People Watch a Beautiful Eclipse from Granada, Spain
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People in Granada, Spain, saw a beautiful eclipse.
Granada is a city in Spain. It has mountains near it.
The mountains are called Sierra Nevada. This is a good place to see the sky.
Many people went to Sierra Nevada to watch the eclipse.
About a thousand people went to a place called Borreguiles.
They used a cable car to go up the mountain.
A cable car is a small box that moves on a wire. It goes up and down the mountain.
The people at Borreguiles had a great view.
They watched the eclipse from a high place.
Everyone enjoyed the eclipse very much.
People said it was the best place to see it.
The eclipse looked beautiful from all parts of Granada.
Vocabulary15 words
- eclipse
- when the sun or moon is covered for a short time
- Sierra Nevada
- a group of high mountains in Spain
- cable car
- a small box that moves on a wire up a mountain
- view
- what you can see from a place
- strategic point
- a very good place to see or do something
- rincón
- a small part or corner of a place
- disfrutar
- to enjoy something
- telecabina
- another word for cable car
- mountain
- a very high hill
- sky
- the space above the earth where the sun and moon are
- city
- a big town where many people live
- high
- far up from the ground
- beautiful
- very nice to look at
- watch
- to look at something for some time
- enjoy
- to feel happy about something
Quiz
Answer key
1. In Sierra Nevada, near Granada 2. By cable car 3. One thousand
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
People in Granada, Spain, saw a beautiful _____.
Granada is a city in Spain. It has mountains near it.
The mountains are called _____. This is a good place to see the sky.
Many people went to Sierra Nevada to _____ the eclipse.
About a thousand people went to a place called _____.
They used a _____ to go up the mountain.
A cable car is a small box that moves on a wire. It goes up and _____ the mountain.
The people at Borreguiles had a great _____.
They watched the eclipse from a high place.
Everyone _____ the eclipse very much.