Historia
Three Thin Thieves
Un trabalenguas que se convierte en un juego familiar.
Palabras clave de esta historia
- thin · delgado, flaco
- thief · ladrón (plural: «thieves»)
- thirsty · sediento (tener sed)
- twins · gemelos, mellizos
- tongue twister · trabalenguas
- tongue · lengua (de la boca)
- heavy · pesado
- van · camioneta
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Palabras útiles (12)
- thin · delgado, flaco
- thief · ladrón (plural: «thieves»)
- thirsty · sediento (tener sed)
- twins · gemelos, mellizos
- tongue twister · trabalenguas
- tongue · lengua (de la boca)
- teeth · dientes
- heavy · pesado
- van · camioneta
- turn · turno
- retired · jubilado, jubilada
- judge · juez, jueza
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It is Sunday evening in Toronto. The Torres family is at the dinner table: Mom, Dad, the Leo and Mia, and Grandma Rosa. Grandma Rosa is seventy-eight. She is from Mexico.
"Let's play a game," says Leo. "It's a Say this: three think they're
Dad is first. "Tree tin teefs..." Everybody laughs. "No, Dad! Th, th, th. Your is between your says Mia.
"Now a with v and h," says Mia. "Victor's very is here." Mom is next. "Bictor's bery jeavy ban..." The laugh again. "Mom! V is not B, and H is soft, not like the Spanish J!"
Then it is Grandma Rosa's She is quiet, and the family is quiet too. She smiles and says, slowly and perfectly: "Three think they're Victor's very is here."
Everybody is in shock. "Grandma! How?" asks Leo. Grandma laughs. "Children, I'm a English teacher. Forty years in a school in Mexico!"
Now the game is a family tradition. Every Sunday, Grandma Rosa is the and she is always the champion.
Comprensión lectora
0/4 respondidas
1. ¿A qué juega la familia en la cena?
2. ¿Qué error comete papá?
3. ¿Por qué la abuela Rosa dice los trabalenguas perfectamente?
4. ¿Qué pasa ahora todos los domingos?