2. A chain of islands extending from the Bahamas in the north to Trinidad in the south, the Caribbean or West Indies is a region of extraordinary cultural and linguistic diversity. The Spanish-speaking countries are Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic, which occupies the eastern portion of the island of Hispaniola.

3. Christopher Columbus first landed on the island of Hispaniola in 1492. He returned the following year with 1,000 colonists and founded Isabela, the first European colony in America, on the northern coast of Hispaniola.

4. artístico, -a artistic atrevido, -a daring bueno, -a good deportista sports-minded desordenado, -a messy estudioso, -a studious gracioso, -a funny impaciente impatient inteligente intelligent ordenado, -a neat paciente patient perezoso, -a lazy to talk about what you and others are like

5. reservado, -a reserved, shy serio, -a serious simpático, -a nice, friendly sociable talentoso, -a talented trabajador, -ora hardworking to talk about what you and others are like

6. (A mí) me gusta. I like to ____. (A mí) me gusta I like to ____ better. más. (I prefer to.) (A mí) me gusta I like to ____ a lot. mucho. A mí también. I do too. to say what you like to do

7. (A mí) no me gusta. I dont like to. (A mí) no me gusta I dont like nada. to at all. A mí tampoco. I dont (like to) either. to say what you dont like to do to ask others what they like to do ¿Qué te gusta hacer? What do you like to do? ¿Qué te gusta What do you like más? (prefer) better? ¿Te gusta ? Do you like to ? ¿Y a ti? And you?

8. ni... ni neither... nor, not... or o or pues... well... sí yes también also, too y and other useful words and expressions