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Graduação em Letras - Português/Inglês pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - Unioeste (2010); Mestrado na Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC); Doutorado em Estudos da Tradução pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; atualmente exerce o cargo efetivo de Professor de Magistério Superior na área de Língua Inglesa e Respectivas Literaturas, em regime de Dedicação Exclusiva, na Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), em Cruzeiro do Sul, AC. Pesquisadora na área de Processos de Retextualização, com foco na Tradução Literária, realizando tradução comentada de antologia do escritor Norte-Americano Edward Gorey. Tem experiência no ensino de Língua Inglesa, Literaturas de Língua Inglesa, Fonética e Fonologia da Língua Inglesa. Frequentou cursos de aperfeiçoamento da Língua Inglesa pela Universidade Estadual de Kennesaw, no estado da Georgia - EUA, assim como Certificação Internacional em Língua Inglesa pela Universidade de Cambridge - FCE.

Are you studying for the Cambridge FCE exam? Need some help? We’ll be talking about that and climate change vocabulary on this week’s episode of…...AIRC Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  Voice message from Andress and Lulu who are living in Yorkshire, UK We spoke about the pronunciation of irregular verbs in episode 73 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/10/18/pronunciation-of-irregular-verbs-airc73/  ) We also spoke about the 'ed' endings on regular verbs in episode 60 ( https://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/07/19/the-ed-ending-on-past-regular-verbs-airc60-2/  ) XWe are living in Yorkshire since one year ago.X - We’ve been living in Yorkshire for a year. We came to Yorkshire a year ago. How long have you been living in Valencia? - Living in your flat? - Speaking Spanish? Email from Alberto Diaz Hello Craig and also Reza "The dynamic duo" hahaha Please help me, I have a doubt How we can realize what "time" has the verb could in the next sentence? (How can we know which tense the verb ‘could’ is in the next sentence?): “I could go to the party.” Past: Pude/Podía ir a la fiesta Subjuntivo: Podría ir a la fiesta. How (does) a native speaker figure out the exact tense (past or subjunctive)? Thanks in advance I could go to the party - It’s a possibility - Conditional - If I had a car, I could go to the party (but I don’t have a car, so I can’t) Past ability - I could go to the (firm’s Christmas) party before I became an alcoholic (I was able to) If I could (PAST-pudiera) run faster, maybe I could (CONDITIONAL-podría) be a famous athlete some day. Voice message from Sira from Sabadell I live near Barcelona (or 'next to') I?m enjoying the podcast (or 'I'm enjoying IT') “Thank you for all” - Thank you for everything We already looked at some useful vocabulary about The Environment in Episode 96: http://www.inglespodcast.com/2016/03/28/nature-and-the-environment-airc96/  Climate Change Vocabulary Climate change - change in global weather patterns Emissions - gasses and smoke from power stations and factories burning coal and from car exhaust fumes (carbon dioxide). Greenhouse gases - gases that allow the sun’s radiation to pass through the earth’s atmosphere. They also trap heat and stop it leaving the atmosphere (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) The greenhouse effect - the effect that greenhouse gases have on the environment Fossil fuels - gas, oil, coal etc Ecosystems - natural habitats that support different kinds of animal and plant life, such as coral reefs. Carbon footprint - The measure of greenhouse gas emitted by certain actions of humans or industries. Extreme weather - flooding, typhoons/hurricanes, tornados, etc. Flash flooding - very severe flooding which happens extremely quickly Desertification Deforestation Rising sea levels rising ice caps Food/Water shortages drought Illegal logging - cutting down trees illegally Heatwaves - periods of unusually hot weather Climate change denier - person who denies/rejects the existence of climate change The polar ice cap is melting Floods, droughts and other extreme weather conditions lead to food shortages The ozone layer protecting the Earth’s atmosphere is being damaged Useful Expressions As a result of…. Has an impact on... Is a consequence of... A rise in temperature could lead to….. There’s a high risk of… Long-term consequences Voice message from Mamen (Thank you for the cheese!) http://www.flo-joe.com/  http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/fce_listening.html  http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/first/  - You can change the language to Spanish at the top right hand side of the page (on a desktop) La Mansión del Inglés First Certificate Course: http://store.mansioningles.net/downloads/first-certificate-course/   http://www.getspokenapp.com/   ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us a voice message and tell us what you think. https://www.speakpipe.com/inglespodcast   Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. 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Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Happy New Year everybody! I can't believe we're already in 2013. Another year goes by and I'm really excited about 2013 and all the new material we'll be bringing you to help you improve your English. So thank you very much for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 57 recorded for January 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico vamos a practicar las preguntas con la forma ing del verbo, y también un poco de vocabulario de las tiendas - Shops.  En el nivel intermedio practicamos confusing words - algunas palabras que se puede confundir en inglés and also there are some sentence transformations of the type commonly found in the Cambridge FCE exam. There are some more idioms to study in the advanced section, and  there's business vocabulary as usual, and of course many more ideas and resources to help you improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Ok so, let's begin then as usual with el nivel básico. En el primer ejercicio del nivel básico, tenias que completar algunas frases con el verbo en su forma de gerundio - ...ing. Escucha las frases y repítelas. Escucha: Do you like studying at night? Repite: at night - studying - studying at night - Do you like? - Do you like studying at night? Escucha: Do you like driving at night? Repite: driving - driving at night - Do you like? - Do you like driving at night? Escucha: Do you like sunbathing? Repite: sunbathing - Do you like? - Do you like sunbathing? Escucha: Do you like watching TV in bed?  Repite: in bed - watching TV - watching TV in bed - Do you like? - Do you like watching TV in bed? Escucha: Do you like going to bars?  Repite: bars - going to - going to  bars - Do you like? - Do you like going to bars? Escucha: What do you like doing at the weekend?  Repite: weekend - at the weekend - doing at the weekend - What do you like? - What do you like doing at the weekend? Escucha: Do you like travelling by plane?  Repite: by plane - travelling by plane - Do you like? - Do you like travelling by plane? Escucha: Do you like buying clothes? Repite: clothes - buying clothes - Do you like? - Do you like buying clothes? Escucha: Do you like working with a computer?   Repite: computer - with a - with a computer - working with a computer - Do you like? - Do you like working with a computer? Escucha: Do you like doing housework? Repite: housework - doing housework - Do you like? - Do you like doing housework? Very good! Luego hemos practicado algunas tiendas. ¿Cómo se dice 'tienda' en inglés? - shop - repite - shop. Escucha las tiendas en español y intenta decir el inglés antes que yo. Luego, repite la palabra en inglés para practicar la pronunciación. panadería - baker's supermercado - supermarket zapatería - shoe shop optica - optician's fruitería - fruit shop peluquería - hairdresser's librería - book shop centro comercial - shopping centre (UK) / shopping mall (US) farmacia - chemist's (UK) / drugstore (US) carnicería - butcher's Very good! - ¡Muy bien! Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we had the following confusing words: insist         persuade                advice      advise      make       suggest Listen to the sentences and repeat them. I suggest buying a new computer. suggest is followed by a gerund - I suggest looking, They suggested renting a car etc. Listen: I suggest buying a new computer. Repeat: I suggest buying a new computer. She insists on sitting in the front row. Row es fila - repeat: row - in the front row (en la primera fila) She always insists on sitting in the front row. Fijate en la preposición on. To insist on doing something. Listen: She insists on sitting in the front row. Repeat: She insists on sitting in the front row. He didn't want to go, but I managed to persuade him. You persuade someone to do something. Listen: I managed to persuade him to go. Repeat: I managed to persuade him to go. If you take my advice, you’ll go and see a doctor. Advice (consejo) is something you take and you give. You give someone advice and you take advice from someone. Advice, with a 'c', is the noun. The verb is to advise, with an 's'. Listen: advise - Listen: He advised me to wait. Repeat: He advised me to wait.   Listen: We advise customers to check their change. Repeat: We advise customers to check their change. Advice, with a 'c' is an uncountable noun. I'll give you some advice, or I'll give you a piece of advice. No se dice Xan adviceX. Listen: Take my advice, go and see a doctor. Repeat: Take my advice, go and see a doctor. I can’t make you help me, but I would be very grateful if you did. To make someone do something means almost to force them to do it (forzar). Dad made me clean his car. Mum made me do my homework. You can't make me do it! Notice that we say make someone do something. No se dice Xmake someone to do something.X Listen: I can’t make you help me Repeat: I can’t make you help me. Moving on to the next exercise in the intermediate section, we studied sentence transformations of the kind found in the Cambridge FCE exam. If you're studying for this exam. you can find more practice on our website mansioningles.com in the First Certificate section. Listen and repeat the sentences to practise pronunciation: He suggested going to the cinema. If I were you I would talk to my parents. He didn't have the strength to lift the desk. La Mansión del Inglés was set up in 2001. Julia is really keen on Pepito. The last time I wrote to Diana was before she left for Argentina. They put me in charge of research and development. My parents really had a good time in Ireland. The new hospital will be opened by the Prime Minister. Excellent! - Well done! If you like these podcasts, and if you are learning more English with these podcasts, you can buy full lessons for only 1 euro and 40 centimos from our online shop - nuestra tienda online. Las lecciones están a nivel intermedio (B1). Puedes encontrarlas en mansioninglesdescargas.wazala.com that's: mansioninglesdescargas - todo junto - punto . wazala.com. Cada leccion vale 1.40 euros y dura approx. 1 hora y 15 minutos y cada leccion está en el formato mp3 lleva su trascripcion en formato PDF. There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the Spanish equivalent. For example, what was Quien mala cama hace, en ella se yace / El que hace la paga?  En inglés it's; "You've made your bed, now lie in it!" In other words, you've created this situation for yourself, now you have to deal with it - you must deal with the consequences of your actions. - "You've made your bed, now lie in it!" What about: Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda? - "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." - a sow - S-O-W - es una cerda - a female pig. Repeat: sow - "You can't make a silk purse (un monedero de seda) out of a sow's ear." The next idiom was: A la ocasion la pintan calva. - In English it's: “You have to strike while the iron is hot.” - to strike means to hit. - “You have to strike while the iron is hot.” What about, No hay mas cera que la que arde. - “What you see is what you get.” And the next one was, El tiempo lo cura todo. - Do you remember? “Time heals all wounds.” wound is herida and to heal is curar, so it's quite similar to the Spanish idiom. “Time heals all wounds.” And lastly, we had Dime con quien andas, y te dire quien eres. in English it's, “You can judge a man by the company he keeps.”  Ah yes, that's very true. Show me your friends and I'll know who you are! - “You can judge a man by the company he keeps.”  Listen to the idioms again and repeat them: "You've made your bed, now lie in it!" "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." “You have to strike while the iron is hot.” “Time heals all wounds.” “What you see is what you get.” “You can judge a man by the company he keeps.” Also in the advanced section, we had a multiple meaning words exercise. The first word with a multiple meaning was flag. You can flag someone down, which means to signal them to stop. Repeat: to flag someone down - the police flagged me down. When someone important dies, it's customary to fly a flag at half mast. mast is mástil in Spanish, so the flat is halfway up the mástil, the mast. Another meaning of flag, when flag is a verb is desfallacer, flaquear or decaer. Their strength flagged - Les fallaron or les flaquearon las fuerzas. She began to flag at the end of the race. Mean was the next word. Mean can mean the opposite of generous. To be mean with money, tacaño, She's so mean she never buys me lunch! Mean also means significar. What does this word mean? Mean can also mean unkind or nasty - malo - It was really mean of you - Fue una maldad de tu parte. - You were really mean to me - Me trataste muy mal. Stall was the next word - S-T-A-L-L. A stall in a market is un puesto en un marcado - a market stall. As a verb, to stall for time means to delay. "Stop stalling - no andes con rodeos or con evasivas. an engine can stall - parar or ahogar - My car stalled this morning on the way to work. In business, you can stall negociations. paralizar - They want to try and stall the proceedings - Quieren dilatar el proceso. - Try and stall her - trata de entretenerla. Seal is una foca, but it also means sello and cierre hermético -  He gave the plan his seal of approval - dio su aprobación al plan. The phrasal verb to seal off means acordonar o cerrar - The police sealed off the area because of a bomb scare. Spare can mean not in use (de más) - Have you got a spare umbrella you could lend me? - ¿Tienes un paraguas de más que me puedas prestar? Have you got any spare paper - ¿Tienes un poco de papel que no te haga falta? As a verb, it means to do without; Can you spare your dictionary for a moment? - ¿Me permites el diccionario un momento, si no lo necesitas? - Can you spare your dictionary for a moment? If you can spare the time - si tienes or dispones de tiempo. Please help me, if you can spare the time. To spare can also mean to give -  to spare (sb) sth - can you spare me a pound? - ¿Tienes una libra que me prestes? Can you spare me a few minutes? - ¿Tienes unos minutos? - Can you spare me a few minutes? In the Business English section we looked at some more business English vocabulary. To attend a meeting means to be present at a meeting, in Spanish asistir - Do I have to attend the meeting? Repeat: Do I have to attend the meeting? The verb to ensure means asegurar o garantizar. They ensured that everyone was invited. -  Aseguraban que todos habían sido invitados. Repeat:  to ensure - They ensured that everyone was invited. Drill means taladro the verb to drill is taladrar, but a fire drill es un simulacro de incendio. The practice of procedure in case of a fire. Repeat: Fire drill - Yesterday, we had a fire drill ar work. To follow up means poner en práctica. Repeat: to follow up - Please follow up the phone call with an email. - I've been told I have to make a follow-up appointment with the doctor. - Me dijeron que tengo que hacer la próxima cita con el doctor. Well that's all we have time for on this podcast, but don't worry, we'll be back with you next month with another follow-up podcast from our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno de inglés mensual. Remember, you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on iTunes. Si te gusta este podcast, puedes hacernos un gran favor y escribe por favor una corta critíca en iTunes. ¿Como se dice crítica o reseña en inglés? - Review - to write a review. If you write a review on iTunes (si escibes una crítica en iTunes) más personas pueden escucharnos porque subimos en el 'ranking' de iTunes. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send me an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Happy New Year and bye for now! The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.                                            

