English–Spanish parallel text
No Passport
Sin pasaporte
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An original English story from Real Life · Vida real, with the Spanish beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
Opening the reader…
Gate twelve
Puerta doce
It was five o’clock in the morning. Helga Berg stood in the airport in Oslo. She had a big blue suitcase and a small red bag.
Eran las cinco de la mañana. Helga Berg estaba en el aeropuerto de Oslo. Tenía una maleta azul grande y un bolso rojo pequeño.
Helga was fifty-eight. She lived in Bergen, in the west of Norway. Today she had a ticket to Bangkok.
Helga tenía cincuenta y ocho años. Vivía en Bergen, en el oeste de Noruega. Hoy tenía un billete para Bangkok.
It was her first trip alone. Her husband died two years ago. They always travelled together.
Era su primer viaje sola. Su marido murió hace dos años. Siempre viajaban juntos.
At the check-in desk, a young woman smiled at her. “Good morning. Where are you going today?”
En el mostrador de facturación, una mujer joven le sonrió. «Buenos días. ¿Adónde va hoy?»
“Bangkok,” said Helga. “In Thailand.” Her voice was very small.
«A Bangkok», dijo Helga. «En Tailandia». Su voz era muy baja.
“Can I see your passport, please?”
«¿Puedo ver su pasaporte, por favor?»
Helga gave her the passport. The woman looked at the photo, then at Helga. “Thank you. Please put your suitcase here.”
Helga le dio el pasaporte. La mujer miró la foto y después a Helga. «Gracias. Por favor, ponga su maleta aquí».
Helga put the suitcase down. “That’s fine,” said the woman. “Would you like a window seat?”
Helga dejó la maleta. «Muy bien», dijo la mujer. «¿Quiere un asiento de ventanilla?»
“Yes, please. I’d like to see everything.”
«Sí, por favor. Quiero ver todo».
“Here is your boarding pass. Gate twelve. The flight leaves at seven.”
«Aquí tiene su tarjeta de embarque. Puerta doce. El vuelo sale a las siete».
Helga put the boarding pass and the passport in her red bag. She closed the bag carefully.
Helga puso la tarjeta de embarque y el pasaporte en su bolso rojo. Cerró el bolso con cuidado.
At gate twelve, she sat down by the big window. It was still dark outside. Snow fell outside.
En la puerta doce, se sentó al lado de la ventana grande. Todavía estaba oscuro fuera. Fuera caía nieve.
At half past six, a man spoke over the speakers. “Flight 412 to Bangkok has a delay. The new time is nine o’clock.”
A las seis y media, un hombre habló por los altavoces. «El vuelo 412 a Bangkok tiene un retraso. La nueva hora son las nueve».
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