Lara swims today without a clock
Lara wants to swim front crawl to the wall. Many pools have a dark line on the bottom of the lane. Nobody writes down a time.
El entrenamiento de hoy
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What you'll learn
Spanish present tense, the verb querer, and swimming words: crol, calle, gorra and pared.
Lara wants to cross the pool calmly and touch the wall. She swims front crawl: one arm enters as the other leaves, and she turns her face to the side to breathe. She tries three strokes and then a breath. Many pools have a dark line on the bottom. The coach writes down no time.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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se levanta rápidamente
newgets up quickly
Se levanta is the reflexive form of levantarse: to get out of bed.
Lara's early-morning routine at five o'clock.
hace estiramientos
newdoes stretches
Hacer + noun: hace estiramientos before entering the pool.
Typical warm-up step on the pool deck.
salta al agua
newjumps into the water
Saltar al agua means to enter the pool with a jump after warm-up.
Finishes preparation before the main swim.
nada crol despacio
newswims front crawl slowly
Nadar crol despacio is slow front-crawl during warm-up.
Describes the in-water warm-up phase.
no se queja
newdoes not complain
No se queja uses reflexive quejarse with no: she endures hard training.
Shows Lara's discipline during the sets.
batió su propio récord
newbroke her own record
Batir un récord means to beat a previous result; propio marks a personal best.
Climax of a successful training session.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Swimmer
nadadora
swimmer (female)
Nadadora profesional is a professional female swimmer.
Defines the main character and her role.
Coach
entrenador
coach / trainer
Entrenador plans the session and watches from the pool edge.
Key figure during the swimming session.
Pool
piscina
swimming pool
Piscina olímpica is a large pool for serious training.
Main setting of the whole story.
Swimsuit
bañador
swimsuit
Bañador azul is the swimsuit Lara puts on before swimming.
Swimming gear vocabulary from the text.
Training
entrenamiento
training / workout
Entrenamiento is the full session with warm-up, sets, and finish.
Word that ties the whole day's plot together.
Record
récord
record / personal best
Récord personal is the swimmer's best individual result.
Lara's motivation and the session's success.
Exhausted
agotada
exhausted
Agotada means very tired after intense training; estar + adjective.
Describes Lara's state after eight in the morning.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Reflexive levantarse
Lara se levanta rápidamente
Lara gets up quickly
Se levanta: pronoun se + levanta from levantarse.
Morning routine pattern from the article.
Daily routine
Entrena cada día
trains every day
Entrena cada día: present tense + cada día for habitual action.
Shows how regularly Lara trains.
Estar: state
Lara está agotada pero contenta
Lara is exhausted but happy
Está agotada: estar + adjective describes a temporary state after training.
Contrast of fatigue and satisfaction at the end.
Negation
No toma café
does not drink coffee
No toma café: no + verb in present; porque gives the reason.
Shows Lara's breakfast habit in the text.
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