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello again to all of you and welcome to Mansión Inglés podcast number 43, recorded for November 2011. Taking your English to the next level. En el nivel básico este mes hemos practicado los verbos en el presente. Vamos a comprobar el significado de los verbos. ¿Cómo se dice fumar en inglés? – to smoke. Do you smoke? Repite: Do you smoke? I smoke, she smokes, he…smokes. He smokes 2 packs a day. – 2 paquetes al día. Repite: He smokes 2 packs a day. ¿Cómo se dice trabajar? – to work. I work, you work, he….works, she?....works. She works hard –trabaja duro – Repite: She works hard - she works in a café – Repite: - she works in a café - she works at home. ¿Qué es el verbo beber en ingles? – to drink – He drinks a lot of beer. Repite: He drinks a lot of beer. I don’t drink wine – I don’t drink tea or coffee – Do you drink tea?  ¿Cómo se dice “Ir al cine” en ingles?: go to the cinema. Go to – go to - go to work – Repite:  go to work - go to school – go to university – El pasado de go es…. went – I went to New York - I went to New York last year - Repite:   I went to New York last year – We went to Paris on Holiday. Where did you go last weekend? – Last weekend – go last weekend - Where did you go last weekend?  Escuchar en ingles es: to listen. No olvides que normalmente listen lleva la preposición ‘to’. I listen to music every day. Repite:  I listen to music every day.  Do you listen to the BBC? You should listen to your mum. – Un significado del verbo tener es have. – I have - I have a new car. El uso de ‘got' - `I've got a new car' está mucho más extendido en el inglés británico que en el inglés americano. Los americanos prefieren la forma `I have’. Entonces,  “I’ve got” en el ingles británico, “I have” en el ingles americano. Repite: I have a new car' – I have, you have, we have, he….has, she….has, it…..has, they….have. They have five children – Repite: They have five children or They’ve got five children. Repite: They’ve got five children. - They’ve got five children. El verbo To watch es mirar o ver – Watch me! – mirame – repite: Watch me! - My mum watches TV in the morning. Fichate en la pronunciación de la tercera persona he watches, she watches - Repite: he watches – he watches TV - she watches - she watches - she watches TV in the morning. ¿Cómo se dice leer en ingles? – to read – I read photography magazines. Repite: I read photography magazines. – magazines = revistas - I can’t read French. Repite: I can’t read French. - Do you read newspapers? Repite: Do you read newspapers? El verbo vivir es to live. Where do you live? Repite: Where do you live?  - I live in Valencia. My family lives in Spain. Very good! - ¡Muy bién! También hemos practicado him, her, it and them. Listen and repeat - Escucha y repite: Do you like Swimming?   Yes, I love it. What do you think of Lady Gaga?  I don’t like her Do I like chocolate cookies? Yes I love them What do I think about golf? I hate it Monday mornings?  I hate them Do you like shopping for clothes? Yes, I love it Do you like Colin Farrell? Yes, I really like him What’s your opinion of classical music? I don’t really like it What do you think about cats? I don’t like them Do I like getting up early? I don’t mind it Do you like horror films? No, I hate them Jennifer Lopez? I love her Escucha de nuevo y contesta las preguntas usando him, her, it o them. Do you like Swimming?   What do you think of Lady Gaga?  Do you like chocolate cookies? What do you think about golf? Do you like Monday mornings?  Do you like shopping for clothes? Do you like Colin Farrell? What’s your opinion of classical music? What do you think about cats? Do you like getting up early? Do you like horror films? Do you like Jennifer Lopez? Great! – Now, moving on to our intermediate section this month we looked at Comparatives and Superlatives But before that I want to talk to you about our PACK COMPLETO. The Mansion Ingles Pack ahorro complete. It’s a special offer of ALL of our cds at a great price. All 9 Mansion Ingles cds. There’s a business English cd, a cd for the Cambridge FCE exam. There’s Mansion Travel and many more. 9 cds for only 99 Euros. You save 112 Euros, and we pay the postage wherever you are in the world. Now that’s a good deal. Es una oferta muy buena. For more details, and to order the cds, just click the cd icon on the right side of the home page at mansioningles.com. Ok, back to the English and comparatives and superlatives. Superlatives have the definite article the in front of them. For example: The fastest – lo más rápido - The fastest - the oldest, the smallest, the most expensive. If the word is quite long, say 3 syllables or more, use most and least (most=más y least= menos). The most expensive, the least attractive. If the word is short, add –est: The smallest, the nicest, the ugliest etc. Listen and repeat: I like you the most. – This is the worst coffee I’ve ever tasted – My phone was cheaper than yours. – Which is the best Beatles song? – Where’s the nearest supermarket? – This jacket is much warmer – He’s the most intelligent person I know. – He’s funnier than you – iPhones are more expensive than Nokia phones. – Of all the cities in the UK, I like Birmingham the least. – I’m better at art than science. Great! – Ok, now let’s look at some confusing vocabulary. First the differerence between to meet and to know because in Spanish it’s the same verb – conocer – Como se dice “Me algro a conocerte” en inglés – Nice to meet you. Repeat: Nice to meet you. – Use the verb to meet when it’s the first time you meet someone. – la primera vez – the first time. After the first time, after the introduction, you know the person.- Lo conoces – you know them -  Here are two examples: I met Maria last July – I’ve known her for 4 months. Repeat: When did you meet her? How long have you known her? Another confusing pair of words is to lend and to borrow. You lend TO someone and borrow FROM someone. So, the bank lends you money. You borrow money from the bank. Repeat: Can I borrow your pen? - Can you lend me your pen? David lent me his camera. – I borrowed this camera from David. Next are the two verbs to listen and to hear. As I said at the beginning of the podcast, listen is often followed by to. Repeat: listen to music – listen to the news – Listen to this! Listening describes an intentional activity. Lo haces a propósito -  When you are listening, you are actively trying to hear something. But hearing is something that happens without any special effort. You can hear something even when you don't want to hear it and don't try to hear it. Listen: - I listened outside the door, but I couldn't hear what they were saying inside.”   “His story was so long and boring that I stopped listening, until suddenly I heard my name.” The verbs to earn and to win can also be confusing because they can both be translated as ganar in Spanish. Ha ganado la lotería – Repeat: He’s won the lottery – Él gana más que yo – Repeat: He earns more than me. - Do you earn a good living? - ¿Ganas mucho? - Do you earn a good living? To look like means to resemble physically – parecerse a – Repeat: I look like my dad – My sister looks like my mum - Who do you look like? He looks a bit like Tom Cruise. The verbs to wear and to dress can be confusing also. To wear translates as llevar. Repeat: What are you wearing tonight? – He always wears that old brown jacket. – That’s a nice ring you’re wearing. Dress, as a noun, means vestido and to get dressed is vestirse. The phrasal verb to dress up means to dress smartly – ponerse elegante – Repeat: Are you dressing up for the party tomorrow? Do I have to dress up? – fancy dress es un disfraz.   In the advanced section this month we looked at some words that we can use to describe anger. To go berserk means ponerse como un loco. Listen and repeat: I went berserk when I found out. – Why are you going berserk? What happened? Heated and argument like to collocate. If an argument is heated, there are some strong opinions and feelings involved. Repeat: We had a heated argument about politics. Cross C-R-O-S-S means angry, enfadado, enojado. To get cross is enfadarse, enojarse. Repeat. Why are you cross with me? Don’t do that or you’ll make me cross – It makes me so cross – me da rabía – It makes me so cross. How do you say furio en inglés? Rage – R-A-G-E. Rage is violent anger and the expression to fly into a rage means to become very angry. Repeat: My dad flew into a rage. – montó en cólera – He flew into a rage. Why are you in such a rage? – Blind rage is extreme anger – ira ciega - If something is all the rage it’s popular at the moment. Es el ultimo grito – Lady Gaga is all the rage at the moment. If someone blows their top, they lose their temper. To blow one’s top is an informal way of saying to get angry or lose one’s temper. Repeat: He blew his top when he found out.   Ok, let’s see if you remember the idioms from this month’s cuaderno selection. I’ll say an idiom in Spanish and you say the equivalent idiom in English before I do. Then you should repeat the idiom in English to practice pronunciation. Ok, ready? So, “Quien la hace, la paga.” - “What goes around comes around.” “Yo tengo una tía que toca la guitarra.” - “What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?” “Mas de un cocinero, se echa a perder el quiso” - “Too many cooks spoil the broth." “La ausencia es al amor lo que el aire al fuego”, o “Apaga el pequeño y aviva el grande" - “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” “Con un cambio de actividad se renuevan las energias.” - “A change is as good as a rest.” “A los tontos no les dura el dinero.” - “A fool and his money are soon parted.”  “Las palabras se las lleva el viento.” - “Actions speak louder than words.” “Mucho ruido y pocas nueces.” - “All mouth and no trousers.” (I’m sorry about my bad Spanish pronunciation!)   In the Business English section this month we looked at ways of changing arrangements and appointments. Listen and repeat the expressions. I’m sorry, I can’t make it. – Can you make it tomorrow? Does Thursday afternoon work for you? Does it suit you? Yes it works for me – Si, esto esta bien - Yes it works for me - Yes, that works. I afraid I’m completely snowed under at the moment. – to be snowed under – I can’t make it I’m sorry. I’m really snowed under. – I’m too busy – I’m snowed under. I’ll get back in touch next week. – Can we get back in touch soon? – Let’s stay in touch – Don’t lose touch, will you? Let’s leave it open for now – Can we leave it open? I think we should leave it open until next month. How about – How about discussing it at lunch? – How about meeting next Wednesday? – How about having lunch tomorrow? – How about going for a drink after work? Something’s come up - I’m really sorry, but something’s come up – to come up – sugir – something came up during the meeting – Has something come up? To put it off - Can we put it off until Tuesday? The phrasal verb to put off means postpone or delay – aplazar – They’ve put off launching the new product. - Han aplazado el lanzamiento del nuevo producto. Repeat: Can we put off the meeting? – Can we put the meeting off? – Do you mind putting off the meeting until next week? Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks to all of you for listening. And, if you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye! Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de noviemre 2010 aquí: http://www.cuadernodeingles.com/cuaderno_mes/versionweb_mesesanteriores/cuaderno_11_nov.htm Puedes ver todos los cuadernos anteriores aquí. http://www.cuadernodeingles.com/  Puedes recibir gratis nuestro Cuaderno mensual de Inglés aquí. http://www.mansioningles.net/formulario/altacuaderno.asp   The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit.            

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Well hello again everyone and welcome to this Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for October 2011. En el nivel básico este mes hemos practicado el pasado del verbo To be (ser o estar). To be or not to be. That is the question! ¿Te acuerdas como se dice el verbo To be en el presente? I… am, you…. are, he….. is, she…. is, it….. is, we…… are, they…… are. Good. El pasado del verbo to be tiene dos formas. Was W-A-S y were W-E-R-E. I was, he was, she was, it was – we were, you were, they were. La pronunciación del were puede ser un poco difícil. El sonido vocal es /ɜː/ repite: were. We were – Cuando were esta colocada en medio de una frase normalmente se pronuncia débil con el sonido /ə/ Repite: /ə/ - cambia a /wə/. Repite:/wə/- we were happy – we were late – we were early – we were excited – we were going to work – we were living in Madrid! – We were there – Very good. Muy bien! Ahora escucha y repite algunas frases del cuaderno de este mes. Where were you born? - ¿Dondé naciste? – Where were you born? – you born – were you born – Where were you born? I was born in London – Where were you born? -I was born in London – Where were you born? I was born in a hospital! Of course! – ¡por supuesto!  - of couse - I was born in hospital! Were you born in Argentina? – in Argentina? Were you – Were you born in Argentina? Where was your sister born? – your sister born – Where was your sister born? Where were you yesterday? – Where were you? – I phoned you – Where were you at 11 o’clock? – I was looking for you. Where were you all morning? – Where were you on Saturday night? – on Saturday night – Where were you on Saturday night? Who were you with?  - Who - were - you - with? Who were you with on Saturday? Were you with him? Were you with Paul on Saturday? Where were you last night? Were you sick last week? Sick significa enfermo. Repite. Were you sick last week? – Last week - la semana pasada – last week – Were you sick last week? What was the date yesterday? The date – la fecha – What was the date yesterday? o What was yesterday’s date? Repite: What was yesterday’s date? Was it the 16th? Was it the 17th? What was it? Este mes también  hemos repasado los opuestos de algunos adjetivos. Ahora voy a decir los adjetivos y tu tienes que decir el opuesto en ingles antes que lo digo yo. ¿Listos? Ready? High (alto) high – el opuesto es….low (bajo) low hot – cold empty – full – F-U-L-L- full dry (seco) dry – wet interesting – boring dangerous – safe the opposite of weak W-E-A-K weak – strong healthy – unhealthy o sick beautiful – ugly fat – thin  ¡Estupendo! – That’s great! Los verbos en inglés, como en otros idiomas, se juntan con palabras y frases específicas. Esto se llama collocation – la colocación. Por ejemplo. Se dice do the washing up (lavar los platos) y no X make the washing up X. Se dice ‘do the washing up’, con el verbo ‘to do’. Se dice ‘have a coffee’ (tomar un café) y no X take a coffee. X, como se dice en español. ’Have a coffee’ – tomar un café. Escucha y repite algunas frases del ejercicio en el cuaderno de octubre. Have a beer, have a coffee, have breakfast, have a sandwich, have some pizza, have some wine, have a drink, have lunch with my family, Let’s have dinner on Saturday. Listen - Listen to music, listen to a song, listen to the Beatles, listen to Snow Patrol, listen to the radio, Listen to me! Listen to me! Please listen! El verbo ‘to do’. Do the ironing (the ironing - la plancha). Do the ironing - Do the washing up, do the shopping The verb ‘to watch’ W-A-T-C-H - Watch a film, watch the TV, watch a film at the cinema, watch a football match, watch basketball (baloncesto) – watch basketball. Go for a walk (pasear) Go for a walk - I’m going for a walk. Go to bed, go to the beach, go shopping, I’m going shopping, go on holiday, When are you going on holiday? - go to the cinema – Let’s go to the cinema! -  go to a restaurant, to go out  is salir. I’m going out – Where are you going? – I’m going out. Great! – Now, moving on to our intermediate section this month we looked at some word families and some confusing vocabulary. But before that I want to talk to you about our PACK COMPLETO. The Mansion Ingles Pack ahorro completo is a special offer of ALL of our cds at a great price. All 9 Mansion Ingles cds. So, that’s our complete web site on Mansion CD, Mansion Business for Business English at intermediate level, There’s Mansion First for the Cambridge FCE exam. There’s Mansion Travel with dialogues and useful conversations and expressions for travelling abroad. There’s  Mansion Listen for advanced listenings, Mansion Books for lovers of literature, and Mansion Auto 1 and 2 in MP3 audio for beginners. So that’s all 8 CDs plus a free cd of 100 software programs to help you learn English. All this for only 99 Euros. You save 112 Euros, and we pay the postage wherever you are in the world. Now that’s a good deal. Es una oferta muy buena. For more details, and to order the cds, just click the cd icon on the right side of the home page at mansioningles.com. Now, where were we? Where were we? Ah yes, word families. Now, the word “strong” what is it a noun? a verb? An adjective? A strong man – yep! It’s an adjective. So, if strong is an adjective, What’s the noun? Strength. – S-T-R-E-N-G-T-H- Your strength is impressive Mr. Bond! What are your strengths? Ok, so what’s the verb of strength? - To strengthen. Muchas de estas palabras se forman el verbo con el sufijo en - EN. For example, wide (ancho) – to widen, length – to lengthen – broad – to broaden – short – to shorten etc. We need to strengthen our relationship. How do you say sordo in English? – Deaf – D-E-A-F – Are you deaf? I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. I’m a little deaf in my right ear. What’s the verb? – to deafen. If a sound is very loud it deafens you. The noise at the concert was deafening. The noun of deaf is deafness. What’s the opposite of short? – long. Short and long are adjectives. The noun of long is…..length, with a ‘g’, L-E-N-G-T-H and the verb is to….lengthen, good! What’s the noun of short? – shortness. Do you remember? A shortness of breath. I suffer from a shortness of breath. The verb of short is…..to shorten. Would you mind shortening the sleeves on this jacket? The sleeves – las mangas. Would you mind shortening the sleeves on this jacket? They’re much too long. Deep is an adjective (profundo) What’s the noun? – depth – D-E-P-T-H. We dived to a depth of 12 metres. What’s the verb? – to deepen. The mystery deepened. How do you say ancho o ancha in English? – wide. How wide is the balcony? What’s the noun? The noun of wide is…width – W-I-D-T-H. What’s the width of the garage? The width is more important than the length. The verb of width is to….. widen. We’re having our patio widened. Now, what’s the opposite of strength? – weakness. Weakness is a noun. A popular question in a job interview is “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” - “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”. The verb is to weaken. The earthquake has weakened the bridge. earthquake – terremoto. What’s the adjective of weaken? Weak. She has a weak heart. I prefer weak tea. W-E-A-K - and the same pronunciation as week (semana) W-E-E-K. And lastly, the adjective high – alto / alta. How high is that block of flats? What’s the noun of high? Height. How do you spell it? H-E-I-G-H-T. What’s the height of that building? Wearing socks with sandals is definitely not the height of fashion. Hmmm…someone should tell my dad that. Next we looked at some confusing vocabulary. If you have any questions about difficult or confusing vocabulary, go to Facebook.com/mansioningles and post a question. I’ll do my best to help you and answer your questions. If I can’t there’s usually someone on our Facebook fan page who can help. Apartment is the American English word for piso, apartamento. In British English, we say flat. Flats are on different floors in blocks of flats (or apartment buildings in the US). How do you say la planta baja in English? – The ground floor. I live on the ground floor. I have a ground floor flat. Storey S-T-O-R-E-Y also means planta. It’s used to describe the height of a building. For example, I work in a 30-storey building – Trabajo en un edificio de 30 pisos. How many storeys does this building have? An advertisement es un anuncio. Sometimes advertisement is shortened to advert or just ad – A-D. There’s a great ad on the TV for the new Ford Focus. A warning es una advertencia. A word of warning, don’t be late. – Una advertencia, no llegues tarde. The verb is to warn – W-A-R-N. I’m warning you! A speech es un discurso, and it often collocates, or goes together, with the verb make. You make a speech or give a speech. People often make speeches at weddings and on formal occasions. Advice is consejo. Remember that advice is an uncountable noun in English. Repeat: Can I give you some advice? Let me give you a piece of advice. Notice is un aviso. Repeat: Did you see the notice on the wall? Notice is also a verb: He pretended not to notice me - Hizo como si no me hubiera visto. In the dictonary, publicity se traduce como publicidad, pero no confundas publicity con advertising. Publicity se refiere a la publicidad que se consigue sin buscarla. For example, “Accusing this bank of unfair competition has only given them some publicity” - Acusar a este banco de competencia desleal les ha dado cierta