Caja de las Letras: Spanish B2
Read in Spanish about the Instituto Cervantes Caja de las Letras, its cultural legacies, planned openings, and deposits kept indefinitely.
La Caja de las Letras: memoria bajo llave
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What you'll learn
Vocabulary for cultural legacies and personal objects, the preterite, the present perfect, and se constructions.
A B2 text about the Caja de las Letras at the Instituto Cervantes headquarters in Madrid. It explains cultural legacies kept in safe-deposit boxes: some have an opening date, while others are kept indefinitely.
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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.
cámara acorazada
newvault
A highly secure room for keeping valuables.
It helps describe a secure storage place.
cajas de seguridad
newsafe-deposit boxes
Individual secure boxes for storing belongings.
It explains where the legacies are kept in the text.
bajo llave
newunder lock and key
The phrase means that something is locked away securely.
It helps explain how the legacies are stored.
legado secreto
newsecret legacy
A legacy whose contents are not made public.
It identifies what Francisco Ayala left in the box.
fecha de apertura
newopening date
The date set for opening something.
It is needed to follow the time element in the text.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
trayectorias
trayectorias
life and professional paths
Plural of trayectoria, a person’s path of development or work.
It helps describe people’s different experiences.
borradores
borradores
drafts
Preliminary versions of a text before the final version.
It is useful for the list of materials in a legacy.
manuscrito
manuscrito
manuscript
A text written by hand.
It identifies the material held in box 1223.
custodiaba
custodiaba
was keeping in safekeeping
The imperfect form of custodiar, to keep something protected.
It helps describe ongoing storage in the past.
depositó
depositó
placed in safekeeping
The preterite form of depositar, to leave something in a place.
It explains Francisco Ayala’s action in the text.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
se conoce como
se conoce hoy como la Caja de las Letras
is known as
The se construction states what something is called without naming the person who calls it that.
It helps describe the names of places and things.
fue creado
fue creado por la Ley 7/1991
was created
The passive with ser plus a participle presents an action done to the subject.
It helps state when an institution or object was created.
ha recibido legados
ha recibido legados
has received legacies
The present perfect uses haber plus a participle to connect a past action with the present.
It helps describe past events that matter to the current situation.
pueden incluir
pueden incluir
can include
Poder plus an infinitive expresses possibility.
It helps name possible parts of a legacy.
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