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domingo, 21 de junio de 2020

MATTER


1.- Definición

Como verbo su significado es "importar (a alguien)" y como sustantivo equivale a "asunto", "tema" o "materia".


2.- Verbo

Se suele utilizar en frases como:

- It doesn't matter. = Esto no importa.

- Does it matter? = ¿Importa esto?

- It matters to me. = Esto me importa a mí.


3.- Sustantivo

Existen un par de frases muy útiles que llevan "matter" como sustantivo.

- What's the matter?

En este caso su equivalente en nuestro idioma sería "¿Qué sucede / pasa?. También podemos usar "What's wrong?".

- As a matter of fact

Significa "A decir verdad", "En realidad".

Otras frases:

- This is a matter for the police. = Este es un asunto para la policía.

- There weren't important matters to discuss in the meeting. = No habían asuntos importantes que tratar en la reunión.

- It's only / just a matter of time. = Sólo es cuestión de tiempo.


4.- No Matter

Se trata de la versión corta de "It doesn't matter". Suele ir acompañada de una Wh-Question, pero con diferente función.

- No matter what you say, I believe you.

- No matter where it is, I will find it.

- John will do it, no matter how.


5.- Más Frases

- The heart of the matter. = El meollo del asunto, La raíz del problema.

- A matter of life and death. = Asunto de vida o muerte.

- Take matters into your own hands. = Decidir obrar por cuenta propia.

- For that matter = En realidad.





domingo, 3 de noviembre de 2019

EXPRESSING SURPRISE

Existen algunas palabras y expresiones que se utilizan para expresar sorpresa.

1.- Exclamative Clauses

Son frases que tienen una estructura compuesta por verbos auxiliares y las palabras How y What.

2.- Verbos Auxiliares

- Isn't that good!
- Didn't he do it fabulous!
- Haven't they been fantastic!

3.- How, What

a) What + a/an + Noun + Subject + Verb

- What a jerk!
- What a nice place it is!

b) How + Adjective or Adverb + Subject + Verb

- How wonderful!
- How expensive that car is!

4.- Interjections

Son sonidos o incluso palabras que indican shock o sorpresa.

- Wow = Expresa sorpresa
- Ugh = Expresa disgusto
- Ouch = Expresa dolor
- Hooray = Expresa disfrute

5.- Recomendaciones

- Tener en cuenta el orden de las estructuras.
- En la forma hablada, recordar poner la entonación justa, nunca exagerada.
- En la forma escrita, recordar poner el signo de admiración al final de la frase.




domingo, 30 de abril de 2017

YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART

1.- History

Rod Stewart inició su carrera musical como vocalista en 1964. Fue integrante de diversos grupos británicos como The Jeff Beck Group y The Small Faces.

http://the-music-history.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/singer-songwriters-cantautores.html


2.- Lyrics

Billy left his home
with a dollar in his pocket
and a head
full of dreams

He said
"Somehow, someway
It's gotta get
better than this".

Patti packed her bags
left a note
for her mamma
she was just 17

There were tears
in her eyes
when she kissed
her litte sister goodbye

They held
each other tight
as they drove on
through the night
they were so excited

We got but one
shot at life
Let's take it
while we're still not afraid
because life is so brief
and time is a thief
when you're undecided
and like a fistful of sand
it can slip right
through your hands


a) Young hearts
be free tonight
time is on your side
Don't let them
put you down
Don't let them
push you around
Don't let them
ever change
your point of view


Paradise was closed
so they headed
for the coast
in a blissful manner
They took
a two room apartment
that was jumping
every night of the week

Happiness was found
in each other's arms
as expected
Billy pierced his ears
drove a pickup
like a lunatic

(Repeat a)

Billy wrote a letter
back home
to Patti's parents
trying to explain

He said
"we're both real sorry
that it had to turn out
this way

But there ain't
no point in talking
when there's
nobody listening
so, we just ran away
Patti gave birth
to a ten pound
baby boy".

Young hearts
be free tonight
time is on your side ....


3.- Vocabulary

- Pocket = Bolsillo
- Somehow = De algún modo
- Someway = De alguna manera
- Gotta = Get to
- Pack = Empacar
- Hold tight = Coger / Agarrar fuertemente.
- Drive on = Conducir sin parar.
- Thief = Ladrón/a
- Fistful = Puñado
- Slip = Deslizarse, resbalar, escurrir
- Put down = Humillar, despreciar
- Push around = Abusar
- To Head = Dirigir(se)
- Blissful = Feliz
- To Pierce = Ponerse un arete.
- Pickup (van) = Camioneta
- Turn out = Resultar
- Run away = Escapar, huir
- To give birth = Dar a luz


4.- Grammar

a) Past Simple

S + Verb (past) + Compl.

- Billy left his home.
- Patti packed her bags.
- Paradise was closed.

b) Possessive Adjectives

Ellos son : My, your, his, her, its, our, your, their.

- His home
- Her bags

c) When - Clause

Recordemos que se trata de la misma que usamos para preguntar por un momento. Se utilizan para unir dos frases.

