Oral topic: El verano pasdo

Question 1

At the start of June when my sister was doing her leaving cert, I went to the west of Ireland

Answer 1

A principios de junio cuando mi hermana estaba haciendo los exámenes de selectividad, me fui al Oeste de Irlanda

Question 2

to learn and improve my Irish

Answer 2

para aprender y mejorar mi irlandés

Question 3

I stayed there for 3 weeks with an Irish family and 11 other girls

Answer 3

Me quedé allí tres semanas con una familia irlandesa y otras once chicas

Question 4

We didn’t talk much with the family, but we did between ourselves

Answer 4

No hablábamos mucho con la familia pero sí entre nosotras

Question 5

It was a pretty old nice couple

Answer 5

Era un matrimonio mayor bastante agradable

Question 6

The house was very big but simple

Answer 6

La casa era grande pero sencilla

Question 7

I shared a room with another girl

Answer 7

Compartía la habitación con otra chica

Question 8

We slept in bunk beds

Answer 8

Dormíamos en camas litera

Question 9

I was in the bottom bunk

Answer 9

yo en la de abajo

Question 10

We attended classes from nine until 12:30

Answer 10

Asistíamos a clases de nueve a doce y media

Question 11

after dinner we had sports and activities

Answer 11

después de comer teníamos deportes y actividades

Question 12

What excited me most was to receive packages and letters from my friends and family

Answer 12

Lo que más me hacía ilusión era recibir paquetes y cartas de amigos y familia

Question 13

because we couldn’t use our mobiles, only on Sundays

Answer 13

porque no podíamos usar el móvil, solo los domingos

Question 14

I learned a tonne of Irish

Answer 14

Aprendí un montón de irlandés

Question 15

more than i thought

Answer 15

más de lo que esperaba

Question 16

as well as that I met a lot of people in my class and my house

Answer 16

además, conocí a mucha gente en mi clase y en la casa

Question 17

I keep in contact with them

Answer 17

Mantengo en contacto con ellos

Question 18

the worst was that the food wasn’t anything special

Answer 18

Lo peor era que la comida no era nada especial

Question 19

It was the typical; meat, potatoes and vegetables everyday

Answer 19

era lo típico; carne, patatas y verduras cada día

Question 20

There wasn’t anything near the college and the house

Answer 20

No había nada alrededor del colegio y la casa

Question 21

no shops, no distractions, no anything

Answer 21

ni tiendas, ni distracciones, ni nada

Question 22

but on the other hand it was very quiet

Answer 22

pero por otra parte era muy tranquilo

Question 23

it was sad to have to say goodbye to everyone because we had had such a good time together

Answer 23

Fue triste tener que despedir me de todos porque lo habíamos pasado genial juntos