Los animales también tienen su propio idioma.
Por ejemplo, un pájaro español (pio pio) no pía como uno inglés (tweet tweet)
Veamos algunas de las onomatopeyas de "animales ingleses":
Ovejas: baa
Grillos: chirp chirp
Perros: woof
Cerdos: oink
Gatos: meow
Vacas: moo
Patos: quak
Palomas: coo
Hay muchas más, pero para terminar una de las más divertidas:
El gallo: cock-a-doodle-doo
18/5/12
Tips
I called this blog English Tanitips but...what does "tips" mean?
Muchos alumnos conocen la palabra "tip" como "propina".
Pero tip también significa consejo. For example:
"I'll give you some tips to learn English"
(Te daré algunos consejos para aprender inglés)
De ahí viene el nombre de este blog: "Los consejos de Tani"
Otro significado es punta o extremo:
"Can you walk on the tips of your toes?"
(¿puedes andar de puntillas?)
Ahora aprende un idiom con esta palabra:
"This word is on the tip of my tongue"
(Tengo la palabra en la punta de la lengua)
Muchos alumnos conocen la palabra "tip" como "propina".
Pero tip también significa consejo. For example:
"I'll give you some tips to learn English"
(Te daré algunos consejos para aprender inglés)
De ahí viene el nombre de este blog: "Los consejos de Tani"
Otro significado es punta o extremo:
"Can you walk on the tips of your toes?"
(¿puedes andar de puntillas?)
Ahora aprende un idiom con esta palabra:
"This word is on the tip of my tongue"
(Tengo la palabra en la punta de la lengua)
17/5/12
Happyshifter
Una de las cosas más maravillosas de las lenguas es que están vivas. Algunas palabras y expresiones desaparecen por su falta de uso, pero al mismo tiempo aparecen nuevos términos.
Hoy vamos a aprender una de esas nuevas palabras: "Happyshifter".
Es un nuevo término que creo que poco a poco irá adquiriendo más fama, como "brunch", por ejemplo.
Lee este artículo obtenido de "uk.marketyou.com" y..¡ descubre si eres un happyshifter!
(Por cierto, serlo sienta muuuuuy bien)
Work is an essential part of our lives, a fundamental pillar in which we invest a lot of our time. However, when we are asked if we are happy with our jobs, the response is generally: “no”.
How is it possible that we invest so much time doing something that does not make us happy?
From all the answers which this question provokes, it is evident that we need to make different choices to the ones we have at present, for us to have job satisfaction.
It is within this context that the term “happyshifters” appear. These are people for whom work is a fundamental factor for achieving happiness.
We find them half way between the workaholics, people addicted to work, and the downshifters, those who decide to stop working because they cannot find what they want for the amount of hours they work. While the latter leave to have a simpler lifestyle as much as possible, the happyshifters find job satisfaction a must in order to be happy.
Many working people put forward the following as reasons for their happiness: good salary, close proximity to home or a job that is easy and simple to get to, and routine. Happyshifters, in contrast, put the satisfaction of doing their jobs first and foremost; they prioritize what that entails, and even scrutinize their professional profile and what they do in order to achieve that happiness, which makes them ideal candidates for the market or their organization.
This is an ideal which is increasingly gathering admirers and applicants. However, not everyone considers himself a happyshifter: Let us exclude those who are pessimistic, afraid of the future and unwilling to undertake any venture or lack knowledge of themselves; and similarly, those who feel panic when they have to take control of their lives and blame others for their personal or professional problems.
In contrast, those of you who believe that happiness is in your hands and strive to achieve it, congratulations. You may call yourself a happyshifter.
Hoy vamos a aprender una de esas nuevas palabras: "Happyshifter".
Es un nuevo término que creo que poco a poco irá adquiriendo más fama, como "brunch", por ejemplo.
Lee este artículo obtenido de "uk.marketyou.com" y..¡ descubre si eres un happyshifter!
(Por cierto, serlo sienta muuuuuy bien)
Work is an essential part of our lives, a fundamental pillar in which we invest a lot of our time. However, when we are asked if we are happy with our jobs, the response is generally: “no”.
How is it possible that we invest so much time doing something that does not make us happy?
From all the answers which this question provokes, it is evident that we need to make different choices to the ones we have at present, for us to have job satisfaction.
It is within this context that the term “happyshifters” appear. These are people for whom work is a fundamental factor for achieving happiness.
We find them half way between the workaholics, people addicted to work, and the downshifters, those who decide to stop working because they cannot find what they want for the amount of hours they work. While the latter leave to have a simpler lifestyle as much as possible, the happyshifters find job satisfaction a must in order to be happy.
