Better Reading Spanish 2nd Edition

Preface How to use this book La cocina Guía para la buena alimentación A nutrition chart Menú de México A menu from a Mexican restaurant Gazpacho A recipe from a Spanish cookbook Piña The story of a fruit native to the Americas El cumpleaños de Frida Kahlo A Mexican dinner party Pastel chabela An excerpt from a Mexican novel La música Discos A magazine review of compact discs La música y vitalidad de Compay Segundo A Cuban musician Los premios Grammy Latinos The Latin Grammys Los Rabanes A Panamanian group Del Gado y la música andina Keeping Inca music alive Tomatito A Flamenco artist El tango The Argentine music and dance Si se calla el cantor An Argentine folk song Recuerdos de la niñez Excerpts from three novels: one Puerto Rican, one Spanish, one Peruvian Los deportes Todos somos Guerreros A flyer from a baseball game Deportes acuáticos en Costa Rica Diverse water sports Lorena Ochoa, golfista extraordinaria Mexico’s star female golfer Más allá del béisbol, la vida de Roberto Clemente A baseball legend El ciclismo y la salud The benefits of cycling Top 7 de ejercicios que queman muchas calorías Calorie-burning activities Lo que se necesita para ganar Winning in the NBA Noticias históricas del béisbol Baseball news Tres historias Soccer stories retold by a Uruguayan author El cine y el teatro Películas hispanas ganadoras al Óscar por Mejor Película de Habla no Inglesa Best foreign film Oscar winners Solas A Spanish movie Todo sobre mi madre A Spanish Oscar Carlos Saura A Spanish filmmaker Yo nunca quise ser escritor A Chilean writer and movie critic Fundación Arlequín Teatro A program from a theater in Paraguay El fabricante de deudas An excerpt from a Peruvian play El arte Museos A tourist leaflet from Honduras El arco iris A poem by a Mexican painter El muralismo mexicano The story of mural painting in Mexico Frida Kahlo A Mexican painter Pablo Picasso Spanish genius Salvador Dalí An individualist from Spain Fernando Botero A painter and sculptor from Colombia A la manera de Frida Kahlo An Argentine poet on a Mexican painter Graffiti A poem about another painter La familia El árbol familiar A family tree La celebración del matrimonio The wedding ceremony A mi hija Flor de María A father’s poem La familia: un invento maravilloso A young mother’s reflections La familia de Marcela A nontraditional family Un padre A famous father Los abuelos Traditional and modern games in Mexico Cuentos Family relationships in prose from Bolivia La primera clase de ballet A daughter’s first dance lesson El estilo de vida hoy Persiguiendo el sueño bilingüe Bringing up a child bilingually Mi PC A song from the Dominican Republic Cristina The Cuban-American talk show hostess Oscar de la Renta Fashion designer from the Dominican Republic Carolina Herrera, qué mujer New York designer from Venezuela Edward James Olmos: Embajador de la buena voluntad Mexican-American goodwill ambassador Un día insólito A day in the life of a modern man—Excerpt from a novel La historia y la política Cronología A time line Simón Bolívar Sayings of a South American hero Celebrando la independencia Bolivian Independence Day customs El Canal de Panamá An engineering marvel La pacifista A Colombian peacemaker Mario Vargas Llosa, el político detrás del escritor The political side of the Nobel Laureate Ernesto Che Guevara Life of the Argentine-born revolutionary Una conversación entre marido y mujer An Argentine power couple—Excerpt from a novel Continuing to read Answer key Acknowledgments ch60_fn01