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Was the Old One Better?
Dos amigos discuten si la nueva versión de su serie favorita es mejor que la original.
Una discusión distendida. Fíjate en cómo los dos argumentan y conceden (To be fair …, I will give you that) y en qué se ponen de acuerdo al final.
So, did you finish the new version? I watched the last part yesterday.
I did. And to be honest, I do not understand why they made it at all. The old one was wonderful.
Wonderful? The old one was filmed in about four rooms. You could see that the walls were made of paper.
That is exactly what I liked. They had no money, so everything depended on the dialogue. The new one looks expensive, but the characters hardly talk to each other.
To be fair, the people in the old one talked so much that nothing ever happened. My father used to go to sleep in every single part.
Your father goes to sleep during the news.
All right, I will give you that. But the new one treated the story with more care. The mother finally has a reason for what she does.
That is true. In the old one she was simply bad, without any explanation. That was always a weakness.
So the new one fixed at least one thing.
One thing. But they also cut the ending with the lighthouse, and that was the best scene in the whole show.
I know. I was waiting for it during the whole last part, and it never came.
So we agree: better mother, worse ending.
Better mother, worse ending. Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?
Did you finish the new version? I watched the last part yesterday.
Yes. And I do not understand why they made it. The old one was wonderful.
Wonderful? The old one had about four rooms. The walls looked very cheap.
I liked that. They had no money, so everything was in the words. The new one looks expensive, but the people in it hardly talk to each other.
But in the old one they talked so much that nothing happened. My father always went to sleep.
Your father goes to sleep during the news.
OK, that is true. But in the new one, the mother finally has a reason for what she does.
Yes. In the old one she was just bad, and we never knew why.
So the new one is better in one way.
In one way. But they cut the ending at the lighthouse. That was the best scene.
I know. I waited for it, and it never came.
So: better mother, worse ending.
Yes. Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?
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- 230
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- Palabras por frase
- 8,2
- en el vocabulario
- 100 %
- nivel medido
- B1
- Tiempo de lectura
- 2 min
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used to go to sleep
used to go to sleep: esto pasaba antes con regularidad. Hábitos pasados: used to, would →
was filmed · were made of paper
Pasiva en pasado: was filmed, were made of paper. Formar la pasiva →
Shall we watch
Shall we …? propone algo para los dos. Consejos: should, ought to →
Las palabras de B2 en adelante en este texto
No las palabras difíciles en general, sino las de tu nivel: las 3 de las 125 palabras de este texto están en B2 o por encima. Todo lo demás ya lo conoces cuando llegas hasta aquí.
dialogue
el diálogo
B2lighthouse
el faro
C1paper
el artículo
B2
Las listas de palabras de este texto
Las palabras de este texto están en 27 listas de este sitio; el número de detrás indica cuántas vienen de cada lista. Quien ha leído el texto acaba de necesitar justo estas palabras, y puede repasar exactamente esas.
Preguntas de comprensión
4 preguntas sobre el texto. Con cada respuesta aparece la frase en la que está: una pregunta cuya respuesta no se encuentra en el texto no evalúa nada.
1. ¿Qué le gustaba a Priya de la versión antigua?
Priya responde al comentario de Noah sobre las paredes.
Fíjate en la palabra «dialogue».
everything depended on the dialogue
2. ¿Qué critica Priya de la nueva versión?
Lee hasta el final la segunda intervención de Priya.
Fíjate en la palabra «hardly».
the characters hardly talk to each other
3. Según los dos, ¿qué ha mejorado la nueva versión?
Noah lo dice después de darle la razón a Priya.
Fíjate en la palabra «reason».
The mother finally has a reason for what she does
4. ¿Qué quieren hacer los dos el sábado?
La respuesta está en la última frase.
Fíjate en «again».
Shall we watch the old ending again on Saturday?