Many working people put forward the following as reasons for their happiness: good salary, close proximity to home or a job that is easy and simple to get to, and routine. Happyshifters, in contrast, put the satisfaction of doing their jobs first and foremost; they prioritize what that entails, and even scrutinize their professional profile and what they do in order to achieve that happiness, which makes them ideal candidates for the market or their organization.
This is an ideal which is increasingly gathering admirers and applicants. However, not everyone considers himself a happyshifter: Let us exclude those who are pessimistic, afraid of the future and unwilling to undertake any venture or lack knowledge of themselves; and similarly, those who feel panic when they have to take control of their lives and blame others for their personal or professional problems.
In contrast, those of you who believe that happiness is in your hands and strive to achieve it, congratulations. You may call yourself a happyshifter.
14/5/12
7/5/12
Se acercan los exámenes
Ahora que se acercan los exámenes os quiero recordar la primera entrada que escribí en este blog:
"Nada en el mundo sustituye a la constancia. El talento no la sustituye, pues nada es tan corriente como los inteligentes frustrados. El genio tampoco, ya que resulta ser tópico el caso de los genios ignorados. Ni siquiera la educación sustituye a la constancia, pues el mundo está lleno de fracasados bien educados. Sólamente la constancia y la decisión lo consiguen todo"
¡¡Ánimo!!
"Nada en el mundo sustituye a la constancia. El talento no la sustituye, pues nada es tan corriente como los inteligentes frustrados. El genio tampoco, ya que resulta ser tópico el caso de los genios ignorados. Ni siquiera la educación sustituye a la constancia, pues el mundo está lleno de fracasados bien educados. Sólamente la constancia y la decisión lo consiguen todo"
¡¡Ánimo!!
22/4/12
EAT- ATE - EATEN
Un truquillo para no fallar más en la pronunciación del pasado del verbo comer "to eat".
Lo pronunciaremos como el número ocho (eight). Así de sencillo!
"Yesterday I ate ("eight") a huge pizza"
(Ayer me comí una pizza gigante)
"Yesterday I ate ("eight") a huge pizza"
(Ayer me comí una pizza gigante)
17/4/12
¿Cómo se pronuncia "walk"?- Silent L-
El verbo andar "to walk" normalmente da problemas a los estudiantes en cuanto a su pronunciación.
¿Cómo se pronuncia esta palabra? Os dejo una pista para que ya no lo olvideis!
¿Cómo se pronuncia esta palabra? Os dejo una pista para que ya no lo olvideis!
Exacto! No volveremos a pronunciar la "L" bajo ningún concepto! (y esa "a" se convertirá en una "o").
Este concepto en inglés se llama la "Silent L". Son palabras en las que la letra L es muda.
Otros ejemplos: half , could, would, should, palm, almond, calm, talk, chalk, salmon.
12/4/12
More lyrics
Os recuerdo que "lyrics" significa letra de una canción.
En la parte derecha del blog, si pinchas en la etiqueta "lyrics" encontrás todas las canciones con sus letras.
Aquí tenéis a Iggy Pop y su "The passenger" para seguir practicando vuestra pronunciación y aprender nuevo vocabulario.
En la parte derecha del blog, si pinchas en la etiqueta "lyrics" encontrás todas las canciones con sus letras.
Aquí tenéis a Iggy Pop y su "The passenger" para seguir practicando vuestra pronunciación y aprender nuevo vocabulario.
11/4/12
Inglés para niños
Durante mi experiencia laboral he visto la gran diferencia que hay entre niños que empiezan a aprender inglés a edades tempranas (3-4 años) y los que empiezan más tarde (6-7 años).
Dependiendo de las capacidades y personalidad del niño podemos empezar a enseñarles este idioma que tanto les servirá en el futuro desde los 3 años (o antes) mediante juegos, canciones y dibujos.
Peppa Pig es un buen ejemplo para ello, si les ponemos estos dibujos en inglés desde el principio se acostumbrarán sin problemas e irán haciendo oído y aprendiendo vocabulario sin darse cuenta y divirtiéndose (que es lo más importante).
Hide and Seek: el juego del escondite.
Dependiendo de las capacidades y personalidad del niño podemos empezar a enseñarles este idioma que tanto les servirá en el futuro desde los 3 años (o antes) mediante juegos, canciones y dibujos.
Peppa Pig es un buen ejemplo para ello, si les ponemos estos dibujos en inglés desde el principio se acostumbrarán sin problemas e irán haciendo oído y aprendiendo vocabulario sin darse cuenta y divirtiéndose (que es lo más importante).
Hide and Seek: el juego del escondite.
6/4/12
Pascua
How do you say Pascua in English? Easter
How do you say Semana Santa in English? Holy Week
More vocabulary:
Easter bunny: conejo de Pascua
Easter egg: huevo de Pascua
Good Friday: Viernes Santo
Easter Saturday: Sábado Santo
Easter Sunday: Domingo de Resurrección
Palm Sunday: Domingo de Ramos
HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYBODY!
