The Goats That Found Coffee
Lee el texto en inglés, parte por parte, y responde cada pregunta. Toca una palabra con línea punteada para ver su traducción. Abajo está el vocabulario completo en español.
People tell an old story about how coffee was found. Long ago in Ethiopia, a young man named Kaldi took care of goats. One day, he saw his goats jumping and dancing. They had lots of energy.
1. What did Kaldi see one day?
- AHis goats sleeping all day
- BHis goats jumping and dancing
- CHis goats drinking coffee
Ver la respuesta
B. His goats jumping and dancing
One day, he saw his goats jumping and dancing, full of energy.
La prueba en el texto: he saw his goats jumping and dancing
Kaldi looked closely and saw that the goats were eating small red fruits from a bush. He tried the fruits too, and he felt full of energy. In the story, he was very excited about his discovery.
2. True or false? Kaldi was afraid to try the fruits.
- ATrue (Verdadero)
- BFalse (Falso)
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B. False (Falso)
He tried the fruits too, and he felt full of energy.
La prueba en el texto: He tried the fruits too, and he felt full of energy
Kaldi took the fruits to a monk at a nearby monastery. The monk made a drink from them. After he drank it, he could stay awake during long evening prayers. Soon, other monks wanted the drink too.
3. How did the drink help the monk?
- AIt helped him sleep
- BIt made him hungry
- CIt helped him stay awake
Ver la respuesta
C. It helped him stay awake
After the drink, he could stay awake during long evening prayers.
La prueba en el texto: he could stay awake during long evening prayers
Nobody knows if Kaldi was real. The story was written down hundreds of years later. But the coffee plant really does come from Ethiopia, and coffee beans really are the seeds inside small red fruits.
4. What does the writer think about the Kaldi story?
- AIt may not be true, but parts of it are real
- BIt is a true story from a history book
- CIt is a new story from last year
Ver la respuesta
A. It may not be true, but parts of it are real
Nobody knows if Kaldi was real, but coffee really does come from Ethiopia.
La prueba en el texto: Nobody knows if Kaldi was real
Vocabulario en español
| Inglés | Español | Significado en inglés |
|---|---|---|
| bush | arbusto | a small, low plant with many branches |
| discovery | descubrimiento | finding something new for the first time |
| monk | monje | a man who lives a simple religious life with other men |
| monastery | monasterio | a building where monks live |
| seeds | semillas | the small parts of a plant that can grow into new plants |
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