This video, which my friend Valme posted on her Facebook, is one of the most beautiful speeches I´ve ever heard. As she is so generous, I know she won´t get angry if I release it here on my blog. It´s only six minutes long, but made me cry.
To women, especially housewives and mothers, to my students´ mothers, who also visit my blog, and...to MY mother, with all my love.
lunes, 30 de agosto de 2010
domingo, 29 de agosto de 2010
STEP UP 3
If you like street dance, you shouldn´t miss Step Up 3. Grab the pop corn and enjoy the soundtrack and the show. Girls, pay special attention to Luke (Rick Malambri) ;)
miércoles, 25 de agosto de 2010
The Simpsons
Do you like watching TV? What´s your favourite
TV programme?
I´m sure most of you like THE SIMPSONS. So, read
about this famous series and look up in your
dictionary the words you don´t know.
The Simpsons is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a working-class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family,which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 27 Primetime Emmy Awards, 27 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999
issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
The Simpsons is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a working-class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family,which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 27 Primetime Emmy Awards, 27 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999
issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms. lunes, 23 de agosto de 2010
miércoles, 18 de agosto de 2010
PAST SIMPLE
Sigamos repasando, chic@s. Uno de los tiempos que suele costar trabajo manejar es el Past Simple, sobre todo por los verbos irregulares. Haceros con una buena lista y tenedla siempre a mano. En internet encontrareis muchas.
Verbos Irregulares
Recordad que...
El Pasado Simple se suele utilizar para referirnos a acciones que tuvieron lugar en un momento concreto del pasado. En este caso se utilizan partículas como yesterday (ayer) o last year (el pasado año).
She finished school last year -> Acabó el colegio el pasado año.
También se utiliza el pasado para acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado y que han finalizado, aunque no se mencione el momento preciso.
Who wrote that letter? -> ¿Quién escribió esta carta?
Para formar el pasado debemos poner el verbo en su forma pasada, y es aquí donde viene la difilcultad. Lo primero, tenemos que distinguir dos clases de verbos: los regulares y los irregulares.
Reglas para los verbos regulares
Los verbos regulares, para pasarlos al pasado, tienen que acabar en -ed. Esto como regla general, porque existen las ecepciones que veremos enseguida.
to listen (escuchar) -> listened
Solo tenemos que añadir la ''d'' cuando el verbo ya acaba en e.
to change (cambiar) -> changed
Si la última vocal del verbo está formada por consonante-vocal-consonante, y es en esta última consonante donde recae el acento, tenemos que doblar dicha consonante. También si el verbo acaba en l tenemos que doblarla.
to stop (parar) -> stopped
to travel (viajar) -> travelled
Negación e interrogación del pasado simple
Para formar las preguntas en el pasado simple nos tenemos que valer del auxiliar to do en su forma pasada, que es did para todas las personas de la conjugación. Los verbos que no necesitan auxiliar, como to have, se utilizará nen pasado (son irregulares).
Did you go to the party? -> ¿Fuistes a la fiesta?Como se aprecia en el ejemplo, el verbo está en presente. Esto es así porque el auxiliar es el que indica el pasado, con lo que el verbo principal se pone en presente. Esto hay que tenerlo muy en cuenta.
Para negar también utilizamos el auxiliar to do en su forma pasada., acompañándolo con el verbo principal en presente. El verbo auxiliar se contrae con la partícula not.
I didn´t go to the party -> No fui a la fiesta.
Una actividad para practicar este tiempo podría consistir en una composición sobre qué hicísteis el día de ayer, por ejemplo. Usad verbos que resuman la rutina diaria (get up, have breakfast, go out with friends, stay at home, watch TV, go to bed...) horas del día, adjetivos que califiquen las cosas de las que hablais y adverbios que describan bien las acciones realizadas. Los alumnos suspensos de 3º y 4º podéis mandármelas al correo y os las devuelvo corregidas. Vale? Venga, ánimo...NEVER GIVE UP!!!!
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