Spanish Pronto Reading Practice

Here you will learn lots of Spanish quickly!

The reading practice below has:

• Something to read in Spanish
• A natural English translation.

While you are learning more Spanish, you will hopefully also be learning more about your world that may be new—or news—to you.

Thank you, and enjoy!

Niños incómodos exigen a candidatos

Newscaster: Y en otras noticias hoy es otro día de contingencia ambiental. Si tienen que salir recomendamos el uso de cubrebocas. La Secretaría de Educación Pública ha declarado canceladas las clases de educación física y recreos al aire libre. Les aconsejamos que al salir a la calle...

[Television: NOTICIERO: CONTINGENCIA AMBIENTAL: SE RECOMIENDA EL USO DE CUBREBOCAS. [Crawl: Violencia en el país. Nivel de educación por debajo del promedio. Aumento en la tasa de desempleo. México paga un ...]]

[Newspaper: EL SOBERANO, ALARMANTE AUMENTO DE LA VIOLENCIA EN EL PAÍS]

Robber 1: ¿Dónde la tienes?

Businessman: No tengo nada. Por favor.

Robber 2: Ya. Callado.

Businessman: Ya. Toma lo que sea, por favor. Por favor.

Robber 2: ¿Qué? ...

Robber 1: ...

[Song (Una mañana by José José): Una mañana, una mañana linda, como una flor, tu corazón al sol le mostrarás. Una mañana, una mañana linda, mi corazón, como una flor, a ti se entregará. Linda será cuando me digas "Creo en tu amor." Me digas que no sientes temor y cuando salga el sol será una mañana, una mañana linda como la flor, como el amor que siempre te daré. Como una flor, tu corazón al sol le mostrarás. Mi corazón, como una flor, a ti se entregará. Linda será cuando me digas "Creo en tu amor." Me digas que no sientes temor y cuando salga el sol será una mañana, una mañana linda como la flor, como el amor que siempre te daré, que siempre te daré, que siempre te daré.]

[Poster: ¡YO SÍ CUMPLO! MARTÍN GOLARES. CLAUSURADO.]

Policeman: ... Muévete. Muévanse. Muy bien. Muévanse. Muévete. Jaja.

[[TV: EN VIVO] Citizen testifying before Congress (holding newspaper): ¿No les da vergüenza? ¡Dense cuenta! ... México ... ]

Bribed official: ...

Bribe payer: ...

[Newspaper: México no crece lo que puede]

Citizen testifying before Congress: ... ¡Óyenme! ... pero les debería de dar vergüenza esto. No es justo. Miren cómo nos están viendo, compañeros. [TV: Sesión Ordinaria]

[Congressman sleeping in his seat]

[Traffic jam, angry taxi driver]

[Riot police and demonstrators]

[SIGNS: ¡NO A LA EVALUACIÓN! YA BASTA! APOYO AL MAGISTERIO. NO A LA CORUPCIÓN]

[Beggar]

Bribe payer: Hola. Sí. Voy para allá.

Kidnappers: ... ¡Apúrense!

[Coyotes, smuggled migrants]

U.S. Border Patrol: ... You're under arrest!

[POSTERS: Se Busca Desaparecida, Rosa Campos Vázquez, 7 años de edad [other posters of missing girls]]]

[Schoolgirls]

[Federal police vehicles, sirens, machine gun fire, schoolgirls screaming]

[Federal policman running with machine gun]

[Missing girl posters]

[Helicopter]

[Arrest of drug gang members]

[Press conference with photographers, arrested drug gang members, seized drugs, seized money, and seized weapons, federal police in ski masks for press photos]

[Federal police leading arrested drug gang members to overcrowded prison]

Narrator: Si este es el futuro que me espera, ¡no lo quiero! ¡Basta de trabajar para sus partidos y no para nosotros! ¡Basta de arreglar el país por encimita! ¡Doña Josefina, don Andrés Manuel, don Enrique, don Gabriel, se acabó el tiempo; México ya tocó fondo. ¿Sólo van a ir por la silla o van a cambiar el futuro de nuestro país?

