ANNOUNCER: When last we saw Anna, she had made a new friend. And they had been talking about superheroes for a while when suddenly Anna became Lightning Bolt Lady!

ANNOUNCER: She tried to find her superpowers. But it did not go well.

ANNOUNCER: She can’t fly, become invisible or create a force field. And she really cannot walk through walls. Ouch, Lightning Bolt Lady.

ANNOUNCER: She had been walking into that wall for about 15 minutes when she had a great idea.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: I just had a great idea!

ANNOUNCER: I can’t wait to hear this one! But first, let’s talk about grammar.

ANNOUNCER: Professor Bot is on vacation this week. I’m the announcer. So, I’m going to tell you about the past perfect continuous.

ANNOUNCER: We use this verb tense to show that an action started in the past and continued to another time or action in the past.

ANNOUNCER: For example, I said, “She had been walking into that wall for about 15 minutes when she had a great idea.”

ANNOUNCER: Had been walking is the past perfect continuous of the verb walk. It’s had been plus the -ing form of the verb.

ANNOUNCER: You’ll hear me use this verb tense a few more times today.

ANNOUNCER: Now, what am I forgetting? Oh right! Lightning Bolt Lady’s great idea.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: If I want to know my superpowers, I’ll need to learn about lightning!

ANNOUNCER: So, she read many books about lightning.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Wow. A lightning strike usually lasts less than a second.

(She tells this to a person and he slowly moves away.)

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Lightning is really fast and I like speed walking. So, maybe one of my superpowers is super-speed walking! (to stranger) Bye!

(She begins to super-speed walk.)

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Check! Super-speed walking is definitely one of my superpowers.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Lightning has millions of volts of electricity. Amazing!

(She puts her hand up and lightning bolts shoot from her fingers.)

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Wow! I can charge a lot of batteries with this superpower!

ANNOUNCER: She had been looking for hours for someone to help when she found her chance.

WOMAN: Hello? Hello? I’m sorry. I’m going to have to call you back. My phone is dying.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Excuse me, I can charge your phone.

WOMAN: Really? Thanks!

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: I’m Lightning Bolt Lady!

(She takes the woman’s phone and shoots it with a lightning bolt. But it turns into ashes. Then, she gives the woman lots of money and smiles and says goodbye.)

ANNOUNCER: She had been practicing her superpowers all day. Suddenly, she heard a terrible sound – a child’s disappointment.

ANNOUNCER: These children tried to light a fire for over an hour. But then, they gave up.

PARENT: Hey kids, that wood will never burn. It’is too wet.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Small humans, what is wrong?

CHILD: Stranger danger!

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: I’m Lightning Bolt Lady!

YOUNG MAN: Oh no. It’s you.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: (to YOUNG MAN:) We meet again. And guess what: I found my superpowers.

CHILD: Well, we need a fire to toast the marshmallows to make S’mores.

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: I can help.

YOUNG MAN: We don’t need a super-speed walker but thanks!

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Super-speed walking is just one of my superpowers. I can also do this!

(She tries to use her lightning bolts but it doesn’t go well.)

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Sorry! Let me do it again.

(She lights the fire with her lightning bolts.)

CHILDREN: Thanks, Lightning Bolt Lady!

YOUNG MAN: Lightning Bolt Lady

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: You’re welcome. But you don’t have enough firewood. Using my super-speed walking, I will get more.

(She super-speed walks around to get firewood.)

PARENT: Lightning Bolt Lady, come back! A lightning storm is coming!

LIGHTNING BOLT LADY: Not a chance! There’s not a cloud in the …

CHILD: Lightning Bolt Lady, are you okay?

CHILD: Where’s your super-suit?

ANNA: Oh no! I’ve lost my superpowers!

YOUNG MAN: It’s starting to rain. Do you want to go inside and eat some S’mores?

ANNA: You read my mind.

ANNA: You know, I thought mind reading would be one of my superpowers. But it wasn’t.

CHILD: That’d be a cool superpower.

CHILD: But I’d rather be able to talk to animals.

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⚡ Vocabulario del texto “Lightning Bolt Lady – Part 2”

| Palabra / Expresión | Pronunciación | Significado en español |
| ————————— | ———————– | ————————————— |
| **announcer** | anáunser | locutor / narrador |
| **had made** | jad meid | había hecho |
| **had been talking** | jad bin tóking | había estado hablando |
| **suddenly** | sádnli | de repente |
| **superpowers** | súperpáuers | superpoderes |
| **did not go well** | did not góu uel | no salió bien |
| **fly** | flai | volar |
| **become invisible** | bikám invisibl | volverse invisible |
| **force field** | fórs fíild | campo de fuerza |
| **walk through walls** | uok zru uóls | atravesar paredes |
| **ouch** | auch | ¡ay! (expresión de dolor) |
| **had been walking** | jad bin uóking | había estado caminando |
| **for about** | for abáut | durante aproximadamente |
| **had a great idea** | jad a gréit aidía | tuvo una gran idea |
| **wait to hear** | ueít tu jiar | esperar a escuchar |
| **grammar** | grámər | gramática |
| **vacation** | vekéishon | vacaciones |
| **past perfect continuous** | past pérfekt contíniuəs | pasado perfecto continuo |
| **action** | ákshon | acción |
| **started** | stártəd | comenzó |
| **continued** | kontíniud | continuó |
| **verb tense** | verb tens | tiempo verbal |
| **had been plus -ing form** | jad bin plás ing form | estructura “had been + gerundio” |
| **forgetting** | forgéting | olvidando |
| **lightning** | láitning | relámpago / rayo |
| **read books** | ríd buks | leer libros |
| **strike** | straik | golpe / descarga eléctrica |
| **lasts** | lásts | dura |
| **less than a second** | les dan a sécond | menos de un segundo |
| **speed walking** | spíd uóking | caminar rápido |
| **millions of volts** | mílians of voults | millones de voltios |
| **electricity** | elek-trísiti | electricidad |
| **charge** | chárj | cargar (una batería o dispositivo) |
| **batteries** | bátris | baterías / pilas |
| **for hours** | for áuers | durante horas |
| **dying (battery)** | dáing | muriéndose / descargándose |
| **ashes** | áshiz | cenizas |
| **practicing** | práktising | practicando |
| **terrible sound** | térribl saund | sonido terrible |
| **disappointment** | disapóintment | decepción |
| **gave up** | géiv ap | se rindieron |
| **too wet** | tu uet | demasiado mojado |
| **small humans** | smól júmans | pequeños humanos (niños) |
| **stranger danger** | stréincher déincher | peligro: extraño (advertencia infantil) |
| **firewood** | fáier-uud | leña |
| **storm** | stórm | tormenta |
| **cloud** | klaud | nube |
| **lost my superpowers** | lost mai súperpáuers | perdí mis superpoderes |
| **read my mind** | ríd mai máind | leer mi mente |
| **mind reading** | máind ríiding | lectura mental |
| **cool** | kúul | genial / guay |
| **talk to animals** | tók tu ánimals | hablar con los animales |