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domingo, 21 de junio de 2026

FATHER


Un pequeño vocabulario de palabras y expresiones relacionadas al Padre.

* Father = Dad (diminutivo) = Daddy (diminutivo)

1.- God The Father = Dios Padre

2.- Father figure = Figura paterna

3.- Fatherhood = Paternidad

4.- Fatherly = Paternal

5.- Fatherland = Patria

6.- Father-in-law = Suegro

7.- Father Christmas = Papá Noel

8.- Founding father = Fundador

9.- Holy Father = El Santo Padre

10.- Like father, like son = De tal palo, tal astilla

11.- The wish is father to the thought = Creer que algo es verdad porque uno lo desea mucho.

12.- To be old enough to be somebody's father = Ser lo suficientemente mayor como para ser el padre de alguien.






sábado, 28 de junio de 2025

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS: COUNTRIES


Una nueva ronda de preguntas para mejorar la conversación en inglés.

1.- Is your country the best place for you to live?

2.- What is special about your country?

3.- Would you like to go and live in another country?

4.- What countries would you like to travel to for a vacation?

5.- What countries have you visited?

6.- What countries would you not like to visit and why?

7.- What country would you like to visit?

8.- What country would you like to live in and why?

9.- What country would you like to work in?

10.- What country/ countries neighbor your country?






domingo, 18 de abril de 2021

THE OUTFIELD - YOUR LOVE

 1.- Historia

La canción más conocida del grupo inglés The Outfield fue "Your Love". El músico y líder de la banda, Tony Lewis, falleció el 19 de octubre de 2020 a los 62 años de edad por causas no declaradas. La canción suele formar parte de discos recopilatorios de los 80s.


2.- Lyrics

Josie's on a vacation far away

Come around and talk it over

So many things that I wanna say

You know I like my girls a little bit older


Chorus

I just wanna use your love, tonight

I don't want to lose your love, tonight


I ain´t got many friends left to talk to

Nowhere to run when I'm in trouble

You know I'd do anything for you

Stay the night but keep it under cover


Repeat Chorus


Try to stop my hands from shaking

But something in my mind's not making sense

It's been a while since we were all alone

But I can't hide the way I'm feeling


As you're leaving please, would you close the door?

And don't forget what I told you

Just 'cause you're right that don't mean I'm wrong

Another shoulder to cry upon


Repeat Chorus...


3.- Vocabulary

Vacation (USA), Holiday (UK) = Vacaciones

Far away = Muy lejos

A little bit = Un poquito

Nowhere = Ningún lugar, ninguna parte

Trouble = Problema

Under cover = Encubierto

Shaking = Temblando

Make sense = Tener sentido

It's been a while = Ha pasado un tiempo

Hide = Esconder

Forget = Olvidar

'Cause = Because = Porque

Mean = Significar

Shoulder = Hombro

Upon = Encima, sobre


4.- Grammar

a) Presente Simple

Ejemplos:

- Josie's on a vacation far away.

- I don't want to lose your love tonight.


b) Presente Continuo

- But something in my mind's not making sense.

- As you're leaving.


c) Presente Perfecto

- It's been a while... = It has been a while...


d) Palabras gramaticalmente NO correctas

Wanna = Want to = Querer

Ain't = Am, Are, Is not / Have, Has not.


5.- Videoclip






domingo, 7 de febrero de 2021

VALENTINE'S DAY - READING (B1 - B2 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)

 



Extractos de Valentine's Day de la Enciclopedia Británica. 

1.- Origin 

Valentine’s Day, also called St. Valentine’s Day, has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a day of romance from about the 14th century. 


2.- Valentine 

Although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day may have taken its name from a priest who was martyred about 270 CE by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. Other accounts hold that it was St. Valentine of Terni, a bishop, for whom the holiday was named, though it is possible the two saints were actually one person. Another common legend states that St. Valentine defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war. It is for this reason that his feast day is associated with love. 


3.- Valentine Cards

Formal messages, or valentines, appeared in the 1500s, and by the late 1700s commercially printed cards were being used. Valentines commonly depict Cupid, the Roman god of love. Traditional gifts include candy and flowers, particularly red roses, a symbol of beauty and love.


