El Gran Wyoming Talks About His 19 Flats in Madrid
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El Gran Wyoming is a famous person on Spanish TV. He is 71 years old.
He talked about his money. He said he has 19 flats in Madrid.
He said: "It is true. I have 19 flats in Madrid."
He said he earned a lot of money. He said he invests it in what he wants.
He said other rich people buy boats or farms. Some farms are for bulls.
El Gran Wyoming also talked about his childhood. His mother was often in the hospital.
He said: "My mother spent half her life in the hospital."
He said this felt normal when he was a child.
But he said when you grow up, you understand it more.
He said he now understands what his mother's absence meant.
Vocabulary15 words
- money
- what you use to buy things
- invests
- puts money into something to get more money later
- boats
- things that travel on water
- hospital
- a place where sick people go
- absence
- when someone is not there
- flats
- rooms where people live, in a big building
- famous
- known by many people
- childhood
- the time when you are a child
- earned
- got money by working
- rich
- having a lot of money
- farms
- land where animals or plants grow
- bulls
- big male cows
- normal
- usual; not strange
- grow up
- become an adult
- true
- correct; not false
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1. 19 2. Boats or farms 3. In the hospital
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El Gran Wyoming is a famous person on Spanish _____. He is 71 years old.
He talked about his money. He said he has 19 _____ in Madrid.
He said: "It is true. I have 19 flats in _____."
He said he earned a lot of money. He said he _____ it in what he wants.
He said other rich people buy boats or farms. Some farms are for _____.
El Gran Wyoming also talked about his _____. His mother was often in the hospital.
He said: "My mother spent half her life in the _____."
He said this felt _____ when he was a child.
But he said when you _____ up, you understand it more.
He said he now understands what his mother's _____ meant.
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