Exercises - Spanish Culture Podcast #0006

Estos ejercicios est&#225;n basados en el &#250;ltimo Podcast<a href="https://spanishlanguage.substack.com/p/spanish-culture-podcast-0006-abrazos"> Spanish Culture Podcast #0006</a>.<br/><br/>(The exercises below are based on last Podcast <a href="https://spanishlanguage.substack.com/p/spanish-culture-podcast-0006-abrazos">Spanish Culture Podcast #0006</a>.)<br/><br/>Exercise 1&#160;<br/><br/>Escucha de nuevo el podcast de esta semana y rellena los espacios en blanco.<br/><br/>(Listen to this week&#8217;s podcast again and fill in the blanks.)<br/><br/>Please, do not worry if you find it hard, it&#8217;s a question of practice. Maybe you won&#8217;t get all the words the first time, or most of them, but the more you practice, the easier this exercise will become. &#161;Buena suerte!<br/><br/>(00:16) Hola a todos y bienvenidos a un nuevo "podcast" de "Spanish Language and Culture Newsletter". (Hello everyone and welcome to a new podcast of the &#8220;Spanish Language and Culture Newsletter&#8221;.)<br/><br/>(00:23) Esta ma&#241;ana estaba (1) ____________ en un tema para el "podcast" de hoy y me he dado cuenta de que podr&#237;a ser interesante hablar sobre las formas que (2) ______________en Espa&#241;a de saludo. (This morning I was thinking about a topic for today's podcast and I realized that it might be interesting to talk about the ways we have in Spain to greet each other.)<br/><br/>(00:37) No me refiero eh... a tratar de "t&#250;", de "usted", sino de los abrazos, dar la mano o dar dos besos. (I don't mean eh... to address as "you" (informal), "you" (formal), but hugs, shaking hands or giving two kisses.)<br/><br/>(00:47) Me explico: En Espa&#241;a, primero, el (3) ______________no es com&#250;n. (Let me explain: In Spain, first of all, hugging is not common.)<br/><br/>(00:53) No es com&#250;n, no es tan com&#250;n como puede ser en otros pa&#237;ses. (It is not common, it is not as common as it may be in other countries.)<br/><br/>(00:58) Hasta donde yo conozco, en pa&#237;ses, eh... de (4) ______________