In this exercise, you need to read the text on page 10 and mark these sentences as true or false, and then correct the false ones.

1. At first, Frank and Ana’s families didn’t trust the relationship to succeed.
**True**

2. The number of intercultural couples is slowly increasing.
**False**:
*El número de parejas interculturales está en marcado aumento.* (The number of intercultural couples is in marked increase.)

3. Currently, the average marrying age is twenty-five for men and twenty-seven for women.
**False**:
*La edad promedio al casarse es veinticinco para las mujeres y veintisiete para los hombres.* (The average marrying age is twenty-five for women and twenty-seven for men.)

4. In the past, it was common among young people to marry people from other cultures.
**False**:
*En el pasado, era común entre los jóvenes casarse con gente de su comunidad.* (In the past, it was common among young people to marry people from their community.)

5. Opportunities like travel, living alone, studying or living away from home allow people to expand their circle and meet people from other cultures.
**True**

6. Exposure to other cultures can affect the way we think about our own culture.
**True**

7. The number of interracial couples triplicated between 1970 and 1995.
**False**:
*El número de parejas interraciales se cuadruplicó entre 1970 y 1995.* (The number of interracial couples quadrupled between 1970 and 1995.)

8. Ana advises to pay a lot of attention to differences in the couple.
**False**:
*Ana aconseja prestar atención a lo que los une y no a lo que los separa.* (Ana advises to pay attention to the things that join you, not those that separate you.)

9. According to Ana, it’s important that your family and friends learn about your partner’s culture.
**True**

10. Ana recommends not getting carried away by the opinions of prejudiced people.
**True**.

In this exercise, you need to read the texts on page 11, and complete the sentences with the correct option.

1. Willie Gordon felt ____ for Isabel Allende’s work.

The options are:

a. **cariño**: affection
b. **indiferencia**: indifference
c. **admiración**: admiration

The correct option is c, **admiración**.

2. Allende ____ about a joke Gordon made about marriage.

The options are:

a. **se sintió feliz**: felt happy
b. **se enojó**: got upset
c. **se rió**: laughed

The correct option is b, **se enojó**.

3. In ____, you say *la chava* to talk about your girlfriend.

The options are:

a. **Perú**
b. **México**
c. **España**: Spain

The correct option is b, **México**.

4. Currently, it’s popular among latin people in the USA to participate in ____.

The options are:

a. **citas rápidas**: speed dating
b. **citas a ciegas**: blind dating
c. **citas en Internet**: online dating

The correct option is a, **citas rápidas**.

1.c, 2.b, 3.b, 4.a

In this exercise, you need to answer these questions with your opinion and information about yourself.

1. What ethnic or cultural group does your family belong to? Do you have friends in another country or culture? If you don’t, would you like to? Why?

You could answer:

*Mi familia es latina. Tengo amigos de otros países, en su mayoría también latinos, pero tengo algunos amigos europeos. Me gustaría tener amigos de África, Asia y Norteamérica, para conocer más sobre sus culturas.*
My family is latin. I have friends from other countries, mostly also latins, but I also have some European friends. I’d like to have friends from Africa, Asia and North America, so that I could know more about their cultures.

2. What advantages and disadvantages can an intercultural friendship present?

You could answer:

*Las ventajas de una amistad intercultural pueden ser la mezcla de culturas y descubrir costumbres familiares nuevas, pero la desventaja es que, si alguno de ustedes visita a su familia en su país, tal vez no estén cerca todo el año.*
The advantages of an intercultural friendship could be the mix of cultures and discovering new family traditions, but the disadvantage is that, if one of you visits their family in their country, you might not be close all year.

3. In your opinion, what are the most important qualities a friend should have? What qualities do you care less about? Why?

You could answer:

*En mi opinión, la cualidad más importante que debe tener un amigo es la honestidad. Me importan menos sus costumbres y tradiciones o su timidez, porque puedo llevarme bien con todos.*
In my opinion, the most important quality a friend should have is honesty. I care less about their traditions or shyness, because I can get along with anyone.

In this exercise, you need to, in pairs, write four advantages and four challenges in interracial couples, trying not to repeat the ones already present in the article on page 10.

You could write:
|Ventajas |Desafíos |
|–|–|
|Aprender otro idioma (learning another language) | Barreras de lenguaje (language barriers)|
|Probar nuevos platos (trying new dishes) | No disfrutar la comida del otro (not enjoying the other’s food)|
|Visitar otro país o región (visiting another country or region) |Estar separados o a larga distancia por parte del año (being separated or long-distance part of the year) |
|Aprender sobre otras celebraciones (learning about other holidays) | No estar de acuerdo sobre ciertas tradiciones (not agreeing about certain traditions)|