Beginner · Spanish reading practice

Un billete, por favor

At a busy station, a young woman in a hurry buys a ticket for the next train, then asks where to find a taxi. Practise travel Spanish: un billete para…, ¿a dónde?, el próximo tren, disculpe, ¿dónde puedo encontrar…?, a la izquierda — every line voiced.

A page from La llave roja, in the Secretos en la ciudad collection — an original Comigo comic, voiced line by line.

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A comic page in warm daylight colours: a young woman with a shoulder bag hurries into a grand station entrance, thinking she must be quick; at the ticket window she asks for a ticket for the next train while a queue waits; on the train a conductor checks her ticket; outside she asks an older man where to find a taxi and he points left.
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Transcript and translation

  1. Esta es la entrada principal...Here is the main entrance...
  2. Tengo que darme prisa... están cerca.I need to be quick... they are close...
  3. Un billete para… para…One ticket for... for...
  4. ¿A dónde?To where?
  5. Para el próximo tren que salga de aquí.The next train that leaves here...
  6. El billete, por favor.Ticket please.
  7. Disculpe, ¿dónde puedo encontrar un taxi?Excuse me, where can I find a taxi?
  8. Fuera, a la izquierda.Outside, on the left.

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