Narration
Quan la Lina i en Pau van arribar a l'estació, plovia i totes les andanes estaven buides.
English translation
When Lina and Pau arrived at the station, it was raining and all the platforms were empty.
A2 Reader · The midnight train
Four episodes using completed past events, background description, pronouns, commands, and plans.
The midnight train
Periphrastic past, imperfect background, object pronouns, commands, comparison, and future plans.
Coverage: ranks 1,001–2,000 across four episodes.
Episode 1
Vocabulary 1,001–1,250Platform zero
Pau
El panell només mostra dotze andanes. On és l'andana zero?
English translation
The board only shows twelve platforms. Where is platform zero?
Lina
La vaig veure al llibre. Hem de passar darrere d'aquell rellotge.
English translation
I saw it in the book. We have to go behind that clock.
Station guard
No hi aneu. L'últim tren en va sortir fa trenta anys i no va tornar.
English translation
Do not go there. The last train left from it thirty years ago and did not return.
Narration
El rellotge va marcar les dotze i la paret es va obrir sense fer soroll.
English translation
The clock struck twelve and the wall opened without making a sound.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 1,001–1,250Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: Why does the guard warn them?
A train left platform zero thirty years earlier and never returned.
Episode 2
Vocabulary 1,251–1,500The passenger who knew the future
Narration
El tren era antic, però els llums funcionaven. En un vagó hi havia un únic passatger.
English translation
The train was old, but the lights worked. There was a single passenger in one carriage.
Passenger
Arribareu a Girona abans de l'alba, però no baixeu a la primera parada.
English translation
You will arrive in Girona before dawn, but do not get off at the first stop.
Lina
Com sap on anem? No li ho hem dit.
English translation
How do you know where we are going? We have not told you.
Passenger
Perquè ja us vaig conèixer demà.
English translation
Because I already met you tomorrow.
Pau
Aquesta resposta és pitjor que el misteri.
English translation
That answer is worse than the mystery.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 1,251–1,500Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: What strange claim does the passenger make?
He says he met them tomorrow.
Episode 3
Vocabulary 1,501–1,750The station under the lake
Narration
A la primera parada, les finestres mostraven aigua en lloc de cel. Una estació sencera dormia sota un llac.
English translation
At the first stop, the windows showed water instead of sky. An entire station slept beneath a lake.
Voice on the platform
Lina, baixa i porta'm el fragment.
English translation
Lina, get off and bring me the fragment.
Pau
No l'escoltis. El passatger ens va dir que no baixéssim.
English translation
Do not listen to it. The passenger told us not to get off.
Lina
La veu sona com la meva àvia. Però ella no pot ser aquí.
English translation
The voice sounds like my grandmother. But she cannot be here.
Narration
La Lina va tancar la porta just abans que una mà d'aigua toqués el vidre.
English translation
Lina closed the door just before a hand made of water touched the glass.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 1,501–1,750Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: Whose voice does Lina think she hears?
Her grandmother's.
Episode 4
Vocabulary 1,751–2,000The second voice
Narration
El tren va arribar a Girona quan començava a sortir el sol. L'andana estava plena de fotografies penjades.
English translation
The train reached Girona as the sun began to rise. The platform was full of hanging photographs.
Lina
En aquesta foto, la meva àvia és jove i porta la mateixa clau.
English translation
In this photo, my grandmother is young and is carrying the same key.
Pau
Mira què hi ha al darrere. Algú hi ha escrit una adreça i una ordre: «Recorda-la».
English translation
Look at the back. Someone has written an address and an order there: ‘Remember her’.
Passenger
Ja heu despertat la segona veu. Ara algú sabrà que sou aquí.
English translation
You have awakened the second voice. Now someone will know that you are here.
Narration
A l'altre extrem de l'andana, la dona del guant groc els estava esperant.
English translation
At the other end of the platform, the woman with the yellow glove was waiting for them.
Practise this episode’s complete vocabulary band
Study ranks 1,751–2,000Every rank in this range has its own contextual flashcard.
Check comprehension: What do they find on the back of the photograph?
An address and the command ‘Remember her’.
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