Año bisiesto

Today it is the 29th of February which means that this is a LEAP YEAR.

Hoy es el 29 de febrero lo que quiere decir que estamos en un año bisiesto.

A year that is not a leap year is called "a common year".

A tradition says that in a leap year a woman can propose marriage to a man....so go for it!

Una tradición dice que en los años bisiestos las mujeres pueden pedir matrimonio a los hombres...así que ánimo!

Colin and his trip to India

A real adventure and a REAL challenge to practise your listening!

Preposiciones de movimiento

Aprender las preposiciones en inglés es una ardua tarea, pero poco a poco hay que aprenderlas para que nuestro inglés suene más natural.

Hoy vamos a ver las "Prepositions of movement":

BY: by train, by car, by ship, by ferry, by boat, by plane

"We went to Liverpool by plane"
(Fuimos a Liverpool en avión)

A veces cambiamos la preposición cuando usamos "with, a, his, the, etc..."

Examples: It was very cold on the plane (hacía mucho frio en el avión)
                I saw her in a taxi (la ví en un taxi)
                He usually goes to school on his bike (normalmente va al colegio en bici)

OJO: Nunca diremos "by foot" NO!

Usaremos "on foot " YES!

" The car broke down and we had to go on foot"
"El coche se averió y tuvimos que ir andando/ a pie"

OJO (también):  in the car / on the bus

"I can't talk to you now because I am on the bus"
"No puedo hablar ahora porque estoy en el autobús"

" She decided to go in her car"
"Decidió ir en su coche" (de ella)

Dory Previn

Dory Previn is one of my favourite singers and she has died today.

News from the BBC to practise your reading:

Dory Previn, the US singer and composer who collaborated with former husband Andre on two Oscar-nominated songs, has died in Massachusetts at the age of 86.

Born Dorothy Veronica Langan in 1925, she began as a lyricist before finding success as a solo artist in the 1970s.
She married Andre Previn in 1959 and worked with him on the theme to 1967's Valley of the Dolls.
After he left her for Mia Farrow, she recorded such albums as On My Way to Where and Mythical Kings and Iguanas.
Award success came at last in 1983, when she received an Emmy for co-writing the theme song to TV show Two Of A Kind.

More information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17041329




yada yada yada yada yada
let's stop talking talking talking
wasting precious time
just a lot of empty noise
that isn't worth a dime
words of wonder
words of whether
should we shouldn't we
be together
yada yada yada yada yada yada
let's stop talking talking talking
taking up our lives
saying things that don't make sense
hoping help arrives
curse my questions
damn your qualms
tomorrow they could be
dropping bombs
and we go yada yada yada yada yada
so we sit
at a restaurant table
discussing reasons
we're unable to commit
that's not it
all i want
is to please and enjoy you
what makes you think
i'll be out to destroy you
if you commit
that's not it
is it something you sense
underneath my defenses
that makes me a threat
that's not it
and yet
suppose that's it
 I don't want to
think about that now
let's stop talking talking talking
every lame excuse
justifying alibying
listen what's the use
the sparrow chirps
the chipmunk chatters
and we go on as mad as a hatter
and nothing at all gets said
talk to me please
in bed
where it matters
yada yada yada yada yada

LADY WITH THE BRAID

would you care to stay till sunrise
it's completely your decision
it's just that going home is such a ride
going home is such a ride
going home is such a ride
going home is such a low and lonely ride

would you hang your denim jacket
near the poster by picasso
do you sleep on the left side or the right
would you mind if i leave on the light
would you mind if it isn't too bright
now i need the window open
so if you happen to get chilly
there's this coverlet my cousin hand crocheted
do you mind if the edges are frayed
would you like to unfasten my braid

shall i make you in the morning
as cup of instant coffee
i will sweeten it with honey and with cream
when you sleep
do you have dreams?
you can read the early paper
and i can watch you while you shave
oh god the mirror's cracked
when you leave
will you come back?
you don't have to answer that at all
the bathroom door is just across the hall
you'll find an extra towel on the rack
on the paisley patterned papered wall
there's a comb on the shelf
i papered that wall myself
that wall
myself

would you care to stay till sunrise
it's completely your decision
it's just the night cuts through me like a knife
would you care to stay awhile and save my life?
would you care to stay awhile and save my life?
i don't know what made me say that
i've got this funny sense of humor
you know i could not be downhearted it i tried
it's just that going home is such a ride
going home is such a ride
going home is such a ride
isn't going home is such a low and lonely ride?

Escuela Oficial Idiomas Valencia

¡Atención!

Ya se ha abierto el plazo de matrícula para inscribirse por libre a los exámenes de la EOI Valencia.

El link: http://www.eoivalencia.es/es/secretaria/pruebas-certificacion/1172-matricula-libre-2012.html

Información sobre los exámes oficiales:

http://tanitips.blogspot.com/2011/11/examenes-oficiales-y-marco-comun.html

Clases de preparación para hacer el B1 por libre:
http://tanitips.blogspot.com/2011/11/grupo-preparacion-examen-b1.html

Adele - Someone like you - lyrics

Practise your English with this beautiful song!

¡Salud!

How do you say....."estornudar" in English? The verb is "To sneeze"

Example "She is sneezing because she has a cold"
              "Ella está estornudando porque está constipada".

¿Y qué podemos decir cuando alguien estornuda?

Lo normal es decir "bless you" que significa "bendiciones".

A legend holds that it was believed that the heart stops beating and the phrase "bless you" is meant to ensure the return of life.