Family Dinner

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James knocks on the door of Valeria's parents' house. Valeria is his fiancée. He is feeling really shy.

Valeria opens the door and says ‘Hola! Welcome to my house!’ Then she introduces James to her parents.

Valeria is Spanish. Her traditions are different from James'. James goes inside and sits down at a table.

There is a lot of Spanish food. It is his first time trying it and he has no idea of what each dish is.

James asks: What is it?

Valeria smiles and says ‘It is a Spanish omelette made with potato, eggs, onions’.

James tries the food and he really likes it.

‘It's delicious’ he says.

James thanks Valeria and her parents.

They spend a few hours laughing, eating and talking. It is a nice evening but it is getting late.

James stands up and says ‘I’m sorry but I think it’s time to go home.’

James thanks everyone and slowly heads back home.

This is important vocabulary from the previous section. Play the sounds and practice pronunciation.

food something you eat
house a building where people live
parents mother and father
to like to enjoy something, to get pleasure from something
shy nervous or timid in the company of other people.
table a piece of furniture with four legs
door something you use to close a space, usually a room
potato a round vegetable with a brown, yellow, or red skin that grows in the ground
egg an oval object produced by a female chicken
onion a round vegetable with layers that has a strong taste and smell
to laugh to make the noise with your voice that shows you think something is funny
to eat to consume food
to talk to speak
to thank to say "thank you"
fiancée a woman to whom someone is engaged to be married