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First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book (Revised)

First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book (Revised)

Brief Description: Delightful stories, other material based on works of Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Ricardo Palma, other noted writers. Complete faithful English translations on facing pages. Exercises. Marc Notes:...

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Brief Description:
Delightful stories, other material based on works of Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Ricardo Palma, other noted writers. Complete faithful English translations on facing pages. Exercises.

Marc Notes:
Originally published: Toronto: Bantam Books, 1964.;Includes QR codes.

Table of Contents:
1. EL BURRO DE BURIDÁN-BURIDÁN'S DONKEY
2. "¿PADRE, HIJO, O CABALLO?-FATHER, SON, OR HORSE?"
3. AQUÍ SE VENDE PESCADO FRESCO-FRESH FISH IS SOLD HERE
4. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
5. EL LADRÓN TONTO-THE FOOLISH THIEF
6. EL FRACASO METEMÁTICO DE PEPITO-JOEY'S MATHEMATICAL FIASCO
7. OTRO FRACASO MATEMÁTICO: CÁLCULO DIFERENCIAL-ANOTHER MATHEMATICAL FIASCO: DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
8. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
9. EL ESCLAVO PEREZOSO-THE LAZY SLAVE
10. LA HERRADURA Y LAS CEREZAS-THE HORSESHOE AND THE CHERRIES
11. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
12. AMIGOS HASTA LA MUERTE-FRIENDS UNTO DEATH
13. EL AVARO ROMPE SU SACO . . . -THE MISER BURSTS HIS BAG
14. LA MALDICIÓN GITANA-GYPSY CURSE
15. EL ÁRABE HAMBRIENTO-THE HUNGRY ARAB
16. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
17. FILOSOFÍA EXISTENCIAL-EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY
18. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
19. EL BURLADOR BURLADO-THE TRICKSTER TRICKED
20. LA ZORRA Y EL BUSTO-THE FOX AND THE BUST
21. LA PERLA Y EL DIAMANTE-THE PEARL AND THE DIAMOND
22. ANÁLLSIS-ANALYSIS
23. POR QUÉ CIERTOS HOMBRES PERMANCEN SOLTEROS-WHY CERTAIN MEN REMAIN BACHELORS
24. PENSAMIENTOS DE CERVANTES-THOUGHTS OF CERVANTES
25. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
26. LA CAMISA DE MARGARITA'S-MARGARITA'S CHEMISE
27. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
28. CARTA A DIOS-LETTER TO GOD
29. CARTA DE UN MONO A SU TÍO-LETTER FROM A MONKEY TO HIS UNCLE
30. LAS UVAS VERDES-GREEN GRAPES
31. FUTURO GLAMOROSO DE UN POBRE DIABLO-GLAMOROUS FUTURE OF A POOR DEVIL
32. LAS ACEITUNAS-THE OLIVES
33. PROVERBIOS-PROVERBS
34. EL EMPERADOR DEMOCRÁTICO-THE DEMOCRATIC EMPEROR
35. EL LORO PEDAGÓGICO-THE PEDAGOGICAL PARROT
36. LA MIEL Y EL VENEO-HONEY AND POISON
37. DEFINICIÓN-DEFINITION
38. POR QUÉ MUCHAS PERSONAS NO FIGURAN EN EL CENSO-WHY MANY PERSONS DO NOT FIGURE IN THE CENSUS
39. EL PRIMER MILAGRO-THE FIRST MIRACLE
40. LA FOTOGRAFÍA-THE PHOTOGRAPH
41. EL GUARDAGUJAS-THE SWITCHMAN
Notes
Exercises
Vocabulary


Publisher Marketing:
Especially designed for the beginning student, this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple, easy-to-read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material - with complete faithful English translations on the facing pages.

The selections, by magnificant writers of the past and present(Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Jose Milla, Eufronio Viscarra, Ricardo Palma, Lope de Rueda, Enrique Amorim, Juan Jose Arreola and many others), derive from the best and most genuine Hispanic tradition, and are revealing of the life and psychology of the Spanish-speaking peoples.

This dual-language book will enable even those readers with the most limited knowledge of the language to enjoy reading in the original Spanish from the very first day of instruction. Vocabularies and exercises are included as special aids for the student.



Publisher Marketing:
Especially designed for the beginning student, this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple, easy-to-read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material -- with complete faithful English translations on the facing pages.
The selections, by significant writers of the past and present (Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Juan José Milla, Eufronio Viscarra, Ricardo Palma, Lope de Rueda, Enrique Amorim, Juan José Arreola, and other noted writers), derive from the best and most genuine Hispanic tradition, and are revealing of the life and psychology of the Spanish-speaking peoples.
The dual-language book will enable those readers with the most limited knowledge of the language to enjoy reading in the original Spanish from the very first day of instruction. Vocabularies and exercises are included as special aids for the student.



Author: Flores, Angel
Publisher: Dover Publications
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 1988-12-01
BISAC: Language Study / Multi-Language Dictionaries|Language Study / Spanish|Language Arts & Disciplines / General
Subjects: Spanish language|Readers
Weight: 0.45 lbs
ISBN: 9780486258102
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780486258102

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