At a hotel in Cadiz, the door will not open (A1)
Nerea has 214 on a handwritten note and 204 on the envelope. The card does not open 214, which is occupied. Cadiz is by the sea. Spanish A1.
El hotel en Cádiz
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What you'll learn
Present tense, room numbers, and hotel words in one scene.
Nerea arrives at a hotel in Cadiz, a city in Andalusia by the sea. The paper says 214 and the envelope says 204. The card does not open 214 because that room is occupied. A man tells her to look at the envelope. The card opens 204.
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Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
En el centro de la ciudad
newin the city center
En el centro de la ciudad tells where the hotel is located downtown.
Key location phrase from the second paragraph.
Se llama Hotel Estrella
newit is called Hotel Estrella
Se llama Hotel Estrella gives the hotel name from the opening paragraph.
Helps remember the hotel name from the text.
Es muy cómodo para los turistas
newvery comfortable for tourists
Es muy cómodo para los turistas explains why the location suits visitors.
Explains the hotel advantage for travelers.
ayudan a los huéspedes
newthey help the guests
Ayudan a los huéspedes describes how receptionists assist guests.
Phrase from the reception paragraph.
vista a la ciudad
newview of the city
Vista a la ciudad describes rooms with a balcony overlooking the city.
Premium room feature mentioned in the text.
por la mañana
newin the morning
Por la mañana marks when breakfast is served at the hotel restaurant.
Time expression from the breakfast paragraph.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Reception
recepción
reception
Recepción is the front desk where guests check in at the hotel entrance.
First place guests see when they arrive.
Guests
huéspedes
guests
Huéspedes are people staying at the hotel; the receptionists help them.
Core hotel vocabulary from the reception paragraph.
Rooms
habitaciones
rooms
Habitaciones are guest rooms; the article mentions fifty of them.
Central noun for describing hotel accommodation.
Breakfast
desayuno
breakfast
Desayuno is the morning meal served at the hotel restaurant.
Key service from the restaurant paragraph.
Gym
gimnasio
gym
Gimnasio is a small fitness room with treadmills and weights in the hotel.
Extra facility described in its own paragraph.
Discount
descuento
discount
Descuento is a reduced price offered to children at the end of the article.
Pricing detail for families.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser: es un edificio
Es un edificio alto
it is a tall building
Es + noun defines what the hotel is: es un edificio alto.
Building description pattern from the first paragraph.
Estar: in the center
El hotel está en el centro de la ciudad
the hotel is in the city center
Estar + en + place shows where the hotel is located right now.
Location pattern from the second paragraph.
Tener: large windows
Tiene muchas ventanas grandes
it has many large windows
Tener + noun expresses what the building or hotel has.
Hotel appearance description from the first paragraph.
Hay: a nice hotel
En mi ciudad hay un hotel muy bonito
in my city there is a very nice hotel
Hay + indefinite noun states that something exists: hay un hotel muy bonito.
Opening sentence pattern introducing the hotel.
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