Deck 05

Question 1

EL INICIO de la carretera

Answer 1

THE STARTING POINT of the road

Question 2

Hay UNA PLACA … EN LA ACERA que lo indica

Answer 2

there is A PLAQUE ON THE PAVEMENT which indicates it

Question 3

1. siempre me pierdo en esta ciudad
2. perderse
3. Yo me pierdo HASTA CON GPS

Answer 3

1. I always get lost in this town
2. to get lost
3. I get lost EVEN WITH GPS

Question 4

1. no me extraña que…

2. me/te/le + extrañar (conj to 3rd person)

Answer 4

1. it doesn’t surprise me that …

2. to surprise, to think strange

Question 5

LA QUE va de Madrid a Barcelona es la Nacional II.

Answer 5

WHICH goes from Madrid to Barcelona is …

Question 6

… EN MEDIO DE la placa …

Answer 6

IN THE MIDDLE OF the plaque

Question 7

la SEÑAL de color verde

Answer 7

the green SIGN

Question 8

E-15 significa EL TRAMO de Barcelona a Francia…

Answer 8

E-15 indicates the STRETCH or SECTION from Barcelona to France

Question 9

un gran parte del TRAZADO es autovía

Answer 9

a large part of THE ROUTE is expressway

Question 10

las autopistas y las autovías

Answer 10

the motorways and expressways/dual carriageways

Question 11

los hitos (kilométricos)

Answer 11

the (kilometre) milestones

Question 12

1. CADENAS montañosas muy elevadas

2. cadena

Answer 12

1. very high mountain RANGES

2. chain

Question 13

1. una altitud MEDIA DE… seiscientos metros

2. medias

Answer 13

1. an AVERAGE altitude of … 600 metres

2. tights/stockings

Question 14

una tercera parte de la superficie peninsula

Answer 14

one third of the peninsula’s surface

Question 15

las carreteras están muy BIEN INDICADAS.

Answer 15

the roads are WELL SIGNPOSTED

Question 16

una RED de carreteras

Answer 16

a ROAD network

Question 17

Madrid es EL CENTRO DE esta CIRCUNFERENCIA.

Answer 17

Madrid is IN THE CENTRE OF this circumference

Question 18

se dirigen a Madrid

Answer 18

are directed/aimed at Madrid

Question 19

la periferia

Answer 19

the periphery

Question 20

1. destacó en muchísimos CAMPOS
2. destacar
3. to emphasise
4. destacó la gravedad de la situación
5. campo

Answer 20

1. HIGHLIGHTED in so many AREAS
2. to highlight (in art)
3. to emphasise
4. he stressed the gravity of the situation
5. the country (as opposed to the city)