publicidad), mientras que advertising hace referencia a la publicidad por la cual se paga: For example, “How much did they spend on their advertising campaign?”, ¿Cuánto gastaron en su campaña publicitaria? And I apologise for my bad Spanish pronunciation. In the advanced section this month, the first exercise looked at advanced vocabulary collocation. In the first example we saw the expression “To set aside a few minutes” If you set aside some time, you save a period of time to do something specific. I try to set aside half an hour before I go to bed to do some reading. You know, a lot of people say to me “Oh I can’t do that. I can’t study English, I don’t have the time” Well, a lot of people do have time to do stuff. They need to set time aside. I hate to say it, but it’s true. I hate to say it is another strong collocation. Yesterday a friend said to me, “I hate to say it Craig, but you’ve put on a lot of weight lately.” Yes, I know.” I said, “I must set aside an hour every day for exercise.” Next was to make a purchase. The verb to purchase means to buy - comprar. I think it’s used more in American English than British. I often hear Americans say things like “I’m going to purchase a mew mobile phone” for example. Purchase is used in British English as a verb and a noun, but it usually has a more formal use. “When did you make your purchase, sir?” – “Did you purchase the item at this store, madam?” The verb to prove can mean probar, verificar, comprobar, but in the example the expression was to prove yourself. Give me the opportunity to prove myself. “He was given three months to prove himself” - Le dieron tres meses para que demostrara su valía. The word prompt P-R-O-M-P-T means rápido, pronto. To take prompt action is a strong collocation. Also, “He must receive prompt treatment”   - Se lo debe tratar inmediatamente or sin demora. And, “They are prompt in their payments” - Pagan puntualmente The last collocation was closing date. I don’t know why we don’t say “ending date” or “shutting date”, but we don’t. Closing date means fecha tope. There was another translation for fecha tope in the business section of this month’s newsletter. Do you remember it? It was deadline. The deadline for the project is May 25th. The closing date is May 25th. Ok, let’s see if you remember the idioms from this month’s collection. I’ll say an idiom in Spanish and you say the equivalent idiom in English before I do. Then you should repeat the idiom in English to practice pronunciation. Ok, ready? A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda. - "The early bird catches the worm." Les da uno la mano y se toman hasta el codo. - “Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.” No es oro todo lo que reluce. - “All that glitters is not gold.” Caras vemos, corazones no sabemos / El hábito no hace al monje. - “Don't judge a book by its cover.” Another one: Moro viejo nunca será buen cristiano. (Hmm that rounds a bit racist to me) Moro viejo nunca será buen cristiano. In English?...- "A leopard can't change its spots." Del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho - "Easier said than done." Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente - In English?...-  "Out of sight out of mind." And finally, Perro ladrador, poco mordedor. - That was difficult to say. I’ll try again: Perro ladrador, poco mordedor. In English? - “His bark is worse than his bite.” My boss, he..he’s ok really. My boss, his bark is worse than his bite. Good! Ok, in Business English this month we practised a few questions that you may be asked in a job interview. Of course, it’s very difficult to know exactly what you’ll be asked in an interview before you go in, but I think there are some things that you can prepare and think about before you find yourself in the hot seat. You should definitely research the company before you go. Find out as much as you can about the company’s culture and the company’s history. Use Google and use the company’s website. When you’re answering questions, you can often give answers that relate directly to the company you are interviewing with, if you know the company’s background. Anyway, I’ll read the questions from the cuaderno to you now. Err..you should pause after each question and answer them as best you can. Then, then press play and listen to my suggested answers. So let’s imagine that you are at an interview now, and tell me…. What is your greatest weakness? I like to make sure that my work is perfect, so I tend to perhaps spend a little too much time checking it. However, I've come to a good balance by setting up a system to ensure everything is done correctly the first time. What is your greatest strength? Well, my time management skills are excellent and I'm organized, efficient, and take pride in excelling at my work. How would you describe yourself? I'm a creative thinker. I like to explore alternative solutions to problems and I have an open mind about what will work best. Do you take work home with you? When I need to, that’s not a problem. I realize the importance of meeting deadlines and getting work done on time. How many hours do you normally work? Hmmm…It depends. Working a lot of hours doesn't always mean high productivity. I typically work as many hours as necessary in order to do get the job done effectively. How do you handle stress and pressure? I react to situations, rather than to stress. That way, the situation’s handled and doesn't become stressful. I actually work better under pressure and I've found that I enjoy working in a challenging environment. What motivates you? I've always been motivated by the desire to do a good job at whatever position I'm in. I want to excel and be successful in my job, both for my own personal satisfaction and for my employer. Do you remember the meaning of the following vocabulary from the interviews? to handle – What does that mean? – to handle -  In Spanish tratar, manejar tend to - soler, tener tendencia efficient - eficiente, eficaz pride - to take pride in something. Pride is orgullo deadline, you should remember - fecha tope o fecha límite challenging – I enjoy working in a challenging environment – challenging - que supone o constituye un reto or un desafío environment - ambiente desire means deseo and to excel - I want to excel and be successful - destacar, sobresalir – I want to excel in my work. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks to all of you for listening. And, if you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Y también si tienes una pregunta sobre cualquier cosa relacionada con el aprendizaje del inglés o la cultura inglesa, grábalo en un fichero de mp3 y mándanoslo por email – como un adjunto. Vamos a incluir vuestras preguntas y las respuestas en los podcasts mensuales del cuaderno. Ok? Until next month then, take care and keep practising English! Bye! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de octubre aquí.  http://www.cuadernodeingles.com/cuaderno_mes/versionweb_mesesanteriores/cuaderno_11_oct.htm Puedes ver todos los cuadernos anteriores aquí. http://www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Puedes recibir gratis nuestro Cuaderno mensual de Inglés aquí. http://www.mansioningles.net/formulario/altacuaderno.asp          

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello everyone! Hello again. It’s good to be back with you again, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for August 2011. En el nivel básico este mes, hemos practicado el vocabulario del hogar. ¿Te acuerdas como se dice salón en ingles? – living room. Repite: living room. ¿Cómo se dice? en inglés es How do you say? Es muy útil esta expressión. Repitela How do you say? How do you say baño in English? – bathroom. Bueno en el sud de inglesterra se dice bathroom, en el norte se dice bathroom. No tiene importancia. Pero si es importante poner el énfasis en la primera silaba y no en el segundo. Se dice bathroom y no XbathroomX. Repite bathroom, bathroom. How do you say cocina? . kitchen Repite: kitchen. How do you say dormitorio in English? Bedroom. El enfasis esta en la primera silaba. Repite, bedroom. How do you say habitación de invitados? – spare room or guest room. Repite: spare room , guest room. And aseo, a very important word – una palabra muy importante. How do you say aseo in English? Toilet. Repite: toilet.  Ahora voy a decir las palabras en español y tu tienes que decir la tradución en ingles antes que lo digo yo. ¿Listos? Ready? salon - living-room baño - bathroom aseo - toilet dormitorio - bedroom habitación de invitados - spare room cocina - kitchen  Luego hemos practicado las preguntas con is there (singular) y are there (plural). Escucha y repite: Is there a computer in your house?  computer = ordenador. Repite: Is there a computer in your house?  Are there any pictures on the wall? pictures son cuadros y wall = pared - Repeat: Are there any pictures on the wall? How many bedrooms are there? Repeat: How many bedrooms are there? Are there any good restaurants? Repeat: Are there any good restaurants? Is there air-conditioning? air-conditioning significa aire acondicionado Repeat: Is there air-conditioning? Is there a television? Repeat: Is there a television? Is there a TV? How many chairs are there? Chairs = sillas - Repeat: How many chairs are there? Are there any plants? Plants of course are plantas Repeat: Are there any plants? Is there a microwave? Microwave in Spanish is microondas Repeat: Is there a microwave? Is there a window? What’s window in Spanish? Yes, it’s una ventana. You know that! ¡Sabías esto! Repeat: Is there a window? Is there a mirror? A mirror es un espejo Repeat: Is there a mirror? Is there central heating? central heating = califacción central Repeat: Is there central heating? Very good! - ¡Muy bien! Mira nuestro curso de iniciación para más práctica en www.mansioningles.com In the intermediate section we continued practising the wonderfully exciting gerunds and infinitives. This month we looked at some expressions in English that are followed by gerunds. For example, expressions like There’s no point in… – There’s no point in taking the car. – There’s no point - no tiene sentido repeat: There’s no point in taking the car. You may remember that after prepositions (in, at, on, about, for etc) we put a gerund. Well, in is a preposition, so ….gerund – Repeat: There’s no point in taking the car. I can’t help… – I can’t help thinking I made a mistake. – I can’t help thinking… - No puedo evitar pensar… – I couldn’t help laughing. – no podia evitar reirme. Repeat: I can’t help thinking I made a mistake. I couldn’t help laughing when he told me. I can’t stand… – I can’t stand waiting for people. Can’t stand means no soporta or no aguanta it means to dislike strongly. Repeat: I can’t stand queueing. – I can’t stand driving in big cities. Next was the expression to have a problem or have (some) problems or to have no problem… For example, I’m afraid I’m having problems understanding your accent. Repeat: I’m having problems learning English. She had a problem using the software program. We had no problems finding the hotel. It’s no use… – It’s no use asking me to give you a lift. It’s no use means it’s pointless, es inútil, - no serve de nada – it’s a waste of time. Repeat: It’s no use - It’s no use flying, the pilots are on strike. It’s no use shouting at him - It's no use crying over spilt milk  - "De nada sirve llorar sobre la leche derramada" - "A lo hecho, pecho" / " Lo hecho, hecho está"  - It's no use crying over spilt milk It’s a waste of time/money… – It’s a waste of time – es una pérdida de tiempo. It’s a waste of money – Es tirar el dinero – Repeat: It’s a waste of money buying mobile phone applications. It’s a waste of time learning phrasal verbs. Remember, you can learn more about gerunds and infinitives in our grammar section, and in our intermediate course, both free at mansioningles.com. In the advanced section this month we revised some verb tenses. I’m going to read the example sentences from the newsletter and I’d like you to tell me which verb tenses you hear. Ready? So, identify the verb tenses. First were three sentences with the verb to have We were having a fantastic time until the police came and broke up the party. (‘We were having’ - past continuous or past progressive) Please don’t come round between 3 and 4 in the afternoon. We’ll be having a siesta then. ‘We’ll be having (future continuous – we will be having, we’ll be having) Don’t you think it’s time we bought a new bed? We’ve had this one for nearly 15 years. (present perfect simple – we have had – we’ve had - We’ve had this one for nearly 15 years.)                                                                       Next were three sentences with the verb to sell. My wife earns a pretty good living. She sells medical supplies to private hospitals and clinics. (present simple – my wife sells) I really regret not buying that second hand electric guitar on eBay. It’ll have been sold by now. (future perfect simple passive – it will have been sold – it’ll have been sold by now) If no one offers to buy our flat, it’ll be sold by auction at the end of the year. (future simple passive – it will be sold – it’ll be sold)  Next was the verb to take “I’m really busy today. I don’t think I’ll be able to get a refund on that coat I bought.” -         “Don’t worry darling, give me the receipt and I’ll take it back for you.” (future simple with will – I will take it back for you – I’ll take it back.) My daughter’s so selfish lately. Yesterday she came in from work, took something to eat, changed her clothes and went out again without even speaking to me. (Past simple – My daughter took something to eat.) I saw a terrible accident the other day. A young boy fell off his motorbike and was taken to hospital in an ambulance. (‘was taken’ is past simple passive – He was taken to hospital)  Moving on to the verb to walk: We didn’t use the tent the first night on the Camino de Santiago. We were so tired that we checked in to a hotel for the night. We’d been walking for 12 hours. (past perfect continuous – we had been walking – we’d been walking - We’d been walking for 12 hours.) My granddad’s walking now. He had the hip replacement lat month and came out of hospital last weekend. (present continuous – he is walking now – My granddad’s walking now.) “How did you get from the hotel to the exhibition?” “I walked. It only took about 15 minutes.” (past simple – I walked)  Finally, the verb to see: If everything goes to plan, I’ll have seen all the countries I want to by the time I’m 55. (future perfect – I will have seen – I’ll have seen all the countries I want to by the time I’m 55.) I’m sorry, I can’t make it for lunch tomorrow. I’m seeing/I’ll be seeing/I’m going to see my therapist at 1 o’clock. (Hmmm, three possibilities here to talk about future plans or arrangements. I’m seeing – present continuous used here to talk about future plans, I’ll be seeing – future continuous – I will be seeing, and the going to future I’m going to see.) Charlie got the sack last week. He was seen taking money out of the cash register. (Past simple passive – He was seen)  I want to take a minute to tell you about a special offer we have at the moment on our product page at mansioningles.com. The Complete Pack el pack ahorro completo de La Mansión del Inglés. We offer ALL of our cds at a great price. So, that’s our complete web site on Mansion CD, Mansion Business for Business English at intermediate level, Mansion First for the Cambridge FCE exam, Mansion Travel with dialogues and useful conversations and expressions for travelling abroad. There’s Mansion Listen for advanced listenings, Mansion Books for lovers of literature, and Mansion Auto 1 and 2 in MP3 audio for beginners. All 8 CDs plus a free cd of 100 software programs to help you learn English. All this for only 99 Euros. You save 112 Euros, and we pay the postage wherever you are in the world. Now that’s a good deal. Es una oferta muy buena. For more details, just click the cd icon on the right side of the home page at mansioningles.com. In the vocabulary section at advanced level, there were some phrasal nouns to practise. For example, standby. You can be on standby if you’re waiting for a place to become available at the airport. British Airways have no tickets available on any flight to New York tomorrow, but they’ve put us on standby in case there’s a cancellation. You also have standby modes on many domestic electrical appliances. Standby kind of puts your device to sleep. It’s working, but not running on full power. You check in at the airport and a hotel when you arrive. Check-in is a verb and a noun. “Excuse me, where’s the check-in?” The next word, downfall, sort of translates as caída or perdición or ruína. We speak about the downfall of a dictator or a king, for example. Alcohol was his downfall. Drugs were her downfall. That’s what brought her down. Takeover was the next word. Toma de poder. You can have a military takeover. A company can takeover another company. A strong collocation is a takeover bid – B-I-D - Samsung has made a takeover bid for Nokia. A comeback is a return a revival – una vuelta, retorno – The fashions of the 1960’s are making a comeback. If a concert is a sell-out there are no more tickets left. They’ve sold out. It was a sell-out tour. Lastly, a check-up is revisión in Spanish. You should go to the dentists every six months so that he can check your teeth, or give you a check up (actually, I only go once a year). You can go to the doctor’s for a check-up too, but not for your car. Revisión del coche in English is a service, so you take your car for a service or you have your car serviced or get your car serviced. And finally, in the Business English section this month we practised some business collocations with the word price. I’ll read the definition and you try to remember the collocations containing the word price. Ready? When prices go down, decrease, fall, drop, it’s called a price….cut. When prices go up or rise we say it is a price….increase. When the government try to limit price increases, we say that they put price……. controls. When companies fight with each other to get more of the market, and prices fall as a result, we say that there is a price…..war. Una etiqueta del precio in English is a price….tag. And finally, when there is a good period for sellers and prices rise quickly we say there is a price….boom. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks to all of you for listening. If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community. Or send an email to mansionteachers@yahoo.es. And you can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. You can sign up for our cuaderno mensual and see all the previous newsletters and podcasts by clicking on the link on the Mansión Inglés home page. Until next month then, take care and keep practising English! Bye! Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de agosto aquí.  Puedes ver todos los cuadernos anteriores aquí  Puedes recibir gratis nuestro Cuaderno mensual de Inglés aquí.  The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit.          

