Canfranc: no passenger train crosses to France (A1)
In the Pyrenees, someone wants to cross into France by train. Canfranc station is 241 meters long, but since 1970 that passenger train does not cross the border.
La estación de Canfranc entre las montañas
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What you'll learn
The present tense and querer in a scene in front of Canfranc station.
Canfranc is in Aragon, among mountains, near France. The building is 241 meters long and has seventy-five doors on each side. On 18 July 1928 Alfonso XIII and Gaston Doumergue inaugurate it. Today the old building is a hotel, passenger trains to Zaragoza stop at a new station, and crossing to France is by bus. The narrator does not ask the time.
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Phrases for training
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cerca de la frontera con Francia
newnear the border with France
Cerca de marks a short distance from a place.
Useful for locating towns and landmarks.
entre las montañas
newamong the mountains
Entre places something between or among other things.
Useful for describing landscapes.
para unir España y Francia
newto connect Spain and France
Para followed by an infinitive expresses purpose.
Useful for explaining why something exists.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Pyrenees
Pirineos
Pyrenees
A mountain range between Spain and France.
A key geographical name for travel in northern Spain.
Opening ceremony
inauguración
opening ceremony
The official event that marks the opening of a place.
Useful in short historical accounts.
Customs office
aduana
customs office
A service that controls goods and travellers crossing a border.
Useful at borders and international stations.
Goods
mercancías
goods, freight
Mercancías are products transported for sale or use.
Useful when reading about trains and trade.
Bridge
puente
bridge
A structure that carries a road or railway over an obstacle.
A common word in travel stories.
Open forecourt
explanada
forecourt, open area
An explanada is a large, open, level space.
Useful for describing the area around a building.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Estar for location
Canfranc está en Aragón
Canfranc is in Aragon
Está locates Canfranc geographically.
Useful for saying where a place is.
Hay for existence
hay un edificio de estación muy largo
there is a very long station building
Hay introduces something that exists in a place.
Useful for describing what a place contains.
Present tense fact
El edificio mide 241 metros
the building measures 241 metres
Mide is the third-person singular present of medir.
Useful for giving a measurement.
Yes or no question
¿Quieres visitar esta estación?
Do you want to visit this station?
The inverted question marks frame a direct question in Spanish.
Useful for asking another person about a wish.
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