4.- Celebration

The day is popular in the United States as well as in Britain, Canada, and Australia, and it is also celebrated in other countries, including Argentina, France, Mexico, and South Korea. In the Philippines, it is the most common wedding anniversary. The holiday has expanded to expressions of affection among relatives and friends.


5.- Vocabulario

- Held = Hold = Celebrar, sostener

- Pair off = Emparejar

- Martyr = Mártir

- Priest = Sacerdote, cura

- Bishop = Obispo

- State = Manifestar, declarar

- Defy = Desafiar

- Spare = Ahorrar

- Feast = Fiesta

. Depict = Representar

- Wedding = Boda




viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009

HOLIDAY - MADONNA

CORO

If we took
Si nos diéramos
a holiday
un festivo
just one day
solo un dia
out of life
en la vida
it would be
estaría
it would be
estaría
so nice
muy bien

1
Everybody
Todos
spread the word
corran la voz
we're gonna have
vamos a tener
a celebration
una celebración
all across the
por todo el
world
mundo
in every nation
en cada nación

2
It's time for
Es momento para
the good times
los buenos momentos
forget about
olvidense de
the bad times
los malos tiempos
one day
Un dia
to come together
para juntarnos
to release the
para soltar la
pressure
presión

3
We need a holiday
Necesitamos un dia festivo
You can turn
puedes girar
this world around
este mundo
and bring back
y traer de vuelta
all those
todos aquellos
happy days
dias felices

4
Put your troubles
Deja los problemas
down
de lado
it's time
es hora
to celebrate
de celebrar
let love shine
deja que el amor brille
and we will find
y encontraremos
a way to come
la forma de
together
unirnos
and make things
y hacer las cosas
better
mejor
we need a holiday
necesitamos un dia festivo

EXPLICACIÓN :

1.- VOCABULARIO

Holiday = Festivo, dia de fiesta
just = justo, solo
out of = fuera de
nice = bonito, bien
everybody = todos
spread = extender, difundir
gonna = going + to = ir a (hacia)
across = a través
forget = olvidar
(to) come = venir
together = juntos
turn around = girar
bring = traer
those = aquellos
trouble = problema
let = permitir
shine = brillar
way = forma, camino
better = mejor
find = encontrar
put down = colocar debajo, echar, dejar

GRAMÁTICA :

VERBOS MODALES : Son aquellos que se utilizan a manera de auxiliares en una frase u oración. Algunos son : WOULD, SHOULD, COULD

Estos ejemplos se aplican al verbo principal y se traducirían en la terminación española -ria, -rias, -rian.

Se utilizan para, por ejemplo, hacer una petición o crear un estado condicional.
Ejemplos :

a.- If we took a holiday, it WOULD be so nice. CONDICIONAL
(if uí tuk a jolidéy, it gud bi sóu náis)
b.- WOULD yo be so kind......? PETICIÓN
(Gud iú bi sóu káind.....?

FUTURO GOING TO : Se utiliza para indicar planes de un futuro muy cercano. Ejemplo :

a.- We are GOING TO have a celebration
(uí ar góin tu jaf a celebréishon)

FUTURO WILL : Se utiliza para indicar acciones y/o predicciones de futuro. Ejemplo:

a.- We will find a way Encontraremos la forma/el camino
(uí uíll fáind a uéy)
b.- It will rain tomorrow Lloverá mañana
(it uíl réin tumorróu)

ADJETIVOS DEMOSTRATIVOS : Son utilizados para determinar una ubicación. Son THIS, THESE, THAT, THOSE

a.- THIS, THESE : Se utilizan para objetos CERCANOS. El primero es singular. THESE es para 2 ó mas, es decir, es plural. Significan ESTE, ESTA(singular), ESTOS, ESTAS(plural)

b.- THAT, THOSE : AQUELL@, AQUELL@S

Ejemplo :

All THOSE happy days.
(ol dóuse japi déis)

NOTA : Obsérvese que se pluraliza SIEMPRE el objeto, en este caso DAY a DAYS.