Una pareja de ancianos in the time of the virus: A case of social isolation durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Esta publicaci?n biling?e tiene el doble objetivo de describir c?mo una pareja de ancianos enfrent? el aislamiento social de la pandemia de COVID-19 y de facilitar la comprensi?n lectora en espa?ol o ingl?s, seg?n el inter?s del lector.

This bilingual publication has the dual objective of describing how an elderly couple faced the social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and of facilitating reading comprehension in English or Spanish, depending on the reader's interest.

Despu?s de haber publicado "Um casal de idosos no tempo do v?rus" en portugu?s y sus versiones en ingl?s ("An elderly couple in the time of the virus") y espa?ol ("Una pareja de ancianos en tiempos del virus"), el autor record? sus estudios de idiomas, cuando mejor? sus habilidades de lectura en ingl?s y espa?ol leyendo libros de texto que no hab?a le?do en portugu?s (lo que, ciertamente, facilitar?a la comprensi?n lectora). El autor ha considerado que, al publicar las cr?nicas en los tres idiomas, los lectores de un de los idiomas podr?n ejercitar su comprensi?n lectora en los otros, cr?nica por cr?nica, leyendo primero en su idioma y luego en uno de los otros dos.
Teniendo en cuenta el inconveniente del cambio frecuente de los libros, el autor decidi? reunirlos en libros biling?es, intercalando las cr?nicas correspondientes.
Es importante considerar que el tema del libro, la vida de las personas durante la terrible pandemia que asol? al mundo entero, es de inter?s general y tiene valor hist?rico.

After having published "Um casal de idosos no tempo do v?rus" in Portuguese and its versions in English ("An elderly couple in the time of the virus") and Spanish ("An elderly couple in the time of the virus"), the author recalled his language studies, when he improved his reading skills in English and Spanish by reading textbooks that he had not read in Portuguese (which would certainly make reading comprehension easier). The author has considered that by publishing the chronicles in the three languages, readers of one of the languages will be able to exercise their reading comprehension in the others, chronicle by chronicle, reading first in their language and then in one of the other two.
Taking into account the inconvenience of frequently changing the books, the author decided to bring them together in bilingual books, interspersing the corresponding chronicles.
It is important to consider that the theme of the book, the lives of people during the terrible pandemic that ravaged the entire world, is of general interest and has historical value.