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription Hello, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for January 2011. Happy New Year to all of you and your families. Wow another year, 2011. Time passes so fast. Time flies – el tiempo pasa volando. En el nivel básico este mes hemos tenido vocabulario del viaje. Escucha algunas palabras en español y intenta decir la traducción en inglés antes que lo digo yo. Llego repite las palabras para practicar la pronunciación: Recepción = Reception habitación individual = A single room. - I’d like a single room. Please. habitación doble = A double room. - A double room for 3 nights. planta baja = The ground floor. - It’s on the ground floor. el ascensor = The lift (lift es en el inglés británico. ¿Sabes como se dice ascensor en el inglés americano? =  elevator . Repeat: – elevator). Excuse me, where’s the elevator? - Excuse me, where’s the lift? registrarse = To check in – Excuse me, I’d like to check in. Where can I check in, please? la llave =  The key. Could I have the room key? bolsas,. Equipaje = bags – These are my bags servicio de habitaciones = Room service. Do you have room service? Is there room service? pagar y marcharse = To check out. When do we have to check out? What time do we have to check out? deletrear = to spell – can you spell your name, please? How do you spell that? firmar = to sign – please sign here – por favor firma aquí – would you sign here, please? En el dialogo del hotel, el recepcionista dice “Here’s your key. It’s room 396, on the third floor.” – the third floor = la tercera planta. Third es un número ordinal. Escucha y repite más números ordinales en inglés: One - first Two - second Three - third Four – fourth Five – fifth Six - sixth Seven – seventh Eight – eighth Llego añadas ‘th’ al final de cada número – nine – ninth, ten – tenth etc. Hasta el viente – twenty – twentieth. - twenty-one - twenty-first twenty-two - twenty-second twenty-three – twenty-third. Los dificiles son los primeros 3 – first, second, third. Repeat: first, second, third. Los demas terminan en ‘th’ Escucha y repite las frases del ejercicio de gramática. Nota la pronunciación de las contracciones: Where’s he from? – Where is = where’s – Where’s he from? What’s that? – What’s = what is - What is that? = What’s that? It’s a key – It is a key – It’s a key Holland, Greece and Portugal are European countries - European countries - are European countries - Holland, Greece and Portugal - Holland, Greece and Portugal are European countries Is she David’s girlfriend? – David’s girlfriend – la ‘s’ en David’s no es una contraction es la ‘s’ possesivo. La novia de David = David’s girlfriend. – Is she? - Is she David’s girlfriend? What does she do? – do – she do – What does…? - What does she do? She’s a housewife. – She’s = she is – she’s – She’s a housewife - She’s a housewife What does she do? - She’s a housewife I really like listening to rap music. – rap music – listening to – nota la preposición con el verbo  listen – listen TO. – like listening to - I like listening to rap music. - I really like listening to rap music. “really” es para intensificar. I like = me gusta. I really like = me gusta muchisimo. Repeat: I really like listening to rap music. My girlfriend’s angry – My girlfriend is angry - girlfriend’s angry – My girlfriend’s angry. I’m always late. – late – always late – I’m – I am – I’m – I’m always late. I usually go to work on foot – on foot – go to work – go to work on foot – I usually go to work on foot She can’t speak English very well. – very well – speak English – estas dos palabras se juntan – no se dice “speak English” se dice speakenglish – repeat: speakenglish. – speak English very well – She can’t – she cannot – she can’t - She can’t speak English very well - She can’t speak English very well. In the intermediate section this month, we studied some prepositions. Prepositions can be difficult in English because sometimes they’re different from the Spanish translation. The good news is if you make a mistake with a preposition, people will probably still understand you. But of course, you want to get it right, so listen and repeat the following prepositions of time: Use at for the time of day (precise time): at 7 o´clock – Repeat:   at 7 o´clock         at noon  (noon=mediodia) at noon at lunchtime       at 10.30 at the moment         at sunset at midnight    Use on for days and dates: on Monday on Fridays on New Year's Eve on my birthday on 17th January on Christmas Day Use in for longer periods (for months/years…etc) in January – Repeat: in January in 2007 in the Ice Age in the summer in the 19th century in the past/in the future Be careful, because we do not use at, in or on. with the words: last, next, every and this. Repeat: We went to Madrid last March She’s coming back next Thursday. We stay with my parents every Christmas. I'll call you this afternoon. In the advanced section of this month’s newsletter, we practised the passive. Listen to the following active sentences and try to change them to the passive before you hear them. Ready? They found him guilty. - He was found guilty. They gave him a pair of sunglasses. - He was given a pair of sunglasses.  What will they pay you for making the video? - What will you be paid for making the video?  Someone should teach that bastard a lesson. - That bastard should be taught a lesson! They had denied the father access to his son. - The father had been denied access to his son. The order will be sent to you next week. - You will be sent the order next week.  They felt the CEO was doing valuable work. - The CEO was felt to be doing valuable work. They gave the woman artificial respiration. - The woman was given artificial respiration. Someone has left me an inheritance of 200,000 euros. - I have been left an inheritance of 200,000 euros. We must give job creation priority over everything else. - Job creation must be given priority over everything else. I wish they had taught me more English at school. - I wish I had been taught more English at school. OK, very good! Now, listen and repeat these expressions and sentences from the business English section: He's worked at BMW for nearly seven years. Use present perfect to connect the past to the present. He started at BMW seven years ago and he’s working there now. So he’s worked or he’s been working there nearly seven years. Repeat: – nearly seven years - He's worked at BMW for nearly seven years. Three point seven nine  - I think you say ‘coma’ in Spanish, but in English it’s ‘point’. Sales have risen by 6.8 percent this year. Repeat: Sales have risen by 6.8 percent this year. After “mind”, “don’t mind”, “doesn’t mind” etc, use a gerund: I don’t mind = no me importa/no me molesta - He doesn't mind helping you” no se dice Xto help”. Repeat: I don’t mind helping you. - I don’t mind helping you. - Do you mind meeting at 6? - Do you mind meeting at 6? - Do you mind meeting at 6? -  He doesn’t mind eating Chinese food. - He doesn’t mind eating Chinese food. He demanded to see the manager. After the verb demand we use an infinitive – I demand to see the manager – I demand to receive a refund – I demand to talk to your supervisor. I hope to hear from you soon. After the verb ‘to hope’ use an infinitive. With most verbs that refer to the future we use an infinitive after the verb. ‘Intend’, for example – I intend to meet with him as soon as I can. Another verb is ‘to plan’. ‘To plan’ usually speaks about the future, future plans, so infinitive. - I plan to go to New York. Another verb is ‘to expect’. I expect to hear from them soon. - I expect to hear from them soon. I'll look into this. – the phrasal verb “to look into” means examiner o investigar algo – The police are looking into the death of her husband.” “My boss is looking into my request for a rise in salary.” To grow – G-R-O-W is a verb. It means crecer. The noun is growth – G-R-O-W-T-H. There’s been steady growth in sales. Repeat: There’s been steady growth. There’s been dramatic growth. There’s been little growth. I suggest postponing our meeting until next week. After the verb “suggest” use a gerund Repeat: I suggest sending him an email.” “He suggests selling the car.”  “I didn’t catch that” means I didn't understand or I didn’t hear. Repeat: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. - I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. An extension is an internal telephone number. When you phone a large company, you may have to give an extension number. “Can I have extension 395, please” Can you put me through to extension 438, please? You can say “I'm afraid I don't see your point.” to disagree formally and politely with someone. Repeat: I'm afraid I don't see your point.” I'm sorry, I don't see your point.” Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. And don’t forget to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and special packs to save you money. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. Search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés. Thanks again and we’ll see you next month. Bye! Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de enero aquí.  Puedes ver todos los cuadernos anteriores aquí.  Puedes recibir gratis nuestro Cuaderno mensual de Inglés aquí.  The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com  

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription Hello and welcome to another Mansion Ingles Podcast from mansioningles.com. Recorded for November 2010. We started this month’s Newsletter with some more essential English expressions – Hemos empezado el cuaderno de este mes con más frases claves que vas a necesitar para defenderte en inglés- Escucha y repite las expresiones. Repite varios veces y intenta imitar la entonación. Buenos días - Good morning – good morning ¿Qué tal?- How are you? – howa – howa you? – howa you? Bien, gracias. - Fine, thanks. – fine thanks  Hasta luego - See you later Hay 3 palabras SEE YOU LATER, pero el YOU se dice muy débil. Escucha y repite: ya – ya - seeya – later – later – seeya – seeya later – seeya later ¿Cómo te llamas? - What’s your name? Hay 4 palabras – WHAT IS YOUR NAME. – el WHAT y el IS se juntan escucha: WHAT IS = what’s repeat: what’s. YOUR se dice muy débil. Escucha: ye - repeat: ye. What’s ye – what’s ye name? Ahora con entonación. Repite: What’s ye name? - What’s ye name?  Me llamo……… - My name’s….. Hay 3 palabras MY NAME IS…., pero normalmente el IS se junta con el NAME para hacer una contracción. Escucha y repite: My name is = my name’s – My name’s Craig. Hi, my name’s Juan. Hello, my name’s Luis. What’s your name? Mucho gusto. - Nice to meet you - Nice to meet you. Aquí hay 4 palabras NICE TO MEET YOU. El TO se dice como /te/. Escucha – Nicete - Nicete meet you. Escucha y repite: meet you – nicete – nicete meet you – nice to meet you. Good! – ¡bueno! - Let’s move on to our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a seguir con la lista de verbos irregulares. La última lista de los verbos irregulares comunes. ¿Qué es el verbo coger en inglés? Bueno, en America latino creo que tiene una significa vulgar como to fuck en ingles. Creo que se usa el verbo agarrar para no crear confusión. Pero en España, coger normalmente es To take Escucha y repite: take – took –taken– con ‘n’. Repeat: take – took –taken. Please take some cake. I took the last train home. – Have you taken your holiday yet? Dar y coger = give and take. Next is the verb  enseñar – to teach repeat: teach – taught – taught. El sonido vocal es /au/ - taught. Repite: taught – como bought, caught and thought. I taught tennis years ago. Have you taught children? How many hours do you teach? El verbo decir is to tell. Listen; tell – told – told. Los verbos Tell y say tiene casi la misma significación. La diferencia es que un objeto directo sigue inmediatamente al verbo tell. Tell me – tell us etc. El verbo say nunca sigue un objeto. Es normalmente seguido por that (que) o el estilo indirecto. - I told him my name = Yo le conte a el mi nombre. - He told us your name =  El nos contó tu nombre. - Then she said "I love you" = Entonces ella dijo "te amo".   ¿Qué es el verbo pensar en ingles? - to think. Y qué es el pasado del verbo think? – It’s thought. El mismo sonido vocal del verbo taught. Repite: think – thought – thought - /au/ thought. I thought about you – Pensé en ti. – I don’t think so – no lo creo. Repite: I don’t think so. – Do you think so? I don’t think so. What are you thinking about? ¿Qué estas pensando? I’ve thought about you a lot. Next is the verb understand or entender in Spanish. Repeat: understand – understood - understood. I’m sorry I don’t understand – lo siento, no entiendo – I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Do you understand? – I understood you perfectly. Do you understand Spanish? Yes, I understand, but I can’t speak it. How do you say despertarse in English? To wake – aunque to wake es un verbo principal, es más común decir to wake up. Wake up es un verbo frasal -  a phrasal verb – un verbo compuesto con dos partes. Repite: wake up – el pasado es woke up. What time did you wake up today? I woke up at 7. What time do you usually wake up?  So, wake – woke – woken Repite: wake – woke – woken. Good! Now, llevar puesto in English is to wear. Repite: wear –wore–worn. Escucha y repite los sonido vocales: /ea/ wear – /or/ - wore - /or/ worn – con ‘N’. What do you wear  for work? What did you wear yesterday? I wore my brown shirt. What are you wearing tonight? ¿Qué te vas a poner esta noche? – Have you worn your new shoes yet? Next is the verb ganar en ingles – to win. Repeat: win – won – won. He usually wins. Did you win the competition? Manchester United won yesterday. How much money have you won? ¡Ojo! Se utiliza el verbo ganar en español para hablar del trabajo y los sueldos. ¿Cuánto ganas al mes? Pero en inglés hay otro verbo – to earn. How much money do you earn? I earn a good salary – gano un buen sueldo. She earns a lot of money. So earn money and win a competition. Earn a good salary and win the lottery. And finally, the verb escribir – write – W-R-I-T-E. Repeat: write – wrote – written. Otra vez write – wrote – written. I write a lot of emails. How do you write your name? I wrote to my insurance company. How many words have you written? I’m thinking of writing a book. ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir la segunda y tercera forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo? take teach tell think understand wake wear win write took taught told thought understood woke wore won wrote taken taught told thought understood woken worn won written Very good! Well done! ¡Muy bien! – y con el verbo to write hemos terminado nuestra lista de los verbo irregulares en inglés. El mes que viene vamos hacer un pequeño ‘test’ de los verbos que hemos estudiado durante los últimos meses, así que si quieres repasar los verbos, consulta los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com hemos empezado estudiar los verbos irregulares en el mes de abril 2010. Ahora escucha y repite algunas frases con los verbos de este mes en un contexto. Si te resulta más fácil, utiliza el botón de pausa en tu reproductor de mp3. Primero, revisamos un poco de vocabulario ¿Como se dice despertar en inglés? – to wake up  ¿Cómo se dice correo electronico? – email  ¿Cómo se dice galleta en inglés? – biscuit – y en el inglés Americano? – cookie. ¿Cómo se dice el precio? – the price  ¿Cómo se dice camisa? - shirt  Ahora escucha y repite las frases: What time did you wake up this morning? - What time did you wake up this morning? Did Barcelona win yesterday? - Did Barcelona win yesterday? I don’t write many emails. - I don’t write many emails. Who took the last biscuit? - Who took the last biscuit? Have you taught Tai Chi before? - Have you taught Tai Chi before? Did she tell you the price? - Did she tell you the price? I’m sorry, I don’t understand - I’m sorry, I don’t understand I don’t think so. - I don’t think so. I can’t wear that shirt, I wore it yesterday. - I can’t wear that shirt, I wore it yesterday. Moving on to the intermediate section, and in last month’s podcast, in October, we looked at strong or extreme adjectives  - freezing, filthy, enormous, exhausted etc. Remember? Now, this month, let’s look at the order of adjectives before a noun – el orden de los adjetivos. Remember, it’s the opposite to Spanish. Not the car red – el coche o carro rojo, but the red car. Not the girl beautiful – la chica guapa o linda, but the beautiful girl. And the order of adjectives before a noun in English is stricter – más estricto, riguroso – than in Spanish. The order is as follows: First, adjectives of opinion like nice, ugly, beautiful- your opinion. then size or weight (tamaño o peso): heavy, large, small, then age; young, old ancient etc. then shape like round square, rectangular. Followed by colour, then origin – where the noun is from, for example German or Canadian, then it’s the material of the thing; like metal, plastic, wooden etc. and finally the noun. One way to remember this is by using the acronym OSASHCORM. Repeat: OSASHCORM. The O is opinion, the S is size (or weight), the A is age, the SH is shape, the C is colour, the OR is origin and the M is material. OSASHCORM. Say it again with me after 3 one – two – three – OSASHCORM! Listen and repeat the sentences: An old blue sweater An expensive Japanese car.                                 A sexy young lady. A boring English grammar book. The last two months. A heavy black laptop. A pretty French village. An ugly heavy Swiss watch. A terrible new film.   A lovely white plastic table. A funny little man. Gorgeous big brown eyes.   