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Juan's goals

Discover the life of Juan, who dreams of improving his quality of life and advancing in his professional career.

Cuento corto: Las metas de Juan

Descubre la vida de Juan quien sueña con mejorar su calidad de vida y avanzar en su carrera profesional.

B1 Spanish

Level: B1

Module 3: Sueños (Dreams)

Lesson 19: Deseos y anhelos (Desires and wishes)

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Audio and video

Text and translation

1. Juan tiene un gran deseo: tener una mejor calidad de vida y hacer progresos en su carrera profesional. Juan has a great desire: to have a better quality of life and make progress in his professional career.
2. No gana mucho dinero en su primer trabajo como empleado, pero tiene ilusión que eso cambie. He does not earn much money in his first job as an employee, but he is hopeful that this will change.
3. Esta meta no es fácil de lograr porque la empresa es muy pequeña y Juan no tiene un puesto muy alto. This goal is not easy to achieve because the company is very small and Juan does not have a very high position.
4. Pero siente que, con paciencia, las cosas cambiarán por lo bueno. But he feels that, with patience, things will change for the better.
5. Juan recuerda lo difícil que era al comienzo; todo parecía imposible. Juan remembers how difficult it was at the beginning; everything seemed impossible.
6. Ahora sabe que su éxito a veces depende de el mismo. Now he knows that his success sometimes depends on himself.
7. "Con un gran trabajo personal puedo lograr todo", piensa Juan. "With great personal effort I can achieve everything," Juan thinks.
8. Aunque quedan muchos desafíos y no todo es fácil, él disfruta su camino. Although many challenges remain and not everything is easy, he enjoys his journey.
9. Sabe que, si sigue con su ilusión y su camnio, al final logrará una mejor calidad de vida. He knows that if he continues with his dream and his path, in the end he will achieve a better quality of life.

Exercise 1: Discussion questions

Instruction: Discuss the questions after listening to the audio or reading through the text.

  1. ¿Qué es la gran meta de Juan?
    2. What is Juan's great goal?
  2. ¿Qué metas tienes en tu vida? ¿Cómo te preparas para lograrlas?
    3. What goals do you have in your life? How do you prepare to achieve them?

Exercise 2:

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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paciencia, difícil, carrera profesional, personal, tiene ilusión, depende

1.
Juan recuerda lo ... que era al comienzo; todo parecía imposible.
(Juan remembers how difficult it was at the beginning; everything seemed impossible.)
2.
Ahora sabe que su éxito a veces ... de el mismo.
(Now he knows that his success sometimes depends on himself.)
3.
"Con un gran trabajo ... puedo lograr todo", piensa Juan.
("With great personal effort, I can achieve everything," thinks Juan.)
4.
Pero siente que, con ..., las cosas cambiarán por lo bueno.
(But he feels that, with patience, things will change for the better.)
5.
Juan tiene un gran deseo: tener una mejor calidad de vida y hacer progresos en su ....
(Juan has a great desire: to have a better quality of life and make progress in his professional career.)
6.
No gana mucho dinero en su primer trabajo como empleado, pero ... que eso cambie.
(He doesn't earn much money in his first job as an employee, but he is hopeful that this will change.)
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