Getting around - Lesson 3 -
Self-evaluation Quiz:
¿Me podría arreglar el coche?
(Could you fix my car?)
(photo
by Oscar Cortés used
under terms of Creative Commons license.)
SITUATION 1: You need to have some work done on your car. Ask someone if there is an auto shop nearby.
SITUATION 2: A friend has just recommended the Cabrera Auto Shop. Ask him if it is far from where you are.
SITUATION 3: You want to thank a lady who gave you some directions. How would you say: "Thank you very much, ma'am"?
SITUATION 4: How would you ask a mechanic if he could fix the car for you?
SITUATION 5: Your car has become unreliable. How would you tell a mechanic that your car sometimes doesn't start?
SITUATION 6: The mechanic asks what's wrong with the car. How would you tell him that you don't know but that you think it is the carburetor?
SITUATION 7: A mechanic tells you that he can't fix your car today. Ask him if you can bring it in tomorrow morning.
SITUATIONS 8-13: AUDIO
ONLY
Key to Self-evaluation
Quiz
1.
¿Hay un taller
mecánico de aquí?
2.
¿Queda lejos
de aquí? / ¿Queda lejos de aquí ese taller?
3.
Muchas
gracias, señora.
4.
¿Me podría
arreglar el coche?
5.
A veces no
arranca. / El coche a veces no arranca.
6.
No sé. Creo
que es el carburador.
7.
¿Puedo traerlo
mañana por la mañana?
8. It's two or three blocks from
here. (Queda a dos o tres
manzanas de aquí.)
9. What's wrong with it? (¿Qué es lo que tiene?)
10. I'll take a look right away. (Pues le echo un vistazo
enseguida.)
11. It is necessary to tune up the
engine. (Hay que poner
punto el motor.)
12. It is necessary to fix the radiator, but I don't have time today.
(Hay que arreglar el radiador,
pero hoy no tengo tiempo.)
13. Bring it in Wednesday afternoon. (Tráigalo el miércoles por la
tarde.)