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Spanish · Reading · C1 to C2

Advanced Spanish reading: three C1–C2 texts, glossed word by word

Short answer: at C1 and C2 the difficulty is less the words than the way sentences are built: concessions (por mucho que), contrasts (no es que… sino que), impersonal openings (cabe señalar) and literary rhythm. Read each text once without help, then tap any sentence to see every word glossed, its pronunciation and its English meaning. Questions and a breakdown of the advanced structures follow each text.

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Opinion column · C1

La España vaciada

Comprehension

Did you follow it?

Answer from the Spanish text. Each answer shows the sentence that proves it.

1. ¿Cuándo vuelven a llenarse los pueblos?When do the villages fill up again?

2. Según el autor, ¿por qué se va la gente?Why do people leave, according to the writer?

3. ¿Qué condición pone al teletrabajo?What condition does the writer set for remote work?

The advanced structures

What makes this C1

These are the constructions that separate this text from intermediate Spanish. Each one is worth copying into your own writing.

Structure	In the text	What it does
No es que… sino que	No es que la gente no quiera quedarse, sino que faltan…	Rejects one explanation and offers the true one; the rejected part goes into the subjunctive.
Siempre que + subjunctive	siempre que se garanticen servicios básicos	States a condition: “provided that”.
Por mucho que + subjunctive	por mucho que se hable del problema	A concession: “however much”.
Hay quien + verb	Hay quien sostiene que…	An impersonal way to report an opinion without naming anyone.

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quiera, seanSubjunctive →No es que, siempre que, por mucho que.no obstanteConnectors →Sin embargo, no obstante, por último.la prosaLiterature →More Spanish prose, from Cervantes on.cabe señalarAdvanced writing →Use these structures in your own texts.