Oral Topic: El Verano Pasado 2019

Question 1

At the end of July I worked as a volunteer in an animal shelter in the south of Dublin for 3 weeks0

Answer 1

A finales de julio trabajé de voluntaria en un refugio de animales en el sur de Dublín tres semanas

Question 2

Because I love animals and I feel very sorry that some of them are abandoned and they don’t have a home

Answer 2

Porque me encantan los animales y me da mucha pena que algunos sean abandonados y no tengan un hogar

Question 3

I had to clean the cages

Answer 3

tenía que limpiar las jaulas

Question 4

feed them

Answer 4

darles de comer

Question 5

and give them their medication

Answer 5

y darles su medicina

Question 6

take them for walks in the countryside

Answer 6

sacarlos de paseo en el campo

Question 7

and to care for them and give them love and affection

Answer 7

Y acariciarlos y darles cariño y afecto

Question 8

I liked being able to help tehm

Answer 8

me gustó poder ayudarlos

Question 9

and to have the opportunity to meet other people and people of my age

Answer 9

y tuve la oportunidad de conocer a otras personas y gente de mi edad

Question 10

but after 3 weeks I loved them and I was sad to leave them

Answer 10

pero después de tres semanas los cogí cariño y fue triste dejarlos

Question 11

As I live far from there, I stayed in my cousins’ house that live very close

Answer 11

Como vivía lejos de allí, me quedaba en la casa de mi primos que viven muy cerca

Question 12

At the end of August I went to Iceland with my family for a long weekend

Answer 12

A finales de agosto fui a islandia con mi familia un fin de semana largo

Question 13

because we were interested in going and my mother doesn’t like the heat

Answer 13

porque teníamos interés en conocerlo y a mi madre no le gusta el calor

Question 14

There it was a little cold

Answer 14

Allí hacía casi frío

Question 15

The truth is I liked it more than I had expected

Answer 15

la verdad es que me gustó más de lo que esperaba

Question 16

It seems spectacular; the landscape, the people, I don’t know.. everything

Answer 16

me pareció espectacular; el paisaje, la gente, no sé, todo.

Question 17

We stayed in an apartment in the centre of the capital

Answer 17

nos quedamos en un apartamento en el centro de la capital

Question 18

as it is small, one can walk around on foot

Answer 18

como es pequeña, se puede recorrer a pie

Question 19

and we hired a car to get to know the island and to do trips

Answer 19

y alquilamos un coche para conocer la isla y hacer excursiones

Question 20

What I liked the most were the waterfalls

Answer 20

lo que más me gustó fueron las cascadas

Question 21

they were very are very tall and they are in a place that is not very crowded

Answer 21

son muy altas y en un lugar que no está muy concurrido

Question 22

You could walk behind one of them

Answer 22

se puede pasar por detrás de una de ellas

Question 23

Another thing that I loved was the blue lagoon

Answer 23

otra cosa que me encantó fue el lago azul

Question 24

the water is completely blue and it is hot, we swam because it wasn’t very deep

Answer 24

el agua es totalmente azul y está caliente, nos bañamos porque no es muy profundo

Question 25

The worst was that it was cold, between 5 and 10º

Answer 25

lo peor era que hacía frío, unos cinco de diez grados

Question 26

and Iceland is a very expensive country, more than Scandinavia

Answer 26

e Islandia es un país muy caro, más que Escandinavia

Question 27

A coffee costed 5 euro

Answer 27

un café costaba cinco euros

Question 28

the Icelandic are friendly, hospitable and helpful people , they are fluent in English

Answer 28

Los islandeses son gente amable, hospitalaria y servicial

dominan inglés

Question 29

There is a good nightlife, and a young atmosphere

Answer 29

hay buena vida nocturna y un ambiente juvenil

Question 30

the people go out until the early hours of the morning

Answer 30

la gente sale hasta altas horas de la madrugada