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Episodio 1: La carta
Be sure to
complete the preview section (called
Preparación) in Episodio 1 before viewing
Episodio 1 (the video segment that corresponds to Episodio 1
in this Handbook).
Preparación [pp. 2-3]
You are about to watch Episodio 1 from Destinos.
At times you will hear narration in English that will
explain things and help you follow along, and you will also
hear a lot of Spanish. You will be able to understand
much of what you hear because several kinds of Spanish are
used. There is:
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Spanish spoken directly to you by the narrator, which you
will learn to understand with relative ease.
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Spanish spoken directly to you by a special character, who
will review the highlights of the video episode for you at
the end of each show.
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Spanish spoken by the characters to one another, which at
first will be more difficult for you to understand.
As you watch the video episode, especially at the beginning
of the series, you should focus in particular on the Spanish
spoken to you by the narrator and the special character.
Just relax and listen, and you'll be surprised by how much
you can understand.
As for the Spanish spoken by the characters to each other,
just try to get the gist (general idea) of it. As you
continue with the series, you will find yourself
understanding more and more of that type of Spanish.
Throughout the Handbook, the Preparación
section is intended to start you thinking about the program
and speculating about what may happen in the next video
episode. So now, even before you watch the first
episode, take a few moments to speculate about what it may
be about. Look at the cover of this Handbook, at the
opening page of the main text (on page 1), and at the
Episodio 1 opening page (with its title snad visual
material). Think about what the series title,
Destinos, might mean. If you guessed either
destinies or destinations, you were right.
The title of the series is a play on both words.
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VOCABULARIO |
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This vocabulary box will precede the activities in
the Preparación sections. The box
containe some, but not all, of the important words
found in the episode. |
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Los sustantivos
(Nouns) |
Los adjetivos
(Adjectives) |
| la abogada |
lawyer [f.] |
mexicoamericano/a |
Mexican-American |
| la carta |
letter |
| la hacienda |
estate, hacienda |
| el médico |
doctor |
| el patriarca |
patriarch, male head
of family |
| el secreto |
secret |
¿Tienes buena memoria? [pp. 4-5]
Un paso más [p. 5]
Más allá del episodio: La Gavia [p. 6]
La Gavia es el nombre de una hacienda mexicana. Es la
residencia principal de don Fernando Castillo Saavedra, el
patriarca de la familia Castillo. Es una hacienda de
le época colonial. Está situada al suroeste de la
Ciudad de México, cerca de la ciudad industrial de Toluca.
Don Fernando compró La Gavia en ruinas con la idea de
restaurar la hacienda. Es un lugar histórico, pero
también es muy importante para don Fernando.
La Gavia es una hacienda muy grande. Tiene una entrada
majestuosa y una capilla muy bonita. En la hacienda
hay también un patio muy agradable y una biblioteca
impresionante.
Pie de foto 1: La entrada de La Gavia
Pie de foto 2: La capilla de la familia Castillo Saavedra
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