TVE Cancels 'La Promesa' Today, Promises Two Special Episodes
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TVE is a TV channel in Spain. It has a popular show called 'La Promesa'. This is a soap opera. A soap opera is a TV show with many episodes about people's lives.
Today, Wednesday 12 August, TVE did not show 'La Promesa'. The channel also cancelled another show called 'Valle Salvaje'. To cancel means to stop something planned.
But TVE had good news for fans. Fans are people who love a show. TVE will show two special episodes of 'La Promesa'. A special episode is different from normal episodes.
This is a reward for the fans. A reward is something nice you give after a problem. Fans were sad about no new episode today.
The special episodes will show the show's main characters. A character is a person in a TV show. The episodes will also show new storylines. A storyline is what happens in the story.
Many fans are happy about this surprise. A surprise is something you do not expect. They want to know what will happen next.
Vocabulary15 words
- soap opera
- a TV show with many episodes about people's lives
- cancel
- to stop something planned
- special episode
- an episode that is different from normal
- fans
- people who love a show
- reward
- something nice given after a problem
- characters
- people in a TV show
- storylines
- what happens in a story
- surprise
- something you do not expect
- channel
- a place on TV where shows play
- broadcaster
- a company that shows TV programs
- episode
- one part of a TV show
- popular
- liked by many people
- announced
- told people something new
- different
- not the same
- problem
- something bad or difficult
Quiz
Answer key
1. The episode of 'La Promesa' 2. Two special episodes 3. True
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TVE is a TV channel in Spain. It has a popular show called 'La Promesa'. This is a _____.
Today, Wednesday 12 August, TVE did not show 'La Promesa'. The channel also _____ another show called 'Valle Salvaje'.
But TVE had good news for _____. TVE will show two _____ of 'La Promesa'.
This is a _____ for the fans. Fans were sad about no new episode today.
The special episodes will show the show's main _____. The episodes will also show new _____.
Many fans are happy about this _____.