Madrid Water Journey: B1 Spanish Reading
Read in B1 Spanish how Madrid captures, treats, distributes and cleans water, with 14 learning cards in three languages.
El agua de Madrid: del embalse al grifo
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What you'll learn
urban water supply, reservoirs, aquifers, drinking water treatment, sewers, reuse, process language
A factual B1 Spanish article follows water through Madrid's supply system. It explains reservoirs and aquifers, the 1851 founding of Canal de Isabel II, the arrival of Lozoya water in 1858, selected treatment stages, distribution, wastewater treatment and reuse. The kit has 14 cards: 3 phrases, 6 words and 5 grammar cards.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
abrir el grifo
newopen the tap
To turn on a tap so water begins to flow.
Useful for describing everyday water use.
Antes de llegar a una casa
newbefore reaching a home
Marks an action that happens earlier in a journey.
Useful for ordering stages of a process.
volver a ríos y otros cauces
newreturn to rivers and other waterways
Describes water going back to natural channels.
Useful when discussing treated wastewater.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
reservoirs
embalses
reservoirs
Managed bodies of stored water.
Essential for understanding urban water supply.
aquifers
acuíferos
aquifers
Underground formations that hold and transmit water.
Useful in texts about groundwater.
suitable
apta
suitable
Safe or appropriate for a particular purpose.
Useful for understanding water quality statements.
flocs
flóculos
flocs
Small clumps of particles formed during water treatment.
A key term for the coagulation process.
settling
decantación
settling
A treatment stage in which suspended material separates from water.
Useful for following water treatment stages.
sewer system
alcantarillado
sewer system
The network that carries wastewater away from buildings.
Essential for discussing sanitation.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Passive se in the past
se fundó
was founded
Se plus a third-person preterite presents an event without naming the agent.
Useful in historical explanations.
Antes de plus infinitive
Antes de llegar
before reaching
Antes de followed by an infinitive places one action before another.
Useful for explaining sequences.
Poder plus infinitive
puede extraer
can extract
A form of poder followed by an infinitive expresses possibility or ability.
Useful for describing what a system can do.
Relative donde
donde recibe
where it receives
Donde links a place to information about what happens there.
Useful for describing facilities and processes.
Conditional for a hypothetical choice
¿Para qué usarías
What would you use
The conditional usarías asks about an imagined personal choice.
Useful for discussing possible actions.
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