Also in the intermediate section, we looked at some more common collocations. Especially those words that like to collocate, or go together, with verbs make, take, do and have. So, let’s see what you remember. If you make an appointment you organise a meeting with other people. I need to make an appointment to see my doctor. You can’t see him without an appointment. To have an appointment means you are going to participate in a meeting with other people. First you make an appointment, then you have an appointment. Don’t confuse appointment with arrangement. To make an appointment is pedir una cita o hora. An arrangement is more un arreglo o un plan: What are your arrangements? - ¿cuáles son tus planes? Both go together with the verb make, so you make arrangements and you make appointments. Have you made arrangements for Friday afternoon? To have an argument with someone means to argue with that person. You can also say to have a row (with someone). To have a row is an informal British English expression. Quite common: “I had a row with my girlfriend and now we’re not speaking to each other.” Row, is a verb and a noun. “Listen to the neighbours rowing next door.” – to have a row with someone. – To have an argument. To make a breakthrough means to make an important discovery. “Scientists have made a breakthrough in regenerative medicine.” To take care means to be careful. I often say “take care” when I say goodbye to people I care about. Especially on the phone when I end a conversation. “Yeah, it was really great to talk to you. Speak to you soon. Take care. Bye.” Maybe in Spanish you say ¡Cuídate! Or ¡Que te vaya bien! – Take care! - Take care of someone or something means cuidar a. “My mum’s getting old now so my sister takes care of her.” - It’s similar to the phrasal verb to look after. To take care of can also mean ocuparse de algo. “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of all the emails and you make the coffee.” If you take charge of something you assume authority over it. Imagine the police arriving at an accident scene. “Ok, stand back. We’re taking charge now.” Who’s in charge?” ¿Quien manda aquí” – To take charge – encargarse o hacerse cargo. “Who’s going to take charge of the office when Pepito leaves?” To make conversation means to start a conversation with someone with no other aim than to talk and break the silence. To have a conversation means to converse, or to speak. To make a deal (in British English) or do a deal (in American English) means to make a contract with someone. The businessman took his partner out to lunch to make a deal. - Le citó con la idea de hacer un negocio con él. To make a decision, or take a decision, is to decide. “Have you made a decision about selling your flat?” To do an operation means to operate medically on someone. “Who’s doing the operation?” To take an opportunity is similar to taking advantage of a situation. To make an opportunity means to arrange things to your advantage. And to have an opportunity means to be at the right place at the right time to do something advantageous. In the business English section this month, we practised asking people to do things in the office. When you ask people to do things in English, the intonation is very important. We use rising and falling intonation to be more polite. Listen: Can I phone you later? Repeat: Can I phone you later? Listen: Would you mind phoning me later? Repeat: Would you mind phoning me later? Listen: Please make sure you phone me later. Repeat: Please make sure you phone me later. Listen: Could you phone me later? Repeat: Could you phone me later? Now you try… Listen: Please don’t forget to phone me later.  Repeat: Please don’t forget to phone me later.  Last month, in the advanced section, we practised animal idioms. This month we continue with the animal theme to look at collective nouns. Words used to describe groups of animals. Listen and repeat to practise pronunciation: a swarm of bees a litter of kittens / puppies a pride lions a pack of wolves a flock of birds or sheep a band of gorillas a colony of ants a bed of oysters a school of whales a swarm of insects a herd of cattle a shoal of fish Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. And remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page.  See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com  

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription Hello and welcome to another Mansion Ingles Podcast from mansioningles.com. Recorded for October 2010. We started this month’s Newsletter with some essential English expressions – Hemos empezado el cuaderno de este mes con algunas frases claves - Escucha y repite las expresiones del inglés imprescindibles  Lo siento, no entiendo - Sorry, I don’t understand – Repeat: understand – I don’t understand – Sorry, I don’t understand. ¿Puede repetir eso, por favor? - Can you repeat that, please? - repeat that, please – can you - Can you repeat that, please?  ¿Cómo se dice …x….. en Inglés? - How do you say…..x…..in English? - Repeat: In English – How do you say…? - How do you say billete in English? – billete is ticket. How do you say cambio in English? Cambio is change. How do you say vino in English? Vino is wine. ¿Qué significa ? - What does it mean? Repeat: What does it mean? ¿Qué significa este ? - What does this mean? Repeat: What does this mean?  - ¿Qué significa eso? - What does that mean? Repeat: What does that mean?  ¿Cómo se escribe eso? - How do you spell that? How do you spell that? How do you spell your name? - How do you spell the hotel? - How do you spell the station? - How do you spell the restaurant? ¿Cómo se pronuncia? - How do you pronounce it? - Repeat: pronounce it? - How do you? - How do you pronounce it? - How do you pronounce your name? - How do you pronounce the hotel? – Excuse me. How do you pronounce this?  Let’s move on to our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a seguir con la lista de verbos irregulares.  ¿Qué es el verbo mostrar en inglés? To show Escucha y repite: show – showed – shown – con ‘n’. Can you show me the report? Have I shown you my new mobile phone? She showed me her flat. It’s horrible! Next is the verb  cerrar – to shut repeat: shut – shut – shut. The spelling is the same. Se escribe las tres formas igual S-H-U-T. It’s similar to the verb to close. Es parecido al verbo to close. “Close the door” – “Shut the door” Do you mind if I shut the window? Shut up! - ¡Cállate! Cantar is to sing. Listen; sing – sang – sung. Los mismos sonidos vocales que ring – rang - rung. Repite: /I/ /a/ /u/ - again: /I/ /a/ /u/ - ring – rang – rung.- sing – sang – sung. Do you sing? - ¿cantas? I sang when I was at school. I love singing. I haven’t sung for years. Otro verbo irregular con los mismos sonidos vocales es el verbo hundir – to sink repeat sink – sank – sunk. I can’t swim, I usually sink to the bottom. When did the Titanic sink? El verbo sentarse in English is to sit. What’s the past of the verb to sit? – sat. Repeat: sit – sat – sat. Can I sit here? Do you mind if I sit here? Please sit down. Tal vez es más común decir “have a seat” seat – S-E-A-T - es el sustantivo – a seat. Escucha la pronunciación /eh/ have a – have a seat - Repeat: Have a seat – Please have a seat - please, have a seat – please, sit down. – I sat down and he asked me some questions. Next is the verb to sleep or dormir in Spanish. Repeat: sleep – slept – slept. How many hours do you sleep? Did you sleep well – ¿Has dormido bien? – How did you sleep? ¿Como has dormido? He slept with her! I’ve slept in some very strange places. How do you say hablar in English? To speak – Repite: speak – spoke – spoken. Otra vez – again – speak – spoke – spoken. Do you speak Spanish? I spoke to her yesterday. Have you spoken to him today? I’m sorry, I don’t speak English. El verbo gastar is to spend. Repeat: Spend – spent – spent. How much do you spend on cigarettes? How much have you spent on clothes this month? I spent a lot of money last week. Spend a lot of money. You can also spend time – pasar el tiempo. Do you spend much time with your sister? How do you spend your free time? – your free time – tu tiempo libre. – How do you spend your free time? Next is the verb robar – to steal. Steal – stole – stolen. Repeat: Steal – stole – stolen. He steals cars. - He stole my mobile phone. Have you ever stolen anything? And finally, the verb nadar – to swim. Repeat: Swim – swam – swum. The same vowel sounds as drink – drank – drunk. Sing – sang – sung. Ring – rang – rung etc. Repeat: swim – swam – swum. I swim everyday. I swim in the sea. I love swimming. I swam 2000 metres this morning. I haven’t swum in the sea for years. ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir la segunda y tercera forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo? show                 showed – shown shut                  shut – shut sing                  sang – sung sink                  sank – sunk sit                    sat – sat sleep                 slept – slept speak                spoke – spoken spend                spent – spent steal                 stole – stolen swim                 swam - swum We also studied questions words this month, using question words like where, who, how many, how much etc. También este mes hemos estudiado como hacer las preguntas en ingles. Escucha y repite – listen and repeat: How often do you speak to your mum? How much did you spend yesterday? Where did you sleep last night? How many metres do you usually swim? Who shut the window? Where exactly did the ship sink? How many songs did he sing? Where did they steal your bike? Who sat on my new Brad Pitt photo? Have you shown your new shoes to Maria? In the intermediate section this month, we looked at strong (or extreme) adjectives. fantastic, wonderful, amazing, enormous, awesome, starving, tiny are strong adjectives. Listen to some strong adjectives and try to say the base, or normal, adjective before I do. Entonces, primero escucha el adjetivo extremo, y luego tú dices el adjetivo base del mismo antes que lo digo yo. Are you ready? 1.      Filthy       - dirty 2.      Freezing   - cold 3.      Enormous - big 4.      Starving   - hungry 5.      Great       - good 6.      Tiny         - small 7.      Awful       - bad  8.      Furious     - angry 9.      Delicious   - tasty 10.  Terrified   - afraid 11.  Boiling      - hot 12.  Exhausted - tired We can only use absolutely with a strong adjective. For example “This video game is absolutely fantastic." We can only use very with a base adjective. For example “This chicken tastes very good.” It’s not correct to say: X"Very fantastic"X or X"absolutely good"X. No se dice. However, we can use really with base and strong adjectives. For example “You look really tired.” Or “That film was really awful.” Listen and repeat The weather was freezing. Her brother is absolutely enormous Your bedroom is absolutely filthy The film was terrible La Mansion del Ingles has become a very big website. It-s huge. The bar was really crowded He was absolutely furious. Your car is really tiny Today’s absolutely boiling outside Also in the intermediate section, we looked at some common collocations. Let’s see what you remember. OK, action. Is it do action, ‘make’ action or ‘take’ action? – take action. We need to take action immediately. We must do something now. When are you going to take action? Is it ‘do’, ‘take’ or ‘make’ advantage of someone or something? – that’s right, take advantage. You should take advantage of these podcasts to improve your English aprovechar algo. You’re taking advantage of the situation. Now, do you ‘do’, ‘make’ or ‘take’ arrangements? – You make arrangements. I can’t see you tonight. I’ve made arrangements. Have you made arrangements for next weekend? The next expression was to make an attempt. To make an attempt means to try to do something. An attempt es un intento.I made an attempt at conversation - intenté entablar conversación. When you apply to do something, you can say that you make an application. I made an application for a job in Dublin. To make amends means reparar el daño - to make amends to somebody – I think in Spanish it’s desagraviar a algn - we must make amends for having scratched his car - debemos compensar por haberle rayado el coche What’s Dar luz in English? Is it ‘make’ a baby, ‘do’ a baby, or ‘have’ a baby? – It’s have a baby. My sister’s having a baby in the spring. My wife just had her first child. Now, is it ‘make’ the bed, or ‘do’ the bed? – Make the bed. Remember, most of the things in the house we do except the bed. We do the shopping, we do the cooking, we do the cleaning, we do the ironing, the dishes etc. but we make the bed. To make a bid for something is pujar en subasta. The word bid – B-I-D is a verb and a noun. To bid for something or to make a bid for something. They bid twenty pounds for a painting - ofrecieron veinte libras por un cuadro. ¿Como se dice hacer negocios en inglés? – Is it ‘make’ or ‘do’? It’s do. We do business and we make money. And, speaking of doing business, this month we looked at some expressions you could use for giving presentations in English. When you start your presentation, the first thing you should say is “hello” and introduce yourself. For example: “Good morning everyone.” Repeat: “Good morning everyone.” Listen: “Let me introduce myself. My name’s Craig.” Repeat: “Let me introduce myself. My name’s Craig” To speak about something the audience may already know, say:  “As you all know…” or “I’m sure you are aware that…” Listen: “As you all know sales have dropped by 13%.” or “I’m sure you are aware that we need a new advertising campaign.” Repeat: “As you all know…….” “I’m sure you are aware that…….” When you show something visual say something like “Could I draw your attention to this graph.” Or “If you look at this diagram, …” or “Looking at this year’s profits, we can see here that…” Repeat: “Could I draw your attention to this graph.”  “If you look at this diagram, …”  “Looking at this year’s profits, we can see here that…” Your audience may want to ask you questions. Make them feel comfortable, by saying: “If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.” Repeat: “If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.”  Now, perhaps you want the questions to be at the end of your presentation. Maybe you don’t want to be interrupted and distracted by questions during your presentation. So, you could say: “I’ll be happy to answer any questions at the end of my presentation. Repeat: “I’ll be happy to answer any questions at the end of my presentation.” When you finish your presentation, don’t forget to thank your audience. Say “Thank you very much. Any questions?” or “Well, that’s all I have to say. Thank you very much for your attention.” Moving on to the advanced section, we practised some animal idioms. We said that if a person is as slippery as a snake, then he, or she, should not be trusted. Slippery means resbaladizo, like a slippery floor, but for a person, it means escurridizo; que no es de fiar. A slippery person is untrustworthy. You cannot trust this person. He, or she, is slippery. As slippery as a snake. Repeat: As slippery as a snake. If you hear the expression it was the straw that broke the camel’s back, it means it was the final thing that pushed someone or something over the edge. Over the edge means sobre el límite or por encima del límite  The straw that broke the camel's back is also the last thing you are willing to accept  For example: "You broke a lot of rules, but stealing money from us was the straw that broke the camel's back." You can also say the last straw or the final straw. If you lead a dog's life, you have a terrible life, an unhappy existence. Her boss leads her a dogs life. And, if you make a monkey out of someone, you make a fool of them. Nobody makes a monkey out of me. If you hear the expression a leopard never changes its spots, it means that people never change. He was a liar at school, and he’s a liar now. A leopard never changes its spots. If you let the cat out of the bag, you tell something that was supposed to be a secret. Sandra and Bob are getting married but don’t let the cat out of the bag. They don’t want anyone to know yet. If you take the lion's share of something, you take or do the biggest bit. My husband does the lion’s share of the housework. I don’t do very much. To be foxed means to be confused. I don’t know why the manager sacked her. I’m completely foxed by it. Donkey work is hard or boring work. Why do I have to do all the donkey work while you get to do the interesting stuff? And finally, a lone wolf is a person who prefers to go without the company or assistance of others. Don’t expect him to work in a team, he’s a lone wolf. He works by himself. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com    

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription  Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansioningles.com, recorded for September 2010. For most of you, September means back to work, back to school and back to the routine. That’s what it means for us here at La Mansión del Inglés. We hope you’ve had a good summer. Esperamos que hubieras pasado muy bien el verano y que estéis listos para practicar ingles de nuevo con nosotros.  The first exercise in this month’s Newsletter – el primero ejercicio en el cuaderno este mes – was about the difference between job and work. – la diferencia entre el nombre contable job – “I have 2 jobs”, y el nombre incontable work .” I have a lot of work”. Work puede ser contable en el caso de una obra de arte. The works of William Shakespeare o the works of Pablo Picasso. Listen and repeat some example sentences. Escucha y repite algunas frases de ejemplo. I’ve got a new job. The mechanic did a fantastic job. He’s got a lot of work this weekend. Nota la pronunciación de a lot of - /e/ /lot/ /ev/ repeat: a lot of – a lot of work – got a lot of work – he’s got a lot of work. Learning English is hard work. Do a good job. Work well. He’s a good worker – es buen trabajador – He works well.- trabaja bien. You’ve never done a hard day’s work in your life! Es lo dice mi padre. Hard work? Hard work? You don’t know what hard work is! You’ve never done a day’s work in your life! She’s always changing jobs. Does your new computer work with Windows 7? – Does it work? Yes, it works. It works very well. - Is it working now? How long does it take you to get to work? Let’s move on to our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a seguir con la lista de verbos irregulares.  ¿Qué es el verbo leer en inglés? To read Escucha y repite: read – read – read. The spelling is the same. Se escribe las tres formas igual, pero no se pronuncia igual. Escucha y repite:  read – read – read. How often do you read the newspaper? I read a good book last week. Have you read the report yet? Next is the verb montar – to ride repeat: ride – rode – ridden. Have you ever ridden a horse? Can you ride a motorbike? I rode home in the rain. Repeat: ride – rode – ridden. Llamar is to ring. Listen; ring – rang – rung. Hay algunos verbos irregulars que siguen estas mismas sonido vocals en las tres formas del verbo. Repite: /I/ /a/ /u/ - ring – rang – rung. El sonido /a/ puede ser difícil por hablantes españoles /a/ - cat – hat – sat. Comparar el sonido con /u/ up – cup / cat – cut – my cat is black – cut (cortar) cut and paste / hat – (sombrero) – hut – cabaña – Pizza Hut. Repite: ring – rang – rung / drink – drank – drunk / swim – swam – swum El verbo leventarse in English is to rise. Repeat: rise – rose – risen. The sun always rises. Rise es un verbo intransitivo - no va con un objecto directo. No se puede decir: “Rise the sun” o “Rise the table”. The sun rises in the morning. What time did it rise yesterday? It rose at 6:38. How much has the dollar risen this month? It hasn’t risen, it’s fallen. Next is the verb to run or correr in Spanish. Repeat: run – ran – run. I run marathons. I ran the New York marathon in 3 hours and 14 minutes. I’ve run 13 marathons. Repeat: run – ran – run How do you say decir in English? ¿Como se dice to say? – That’s it! Say – said – said S-A-I-D said. Repeat: say – said – said. What did you say? I said “hello”. I’ve said all I want to say. What did she say to you? - She said she loves me! El verbo ver is to see. See – saw – seen. Repeat: see – saw – seen.  