Lucía wants a photo at Puerto Banús (A1)
A1 Spanish reading. Lucía is in Marbella with her aunt and wants a photo of a large yacht at Puerto Banús. The gate is closed, so she takes the picture from the promenade.
Lucía quiere una foto
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer and hay, to say what Lucía wants to see at the marina.
Lucía walks with her aunt Carmen to Puerto Banús in Marbella, Andalusia. She wants a photo of a very tall white yacht. She cannot go on board because the gate is closed, so she takes the photo from the promenade. Then they order two coffees on a terrace. Lucía buys nothing in the shops.
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Phrases for training
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puerto deportivo
newmarina / sports port
A reusable phrase for a place with boats.
Useful for travel and seaside texts.
vida elegante
newelegant life
Describes a rich or stylish way of living.
Useful for talking about luxury places.
agua azul
newblue water
A simple adjective-noun phrase for description.
Useful for describing sea or a port.
lleno de embarcaciones
newfull of vessels
Shows that a place has many boats.
Useful for describing busy places.
vistas al mar
newviews of the sea
A common travel phrase for restaurants or hotels.
Useful when choosing places on a trip.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Luxury
lujo
luxury
Used with de in ciudad de lujo to describe a high-end place.
Helps describe expensive places simply.
Coast
costa
coast
Used with en la costa to locate a city by the sea.
Useful for saying where a place is.
Yachts
yates
yachts
A plural word often used with los when speaking about specific yachts.
Useful for marina and travel vocabulary.
Palm trees
palmeras
palm trees
A plural place word used in descriptions of streets or ports.
Helps describe warm tourist places.
Affordable
asequible
affordable
Used after ser/era to say a price is good.
Useful for comparing expensive and modest places.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Article: El
El puerto deportivo
The sports port
El marks puerto as a masculine singular noun.
Helps read basic noun phrases.
Hay for existence
Hay muchos restaurantes
There are many restaurants
Hay means there is or there are, with no change for plural.
Useful for saying what exists in a place.
Son for description
Los precios son elevados
The prices are high
Son describes a plural subject in the present.
Useful for simple opinions about prices.
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