La familia celebra el nacimiento de un bebé con regalos y visitas. En cambio, los funerales son momentos complicados. La familia organiza el velatorio donde los amigos se despiden del fallecido. Ambos momentos, el nacimiento y la muerte, son partes en la vida.
Translation
The family celebrates the birth of a baby with gifts and visits. In contrast, funerals are difficult moments. The family arranges the wake where friends bid farewell to the deceased. Both moments, birth and death, are parts of life.
Exercise 1: Open conversation questions
Instruction: Discuss the following questions with your teacher using the vocabulary from this lesson, and write down your answers.
¿Cómo crees que la estabilidad laboral influye en la felicidad durante eventos importantes como una boda o un nacimiento?
How do you think job stability influences happiness during important events like a wedding or a birth?
Describe un momento complicado en tu vida que hayas superado y por qué fue único para ti.
Describe a difficult moment in your life that you have overcome and why it was unique for you.
¿Qué tradiciones españolas conoces para celebrar aniversarios o despedidas de soltero? ¿Las consideras sencillas o poco comunes?
What Spanish traditions do you know to celebrate anniversaries or bachelor/bachelorette parties? Do you consider them simple or uncommon?
¿Cómo suele expresarse el duelo por la muerte de un ser querido en España y cómo te gustaría despedirte si fuera necesario?
How is mourning for the death of a loved one usually expressed in Spain and how would you like to say goodbye if necessary?
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