- When = Cuando (Sin acento)

- There were tears in her eyes when she kissed her litte sister goodbye.

Otras son : Where, Why, Who, What. A menudo se suele utilizar "That", aunque lo más correcto es utilizar el que corresponda.

d) So

Tiene varios usos.

- Tan, tanto, muy

They were so excited.

Life is so brief.

- Así que, por eso

So, we just run away.

e) Ain't

En anteriores canciones hemos hablado sobre esta ¿palabra?
Gramaticalmente NO existe. Se suele utilizar en canciones como variación de : Am / is / are not, y Have / has not.

There ain't no point.


5.- Videoclip





domingo, 18 de septiembre de 2016

ADVANCED TEST 4

1.- Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. Omit them when they are not necessary.

a) Michael, ___ will be 20 years old next week, is very good at playing football.

b) My uncle's house, ___ was rebuilt only five years ago, is for sale now.

c) The programme ___ we watched on TV last night was very interesting.

d) A man ___ children go to the same school as ours has bought our house.

e) The town ___ I was born is full of tourists in the summer.

f) The boys ___ we played football with, were older than us.


2.- Complete the second sentence so that it retains the same meaning as the first sentence.

a) I was allowed in the Disco because I'm over 18 years old.
    ___ 18 years old, I was allowed in the Disco.

b) I put on my coat because it was cold.
    It was cold, ___ my coat.

c) It's three weeks since I last saw her.
    I haven't ___ three weeks.

d) Although he was a famous actor, he didn't want to live in Hollywood.
     Despite ___, he didn't want to live in Hollywood.

e) I'm going to study hard because I want to get a grant.
    I'm going to study hard in ___ a grant.

f) The exam was so difficult that nobody passed.
    It was ___ exam that nobody passed.

g) I wasn't able to read the book in one day because it was very long.
    The book was too ___ in one day.


3.- Complete the second sentence so that it retains the same meaning as the first sentence. You must include the words in CAPITALS.

a) We didn't know they were coming so we didn't wait for them. HAD

b) "I don't want to go to the cinema tonight", Charles said. THAT

c) "What did you do last week", Mary asked me. THE WEEK BEFORE

d) My father said "Don't be late". TOLD

e) James asked us "Do you know what the weather will be like tomorrow?" IF

f) We haven't got much money. IF ONLY

g) I didn't study, so I failed the exam. Now I'm sorry. WISH


4.- Complete the sentences by putting a verb in the correct form in each gap.

a) After the old man retired, his daughter ___ over the company.

b) Do you think this sweater will ___ with dark trousers?

c) How do you ___ on with your in-laws? Do you like them Do they like you?

d) I don't think I can ___ up with his behaviour any longer. He's unbearable!

e) She'll have to ___ over the fact that her husband has left her.

f) The bomb ___ off at eight o'clock yesterday morning.

g) Their car ___ down in the middle of nowhere and they couldn't find a garage.

h) We're going to have to ___ on using the same car for a few years. We can't afford a replacement.

i) Well, if you don't like it, you can always ___ it back to the shop.

j) While I was doing the shopping, I ___ across an old friend from school.


5.- Fill each gap with one of these words.

after, down, of, out, up, away, into, on (x3), over.

a) He really takes ___ his uncle. They have the same hair and the same character.

b) Hold ___ a minute! I'll be right back.

c) It is certainly a good offer, but I'll have to think it ___ for a few days.

d) It was raining so hard that the concert was called ___.

e) My cousin can never understand films. I have to keep explaining to her what is going ___.

f) She is trying to cut ___ ___ the number of cigarettes she smokes each day.

g) The police are looking ___ the case at the moment.

h) Two prisoners ran ___ during the festival.

i) We finally managed to put ___ the fire at three in the morning.

j) When you grow ___, you'll be able to drive your own car.



sábado, 21 de abril de 2012

WHAT'S UP - 4 NON BLONDES

El término ONE HIT WONDER tiene diferentes significados. Aunque se aplica mas a los artistas que han sido conocidos por una sola canción. En 1992, LINDA PERRY escribió e interpretó "What's Up" junto a 3 amigos. Ellos eran 4 NON BLONDES. A pesar del titulo de la canción, la letra no menciona en ningún momento esta frase.
Fuente : http://music-history.tk/

WHAT'S UP

LYRICS

1.- Twenty-five years
25 años of my life still
de mi tranquila vida
trying to get up
intentando escalar
that great big hill
esa gran colina
of hope
de esperanza
for a destination
para un destino
I realized quickly
me di cuenta enseguida
when I knew I should
cuando supe
that the world
que el mundo
was made up of this
estaba hecho de ésta
brotherhood of man
hermandad de hombres
for whatever that means
para todo lo que ello signifique

2.- And so I cry
Y asi que grito
sometimes when
a veces cuando
I'm lying in bed
estoy en cama
just to get it all out
solo para sacar todo
what's in my head
lo que está en mi cabeza
And I, I am feeling
Y yo, yo me siento
a little peculiar
un poco rara
and so I wake
y asi me despierto
in the morning and
por la mañana y
I step outside
salgo fuera
and I take a deep breath
y respiro profundamente
then I get real high
entonces me siento bien
and I scream from
y grito
the top of my lungs
a todo pulmón
what's going on!
qué está pasando!

