Halloween - vocabulario -

TRICK OR TREAT?!! 

Seguro que ya habéis escuchado esta expresión alguna vez. El significado es "truco o trato" (es una broma diciendo que si no les das golosinas harán alguna travesura).

More vocabulary related to Halloween:

Halloween	Noche de Brujas
bat	murciélago
black cat	gato negro
candy	caramelos
cobweb	telaraña
costume	disfraz
devil	diablo
ghost	fantasma
haunted house	casa embrujada
magic	magia
monster	monstruo
mummy	momia
pumpkin	calabaza
skeleton	esqueleto
spell	hechizo
spider	araña
vampire	vampiro
witch	bruja
wizard	brujo, mago

Ancient Origins of Halloween

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred.

Para seguir leyendo sobre Halloween y sus orígenes: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween

La paradoja del tiempo

Aquí tenéis "Real Reading" y ¡ mucho que pensar!

THE PARADOX OF OUR TIME

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. 

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. 

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. 

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. 

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete... 

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. 

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. 

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Cambiar de canal

Muchas veces existen varias expresiones para decir una misma cosa. Hoy veremos dos formas de decir "cambiar de canal" cuando vemos la televisión.

La primera (y más lógica para nosotros) es "change the channel":
 Please change to another channel, I don't like this program.
(Por favor cambia de canal, no me gusta este programa).

También tenemos la opción de usar el phrasal verb "turn over":
Whenever Belén Esteban is on TV, I turn over.
(Siempre que sale Belén Esteban en la tele, cambio de canal)

Train - Drive by -

Algunas expresiones y palabras útiles:

a drive by: something casual, superficial

overwhelmed: to overcome completely in mind or feeling

two-ply: consisting on two thicknesses, layers, strands, etc

hefty: heavy, big, strong

groovy: attractive, stimulating

up my sleeve: to have a secret plan

"to ya": to you

Spelling mistakes

Hay algunas palabras que nos pueden generar bastante confusión a la hora de escribirlas. Hay que tener bastante cuidado a la hora de hacer un examen ya que los "spelling mistakes" pueden hacer que perdamos puntos que nos den una buena nota o incluso nos hagan aprobar el examen.

Te propongo que encuentres la correcta:

writing - writting

wich - which

addres - address - adress 

business - bussines - bussiness

bycicle - bicycle

accommodation - acommodation - accomodation

definitily - definitely

finaly - finally

unbelievable - unveliable

goverment - government

wonderfull - wonderful

disappoint - dissappoint - dissapoint

Una vez hecha tu apuesta, compruébalo en el diccionario y ¡suerte!

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