day 52on the road

unit 9 · summer journeys

on the road

Choose between por and para on the road (through, because of, by / to, for, by a deadline), and talk about buses, roads, tunnels, hostels and embassies.

today’s words

el albergue · hostel; shelter
la expedición · expedition, trip
el/la guía · guide; guidebook
turístico · tourist (adj)
la frontera · border
la embajada · embassy
el embajador · ambassador
lejano · distant, far away
peatonal · pedestrian (adj)
metropolitano · metropolitan
el bus · bus
el/la taxista · taxi driver
el túnel · tunnel
la autopista · motorway
circular · to drive, to run, to circulate
desviar · to divert
estrellar · to crash, to smash

sentences

Este bus no circula por la autopista hoy. · This bus doesn’t go on the motorway today.
Han desviado el tráfico por un accidente. · They’ve diverted the traffic because of an accident.
El camión se estrelló contra un muro, pero no hay heridos. · The lorry crashed into a wall, but nobody is hurt.
Para llegar al albergue hay que pasar por un túnel largo. · To get to the hostel you have to go through a long tunnel.
La expedición sale con un guía a las siete. · The expedition leaves with a guide at seven.