.
The street is up there, on the same hill.
Me lavo las manos y guardo la foto.
I wash my hands and put the photo away.
Pongo la foto dentro de un libro.
I put the photo inside a book.
Salgo de casa y cierro la puerta.
I leave home and close the door.
La mañana sigue nublada y silenciosa.
The morning is still cloudy and silent.
Subo despacio por las escaleras del cerro.
I go up the stairs of the hill slowly.
Las casas de colores están una al lado de otra.
The colorful houses are one next to the other.
Una casa es verde y otra es rosa.
One house is green and another one is pink.
Camino y miro los números de las puertas.
I walk and look at the numbers on the doors.
Número ocho, número diez, número doce.
Number eight, number ten, number twelve.
Entonces veo la casa de la foto.
Then I see the house from the photo.
Es la casa azul con la puerta amarilla.
It is the blue house with the yellow door.
Delante hay las mismas flores rojas.
In front there are the same red flowers.
Saco la foto del libro y la miro.
I take the photo out of the book and look at it.
La casa es como la foto, con más flores.
The house is like the photo, with more flowers.
Me siento contento y un poco nervioso.
I feel happy and a little nervous.
La puerta está cerrada y la casa está callada.
The door is closed and the house is quiet.
No quiero molestar tan temprano.
I don't want to bother so early.
Entonces pongo la foto debajo de la puerta.
So I put the photo under the door.
Dejo un trozo de la foto fuera.
I leave a piece of the photo outside.
Así la foto se ve muy bien.
That way the photo can be seen very well.
En un papel escribo: la foto vuelve a casa.
On a paper I write: the photo comes back home.
Pongo el papel con la foto debajo de la puerta.
I put the paper with the photo under the door.
Después bajo por las escaleras, tranquilo y contento.
Then I go down the stairs, calm and happy.
El cielo sigue gris, pero yo me siento bien.
The sky is still gray, but I feel good.
Vuelvo a mi casa y me siento en la terraza.
I go back to my house and sit on the terrace.
Miro el cerro y las casas de colores.
I look at the hill and the colorful houses.
Pienso en la casa azul de la foto.
I think about the blue house from the photo.
Yo guardo muchas cosas viejas en mis cajas.
I keep many old things in my boxes.
Pero hoy esta foto vieja vuelve a su casa.
But today this old photo goes back to its home.
Bebo el resto de mi café frío.
I drink the rest of my cold coffee.
Y sonrío, solo, en la mañana nublada.
And I smile, alone, in the cloudy morning.
Answers
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