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🚂 · Chapter 3 · Intermediate — Exercise 5: The Route North
From the south to the coast.
You leave Seville behind. Diego is with you on the train — sierras, plateaux and tunnels as Spain unfolds outside the window.
Phase 1 of 3 — Vocabulary
Words you need to know
Study these 10 words. You'll use them to describe the landscape rolling past as the train heads north.
el paisaje
→
landscape / scenery
la sierra
→
mountain range
la meseta
→
plateau / high plain
el pueblo
→
village / small town
la parada
→
stop / halt
el túnel
→
tunnel
el valle
→
valley
la ventanilla
→
window (train / car)
la costa
→
coast
el horizonte
→
horizon