Text nº 32 for translation: A little bit of History today, 23rd of February...1981.

Buenas tardes, estimada familia IPEP #inglésipep #ingléspagsypau (en Twitter).

Hoy vamos a trabajar varios textos muy breves y bastante más sencillos. 

El 4º texto de hoy nos retrotrae al año 1981, cuando al salir del colegio, una tarde tranquila, de repente nos mandaron correr hacia las casas...

CÓDIGOS DE COLORES:

AZUL: Traducciones.

ROJO: Aspectos gramaticales.

VERDE: Aspectos culturales.

NARANJA: Estructuras concatenadas

MORADO: Traducción y sinónimos, antónimos, etc.

Amarillo: Palabras con trampa.

Os dejo una plantilla para que, sobre la marcha, podáis ir completando con sinónimos, antónimos, etc y los significados. Espero que os sea de utilidad. Pinchad aquí para descargarla. 

https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20210223/6258374/23-f-golpe-estado-congreso-cronologia-reconstruccion-40-aniversario-en-directo.html

23-F: Coup d'Etat in Spain

Background

From 1939, the end of the Spanish Civil War, Spain lived under Franco's military dictatorship until his death in November 1975. Before he died he designated Prince Juan Carlos as his successor and, to the surprise of many, after becoming king, Juan Carlos I dismantled Franco's regime and began the transition to democracy, a period known in Spain as La Transición. Some say that La Transición ended with the first general election in 1977, others when the constitution was approved in 1978, and yet others argue that it definitively ended 23 February 1981, the date of the failed coup d'État led by Lieutenant-Colonel Tejero. 23 February 1981 was a dramatic and tense moment in modern Spanish history and is popularly known in Spain as 23-F. On the same day as the coup, a vote was in progress to confirm Calvo Sotelo as Prime Minister. The vote was being recorded for television, and this is the footage we see in the beginning of the video below.

Shortly after the assault on Parliament another military leader, Jaime Milans del Bosch, led men and tanks into the streets of Valencia. King Juan Carlos I is widely considered to have been responsible for the failure of these actions. Wearing his military uniform of Captain-General of the Armed Forces, he went on television early in the morning of 24 February and declared his support for the democratically-elected government. With this, the insurgents, who had counted on the support of the king, knew that their action had failed. Some of the consequences of this failed coup were to give the young constitutional monarchy renewed legitimacy and in particular increased support for the King. This included not just public support, but support from political parties across the spectrum including the Communist party. https://spanish.kwiziq.com/learn/reading/23-f-coup-d-etat-in-spain

Me acuerdo que las calle se vaciaron y no nos dejaron jugar a la pelota en la plaza de la Catedral. 

Saludos.