** And I say
Y digo
Hey, yeah yeah
Hey, si si
Hey Hey
Hey Hey
Hey, yeah yeah
Hey, si si
I said hey
He dicho hey
What's going on!
Qué está pasando!
And I try oh, my God do I try
Y lo intento oh, Dios mio si lo intento
I try all the time
lo intento todo el tiempo
in this institution
en ésta institución
and I pray oh, my God do I pray
y rezo oh, Dios mio si que rezo
I pray every single day for a revolution
rezo cada dia por una revolución


VOCABULARIO
1.- Hill = Montaña
2.- Quickly = Rápidamente
3.- Brotherhood = Hermandad
4.- Whatever = Lo que sea
5.- Lying = Tumbado
6.- Outside = Fuera
7.- Deep = Profundo
8.- Breath = Aliento, Respiro
9.- Scream = Grito, Gritar
10.- Lungs = Pulmones
11.- Try = Tratar, Intentar, Probar
12.- Pray = Oración, Plegaria, Rezo
13.- Realize = Darse cuenta
14.- Make up = Hacer, Construir
15.- Get out = Sacar

GRAMÁTICA

1.- En algunas partes notamos formas diferentes de expresión, para decir algo que parece más dificil de lo normal.

Ejemplo:

A) "Trying to GET UP that great big hill"
B) "I STEP outside"
C) "I scream FROM THE TOP OF my lungs"

En el nivel básico utilizamos GET UP de la siguiente forma:

I GET UP at 7 o'clock in the morning.

En el caso B, STEP es utilizado como verbo. También podríamos utilizar:

I go out.

Con FROM THE TOP OF la compositora indica algo en su máximo nivel. Un ejemplo del uso básico de ésta expresión es:

FROM THE TOP OF the mountain

2.- Apreciamos algunos ADJETIVOS :

a) That GREAT BIG hill

b) I am feeling A LITTLE peculiar

c) I take a DEEP breath

3.- En la parte final observamos un uso categórico de DO. Su situación es siempre en la segunda parte de la frase o cuando se quiere reafirmar algo que se ha dicho antes.

a) I try oh, my God DO I try

b) I pray oh, my God DO I pray


martes, 8 de septiembre de 2009

WH - QUESTIONS

Las WH-QUESTIONS se utilizan para pedir algún tipo de información, según la palabra que se utilice. Por ejemplo:
1:- What is your name? ¿Cuál es tu/su nombre?
(uát is iór néim?)
2.- Where do you live? ¿Dónde vive(s)?
((j)uér du iú lif)
3.- How old are you? ¿Qué edad tiene(s)?
(jáu old ar iú?)
4.- Who is that girl? ¿Quién es esa chica?
(jú is dat guerl?)
5.- When is your birthday? ¿Cuando es su/tu cumpleaños?
((j)uén is iór bérzdey)

Observemos otros ejemplos :

RICHARD SMITH is nineteen. He is one and sixty eight metres tall, and weighs seventy two kilos. (RICHARD ESMÍT is naintín. ji is uán and síksti eit míters tol, and uéigs seventy tú kilos)


En este ejemplo apreciamos la forma de informar acerca de nuestra edad, talla y peso.
Las preguntas para pedir este tipo de información son :

a) How old are you? ¿Qué edad tiene/tienes usted/tú?
b) How tall are you? ¿Cuánto mide(s) usted/tú?
c) How much do you weigh? ¿Cuánto pesa(s) usted/tú?

HAVE YOU GOT.......?
Esta es la forma británica para preguntar por la tenencia de algo. Ejemplo :

a) Have you got any children? ¿Tiene usted niños?
jaf iu got éni childrén?

b) Have you got a good memory? ¿Tiene buena memoria?
jaf iu got a gut mémori?

HOW MUCH / HOW MANY
Ambos se utilizan para preguntar "cuánto", pero :

a) HOW MUCH : se usa para preguntar por lo "incontable". Ejemplo:

How much cheese is there in the fridge? ¿Cuánto queso hay en la nevera?
jáo mach chís is der in de fritch?

How much money have you got? ¿Cuánto dinero tiene?
jáo mach máni haf iu got?

b) HOW MANY : se utiliza para preguntar por lo "contable". Ejemplo:

How many brothers and sisters have you got? ¿Cuántos hermanos y hermanas tiene?
jáo méni bráders and sísters jaf iu got?

How many languages do you speak? ¿Cuántos idiomas habla(s) usted/tú?
jáo méni lánguachés du iu espík?


Una buena práctica con estas palabras seria hacer 1 ó 2 preguntas por cada una.

NOTA : Estos ejemplos son una buena forma de recordar el significado de cada una de
las WH-QUESTIONS.