Have you seen Brad Pitt’s new film? Yes, I saw it last weekend. I see you. Do you see me? Next is the verb vender – to sell. Sell – sold – sold. Repeat: sell –sold – sold. What does he sell? ¿Qué vende él? I sold my car yesterday. How many have you sold? The verb to send means enviar. Repeat: send – sent – sent. Please send the email today. I sent it yesterday. Have you sent mum a birthday card? And finally, the verb disparar – to shoot. Repeat: Shoot – shot – shot. Who shot John F. Kennedy? También se dice to shoot a film – rodar una pelicula. – How many films have you shot? John Lennon was shot in New York. ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir la segunda y tercera forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo?  read                  read – read ride                   rode – ridden ring                   rang – rung rise                   rose – risen run                   ran – run say                   said – said see                   saw – seen sell                   sold – sold send                 sent – sent shoot                shot – shot We also studied Time expressions this month– Los expresiones del tiempo Listen and repeat – escucha y repite: This month is September. Last month was August. Next month is October Today’s Thursday. Yesterday was Wednesday. What day is tomorrow? Tomorrow’s Friday. I saw her yesterday morning. I sent the email yesterday afternoon. two weeks ago – I rang you two weeks ago – hace dos semanas last Friday – el viernes pasado – I saw the film last Friday. last weekend – I didn’t go out last weekend. the day before yesterday – anteayer – I read the report the day before yesterday. the day after tomorrow – pasado mañana – I’ll see you the day after tomorrow. next weekend next Wednesday – el proximo miercoles – see you next Wednesday! in three weeks time – dentro de 3 semanas - We’re gong on holiday in three weeks time. In the intermediate section this month we looked at countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns are nouns you can count. Hmm that’s obvious; people, dogs, mountains, hamburgers etc.. Of course, uncountable nouns are impossible, or at least really difficult, to count. Liquids like, water, beer, oil, petrol. Salt, sand, rice etc., are all uncountable nouns. So, using the examples of peanuts (for countable nouns) and beer (for uncountable nouns), repeat the following sentences and practise expressions of quantity. There’s a lot of peanuts – There’s a lot of beer There aren’t many peanuts - There isn’t much beer Are there many peanuts? - Is there much beer? There are too many peanuts – There’s too much beer There are far too many peanuts – There’s far too much beer There are few peanuts - There is little beer There are a few peanuts – There’s a little beer There are very few peanuts - There is very little beer There are too few peanuts - There is too little beer There are far too few peanuts - There is far too little beer There are many more peanuts - There is much more beer There are fewer peanuts - There is less beer We also looked at more common uncountable nouns, such as information - I’d like some information. Pasta – Don’t give me too much pasta. Travel – Travel is a wonderful way to meet new people. News – I’ve got some bad news for you. Furniture – I don’t have much furniture in my flat. Advice – Can you give me some advice? and luggage – Why did you bring so much luggage? In the advanced section this month, we studied some idioms. Listen and repeat: To beat about the bush. Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you think. It’s a blessing in disguise. I didn’t want to go anyway. Do you think you can get your hands on a free mobile phone for me? I don’t like be the centre of attention. I generally keep myself to myself We need to clarify the situation. We have no idea where we stand at the moment. I don’t believe you. You’re pulling my leg. We need to put all these problems behind us darling. What’s on your mind? In the business section we looked at 10 more common collocations that are typically found in business English. Listen and repeat: To interview an applicant – we interviewed many applicants for the job. You were the most suitable. If you set up a business you start a business. La Mansión del Inglés was set up about 9 years ago. Another phrasal verb that collocates often with business is to take off. We usually speak about planes taking off - going up. Similarly, if a business takes off it becomes successful. The business took off very soon after we had set it up. Now we employ 12 employees and we’re thinking of taking on more staff. To attend a conference means to go to a conference. He attended a conference on climate change. I’m afraid I can’t meet with you next week, I’m attending a conference. To hold a meeting means tener una reunion – We hold staff meetings once a month. The union is going to hold a meeting to discuss the annual pay increase. To provide a service – ofrecer algo – They provide an excellent catering service. To hire a new employee – to take on a new employee. – to employ a new person – We’ve hired a new secretary. If you ask for a raise you ask for more money. A raise in salary - Una subida/aumento de sueldo – I’m going to ask for a raise at the end of the year. I think I deserve it. – to deserve – merecer develop a product - To develop is desarrollar. He’s a  software devoloper - Es un desarrollador de software. Apple are developing a new product.  To deal with a problem resolver/ocuparse de/hacer frente a/abordar  – Can you deal with this problem, please. I’m very busy. I’ll deal with this problem as soon as possible.- How should we deal with this problem? - ¿Qué hemos de hacer con este promlema? To run a business – is to manage a business. – dirigir a una empresa – Who runs the business? Who runs the marketing side? I’ve been running this company for 47 years. Next month we’ll look at 10 more common business collocations. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com            

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansioningles.com, recorded for August 2010. Most of you are probably on holiday now. Sitting on the beach listening to this podcast, watching the palm trees sway (balancearse, mecerse) from side to side in a gentle breeze. Maybe drinking a cold beer or a cool vodka and tonic with ice and lemon. Ahh! - Where ever you are and whatever you’re doing, I hope you’re well and happy, and ready to practise some more English with La Mansión del Inglés. Hola. ¿Qué tal? Espero que todo va bien. No me gusta hablar en español porque mi español es muy malo, y tengo muchas faltas. Pero debo hacerlo y tú tienes que hablar en inglés. OK? Come on! ¿Animo!  Because it’s holiday time, we practised a lot of holiday vocabulary in this month’s Newsletter (cuaderno). Empezamos, como siempre, con el nivel básico. Voy a decir algunas palabras en español y tú tienes que decirlas el inglés antes que yo. Luego, repite las palabras para practicar la pronunciación. ¿Listos? ola – No ‘Hola’ – hello, ola sin la ‘h’ – wave – el sonido vocal es /ai/ repeat: wave costa – coast – sonido vocal /ow/ coast - repeat: coastnadar - to swim puesta de sol - sunset isla – island – la ‘s’ no se pronuncia escucha: island - repeat: island      puerto – port – sonido vocal /aw/ - port - repeat: port arena - sand playa – beach vowel sound – sonido vocal – /I:/ repeat: beach. No olvides hacer el sonido vocal largo /i:/ - beach. Si no, suena como bitch que es una perra- or worse!. So repeat with me: /i:/  ‘beach’ – beach. I’m looking for the beach. piscina - swimming pool mar - sea pelota de playa - beach ball  sombrilla - beach umbrella gafas de sol - sunglasses toalla - towel – difficult pronunciation. Listen: towel - repeat: towel crema solar - suncream   quemado por el sol - sunburned – suncream, sunburn – hay muchas palabras con sun en la playa. Tomar el sol is to sunbathe – repeat: sunbathe. Be careful – ten cuidado – when you’re sunbathing. The sun is very hot. Put suncream on your body. If you don’t you might get sunburned – quemado por el sol. But if you’re careful, you’ll get a nice suntan bonceado, moreno – Repeat: suntan - to get a suntan - oh and it’s a good idea to wear sunglasses – gafas de sol. Take sunglasses to the beach.  Let’s move on to our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a seguir con la lista de verbos irregulares.  ¿Qué es el verbo dejar en inglés? To leave Escucha y repite: leave– left - left. What time did you leave? I left at 3:30. I’ve left you some chocolate cake in the fridge. Don’t leave me. Please don’t go! Next is the verb prestar – to lend repeat lend – lent - lent. Can you lend me your pen? Los verbos lend y borrow se confunden mucho. Lend es prestar (you lend something to someone) y borrow es tomar prestado (you borrow something from someone). Los dos términos se puede confundir ya que en español se habla de forma diferente "Me prestas tu coche?" = "Can you lend your car to me?" ... nunca se dice "Can you borrow your car to me?"... "Tomé prestado tu coche " = I borrowed your car. So, you borrow money from the bank - The bank lends money to you (er..sometimes!). Repeat: lend – lent – lent. Can you lend me $10? I lent you 10 yesterday! Los verbos permitir, dejar se traducen en ingles a let – Repeat: let – let - let. Easy. No se cambia let – let -let – Let me see! - ¡Déjame ver! Her father lets her smoke – Su padre le déjà fumar. Encender o iluminar is to light – L-I-G-H-T – light – lit – lit. Did you light the fire? – I lit a cigarette. Come on baby light my fire! – ¡enciende mi fuego! El verbo perder en inglés is to lose – repeat: lose – lost – lost. The vowel sound is /oo/ lose. I often lose my keys – mis llaves. Valencia usually loses to Barcelona. Chelsea lost against Manchester United. I want to lose weight. To lose weight – perder peso.– I’ve lost 3 kilos. What’s the opposite of lose weight? – put on weight. That’s easy for Spanish speakers to remember ‘put on’ – I’ve put on weight. To make means hacer repeat: make – made – made. It’s made of wood – Es de madera. - It makes me happy. Me hace feliz. I made a cake yesterday. El verbo significar is to mean. Repeat – mean – meant - meant Repite el sonido vocal /I:/ mean. What does this mean? ¿Qué significa esto? What do you mean? ¿qué quieres decir (con eso)? A student once asked me “Craig, what does mean mean?” ¿Craig, Qué significa mean? To meet is conocer o encontrar. Repeat – meet – met – met - "pleased to meet you" or “nice to meet you” - encantado de conocerte. We met the verb meet last month with the verb to know. Do you remember? To know can also mean conocer. La primera vez que coneces a alguien you meet them. “Nice to meet you.” After you meet them, you know them. I met her at a party. Where did you meet your wife? I met her at a wedding. Have you ever met anyone famous? Pagar in English is to pay. Repeat: pay – paid – paid. Did you pay for the beers? – I paid you last week. Has your boss paid you yet? How much did he pay you? Finally, the verb poner. In English to put. La forma es la misma. Put – put – put. El vocal /u/ repeat: /u/ put –put –put. Put my coffee on the table. Where did you put your jacket? Have you put the air conditioning on? You've put on weight. Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir la segunda y tercera forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo? leave                left – left lend                  lent – lent let                    let – let light                  lit – lit lose                  lost – lost make                made – made mean                meant – meant meet                 met – met pay                   paid – paid put                   put - put   We also studied some holiday vocabulary at intermediate level this month. Let’s see what you remember. I’ll say the Spanish words and expressions, and you say the English translation before I do. Then, repeat the vocabulary to practise pronunciation.    el balneario What’s that in English? El balneario. I can’t even say it in Spanish! Help! How do I say this? El balneario — It’s a spa, or resort bahía - bay – B – A - Y traje de baño, bañador  - swimsuit or swimming trunks   buceo, bucear - diving, to dive esnorkel, buceo con tubo de respiración - snorkeling – to go snorkeling bloque del sol, crema solar, bronceador - sunscreen, sunblock or suntan lotion vista al mar - sea view océano - ocean tomar el sol - to sunbathe bañista - sunbather salvavidas - lifeguard concha marina - sea shell. That’s difficult. Repeat: sea shell – sea shell nevera - cooler marea alta - high tide marea baja - low tide And now some useful phrases - Frases útiles – say them in English and Repeat them. ¿Dónde está la playa? - Where’s the beach? La entonación es muy importante en la preguntas. Listen and repeat: Where’s the beach? – Excuse me, where’s the beach? ¿Hay algún salvavidas? - Is there a lifeguard? ¿Es seguro para niños? - Is it safe for children? ¿Es seguro nadar aquí? Is it safe to swim here?   ¿Es seguro bucear aquí? Is it safe to dive here?  ¿Podemos nadar aquí? - Can we swim here? ¿Hay que pagar? - Do we have to pay? - ¿Cuánto cuesta alquilar una sombrilla? - How much to rent an umbrella? ¿Cuánto cuesta alquilar una silla? - How much to rent a chair? ¿Cuánto cuesta alquilar una bici? - How much to rent a bicycle? Más frases: Don’t forget to book a hotel. Have you packed your suitcase. My friend is a travel agent. I got a great deal on hotel in London Travelling during peak season can be expensive. We like to stay at bed and breakfast places We had to get a connecting flight. I’m here on business I went sightseeing in Liverpool Is the room air-conditioned? Does the room have a safe? I’d like to make a reservation. Please. Did you buy any souvenirs? In the advanced section this month we practised some sentence transformations. This kind of exercise is typical of the type of exercise found in the Cambridge Advanced English exam. We are developing an advanced English cd at the moment, and we hope to have it finished before the end of the year. Listen and repeat: I wish to express my dissatisfaction with the poor service at your hotel. There is little chance of us going to Italy on holiday this year. Pepito asked if I would give him a lift to the airport. Are you being attended to , madam? Customers are required to give two weeks notice if they intend to change their booking. On no account should your luggage be left unattended.  In our Business English section this month there were two more short exercises on business collocations. Listen and repeat: To make a profit. – What’s the opposite of make a profit? – make a loss. If your company is doing well and makes money, it makes a profit. If it loses money, it makes a loss. If your company employs more workers, it takes on staff. To take on staff. My school took on 6 new teachers last month. – They employed 6 new teachers. Do you remember the expression for despedir from last months podcast? Despedir is to lay off staff. To take on new staff and the opposite to lay off staff. Lanzar in English is to launch. So lanzar un producto nuevo is to launch a new product. To go into partnership is how La Mansión del Inglés got started almost ten years ago. I went into partnership with my friend, and now business partner, and we started a business together. – To go into partnership with someone Llegar a una conclusion can be to come to a conclusion or to draw a conclusion. What conclusions did you draw from the meeting? To bear in mind means to consider, to take into account – considerar, tener en cuenta, tener presente. Bear in mind that we have an enormous amount of money invested in this project. dismiss an offer. – dismiss here means rechazar. The union dismissed the offer of a 3% pay rise. – to dismiss an offer. Next month we’ll look at 10 more common business collocations. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com                    

 Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription  Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansioningles.com, recorded for July 2010. Are you hot? It’s really hot here in Valencia. I’m boiling! ¡Estoy asado! How are you? I hope you’ll be having a holiday soon and I hope you’ll be practising your English, even of you’re not going to an English speaking country. Maybe you can find an English speaking tourist to practise your English with. Intenta, si puedes, practicar inglés este verano con un nativo. Si vas a viajar o hay turistas donde vives, habla con ellos. Speak English! OK, let’s start the podcast with our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a empezarar con la lista de verbos irregulares. ¿Qué es el verbo dar en inglés? To give Escucha y repite: give – gave - given. What did you give your mum for Christmas? I gave her a new sweater. I’ve already given you the money.Next is the verb ir – to go repeat go – went - gone. Again – otra vez: go – went – gone. I go, you go, he goes- G-O-E-S – she goes – it goes. Did you go to work yesterday? I went home at 8 o’clock. My secretary’s gone to lunch.El verbo crecer en ingles is to grow – Repeat: grow – grew – grow. I grew up in London. Where did you grow up? Look how you’ve grown. It’s unbelievable! – Mira como has credido. ¡No lo puedo creer! Repeat: Look how you’ve grown. It’s unbelievable!haber o tener is to have – have or has – had – had. I have, you have, he has, she has, it has. El verbo have es un verbo principal I have an iPhone – Yo tengo un iPhone, y también un verbo auxiliar – I have had a lovely time. Me ha pasado muy bien – Cuando el have tiene función del verbo auxiliar normalmente esta con contración. I’ve had a lovely time. I have – I’ve. He has – he’s, it has – it’s etc.El verbo oìr en inglés is to hear – repeat: hear – heard - heard. The vowel sounds are /ie/ - hear – and /er/ - heard. Repeat: hear – heard – heard. I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. Yes, I heard what you said. Have you heard about Samantha?To hide means ocultar repeat: hide – hid - hidden. Again: hide – hid - hidden. Where did you hide the chocolate? I hid the money under the bed.El verbo golpear is to hit. Repeat – hit – hit – hit. Easy – así de fácil. Repeat the vowel sound. Repite el sonido vocal /I/ hit – hit – hit- Don’t hit the dog!Agarrar o celebrar is to hold. Repeat – hold – held – held. Hold my hand. The meetings are usually held in Simon’s office. Where are the Olympics being held next year?To hurt in Spanish is herir – The vowel sound (el sonido vocal) es /er/. Repeat /er/ - hurt. Como el verbo ‘hit’, el verbo hurt no cambia. Los tres formas son iguales. Repeat: hurt – hurt – hurt. Did you hurt yourself? - ¿te has hecho daño? - Yes, I hurt my leg. I’m sorry if I hurt you. The verb to keep is conservar, guardar o quedarse con. Repeat: keep – kept – kept. Keep the change  - quédese con el cambio. Shhhh.. Can you keep a secret? I’ve kept a diary (un diario) since I was eleven..And finally the verb to know - saber o conocer. Es raro que lleva una ‘k’, porque no se pronuncia - know - K-N-O-W - to know. Repeat: know – knew – known. Do you know this word in Spanish? I knew you when you were a child. How long have you known him? El verbo conocer puede ser to meet or to know. La primera vez que coneces a alguien you meet them. “Nice to meet you”. After you meet them, you know them. Listen: I’ve known him for 5 years. I met him in Madrid. I met him 5 years ago. I’ve known him for a long time. So, to know is conocer a alguien, tenerlo por conocido , but to meet means conocer a alguien por primera vez.Would you rather meet new people or spend time with the ones you already know?Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir el segundo y tercero forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo? give gave – givengo went – gonegrow grew – grownhave had - hadhear heard – heardhide  hid – hiddenhit hit – hithold held – heldhurt hurt - hurtkeep kept – keptknow knew – known The next exercise in the newsletter (el cuaderno) practised some irregular verbs in the past tense. Vamos a practicar algunas frases que llevan los verbos irregulares en el pasado. Escucha y repite: 1. We got home late. - We got home late. 2. The shop was closed. - The shop was closed. 3. We drove to France last summer. - We drove to France last summer.4. I went to a Chinese restaurant yesterday. - I went to a Chinese restaurant yesterday.5. I forgot to phone the doctor. - I forgot to phone the doctor.  6. They told us to wait. -  They told us to wait.7. I gave you 20 Euros. -  I gave you 20 Euros.8. I had a fantastic time. - I had a fantastic time.9. I grew up in Buenos Aires. - I grew up in Buenos Aires.10. I heard about your problem. - I heard about your problem.11. We had pizza for lunch. - We had pizza for lunch.12. She died in 2003. - She died in 2003.13. How long have you known him? - How long have you known him?14. He’s caught a cold. - He’s caught a cold.15. I've eaten too much. - I've eaten too much.16. We flew to New York. - We flew to New York. The verb GET was the subject in the intermediate section this month. Get tiene muchos significados. Por ejemplo, volverse, recibir, empezar, obtener, llegar, traer y también con adjetivos para expresar estados: get tired, get angry, get drunk etc.Listen and repeat:Where did you get that computer?We get our cheese from the local market.Can you get the phone, please?Your coffee’s getting cold.It is getting late. I should go. What time’s dinner? I’m getting hungry.I’ve just got a text message.When did you get married?What time did you get home?Where can I get a taxi?Have you got a pen? Have you got..? - ¿tienes...? Is more common in British English. Do you have..? Is more common in American English. The meaning is the same. Do you have a pen? Have you got a pen? Let’s practise some adjectives with get. I’ll say the Spanish verb and you say to get and the adjective before I do. Please excuse my bad Spanish pronunciation. Disculpa mi pronunciación tan mala en español. Ready? ¿Listo? mejorar - to get better empeorar - to get worse enfermarse - to get sick enfadarse - to get angry engordar - to get fat oscurecer – to get dark envejecer - to get old enriquecerse - to get rich ponerse frío, enfriarse - to get cold mojarse - to get wet ponerse nervioso - to get nervous mejorar, ponerse bien - to get well disgustarse - to get upset – U-P-S-E-T – to get upsetquedarse calvo - to get bald – B-A-L-D bald - calvoponerse contento - to get happy agarrar sueño – to get sleepy agarrar hambre - to get hungry agarrar sed - to get thirsty llenarse - to get full ponerse caluroso - to get hot hacerse tarde – to get late enojarse - to get mad There are also many expressions using get and a past participle. For example aburrirse is to get bored. Let’s practise some. I’ll say the Spanish verb and you say to get and the past participle before I do. OK?  vestirse - to get dressed preocuparse - to get worried prepararse - to get ready comprometerse - to get engaged casarse - to get married llenarse de gente - to get crowded cansarse - to get tired confundirse - to get confused emocionarse - to get excited deprimirse - to get depressed asustarse - to get scared terminar - to get finished emborracharse - to get drunk perderse - to get lost aburrirse - to get bored Moving on to the advanced section, we looked at prefixes (prefijos). Tell me the opposites of the following verbs using prefixes. For example, the opposite of agree is disagree. Ready?dress - undresslike -  dislikecredit – discredit – to discredit someoneconnect – disconnect – disconnect your mobile phone during the flightlock (cerrar) - unlockzip - unzipprove (probar) - disprovequalify - disqualifybelieve - disbelievefold - unfoldbend - unbend Here are some more examples of prefixes:The prefix micro means small – in Spanish you say micro; micro-computer is a small computer, microscopes look at small things.auto means of or by oneself, so if you write an autobiography, it’s about your life. If you write a biography, it’s about someone else’s life.pro means in favour of. If you are pro-abortion, you are in favour of abortion. If you are a pro-revolutionary, you are in favour of revolution. Pro is the opposite of anti. If you are against the war you’re anti-war. Against abortion – anti-abortion etc.The prefix post means after. So, if you’re doing post-graduate studies, you are studying something after you have graduated. Post is the opposite of pre. Post-war, pre-war, pre-natal is before birth, before the baby. Post-natal is after birth. Some women suffer from post-natal depression after they have a baby.bi means two or twice, bisexual for example, or bicycle – a bicycle has two wheels. Twice a month is bi-monthly, twice a week is bi-weekly. I subscribe to a bi-monthly podcast. I get one podcast every two weeks.ex means former - ex-president, ex-wife, ex-boyfriend etc.The prefix mis - M-I-S - means badly or wrongly. So if I misunderstand you, I understand you badly or wrongly. To misspell something is to spell it incorrectly.mono is one or single. A monologue has only one person talking. A dialogue has two or more people. over is too much. If you oversleep, you sleep to much. If something is overcooked it is cooked too much. The opposite is under. Underpaid – not paid enough. Overpaid – paid too much. Teachers are often overworked and underpaid. Overcook – undercook. My steak is overcooked. It’s completely black!multi means many. A multi-national company does business in many different countries. A multi-function device does many different things. I recently bought a multi-function device for my computer. It’s a printer and a scanner and a photocopier all in one. It’s a multi-purpose machine.sub means under. A submarine goes under the water. If something is substandard it is below an acceptable level or standard. And sub-zero temperatures are below zero. Notice that we say below zero and not under zero. In Alaska, it’s 16 degrees below zero. semi is half. My car is semi-automatic. I can change gears automatically and manually if I want. A semi-detached house is attached on one side to another house and detached on the other side. So it’s half attached – attached on one side only.The prefix re means again or back. If you read something a second time, you reread it. If you charge batteries again, you recharge them. George W Bush was elected president more than once, so he was re-elected. Well, we can’t have everything. In our Business English section this month there were two short exercises on Business Collocations. Listen and repeat: to lay off – despedir por reducciòn de plantilla. It’s similar to the expression to make s.o. redundant – repeat: to lay off – to lay off staff – Ford laid off 2,000 workers yesterday.To close a deal – llegar a un acuerdo o hacer un trato con alguien. Microsoft closed a deal with Apple last week. To close a deal.To come to the point – ir al grano -  Please come to the point. Would you mind coming to the point.To break off negotiations – to stop talking, stop negotiating. The two companies broke off negotiations.To go bankrupt – I think in Spanish this means quebrar, ir a la quiebra, bancarrota. They went bankrupt last year. They went out of business. They owed millions of dollars. To owe is deberThe annual turnover is the amount of business a company does in a year. It is usually measured in income or sales. What was your annual turnover for 2009?To cease trading is to stop trading. Stop doing business. To cease means to stop. They ceased trading when they went bankrupt.A person who chairs a meeting is the person who is in charge of and who controls the meeting.If you draw someone’s attention to something you bring it to their attention so that they notice it. Let me draw your attention to last year’s turnover. I’d like to draw your attention to my last email (I want you to look at or think about my last email)The sales figures are the numbers (las cifras) that represent the products that have been sold. – repeat: sales figures. Last month’s sales figures.OK, next month we’ll look at 10 more common business collocations. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of nearly 5,000 students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Adult Only, the track was Overlove. And also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com                                          

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises.   Podcast Transcription   Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansioningles.com, recorded for June 2010.   Thank you for all your support on Facebook. We hope you like the competitions and the Skype calls. ¡Bienvenido!Gracias a todos vosotros ya tenemos más que 4,000 fans en nuestra página de Facebook. Espero que os gusten los concursos que hacemos y las llamadas de Skype. A mi me pasa muy bien hablando con vosotros.   Let’s continue with the list of irregular verbs. Vamos a continuar con la lista de verbos irregulares.   ¿Qué es el verbo comer en inglés? To eat Escucha y repite: eat – ate – eaten. What did you eat for lunch? Have you eaten yet? ¿Ya has comido? Next is the verb caer – to fall repeat fall – fell – fallen. Again – otra vez: fall – fell – fallen El verbo sentir en ingles is to feel – Repeat: feel –felt – felt luchar is to fight – F-I-G-H-T – fight – fought – fought We had the same vowel sound last month. Hemos tenido 2 verbos el mes pasado con el mismo sonido vocal /au/ repeat: /au/ buy – bought / catch – caught / fight – fought. A great film with Brad Pitt is Fightclub – El club de la lucha. Have you seen it? encontrar is to find – repeat: find – found – found. The vowel sound is /ow/ - found – found. I’m so happy I found you. I’m so happy I found La Mansión del Inglés! Volar means to fly repeat: fly – flew - flown. Again: fly – flew – flown. I flew to Paris. Have you ever flown business class? El verbo olvidar is to forget – repeat – forget – forgot – forgotten otra vez - forget – forgot – forgotten El verb perdonar is to forgive repeat – forgive – forgave – forgiven. Another wonderful film by Clint Eastwood. Sin Perdon – Unforgiven. Helar o congelar is to freeze – If it’s very cold you say. “It’s freezing!” repeat “It’s freezing!” freeze – froze – frozen. Comida congelada is frozen food. I froze the pizza yesterday. It’s in the freezer. The freezer – el congelador And finally the verb obtener. En inglés to get. Uno de los verbos más comunes en ingles. Listen/escucha get – got – got. Repeat: get – got – got. Easy! - I got drunk last night. Did you get any milk? I’ve got a new car. I got it last month. How much money have you got? You may hear get – got – gotten. A veces se dice gotten. Es más usado en el inglés Americano.   Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir el segundo y tercero forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo?   eat                         ate - eaten fall                         fell - fallen feel                        felt - felt fight                       fought - fought find                        found - found fly                         flew - flown forget                     forgot - forgotten forgive                             forgave - forgiven freeze                    froze - frozen get                         got - got / gotten   The next exercise in the newsletter (el proximo ejecicio en el cuaderno) practised the difference between past simple and past continuous. Listen and repeat the sentences to practise pronunciation. Escucha y repite: I saw your mum yesterday. yesterday. - mum yesterday. - your mum yesterday. - I saw your mum yesterday. It wasn’t raining when we got to the city centre. -  city centre  - the city centre. - got to - got to the city centre. - when we got to the city centre. - It wasn’t raining - It wasn’t raining when we got to the city centre. I met your brother when I was walking the dog. - walking the dog. - when I was - when I was walking - when I was walking the dog - your brother - I met your brother - I met your brother when I was walking the dog. I met your brother when I was walking the dog. He didn’t go to the beach with me yesterday. - with me yesterday. - go to the beach - go to - go to the beach - He didn’t - He didn’t go to the beach - He didn’t go to the beach with me yesterday. Was Pepito wearing his new sunglasses when you saw him? - Saw him -when you saw him? - his new sunglasses - wearing his new sunglasses - Was Pepito wearing his new sunglasses when you saw him? Was Pepito wearing his new sunglasses when you saw him? Last year I ran in the New York marathon. marathon - the New York marathon. - I ran in the New York marathon. - Last year I ran in the New York marathon. - Last year I ran in the New York marathon. I wasn’t watching TV when you rang, I was having dinner. - having dinner. - I was having dinner - when you rang - when you rang, I was having dinner. - I wasn’t - I wasn’t watching - I wasn’t watching TV when you rang, I wasn’t watching TV when you rang, I was having dinner. I wasn’t watching TV when you rang, I was having dinner.   In the intermediate section this month we practised some vocabulary connected with cars and driving. For example gearstick – palanca de cambio and seatbelt – cinturón de seguridad. Gearstick and seatbelt are compound nouns. A compound noun (un nombre compuesto) is when two nouns combine to form a single noun. Like bedroom or bookcase or seafood - marisco. The first noun acts like an adjective and gives information about the second noun. In Spanish you say the door of the car – la puerta del coche. In English we say cardoor. In Spanish you say the champion of tennis – el campionato de tennis  - in English tennis champion. In Spanish you say a card of credit – una tarjecta de credito, in English we say credit card. Compound nouns are sometimes written as one word, sometimes as two separate words and sometimes with a hyphen – guíon.   OK, I’ll say the Spanish noun or expression and you say the compound noun before I do. Remember all the words are connected to cars and driving. Ready?   volante - steering wheel bolsa de aire - airbag freno de mano - handbrake parabrisas – windscreen (in British English), windshield (in American English) palanca de cambio - gearstick cinturón de seguridad – seatbelt faros – headlights aparcamiento - carpark (in British English), parking lot (in American English) asiento de coche – carseat teléfono de automóvil – carphone túnel de lavado – Carwash    Here are some more car words and expressions. motor – engine ruedas – wheels maletero - boot (boot – in British English) / trunk (in American English) neumático – tyre – a car has four tyres and a spare tyre. Where is the spare tyre usually kept? In the boot (or in the trunk).   One on the first things you do when you get into a car is you turn on the engine – arrancar el coche You do up or put on your seatbelt and you take off the handbrake. Some cars are automatic. They have an automatic gearbox, especially American cars. European cars tend to have manual gearboxes, so you have to change gears using the gearstick and the clutch – el embrague. We say to put the car in gear. When you are low on petrol (or gas as the Americans say) you fill up with petrol. That was one of the first Spanish expressions I learned here in Spain. “llenalo por favour” Fill it up, please. When it gets dark you turn on the headlights, and when you park the car, you turn the headlights off. Frenar is to brake and if you want to go faster you accelerate. To accelerate – acelerar. You usually accelerate when you overtake - to overtake – adelantar (I think in México they say rebasar) to indicate means indicar, señalizar poner el intermitente. That’s something that Spanish drivers don’t do very often here in Valencia. I often have to guess which way the car in front of me is going to turn. Aparcar (or in Latin America parquear) is to park, and a bend in the road is una curva and to swerve is dar un viraje brusco. To swerve to the right – virar bruscamente a la derecha. to pick (someone) up in your car is buscar, recoger: I'll pick you up at the airport - te iré a recoger al aeropuerto. What’s the opposite of pick someone up? to drop off - dejar: I'll drop you off at your house - te dejaré en casa. Repeat: I’ll pick you up – I’ll pick you up at your hotel. Can you pick me up at the airport? Where does the coach drop us off? Can you drop me off at the nearest restaurant? Llevar a alguien en coche is to give somebody a lift – Repeat: I'll give you a lift. Can you give me a lift to the airport? Listen and repeat: Did you come by car? - Let’s go for a drive - Did you bring the car? - Yes, I drove here.  - Drive – drove – driven. When was the last time you drove? Please slow down – Would you mind slowing down? Could you drive more slowly? Speed up – go faster - Put your foot down – ¡Más rápido!   In the advanced part of the newsletter we practised talking about habits. Listen and repeat the sentences.   A good friend is someone who keeps phoning you even when there’s no real news.   A bore is someone who is always talking about their boring hobbies. A bore is someone who tends not to notice when other people aren’t interested. When I was 11, my best friend and I used to walk home from school together. When I was 11, my best friend would always take my side if there was a problem. My least favourite teacher at school always criticised me in front of the other students.  My least favourite teacher at school tended to treat the girls better than the boys. My least favourite teacher at school kept losing his temper with the class.   In the Business English section there were some useful expressions for telephone English. Listen and repeat the expressions and say your name when you hear the tone.   Good morning, (tone) speaking. Who's calling, please? Good afternoon, (tone)  speaking. How can I help you?   This is (tone) speaking. Hello, this is (tone)   Could I speak to _______ please? I'd like to speak to _______, please. Could you put me through to _______ , please?   I'm afraid he isn't in at the moment. I'm sorry, she’s in a meeting at the moment. I'm afraid he’s on another line at the moment.   Just a moment, please. Could you hold the line, please? Hold the line, please.   I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you repeat that, please? I'm sorry, I can't hear you very well. Could you speak up a little, please? Could you spell that, please?   One moment, please. I'll see if she’s available. I'll put you through. I'll connect you. I'm connecting you now.   Can I take a message? Would you like to leave a message? Can I give him a message? I'll tell her that you called I'll ask him to call you as soon as possible   Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community off more than 4,000 students and teachers on our Facebook fan page.   See you next time!   The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Adult Only, the track was Overlove. And also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com        

  Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises.   Podcast Transcription Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansioningles.com, recorded for May 2010. Thank you for all your support on Facebook. We really enjoy reading your comments. It’s a lot of fun for me to have students from so many different countries. Gracias por sus amables palabras sobre el cuaderno del mes pasado. Especialmente en nuestra página de Facebook. Si quieres seguirnos y participar en la página, busca La Mansión del Inglés desde tu cuenta de Facebook.   Let’s continue with the list of irregular verbs that we started last month. Vamos a continuar con la lista de verbos irregulares en inglés que hemos empezado el mas pasado.   ¿Qué es el verbo comprar en inglés? To buy Escucha y repite: buy – bought – bought Next is the verb to catch repeat catch –caught– caught escucha el sonido vocal /au/ caught - caught El verbo venir en ingles is  to come - come – came – come costar is to cost the verb to cost doesn’t change in the past or past participle. La forma no cambia escucha: cost – cost – cost Morder is to bite – bite - bit – bitten Otro verbo que no cambia es el verbo cortar – to cut repeat: cut – cut – cut. cortar y pegar = cut and paste. El verbo elegir is to choose – repeat – choose – chose – chosen –again – otra vez -  choose – chose – chosen Hacer is to do repeat – do or does I do, you do, they do, we do – he does, she does, it does. Repeat: do/does – did - done Soñar is to dream – There are two possible forms for the past and participle of dream. Hay dos formas posibles  – dream - dreamt DREAMT dreamt or dreamed DREAMED dreamed– dreamt or dreamed Repeat: dream – dreamt – dreamt or dream – dreamed - dreamed Do you know the verb beber en inglés? ¿Sabes como decir el verbo beber en inglés? It’s to drink repeat: to drink – drink – drank - drunk. And finally the verb conducir. En inglés to drive. Listen/escucha drive – drove – driven. Repeat: drive – drove - driven   Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir el segundo y tercero forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo.   buy -                bought - bought         catch -             caught - caught         come -              came - come              cost -               cost - cost                cut -                 cut - cut                   choose -            chose - chosen          do -                  did - done                 dream -             dreamt - dreamt         drink -               drank - drunk             drive -               drove – driven   Now let’s talk about some verbs we can use to talk about the body and things you do with your body.    To cough in Spanish is toser. The spelling is really strange: COUGH cough. Yeah I know – English spelling is crazy. It’s mad. No tiene sentido – it makes no sense. Anyway, the pronunciation is cough. It’s also a noun – a cough. I’ve got a bad cough. Repeat. I’ve got a bad cough. People who smoke a lot may have a smoker’s cough. Repeat a smoker’s cough. Have you got a smoker’s cough? To breathe- BREATHE -  is respirar. Repeat: to breathe. I can’t breathe in here. The noun is breath – BREATH (sin la E). She’s got bad breath. To yawn is bostezar. If you’re tired and bored during this podcast, you’ll probably be yawning. – to yawn. Atchooo! - Estornudar – is to sneeze. If you have a cold you’ll probably be sneezing. We can say to catch a cold. Repeat: to catch a cold. What’s the past form of catch?.....caught. Very good! I caught a cold last week. Actually, that’s true. When I went on holiday at Easter I caught a cold. I caught a cold in Navarra. To sigh – SIGH - suspirar – It’s also a noun. He gave a deep sigh when he saw her. To snore is – roncar – SNORE. My dad snores really loudly.   OK, I’ll say the Spanish verb and you say the translation before I do. Ready?   toser  - to cough respirar  - to breathe bostezar  - to yawn estornudar – to sneeze suspirar  - to sigh roncar - to snore   The following verbs are often used when we talk about food and eating.   Masticar in English is to chew. Chew your food well. Chicle in English is chewing gum. eructar in English is to burp. In some countries it’s polite to burp after eating. It shows appreciation. Not in the UK though. It’s considered rude (mal educado). That doesn’t stop my sister. She’s always burping. How do we say tragar in English? - to swallow – Drink water when you swallow the pill. A pill is una pastilla lamer in English is to lick. Lick ice cream, lick your lips – tus labios. Whenever I see a good chocolate cake I lick my lips. morder in English is to bite. I’m not going to bite you. No te voy a morder. chupar in English is to suck. Here’s a joke that you can tell your English teacher (if you have one). “I had a friend who drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong current sucked him in.” Ask your teacher to explain that one.     Let’s see what you remember. I’ll say the Spanish verb and you say the translation before I do. OK, here we go.   morder - to bite chupar – to suck tragar – to swallow masticar – to chew lamer – to lick  eructar – to burp    Ok, let’s look at some verbs now that are used in connection with the eyes and the face.   parpadear means  to blink. I blinked in the sunlight when I came out of the cinema. guiñar el ojo – to wink. I winked at a girl in a bar yesterday, but she ignored me. The story of my life. Do you remember suspirar  - to sigh. I have no luck with girls. Maybe I should stop winking at them. Ruborizarse in English is to blush. I’m very shy (timido). I blush easily. Girls put blusher on their face to make their cheeks (sus mejillas) red. Blusher is make-up (maquillaje) sonreír abiertamente is to grin - GRIN. She was so happy to see me that she was grinning from ear to ear. fruncir means to frown. I frowned when I realised we were going to be late again. Why are you frowning? What’s wrong?   Once again, I’m going to say the Spanish verb and I want you to say the English verb before I do. Ready?   parpadear – to blink guiñar el ojo – to wink ruborizarse – to blush sonreír abiertamente – to grin fruncir – to frown And I apologise for my bad Spanish pronunciation.   In the business English section this month, there was an exercise to practise prepositions. Prepositions are difficult in English because they are often different from Spanish, so it doesn’t always help to translate. Listen and repeat the sentences. All of the sentences start with the expression “I’m afraid…” . I’m afraid means Me temo or “I’m sorry, but….”   I'm afraid the manager’s at lunch. I'm afraid Mr. Smith is in New York all this week. I'm afraid she's on the other line. I'm afraid Ms Walker is out of the office at the moment. Can I take a message? I’m afraid he won’t be able to phone you back until this afternoon. I'm afraid Ms Samuels is on holiday until next Wednesday. I'm afraid Mr. Jameson is in a meeting at the moment. I'm afraid you've been put through to the wrong department. I'm afraid he's on a business trip until Thursday. I'm afraid Mrs. Reeves is at our Head Office today.   Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community on our Facebook fan page.   See you next time!                    

Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription  Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansióninglés.com, recorded for April 2010. Thank you for all your positive feedback and comments on last month’s newsletter. Gracias por sus amables palabras sobre el cuaderno del mes pasado. Especialmente en nuestra página de Facebook. Si quieres seguirnos y participar en la página, busca La Mansión del Inglés desde tu cuenta de Facebook.   OK, let’s practise some irregular verbs. Vamos a practicar algunos verbos irregulares en inglés.   Cuando hablo Español, es muy difícil para mi saber cuando hay que decir el verbo ser o estar. En inglés es más fácil porque solo hay un verbo. Es el verbo to be. Escucha y repite: be – was/were – been El verbo golpear is to beat – beat – beat – beaten El verbo llegar a ser is  to become - become – became – became Empezar to begin – begin - began – begun Morder bite – bite - bit – bitten El verbo soplar blow - blow – blew – blown El verbo romper is to break - break – broke – broken Traer/llevar is to bring - bring – brought – brought Edificar is to build - build – built – built Quemar is to burn. There are two possible forms for the past and participle of burn. Hay dos formas posibles – burnt – BURNT or burned – BURNED. Repeat: to burn – burn - burnt / burned - burnt / burned   Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir el segundo y tercero forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo.   be –                                 was / were – been beat –                              beat – beaten become –                         became – became begin –                             began – begun bite –                               bit – bitten blow –                              blew – blown break –                            broke – broken bring –                             brought – brought build –                              built – built burn –                              burnt / burned – burnt / burned       Now let’s practise some idioms. Idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not always obvious from the individual words used.   For example, My hands are tied means I have no choice. I can’t help you my hands are tied. Repeat: I’m sorry, my hands are tied. Tied – atado - to tie. Repeat: I’m sorry, my hands are tied. I’m afraid my hands are tied.   Hold your horses means that you are doing something too fast and they would like you to slow down. Hold your horses, will you! Just wait a minute. Repeat: Wait a minute, just hold your horses.   If you swallow your pride, you admit that you have been wrong about something or someone. You accept that you have to do something that is embarrassing. Swallow means tragar in Spanish and pride is orgullo. Repeat: Swallow your pride and apologise to her. I had to swallow my pride.   People who burn the candle at both ends work all hours of the day and night. They get little sleep or rest because they are busy until late every night and then get up early every morning. Repeat: She's burning the candle at both ends studying for her exams.   If something fishy is going on, then something suspicious is happening. If something is going on, algo esta pasando What’s going on? ¿Qué ocurre? Fishy can mean suspicious. For example: There are strange noises coming from David’s bedroom. Something fishy’s going on in there. Repeat: There’s something very fishy going on.   If someone is a dark horse, they are secretive and might surprise you. Like a dark horse in a horse race. Repeat: She’s a dark horse that one!   If you kill two birds with one stone you do two things at once. To kill is matar and a stone is una piedra.I saw some friends when I was in Madrid visiting my parents. I killed two birds with one stone. Repeat: I killed two birds with one stone.   A can of worms is a situation which causes a lot of trouble for you when you start to deal with it. A can is una lata and worms are gusanos. So, if you open up a can of worms, you cause a lot of trouble for yourself. Repeat: If you do that, you open up a can of worms. You’re opening a can of worms, you know.   If you let the cat out of the bag, pones en el aire lo que esta escondido. You reveal a secret or a surprise by accident. I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Sarah went and let the cat out of the bag. Repeat: Don’t say anything. Don’t tell anyone. Don’t let the cat out of the bag.   If someone looks like a million dollars, they look fantastic. Wow! I love that dress, you look like a million dollars. Repeat: You look like a million dollars. It’s officially spring now - estamos ya en la primavera oficialmente - and maybe you’re starting to think about your holidays. I know I am. So, let’s practise some holiday vocabulary.   When you travel by ship and stop at different places you go on a cruise. C-R-U-I-S-E. Be careful of the pronunciation. Listen: cruise, like Tom Cruise. Repeat: cruise. I’m going on a cruise. Notice the expression to go on. We go on holiday, we go on a trip, on a business trip. Repeat: I’m going on a trip to Barcelona. When are you going on your Mediterranean cruise? How often do you go on business trips?   Going on a trip is when you go somewhere, stay there and come back (on business or on holiday). It’s probably more common to say “go on a trip” than “travel”. Trip is a countable noun, travel is uncountable. “I went on a trip to Paris” – no se dice XI went on a travelX)   When you travel by plane you take a flight. Flight is a noun. The verb is to fly. Repeat: What time’s your flight? Did you find a cheap flight? Who are you flying with?   A tour is when you visit several places following an organised plan. Last year we went to Egypt on a package tour. A package tour is when the flights, hotels, transportation etc are included in the price.   When you travel a long way by sea, or in space, it’s called a voyage. “They embarked on a voyage across the sea.” – se fueron de viaje por mar.   When you travel from place to place by road, train etc. you go on a journey. Un viaje en train is a train journey. How long is the journey from Barcelona to Valencia? Repeat: How long is the journey from Barcelona to Valencia? Is it a long journey?   Now listen to, and repeat, the following holiday collocations:   Sea - deep blue sea, calm sea, cold sea, rough sea (a rough sea is agitado, picado the opposite of a rough sea is a calm sea)   tour - coach tour, sightseeing tour, package tour , guided tour (if you go sightseeing, haces turismo. – I went sightseeing in Paris. The sights are the famous and interesting things in a city. What are the sights in Paris? The Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, the Champs-Elysees. To see them is to go sightseeing. Repeat: go sightseeing. I went sightseeing in London. I saw all the sights. What are the sights in London? What’s the name of that big clock? Big Ben. What’s the name of that famous department store where the Queen goes shopping? Harrods. What’s the name of that big house where the Queen lives? Buckingham Palace. Where do David and Victoria Beckham live? Beckingham Palace!   holiday - summer holiday, package holiday, beach holiday, adventure holiday   trip coach trip (what’s the difference between coach and bus? A coach is usually for longer journeys, maybe from one city to another city. A bus is for travelling inside a city, for shorter journeys. A coach is usually more comfortable than a bus.) Repeat: We’re going on a coach trip. It’s cheaper to take a coach than a train, boat trip – a boat trip on the River Thames, day trip, business trip   resort (a resort is un centro turístico) - holiday resort, tourist resort, seaside resort, popular resort (seaside means playa, costa. I love going to seaside resorts – but not in England, the weather’s terrible!)   beach – a crowded beach (a crowded beach es una playa llena de gente Repeat: It’s crowded. The beach is crowded. It’s a crowded beach.) golden beach, sandy beach (sand is arena, so the adjective sandy means arenoso) repeat: a sandy beach, deserted beach (deserted means desierto o abandanado)     In the advanced section this month, we practised writing cleft sentences. Listen to the examples and repeat the sentences.   It was Bram Stoker who wrote Dracula in 1897. It was in 1897 that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula. It was Dracula that Bram Stoker wrote in 1897.   What people really love is Baloo the bear. Baloo the bear is what people really love. It is Baloo the bear that people really love.   What this bear is called is Baloo. Baloo is what this bear is called. This bear is called Baloo.   Most sightings have been reported in the Indian Jungle. It is (in) the Indian Jungle where most sightings have been reported. The Indian Jungle is where most sightings have been reported.   Suddenly the bear appeared out of nowhere. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, the bear appeared.   Right there in front of me danced the cuddly bear. It was the cuddly bear that danced right there in front of me.   What I didn’t expect to see in the jungle was a dancing bear. A dancing bear was the last thing I expected to see in the jungle.   In the business English section this month, there was an exercise to practise abbreviations in business English. Listen to the abbreviations and try to say what they stand for before I say them.   AGM - Annual General Meeting CEO - Chief Executive Officer COB - Chairman Of the Board a/c account ASAP - as soon as possible ATM - automated teller machine (Am. English - cash dispenser, Br. English – cashpoint) Attn - for the attention of cc - copy to Co - company COD - cash on delivery dept - department ETA - estimated time of arrival GDP - gross domestic product GNP - gross national product Inc - incorporated Jr - junior Ltd - limited company N/A - not applicable NB - Nota Bene (Latin - it is important to note) PA - personal assistant p.a. - per annum (Latin - per year) p.w. - per week Plc - public limited company p.p. - per pro (Latin - used before signing in a person's absence) PR - public relations p.s. - post scriptum (Latin – in Spanish posdata P.D.) pto - please turn over qty - quantity R & D - research and development re - with reference to RSVP - repondez s'il vous plait (French - please reply) VAT - value added tax VIP - very important person   Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to mansioningles.com and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and visit us on our Facebook fan page.