Scene 24 of 50
El ratón
The mouse
Your goalI can say where something is in the office and ask people to do something.
Tap a word to see what it means.
Later that morning, at the office. Your bag sits on the new desk and looks heavy.
TomásBuenos días. ¿Qué lleva en esa bolsa tan pesada?
Good morning. What are you carrying in that heavy bag?
The cat jumps out onto the desk. Herr Kühn jumps onto his chair.
- Tomás
¡Un gato! ¡Otra vez no!
A cat! Not again!
Lo siento. Sé que tiene miedo de los gatos.
Sorry. I know you are afraid of cats.
Lo siento. Sé que tiene miedo de los gatos.
Sorry. I know you are afraid of cats.
- Tomás
Métalo en la bolsa, por favor. ¡Y lejos de mí!
Put him in the bag, please. And far away from me!
¿Dónde está ahora?
Where is he now?
¿Dónde está ahora?
Where is he now?
Still on his chair, he points two ways at once. Michi peeks from behind the screen and is already heading for the printer.
Tomás¡Detrás del ordenador! ¡Delante de la impresora! ¡Ahora en la mesa!
Behind the computer! In front of the printer! Now on the desk!
Michi, ven. ¡La impresora no!
Michi, come. Not the printer!
Michi, ven. ¡La impresora no!
Michi, come. Not the printer!
- Tomás
No viene. Y hoy tenemos otra reunión a las once.
He is not coming. And we have another meeting at eleven today.
Michi races across the floor with the computer mouse in his mouth, the cable trailing. Herr Kühn reaches after him from his chair.
- Tomás
¡Mi ratón!
My mouse!
¡Ese ratón no, Michi!
Not that mouse, Michi!
¡Ese ratón no, Michi!
Not that mouse, Michi!
Herr Kühn sits on his chair again and looks down. Michi sits at his feet, proud, and has dropped the mouse there like a present.
Mire, Tomás. Es un regalo para usted.
Look, Tomás. It is a present for you.
Mire, Tomás. Es un regalo para usted.
Look, Tomás. It is a present for you.
- Tomás
¿Un regalo? Gracias…
A present? Thank you…
Michi dice: de nada.
Michi says: you are welcome.
Michi dice: de nada.
Michi says: you are welcome.
- Tomás
Papel y un bolígrafo, por favor.
Paper and a pen, please.
¿Para qué?
What for?
¿Para qué?
What for?
- Tomás
Para las normas. Un gato de oficina también necesita normas.
For the rules. An office cat needs rules too.
Words from the scene
Every new word from this scene, grouped with its family.
Doing things Acciones
- ponerput
- dargive
Animals Animales
- el ratónmouse
What things and people are like Descripciones
- pesado / pesadaheavy
- importanteimportant
Here and there Aquí y allí
- de vueltaback (come back)
- detrás debehind
- delante dein front of
Everyday things Everyday things
- la bolsabag
- la impresoraprinter
- el papelpaper
- la normarule
Who says this?
Buenos días. ¿Qué lleva en esa bolsa tan pesada?
Buenos días. ¿Qué lleva en esa bolsa tan pesada?
What does it mean?
Lo siento. Sé que tiene miedo de los gatos.
Lo siento. Sé que tiene miedo de los gatos.
Which line do you hear?
Where is he now?
Where is he now?
Put the words in order.
Michi, come. Not the printer!
Michi, come. Not the printer!
Who says this?
¿Un regalo? Gracias…
¿Un regalo? Gracias…
What does it mean?
Mire, Tomás. Es un regalo para usted.
Mire, Tomás. Es un regalo para usted.
Which line do you hear?
Michi says: you are welcome.
Michi says: you are welcome.
Put the words in order.
A cat! Not again!
What happens first?
Put the lines in the order they come in the scene.
Scene complete
El ratón
Goal reachedI can say where something is in the office and ask people to do something.
