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Cider in Asturias

Read about cider in Asturias, a traditional apple drink, and learn how it is served.

La sidra en Asturias

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

food and culture vocabulary

An article about cider in Asturias. It explains what it is, how it is poured, and how friends share it.

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

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La sidra es una bebida tradicional del norte de España

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Sidra is a traditional drink from northern Spain

Classic definition sentence.

useful

Los agricultores recogen las manzanas de los árboles

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Farmers collect apples

Verb recoger.

useful

El jugo fermenta en barriles grandes de madera

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The juice ferments in barrels

Verb fermentar.

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El escanciador sostiene la botella alta y el vaso bajo

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Holds bottle high, glass low

Traditional method.

culture

La sidra tiene poco alcohol

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Has low alcohol

tener poco alcohol.

describing drinks

La sidra representa la identidad de Asturias

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Represents Asturian culture

representar.

culture

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

Sidra

sidra

sidra

Feminine gender.

core word

Apples

manzanas

apples

Plural.

ingredient

Escanciador

escanciador

escanciador

Traditional profession.

culture

Sidrerías

sidrerías

sidrerías

Traditional establishments.

social life

Fabada

fabada

fabada

Bean dish.

gastronomy

Ferments

fermenta

ferments

Process.

production

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Present -er verbs

La sidra tiene poco alcohol

Little alcohol

tener.

characteristics

Se passive

Esta bebida se hace de manzanas especiales

Is made from apples

se passive.

passive

Hay construction

Hay una forma especial de servir la sidra

There is a way

hay = there is.

existence

Ser + para

La sidra es perfecta para los días calurosos

For hot days

ser + para.

purpose

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