
El primer día de Laura
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Total words
- 1,026
- Unique words
- 390
- Avg frequency
- #282
Story
Laura . Laura . . . Laura . , .
Today is Laura's first day at the new office. The job is in the centre, and Laura has to arrive at half past eight. She leaves the house very early. Her mother says goodbye to her from the door. Laura is carrying a piece of paper with the name of the boss and the number of the floor. She is a little afraid, but she thinks everything is going to go well.
mucha . Laura , . . . . . , . Laura .
In the street, there are lots of people. Laura looks for the place on her phone, but the phone has no power any more. She cannot believe it. A moment ago it was fine. Now she does not know which way to go. She asks a friendly man. The man tells her the office is close, two streets away. Laura thanks him and walks quickly down the street.
. , . . ", Laura. ." . "¿Laura ?" Laura . . " . ¿ ?" Laura .
She arrives at the place at ten past eight. She is not late, but she is not early either. She walks in and looks at the woman at the desk by the door. "Hello, I'm Laura. It's my first day." The woman looks at a sheet of paper. "Laura what?" Laura tells her her name. The woman looks at the paper again. "You're not on here. Are you sure it's today?" Laura feels something bad inside.
", ," Laura. " Ramírez. ." . . Laura. " Ramírez . . ." Laura . .
"Yes, of course," says Laura. "My boss is Mr Ramírez. I have a meeting at half past eight." The woman makes a phone call. She talks to someone for three minutes. Then she looks at Laura. "Mr Ramírez is not in today. He's in another place. Nobody knew you were coming today." Laura cannot say anything. She stands in silence in front of the desk.
Laura . ", . Marta. Marta Ramírez. ." Laura . , Laura . , , .
The woman sees the look on Laura's face and speaks to her in a kinder voice. "Come on, I'll take you up to the bosses' floor. You're going to talk to Marta. Marta is Ramírez's boss. She'll know what to do." Laura goes with the woman up to the third floor. The place is very big and pretty, but Laura looks at nothing. She just thinks about her mother, about her phone with no power, about the day that no longer feels like a good day.
Marta , . Laura . " . . Ramírez , . . . , ." Marta . Laura .
Marta is a tall woman, with kind eyes and a friendly face. She talks to Laura for ten minutes. "You're right. You do start today. Ramírez is the one at fault, because he didn't tell me anything. That's the truth. But it isn't a big problem. We're going to start now, you and I." Marta gives her a coffee and a sheet of paper with small things to do on the first day. Laura feels something good again.
, Laura . . . Laura : ". . ." contenta. Laura . , , . , , .
At two in the afternoon, Laura has lunch with two new people. They are friendly and ask normal questions. One person asks her how her morning went. Laura looks at the water on the table and tells the truth: "Bad. Very bad. But now everything is better." The two people make a happy face. Laura too. She thinks that tomorrow, probably, will be a normal day. And a normal day, today, seems to her the loveliest thing in the world.
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| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | elthe (masculine singular) |
| 5 | una, an (masculine) |
| 7 | deof, from |
| 8 | lathe (feminine singular) |
| 8 | yand |
| 9 | enin, on, at |
| 10 | ato, at |
| 10 | loit, him; the (neuter) |
| 11 | quethat, which, what |
| 12 | nono, not |
| 12 | porfor, by, through |
| 13 | meme, myself |
| 13 | síyes; if |
| 14 | serto be (identity, essential qualities) |
| 14 | unaa, an (feminine) |
| 15 | estarto be (state, location) |
| 17 | teyou, yourself (informal) |
| 17 | tenerto have, to possess |
| 18 | conwith |
| 18 | hacerto do, to make |
| 19 | parafor, in order to |
| 19 | poderto be able to, can |
| 20 | decirto say, to tell |
| 20 | losthe (masculine plural) |
| 21 | mimy |
| 22 | perobut, however |
| 24 | bienwell, good, fine |
| 25 | esethat |
| 26 | suhis, her, its, your (formal), their |
| 30 | comolike, as, how |
| 31 | aquíhere |
| 32 | tuyour (informal singular) |
| 33 | alto the |
| 34 | másmore, most |
| 36 | estethis |
| 37 | todoall, everything, whole |
| 38 | yaalready, now, soon, anymore |
| 40 | ahoranow, right now |
| 41 | muyvery |
| 45 | algosomething, anything, somewhat |
| 47 | buenogood, fine, okay |
| 49 | cuandowhen |
| 52 | nadanothing, anything |
| 54 | oor |
| 60 | quererto want, to love |
| 63 | graciasthank you, thanks |
| 64 | veztime, occasion |
| 67 | sóloonly, just, alone |
| 69 | porquebecause |
| 81 | holahello, hi |