CRANBERRIES - ODE TO MY FAMILY

1.- History

El grupo de Rock irlandés, Cranberries se forma en 1990 bajo el primer nombre de The Cranberry Saw Us. Sus miembros, los hermanos Noel y Mike Hogan, y Feargal Lawler, decidieron incluir a la vocalista Dolores O'Riordan, un año más tarde.
Una de las canciones más personales de Dolores O'Riordan, la encontramos en el segundo álbum del grupo, titulado "No Need To Argue". Se trata de "Ode To My Family", tema en el que la vocalista rememora sus primeros años de vida.
Dolores O'Riordan falleció el 15 de enero de 2018.

Fuente : http://the-music-history.blogspot.com.es

2.- Lyrics

1)

Understand the things
I say
to turn away from me
'Cause I've spent
half my life out there
you wouldn't disagree

D'you see me?
D'you see?
Do you like me?
Do you like me?
standing there
D'you notice?
D'you know?
Do you see me?
Do you see me?
Does anyone care?

a)

Unhappiness
Where's when I was young
and we didn't give a damn?
'Cause we were raised
to see life as fun
take it if we can
My mother
My mother
she hold me
she hold me
when I was out there
My father
My father
he liked me
he liked me
Does anyone care?

2)

Understand what I've become
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere
think something better
than I am
I miss you
I miss
'Cause I liked it
I liked it
when I was out there
D'you know this?
D'you know?
You did not find me
you did not find
Does anyone care?

* Repetir a)


3.- Vocabulary

- Disagree = No estar de acuerdo.

- Care = Preocupar(se), importar.

- Unhappiness = Desdicha

- Raise = Criar

- Design = Diseño

- Find = Encontrar

- To give a damn = No preocuparse por nada, No importar nada a alguien.

- Turn away = Girar, cambiar de dirección, dar la vuelta.


4.- Grammar

a) Tenses

- Present Perfect .- Example:

I've spent half my life out there.

- Simple Past .- Examples:

Where's when I was young and we didn't give a damn?

He liked me.

- Present Simple .- Examples:

Do you like me?

I miss you.


b) Contraction .- Examples:

D'you notice? = Do you notice?

'Cause = Because


* NOTAS

I.- En en la frase:

She hold me.

Lo correcto -gramaticalmente- sería:

She held me.

II.- La frase:

You did not find me.

Tiene una connotación muy fuerte porque se separa el auxiliar del negativo y se da la mayor fuerza de voz en "not".


5.- Videoclip

MUFFINS - RECIPE

Al empezar un nuevo año, además de los buenos propósitos, muchas personas se atreven con nuevos retos y desafíos.

Por ello, nosotros iniciamos el año retando a nuestro público a cocinar.

Se trata de una sencilla receta para hacer Muffins (también conocidas como Magdalenas en España).

1.- Ingredients (12 muffins)

2 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

3 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

2.- Utensils

1 small bowl

1 medium bowl

1 spoon

1 toothpick

a 12 muffin pan

1 oven

3.- Preparation

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

In a medium bowl add...

2 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

3 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Whisk well together. Set aside.

In small bowl add...

1 cup milk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

Whisk well together. 

With a spoon make a well in the middle of the dry mixture. Slowly add milk, oil and egg to flour mixture. Mix batter until moist. Do not over mix batter.

Grease 12 muffin pan. Fill each muffin pan 2/3 full of muffin batter.

Bake for 15-20 minutes. Check with a toothpick.

4.- Vocabulary

- flour = harina

- baking powder = polvo de hornear

- toothpick = mondadientes, palillo de dientes.

- oven = horno

- preheat = precalentar

- whisk = batir

- (to) set aside = poner a un lado, reservar.

- well = pozo

- batter = masa

- moist = húmedo

- grease = engrasar

- bake = hornear

5.- Variations

If you want, you can add 2/3 cups of chocolate chips to dry ingredients, to make chocolate muffins.