Season 3 – Lesson 12 – Coffee Break Spanish




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Summary: Coming up in this lesson: <p>In episode 12, Mark and Alba get all poetic as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of <b>el poeta nacional de Escocia, </b>Robert Burns. Alba learns some Scots and in return she teaches Mark a poem by Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. The <b>intermedio </b>includes a review of the film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120090/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Secretos del Corazón</a>, and José introduces some interesting ways to convey the concept of “to fancy doing something”. Language points covered include how to translate “to realise” and the construction <b>estar a punto de + </b>infinitive, meaning “to be about to do something”. </p> <p>Please note that lesson 12 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 312 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.</p> Accessing the Premium Version <p><a href="/landing-cbs3-01/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>The premium version...</p>