
Scene 43 of 50
El informe de Tomás
Tomás’s report
Your goalI can tell a short story in the past with times, and ask what someone did.

Tap a word to see what it means.
TomásBuenos días. Aquí está mi informe del sábado. Para usted.
Good morning. Here is my Saturday report. For you.
¿Un informe? ¿De la fiesta?
A report? Of the festival?
¿Un informe? ¿De la fiesta?
A report? Of the festival?
TomásSí. Minuto a minuto. Y ahora, mejor de tú. Soy Tomás.
Yes. Minute by minute. And from now on, let us use familiar address. I am Tomás.
TomásEscucha.
Listen.
TomásVeinte cero cero: empieza el concierto.
Twenty hundred: the concert starts.
TomásVeinte catorce: se apagan las luces.
Twenty fourteen: the lights go out.
TomásVeinte quince: un ruido. Algo se cae.
Twenty fifteen: a noise. Something falls.
¿Qué se cae, Tomás?
What falls, Tomás?
¿Qué se cae, Tomás?
What falls, Tomás?
TomásNi idea. Veinte dieciséis: grito.
No idea. Twenty sixteen: I scream.
¿Gritas? ¿Por qué?
You scream? Why?
¿Gritas? ¿Por qué?
You scream? Why?

TomásAlgo caliente me toca la pierna. En la oscuridad.
Something warm touches my leg. In the dark.
Quizá es Michi.
Perhaps it is Michi.
Quizá es Michi.
Perhaps it is Michi.
TomásQuizá. No veo nada.
Perhaps. I cannot see anything.
TomásVeinte veinte: vuelve la luz. Fin del informe.
Twenty twenty: the light returns. End of report.
¿Y después? ¿Qué pasa?
And afterwards? What happens?
¿Y después? ¿Qué pasa?
And afterwards? What happens?
TomásNada. Me voy a casa a las ocho y media.
Nothing. I go home at half past eight.
¿Seguro? Todos dicen que bailas.
Are you sure? Everyone says you dance.
¿Seguro? Todos dicen que bailas.
Are you sure? Everyone says you dance.

Tomás stands stiff, arms at his sides, chin up, cheeks a little pink. He did not dance.
TomásYo no bailo.
I do not dance.
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Elvira says you dance very well.
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Elvira says you dance very well.
TomásNo es verdad.
It is not true.

A typed sheet on the desk. The last line is struck through.
¿Y aquí? ¿En la última línea?
And here? In the last line?
¿Y aquí? ¿En la última línea?
And here? In the last line?
Veinte veinticinco: bailo.
Twenty twenty-five: I dance.
Veinte veinticinco: bailo.
Twenty twenty-five: I dance.
TomásUn error.
A mistake.
¿Un error?
A mistake?
¿Un error?
A mistake?

Tomás goes red, and then a shy smile. He looks down at his shoes.
TomásBueno. Un bonito error.
Well. A lovely mistake.

Words from the scene
Every new word from this scene, grouped with its family.
Doing things Acciones
- caerfall
- gritarscream
- tocartouch
Small words Palabras pequeñas
- incorrecto / incorrectawrong
Life and work La vida
- el ruidonoise
- la línealine (of text)
What things and people are like Descripciones
- suavesoft
Everyday things Everyday things
- el informereport
Who says this?
Buenos días. Aquí está mi informe del sábado. Para usted.
Buenos días. Aquí está mi informe del sábado. Para usted.
What does it mean?
Veinte cero cero: empieza el concierto.
Which line do you hear?
Twenty fourteen: the lights go out.
Put the words in order.
Twenty fifteen: a noise. Something falls.
Who says this?
Ni idea. Veinte dieciséis: grito.
Ni idea. Veinte dieciséis: grito.
What does it mean?
Algo caliente me toca la pierna. En la oscuridad.
Which line do you hear?
Perhaps. I cannot see anything.
Put the words in order.
And afterwards? What happens?
And afterwards? What happens?
Who says this?
Yo no bailo.
Yo no bailo.
What does it mean?
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Which line do you hear?
And here? In the last line?
And here? In the last line?
Put the words in order.
Well. A lovely mistake.
What happens first?
Put the lines in the order they come in the scene.

Scene complete
El informe de Tomás
Goal reachedI can tell a short story in the past with times, and ask what someone did.
