Fill-in-the-blanks: Build Your Vocabulary: Un ejemplo de simbiosis - parte 1
Un ejemplo de simbiosis - parte 1
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-- Flashcards: Un ejemplo de simbiosis - parte 1
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Zippi (1) había caminado una gran distancia de la sabana africana (2) para llegar a un pequeño lago. (3) Ansiosamente, calmó su sed y se fue a descansar a la fresca (4) sombra de un árbol baobab. Zippi intentó dormir, pero se sentía muy (5) incómodo y con mucha picazón. Durante días ¡las pulgas le habían estado (6) picando en todo su cuerpo. Trató de quitarse las pulgas meneando la cola (7) de un lado a otro. Trató de patalear cada una de sus (8) patas en el suelo. ¡Incluso trató de golpear las cuatro patas en el suelo (9) a la vez! Se (10) frotó todo el cuerpo contra el árbol baobab. Trató de quitarse las pulgas lamiéndose la cara con su larga (11)lengua. Pero nada parecía 12)funcionar. ¡Las pulgas no querían irse! Ni (13) pateando, ni lamiéndose, ni frotándose o (14) golpeándose podía conseguir que lo dejaran. (15) Al final, ¡terminó tan cansado (16) e irritado que se revolcó en el suelo con las piernas en el aire! (continuará en parte 2).
English Translation
Zippi had walked a great distance from the African Savanna to reach a small lake. Eagerly, he quenched his thirst and went to rest in the cool shade of a baobab tree. Zippi tried to sleep but he felt very uncomfortable and very itchy. For days the fleas had been biting him all over his body! He tried to remove the fleas by wagging his tail from side to side. He tried to stamp each of his legs on the ground. He even tried to hit all four legs at once! He rubbed his whole body against the baobab tree. He tried to remove the fleas by licking his face with his long tongue. But nothing seemed to work. The fleas did not want to go away! Neither stamping, nor licking, nor rubbing, nor hitting could get them to leave him. Finally, he got so tired and irritated that he rolled on the ground with his legs in the air! (to be continued)
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