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9780071391375

Better Reading Spanish : A Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding of Written Spanish

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    9780071391375

  • ISBN10:

    0071391371

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-10-29
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Para el estudiante avanzado o para aquel que tiene un nivel intermedio, la lectura ofrece la manera más conveniente de practicar y mejorar el dominio del español, además de supervisar el progreso en la comprensión del idioma: cuanto más leíste, mayor es el conocimiento de la lengua que tienes. Sin embargo, no tienes, probablemente, ni el tiempo, ni la paciencia o el interés para buscar los trabajos o libros originales del curso.Este libro trae los textos que reflejan ediciones y situaciones de la vida real contemporánea, tomados de magazines, Internet, libros y periódicos.Cada capítulo ofrece artículos que cubren un asunto específico: cocina, música, deportes, cine y teatro, arte, familia, forma de vida, o política e historia. Cada nuevo texto plantea más desafíos que el anterior de modo tal que puedas mejorar tu velocidad de lectura y comprensión.

Author Biography

Jean Yates is a lecturer of Spanish at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
How to use this bookp. xi
La cocina
Guia para la buena alimentacion: A nutrition chartp. 3
Menu de Mexico: A menu from a Mexican restaurantp. 4
Gazpacho: A recipe from a Spanish cookbookp. 8
Pina: The story of a fruit native to the Americasp. 14
El cumpleanos de Frida Kahlo: A Mexican dinner partyp. 18
Pastel chabela: An excerpt from a Mexican novelp. 22
La musica
Discos: A magazine review of compact discsp. 27
La musica y vitalidad de Compay Segundo: A Cuban musicianp. 29
Los premios Grammy Latinos: The Latin Grammysp. 32
Los Rabanes: A Panamanian groupp. 36
Tomatito: A Flamenco artistp. 38
El tango: The Argentine music and dancep. 41
Si se calla el cantor: An Argentine folk songp. 43
Recuerdos de la ninez: Excerpts from three novels: one Puerto Rican, one Spanish, one Peruvianp. 45
Los deportes
Todos somos Guerreros: A flyer from a baseball gamep. 51
Noticias de beisbol: Baseball newsp. 53
Edgar Martinez: A big-league player from Puerto Ricop. 58
Javier Quiros vuelve a la pista: The Costa Rican race car driverp. 60
Una hispana en la WNBA: A basketball player from Colombiap. 64
Nicolas Lapentti: The Ecuadoran tennis starp. 67
Futbol centroamericano: International soccer players from Central Americap. 71
Tres historias: Soccer stories retold by a Uruguayan authorp. 75
El cine y el teatro
Peliculas en cartel: A guide to the week's moviesp. 81
Solas: A Spanish moviep. 85
Todo sobre mi madre: A Spanish Oscarp. 90
Carlos Saura: A Spanish filmmakerp. 94
Yo nunca quise ser escritor: A Chilean writer and movie criticp. 97
Fundacion Arlequin Teatro: A program from a theater in Paraguayp. 102
El fabricante de deudas: An excerpt from a Peruvian playp. 105
El arte
Museos: A tourist leaflet from Hondurasp. 113
El arco iris: A poem by a Mexican painterp. 115
El muralismo mexicano: The story of mural painting in Mexicop. 117
Frida Kahlo: A Mexican painterp. 121
Pablo Picasso: Spanish geniusp. 124
Salvador Dali: An individualist from Spainp. 126
Fernando Botero: A painter and sculptor from Colombiap. 129
A la manera de Frida Kahlo: An Argentine poet on a Mexican painterp. 133
Graffiti: A poem about another painterp. 136
La familia
El arbol familiar: A family treep. 139
La celebracion del matrimonio: The wedding ceremonyp. 141
A mi hija Flor de Maria: A father's poemp. 144
La familia: un invento maravilloso: A young mother's reflectionsp. 146
La familia de Marcela: A nontraditional familyp. 149
Un padre: A famous fatherp. 153
Los abuelos: Traditional and modern games in Mexicop. 156
Cuentos: Family relationships in prose from Boliviap. 160
El estilo de vida hoy
Terra Venezuela: A web page from Terra Venezuelap. 165
Mi PC: A song from the Dominican Republicp. 167
Cristina: The Cuban-American talk show hostessp. 169
Oscar de la Renta: Fashion designer from the Dominican Republicp. 174
Carolina Herrera, que mujer: New York designer from Venezuelap. 177
Edward James Olmos: Mexican-American goodwill ambassadorp. 183
Un dia insolito: A day in the life of a modern man--Excerpt from a novelp. 187
La historia y la politica
Cronologia: A time linep. 193
Celebrando la independencia: Bolivian Independence Day customsp. 202
Ayuda humanitaria: A helping hand from a neighborp. 206
El Canal de Panama: An engineering marvelp. 208
Puente binacional: A new bridgep. 212
La pacifista: A Colombian peacemakerp. 214
Una conversacion entre marido y mujer: An Argentine power couple--Excerpt from a novelp. 221
Suggestions for further readingp. 224
Answer keyp. 226
Acknowledgmentsp. 243
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