How do you say Semana Santa in English? Holy Week
More vocabulary:
Easter bunny: conejo de Pascua
Easter egg: huevo de Pascua
Good Friday: Viernes Santo
Easter Saturday: Sábado Santo
Easter Sunday: Domingo de Resurrección
Palm Sunday: Domingo de Ramos
HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYBODY!
2/4/12
Catherine speaks about Denmark
Aquí tenéis otro vídeo para practicar vuestro listening.
Podéis encontrar todos los vídeos también en mi canal de youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tanitips/videos
Podéis encontrar todos los vídeos también en mi canal de youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tanitips/videos
24/3/12
Próxima convocatoria B1 Valencia
El día 31 de marzo se cierra el plazo para inscribirse en el British Council para hacer el examen PET de Cambridge (nivel B1). El examen será el día 7 de junio.
Tenemos clase de preparación para este examen todos los lunes de 11.45 a 13.15 h.
Para más información: tanitips@yahoo.es
Link del British Council para inscribirse al examen: http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain/exams/cambridge/dates-locations?field_city2_nid=All&field_exam_type_nid[]=41
Tenemos clase de preparación para este examen todos los lunes de 11.45 a 13.15 h.
Para más información: tanitips@yahoo.es
Link del British Council para inscribirse al examen: http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain/exams/cambridge/dates-locations?field_city2_nid=All&field_exam_type_nid[]=41
20/3/12
Hablando del....
How do you say.... "Hablando del rey de Roma" in English?
"Speak/ Talk of the Devil"
For example:
Margaret: I haven't seen Edna for ages....
Sandi: Look! Here comes Edna!
Margaret: Well, talk of the devil. How're you Edna?.......
18/3/12
Father's Day
We celebrate Father's Day on the 19th of March but let's see what happens in other countries:
In the United Kingdom, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.
In the United States, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.
In Canada, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life.
In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognise fathers in the Father of the Year Award.
In the United Kingdom, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.
In the United States, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.
In Canada, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life.
In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognise fathers in the Father of the Year Award.
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Fallas
Noticia sobre las Fallas en Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/17/festival-fire-lights-up-in-valencia-for-10-day-fiesta/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/17/festival-fire-lights-up-in-valencia-for-10-day-fiesta/
8/3/12
Belle and Sebatian
Belle and Sebastian are a band from Glasgow
Another sunny day,
I met you up in the garden
You were digging plants,
I dug you, beg your pardon
I took a photograph of you
in the herbaceous border
It broke the heart of men
and flowers and girls and trees
Another rainy day,
we're trapped inside with a train set
Chocolate on the boil,
steamy windows when we met
You've got the attic window
looking out on the cathedral
And on a Sunday evening
bells ring out in the dusk
Another day in June,
we'll pick eleven for football
We're playing for our lives
the referee gives us fuck all
I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines
Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds
Everybody's gone
you picked me up for a long drive
We take the tourist route
the nights are light until midnight
We took the evening ferry over to the peninsula
We found the avenue of trees went up to the hill
That crazy avenue of trees, I'm living there still
There's something in my eye
a little midge so beguiling
Sacrificed his life to bring us both eye to eye
I heard the Eskimos
remove obstructions with tongues, dear
You missed my eye,
I wonder why, I didn't complain
You missed my eye,
I wonder why, please do it again
The lovin is a mess
what happened to all of the feeling?
I thought it was for real;
babies, rings and fools kneeling
And words of pledging trust
and lifetimes stretching forever
So what went wrong?
It was a lie, it crumbled apart
Ghost figures of past,
present, future haunting the heart
7/3/12
Just for a laugh
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.PARAPROSDOKIANS...(Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous:
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening,' then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. Amen
4/3/12
Algunos phrasal verbs
Los phrasal verbs suelen ser una pesadilla, pero poco a poco tenemos que ir aprendiendo algunos!
Los phrasal verbs que os indico a continuación se exigen en el examen del B1. Intenta adivinar su significado por el contexto de la frase, y luego compruébalo con el diccionario.
She grew up in China that's why she speaks Chinese.
Would you like to set up your own company?
I get on very well with my boss.
They found out that someone broke into their house.
Stop making up excuses and come here!
Los phrasal verbs que os indico a continuación se exigen en el examen del B1. Intenta adivinar su significado por el contexto de la frase, y luego compruébalo con el diccionario.
She grew up in China that's why she speaks Chinese.
Would you like to set up your own company?
I get on very well with my boss.
They found out that someone broke into their house.
Stop making up excuses and come here!
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