Mi maleta para Lanzarote

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The narrator packs a small suitcase for Lanzarote, plans visits to Timanfaya and Jameos del Agua, and explains why each item is included.

Level: A1Focus: Travel and clothing vocabulary, volcanic places, the near future, object pronouns, and questions with tú.

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Mañana viajo a Lanzarote, una isla de Canarias. Esta tarde voy a hacer la maleta. Quiero llevar pocas cosas y dejar espacio para algún recuerdo.

Primero pongo ropa ligera: tres camisetas, dos pantalones cortos y un bañador. También llevo una chaqueta fina. La chaqueta es para una tarde con viento y la pongo junto a la ropa.

Después guardo un sombrero, gafas de sol y crema solar. En un bolsillo pongo mi cepillo de dientes y un cargador para el móvil.

También llevo calzado cerrado porque quiero visitar el Parque Nacional de Timanfaya. Este parque tiene un paisaje volcánico con lava y volcanes. Mis zapatos son cómodos para caminar.

Otro día voy a visitar Jameos del Agua. Este lugar está dentro de un túnel volcánico del Volcán de la Corona. Allí hay un lago interior formado por filtraciones del mar.

En el lago vive un pequeño cangrejo ciego y blanco. Es una especie propia de Lanzarote. El artista César Manrique unió naturaleza y arte en Jameos del Agua.

Al final reviso todo. Mi maleta no es grande, pero tiene la ropa y los objetos que necesito. Ahora puedo cerrarla.

¿Qué llevas tú para un viaje a una isla? ¿Prefieres visitar un volcán o una playa? ¿Qué objeto nunca dejas en casa?

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Level A1Reading focus

What you'll learn

Travel and clothing vocabulary, volcanic places, the near future, object pronouns, and questions with tú.

The narrator packs a small suitcase for Lanzarote, plans visits to Timanfaya and Jameos del Agua, and explains why each item is included.

After reading

Article learning block

Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.

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Phrases for training

Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.

hacer la maleta

new

to pack a suitcase

Hacer la maleta means putting your things together before a trip.

A key phrase for preparing to travel.

ropa ligera

new

light clothing

Ropa ligera is clothing that is not heavy and suits warm weather.

Useful for describing clothes for warm weather.

calzado cerrado

new

closed footwear

Calzado cerrado covers the foot, unlike a sandal.

Useful for describing what to wear for a walk.

dentro de un túnel volcánico

new

inside a volcanic tunnel

Dentro de indicates that something is inside a place.

Useful for describing location precisely.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

isla

una isla

island

An isla is an area of land surrounded by water.

A basic geography word for travel.

bolsillo

un bolsillo

pocket

A bolsillo is a small space sewn into clothing or a bag.

Useful for saying where a small object is kept.

paisaje volcánico

volcanic landscape

It describes land formed or marked by volcanoes and lava.

Useful for describing Lanzarote's natural scenery.

lava

Lava is molten rock that comes out of a volcano.

A basic word for talking about volcanoes.

lago interior

un lago interior

interior lake

Here it is a body of water located inside the volcanic space.

Useful for understanding the unusual geography of Jameos del Agua.

cangrejo ciego

blind crab

Cangrejo names the animal and ciego means that it cannot see.

A key animal name from Jameos del Agua.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Near future

voy a hacer la maleta

I am going to pack the suitcase

Voy a plus an infinitive expresses a planned action.

Useful for talking about plans.

The pronoun la

la pongo

I put it

La replaces the feminine noun la chaqueta.

Useful for avoiding repetition.

Querer with an infinitive

quiero visitar

I want to visit

The unchanged infinitive visitar follows quiero.

Useful for talking about wishes.

Reason with porque

porque quiero visitar

because I want to visit

Porque introduces the reason the narrator takes the footwear.

Useful for explaining reasons for decisions.

Question with tú

¿Qué llevas tú

what do you take

Llevas is the present-tense form of llevar for tú.

Useful for asking another person about their things.

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