INTERMEDIATE COURSE, 2014, CLASS 8
Our eight
lesson was about cars. We learnt the different parts of the car in Spanish:
Las partes del coche
Los
faros – the lights
El intermitente – the indicators
El volante – the steering wheel
El embrague – the clutch
El freno – the break
El
acelerador – the accelerator
El motor
de arranque – the ignition
El
espejo (retrovisor) – the mirror
El
parabrisas – the windscreen
El
limpia parabrisas – windscreen wiper
El freno
de mano – handbrake
La
palanca de cambios – Gear stick
We learnt
two different phrases to express instructions or commands (you have to…) in
Spanish. We have two options:
1)With our
impersonal pronoun “se”:
Se + a verb in the 3rd person of
singular
Example: Se trabaja para ganar dinero – You have
to work to earn money.
2)With “Hay que…”:
Hay que + verb in the infinitve form
Example: Hay que trabajar para ganar dinero – You
have to work to earn money.
We worked
on activity number 7. In pairs we wrote those sentences with “se” or “hay que” and we put them in
the correct order. The answers would be:
Se pone la llave de contacto en el motor de
arranque – You have
to put the key in the ignition
Se arranca – You have to start the car
Hay que mirar el espejo retrovisor – You have to look through the
mirror
Se aprieta el embrague – You have to press the clutch
Se mete la primera marcha – You have to put in the first gear
Hay que apretar el acelerador – You have to press the accelerator
Se aprieta el embrague – You have to press the clutch
Hay que meter la segunda marcha – You have to put in the second
gear
Se aprieta el acelerador – You have to press the accelerator
We also
worked on activity number 8. We
listened to a dialogue and we pointed out the parts of the car that needed to
be repaired.
Some words
or phrases we did not understand:
Hace un rato tuve que parar porque salía un
poco de humo – I
had to stop a while ago because there was smoke coming out.
Creo que esto llevará bastante tiempo – I think this will take us a while
El freno de mano no va bien – The hand brake is not working
properly
Parece que va casi suelto – It looks like it is loosened
¿Puede arreglarlo para esta tarde? – Could you fix it by this evening?
Hay que cambiar las luces, el faro de la
derecha no funciona
– We have to change the lights, the right bulb does not work.
¿Puede mirar los neumáticos también? – Could you have a look at the
tyres as well?
Parece que el de delante pierde aire – It seems like the front one is
loosing air / is flat.
¿Puede mirar el cambio de marchas? – Can you have a look at the gear
stick?
A veces se atasca y la primera marcha no entra – It gets stuck sometimes and the
first gear does not go in.
In the last
part of our lesson we learnt different words and expressions that are used to
rent cars.
Preguntas
para alquilar un coche – Questions to rent a car.
¿Cuánto cuesta alquilar un coche? – How much does it cost to rent a
car?
¿Cuántas puertas tiene el coche? – How many doors does the car have?
¿Cuántos tipos de coche tienes? – What type of cars do you have?
¿Cuánto
tiempo puedo alquilar un coche? / ¿Para cuántos días puedo alquilar un coche? – How long can I rent a car for?
¿El
coche tiene seguro? – Does the car have insurance?
Un
seguro a todo riesgo – a fully comprehensive insurance
We listened
to a dialogue about a woman who wanted to rent a car and we worked on activity number 11.
Some words
and phrases we did not understand:
En estos momentos no tenemos ningún coche pero
nos devolverán dos mañana – We do not have any cars at this momento but two will be returned
tomorrow.
Se lo podemos reservar para mañana – We can reserve / book it for you
for tomorrow.
¿Está
incluida la gasolina? – Is the petrol included?
¿A qué hora tengo que pasar a recogerlo? – What time will I come collect it?
¿Le va bien sobre las nueve? – Does it suit you at around 9?
After
listening to the dialogue, we answered the questions on act. Number 11
1.Quiere
alquilar el coche durante diez días. No. (she wants the car for four days)
2.Lo quiere hoy. Sí (she needs the car
today, but there are no cars available)
3.El
precio incluye el seguro completo. Sí
4.El
precio incluye gasolina. No.
5.Tiene
que recoger el coche el próximo día a las ocho. No. (She’ll collect it at nine)
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