Lecture · A2
Soroche en La Paz
Tom, a tourist who arrived in La Paz yesterday, visits a small clinic: he has a headache, feels dizzy and tired, has eaten nothing since breakfast and has no allergies. The doctor explains it is soroche (altitude sickness): rest, drink a lot of water and coca tea, eat something light like soup, no alcohol, and take one pill every eight hours; nobody gets used to the altitude in one day.
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Idée générale
1. What is wrong with Tom?
Voir la réponse
He has altitude sickness (soroche): headache, dizziness and tiredness.
Détail
2. Does Tom have any allergies?
Voir la réponse
No, none.
Détail
3. How often must he take the pills?
Voir la réponse
Every eight hours.
Déduction
4. Why does the doctor say «mucha gente se siente así el primer día»?
Voir la réponse
Because soroche affects people who have just arrived at high altitude, like Tom, who arrived yesterday.
Mots à connaître
- ¿Qué le pasa?What's wrong? (formal)
- mareadodizzy
- el soroche (Andes)altitude sickness
- la alturaMotaltitude, height
- el mate de cocacoca-leaf tea
- ligeroMotlight (food)
- la pastillaMotpill
- acostumbrarse ato get used to