Earth, Our Blue Planet | Spanish A1
Nuria wants to know why Earth looks blue. On the balcony with her father, she learns about the ocean, the night and the Moon's light.
La Tierra, nuestro planeta azul
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What you'll learn
Present tense, describing a place, and words such as océano, atmósfera and Luna
Nuria wants to understand a blue photo of Earth. On the balcony her father explains that the ocean covers almost three quarters of the surface, that Earth turns and separates day from night, and that the Moon reflects sunlight.
After reading
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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.
el tercer planeta desde el Sol
newthe third planet from the Sun
The ordinal marks a place in a sequence.
Useful for ordering planets and other objects.
casi tres cuartas partes
newalmost three quarters
The phrase means slightly less than three out of four parts.
Useful for describing proportions simply.
gira sobre sí misma
newturns around itself
Sí misma refers back to the feminine subject, la Tierra.
Useful for describing an object's rotation.
Al mismo tiempo
newat the same time
A fixed phrase linking two simultaneous events.
Useful for comparing events that happen together.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Rock
roca
rock
A solid natural material that forms the crust of a planet.
A basic word for rocky planets.
Surface
superficie
surface
The outer part of an object or planet.
Useful for describing Earth, water and land.
Atmosphere
atmósfera
atmosphere
The layer of gases around a planet.
A key word for talking about air and planets.
Axis
eje
axis
An imaginary line around which a body rotates.
It helps explain Earth's rotation simply.
Seasons
estaciones
seasons
Parts of the year such as spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Core vocabulary for calendars and weather.
Tides
mareas
tides
The regular rise and fall of sea level.
Useful for understanding the link between the ocean, Moon and Sun.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
The verb ser
La Tierra es
Earth is
Ser identifies what a person or thing is.
Useful for giving simple definitions.
Impersonal hay
hay continentes e islas
there are continents and islands
Hay states that something exists and does not change for a plural noun.
Useful for saying what exists in a place.
The phrase alrededor de
gira alrededor del Sol
orbits the Sun
Alrededor de means around something. De and el combine to form del.
Useful for orbits and positions.
Reason with porque
porque refleja
because it reflects
Porque introduces the reason for the first statement.
Useful for answering why questions.
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