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1. Lucía querría tener una vida más sana. Lucía would like to have a more healthy life.
2. Todos los días sigue una dieta equilibrada. Every day she follows a balanced diet.
3. Come más frutas y bebe menos refrescos. She eats more fruits and drinks fewer soft drinks.
4. También come meriendas más saludables. She also eats healthier snacks.
5. Se pesa cada semana para ver los cambios que hace su dieta. She weighs herself every week to see the changes her diet makes.
6. Lucía piensa en ser vegetariana porque cree que sería bueno para su salud. Lucía is considering becoming a vegetarian because she believes it would be good for her health.
7. También le parece que comiendo más verduras tendría más energía que ahora. She also thinks that by eating more vegetables she would have more energy than now.
8. Su merienda típica es un zumo de frutas y verduras verdes. Her typical snack is a juice of fruits and green vegetables.
9. Sabe que debería comer menos azúcar para sentirse mejor. She knows that she should eat less sugar to feel better.
10. Cambiando algunas cosas Lucía tendrá una dieta equilibrada. By changing some things Lucía will have a balanced diet.

Exercise 1: Discussion questions

Instruction: Discuss the questions after listening to the audio or reading through the text.

  1. ¿Qué quiere cambiar Lucía en su vida?
    2. What does Lucía want to change in her life?
  2. ¿Por qué Lucía piensa en ser vegetariana?
    3. Why does Lucía think about becoming a vegetarian?
  3. ¿De qué debería comer menos para sentirse mejor?
    4. What should she eat less of to feel better?
  4. ¿Tú prefieres una merienda saludable o algo dulce? ¿Por qué?
    5. Do you prefer a healthy snack or something sweet? Why?

Exercise 2: Fill in the gaps and complete the sentences

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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más, Se pesa, típica, ser vegetariana, refrescos, debería

1.
También le parece que comiendo ... verduras tendría más energía que ahora.
(She also thinks that by eating more vegetables she would have more energy than now.)
2.
Lucía piensa en ... porque cree que sería bueno para su salud.
(Lucía is considering becoming a vegetarian because she believes it would be good for her health.)
3.
... cada semana para ver los cambios que hace su dieta.
(She weighs herself every week to see the changes that her diet makes.)
4.
Sabe que ... comer menos azúcar para sentirse mejor.
(She knows that she should eat less sugar to feel better.)
5.
Come más frutas y bebe menos ....
(She eats more fruit and drinks fewer soft drinks.)
6.
Su merienda ... es un zumo de frutas y verduras verdes.
(Her typical snack is a juice of fruits and green vegetables.)