Verbos reflexivos


Exercicio: Traduce esta pequeña historia (boba) al inglés.

(The vocabulary is taken mostly from chapter 7. This version is slightly different form the exercise that we did in class.)
 

Las aventuras de Juan


Juan was a little depressed and therefore he decided to go for a little walk. When he was about to cross the street, he fell and hurt his leg. There was a lot of blood on the sidewalk. When Paula saw the blood she got scared. Juan tried to calm her down, but she fainted, fell and broke her arm. She woke up next to Juan in the ambulance. They talked for a while, found out that they had a lot in common and fell in love. In the hospital they had a lot of fun. They made fun of each other and the accident. Before they left the hospital, they got engaged and three weeks later they got married. But soon Paula complained about everything. She started going out with other men and behaved badly. Juan felt bad and tried to commit suicide several times. Juan’s parents convinced their son to get a divorce. First he refused but eventually he agreed to it. They got divorced on July 5th, and Juan decided to move to another city.  When he was driving to the other city, he had an accident. He fractured his legs and burnt his face. In the ambulance he met a nice nurse and fell in love with her ….