[TEXT: Somos millones los que queremos un mejor país. NUESTROMÉXICODELFUTURO®.COM.MX]

www.nuestromexicodelfuturo.com.mx

Uncomfortable children present a demand to the [2012 Mexican presidential] candidates

Newscaster: And, in other news, today is another environmental preparedness day. If you must go outside, we recommend that you use a face mask. The Office of the Secretary of Public Education has canceled all outdoor recesses and physical education classes. We advise you, when you go out into the street,...

[Television: NEWS: ENVIRONMENTAL PREPAREDNESS: FACE MASK USE IS RECOMMENDED. [Crawl: Violence in the country. Level of education below average. Increase in the unemployment rate. Mexico pays...]]

[Newspaper: THE SOVEREIGN, ALARMING INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY]

Robber 1: Where do you have it?

Businessman: I don't have anything. Please.

Robber 2: Enough. Quiet.

Businessman: O.K. Take whatever you want, please. Please.

Robber 2: What? ...

Robber 1: ...

[Song (Una mañana by José José): One morning, one beautiful morning, like a flower, you will show your heart to the sun. One morning, one beautiful morning, my heart, like a flower, will give itself to you. It will be beautiful when you tell me, "I believe in your love." [When you] tell me that you are not afraid and when the sun comes out it will be a morning, a beautiful morning like a flower, like the love that I will always give you. Like a flower, you will show your heart to the sun. My heart, like a flower, will give itself to you. It will be beautiful when you tell me, "I believe in your love." [When you] tell me that you are not afraid and when the sun comes out it will be a morning, a beautiful morning like a flower, like the love that I will always give you, that I will always give you, that I will always give you.]

[Poster: I KEEP MY PROMISES! MARTÍN GOLARES. CLOSED DOWN.]

Policeman: ... Move, you. Move, you guys. Very good. Move, you guys. Move, you. Ha ha.]

[[TV: LIVE] Citizen testifying before Congress (holding newspaper): Doesn't it make you embarrassed? Pay attention! ... Mexico ...]

Bribed official: ...

Bribe payer: ...

[NEWSPAPER: Mexico is not growing like it could]

Citizen testifying before Congress: ... Everybody, listen to me! ... but this should make you embarrassed. It's not fair. Look at how they are seeing us, friends. [TV: Regular Session]

[Congressman sleeping in his seat]

[Traffic jam, angry taxi driver]

[Riot police and demonstrators]

[SIGNS: NO TO THE TEST! ENOUGH ALREADY! I SUPPORT THE TEACHERS. NO TO CORRUPTION.]

[Beggar]

Bribe payer: Hello. Yes. I'm heading there now.

Kidnappers: ... Hurry up!

[Coyotes, smuggled migrants]

U.S. Border Patrol: ... You're under arrest!

[POSTERS: Searching for missing girl, Rosa Campos-Vázquez, 7 years of age [other posters of missing girls]]

[Schoolgirls]

[Federal police vehicles, sirens, machine gun fire, schoolgirls screaming]

[Federal policeman running with machine gun]

[Missing girl posters]

[Helicopter]

[Arrest of drug gang members]

[Press conference with photographers, arrested drug gang members, seized drugs, seized money, and seized weapons, federal police in ski masks for press photos]

[Federal police leading arrested drug gang members to overcrowded prison]

Narrator: If this is the future that awaits me, I don't want it! Enough of working for [the benefit of] your [political] parties and not for us! Enough of fixing the country with band-aid solutions! Josefina [Vázquez-Mota], Andrés Manuel [López-Obrador], Enrique [Peña-Nieto], Gabriel [Quadri-de la Torre], time is up; Mexico has already hit bottom. Are you just going for the [presidential] seat, or are you going to change the future of our country?

[TEXT: There are millions of us who want a better country. NUESTROMÉXICODELFUTURO®.COM.MX]

www.nuestromexicodelfuturo.com.mx