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EJERCICIO<br />

24·3<br />

Traducción<br />

VOCABULARIO el acondicionador air conditioner<br />

ahorrar to save (money)<br />

así this way<br />

crecer to grow<br />

la empresa venture<br />

escarmentar to learn one’s lesson<br />

la fortuna fortune<br />

invertir to invest<br />

pasar sobre to step over<br />

recoger to pick up<br />

rezar to pray<br />

la semilla seed<br />

el vecino neighbor<br />

“It’s great that you’ve saved so much money with all these seeds, but what will you do next year<br />

when nothing has grown?” This is what I would like to say to my neighbor who frequently “steps<br />

over a dollar to pick up a dime.” Last year, he invested three thousand dollars in an absurd <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

that makes air conditioners for dog houses. I can hear him now: “In two years, when this country<br />

has fi nally realized that dogs also get hot in the summer, I will have earned a fortune from this<br />

investment.” That was the last I heard of that venture. I continue praying that he has learned his<br />

lesson, but I fear that he will always be this way.<br />

The present perfect subjunctive 261

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