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Native English speakers answer questions about hometowns from previous B2, C1, C2 and IELTS exam papers.As usual we'll take a look at all of the nice grammar and vocabulary, particularly language relating to towns and cities. We have a bunch of speakers from different countries so you can practice listening to their wonderfully different accents and viewpoints. For classes or transcripts go to https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Thanks to all of the contributors, including Emma, Mike, Noel, Konner, Jen, Dan from the Roar and Score Trivia Podcast and the girls from the Butt Stuff PodcastSupport the show

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Native English speakers answer questions with phrasal verbs from previous B2, C1, C2 and IELTS exam papers.Everyone loves phrasal verbs, right??? Perfect, because this episode has lots of them, plus a bunch of nice idioms and expressions. We have speakers from Canada, Wales, Australia, England and Ireland. Enjoy!For classes or transcripts go to https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Thanks to all of the contributors, including Emma, Mike, Noel, Konner, Jen, Dan from the Roar and Score Trivia Podcast and the girls from the Butt Stuff Podcast.Support the show

Native English speakers answer questions about school from previous B2, C1, C2 and IELTS exam papers.This is definitely one of the most common topics in English exams, especially if you are a teenager and are doing exams like First for Schools for instance.  So we talk about useful school subjects, school trips, positive learning environments and a bunch of other schooly things. We focus on using auxiliary verbs for emphasis and on question tags, which are always in need of some practice! We have some nice phrasal verbs too and quite a few idioms. For classes or transcripts go to https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Thanks to all of the contributors, including Emma, Mike, Noel, Konner, Jen, Dan from the Roar and Score Trivia Podcast and the girls from the Butt Stuff Podcast.Support the show

Native English speakers answer questions about space from previous B2, C1, C2 and IELTS exam papers.Ok, it's not the most common exam topic ever but it is a very interesting subject and a lot of people are really enthusiastic about it, as you are gonna hear, we have quite a few space fans speaking today. So there's plenty of space vocabulary, lots of adjectives, some phrasal verbs and a wide variety of accents, including quite a funny conversation between two Welsh ladies that is sure to test your listening skills. For classes or transcripts go to https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Thanks to all of the contributors, including Emma, Mike, Noel, Konner, Jen, Dan from the Roar and Score Trivia Podcast and the girls from the Butt Stuff Podcast.Support the show

Native English speakers answer questions about the manners from previous B2, C1, C2 and IELTS exam papers.We have speakers from England, Wales, Canada, Australia, Ireland and South Africa so you are gonna get a good impression of what manners are expected in English-speaking countries. You're gonna hear plenty of useful vocabulary, some top idioms, phrasal verbs, connectors, loads of great language, but more than anything it's really interesting from a cultural viewpoint. For classes or transcripts go to https://realexamenglish.com/Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Thanks to all of the contributors, including Emma, Mike, Noel, Konner, Jen, Dan from the Roar and Score Trivia Podcast and the girls from the Butt Stuff Podcast.Support the show

In this episode, MEEDA volunteer and certified Eating Psychology Coach Florence Gillet interviews Dr Riccardo Dalle Grave, Director of the Department of Eating and Weight Disorders at Villa Garda Hospital (Lago Di Garda, Italy).In collaboration with Professor Christopher Fairburn, Dr Dalle Grave developed an original inpatient treatment for eating disorders based entirely on enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E), an adaptation of CBT-E for adolescents with eating disorders, and the CBT-OB, an innovative treatment combining the behavioral treatment for obesity with strategies and procedures derived by the CBT-E for eating disorders.  Over the past 20 years, he has published several papers in international peer-reviewed journals (137 included in PubMed), about 100 papers in Italian, 25 books in Italian, and written three books in US. In 1997 he founded the First Certificate of Professional Training in Eating Disorders and Obesity. This one-year course, that is now at the 19th cohort, trains medical doctors, psychologists, and dietitians in cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders and obesity. He provides expert supervision for clinical services in Europe, the USA, Australia, and the U.A.E.Together, Florence and Dr Dalle Grave discuss about1/ what is CBT-E and what makes CBT E the gold standard for ED treatments in adults?2/ CBT-E : a)       who can benefit from it, b)      who is allowed to deliver itc)       treatment modalities (how long, how often, etc)3/ Differences between Family Based Therapy and CBT-E for adolescents4/ the most crucial support parents can provide if they have an adolescent being treated with CBT-E5/ Differences between the Focused and Broad version of CBT-E and who needs what6/ Guided self-help for binge eating disorder, as a streamlined form of CBT-E 7/ If someone doesn't have access to CBT-E where they are, what could be a Plan B option for treatmentTo know more about CBT-E for patients, professionals and lay people, please visit www.cbte.co: https://www.cbte.co/Consider reading Dr Dalle Grave and Carine El Khazen's book:  Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Young people with Eating Disorders.Or understand how to get trained in CBT-E via https://www.credo-oxford.com/#topic0Please reach out with your questions, suggestions and feedback via media@meeda.meFor your free 15 mins assessment, please visit www.meeda.me

Olena Ishutina is a Candidate Masters of Sports in Ballroom Dancing and she won more than 10 dancing competitions. Born in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, she recently passed her First Certificate in English. She loves reading books, painting and dancing. Instagram: @l.e.n.a_ishutina

Beata Zdanowska is a Certified Mindset Life Coach based in New York City. She helps unfulfilled professionals find their alignment, purpose and passion and take action with clarity and confidence. She is passionate about guiding clients through life blocks and struggles to find the ultimate fulfillment. She accomplishes that through creating clarity, building confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, setting healthy boundaries, healthy lifestyle, and alignment with intuition and the goals. She immigrated from Poland in 1989 and went through many life blocks and difficulties to get to the fulfilling mission as a life coach. From telemarketing, through managing million-dollar estates, to having the life of an entrepreneur, life taught her many lessons, which she now applies in her coaching program to help others avoid unnecessary struggle and time waste. Her passion is to guide others to their highest potential. Her mission is to inspire millions to act with purpose and passion. She received her Master Mindset Life Coach certification at the Transformation Academy, an ICF accredited program with focus on Confidence, Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT). She is a spiritual meditation practitioner, yogi, tango dancer, sustainability supporter, proponent of a healthy body and healthy mind, and most of all a lover of nature and the great outdoors. The landing page for booking a call is: https://bit.ly/3vMD1MVIG: Her Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/beata.zdanowska.coaching/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/b-z-coaching Clubhouse: @bzlifecoaching FB: https://www.facebook.com/beata.zdanowska.5 First Certificate https://www.credential.net/f15eaafe-02bd-4763-bfcb-1708e6c0cf59 --------- #certifiedmindset #certifiedlifecoach --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/monica-campana/support

Native English speakers answer questions which contain phrasal verbs. The answers are analysed for the best bits. Contains LOTS of phrasal verbs!For classes or transcripts go to https://realexamenglish.com/Music Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show (https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/)

Ко мне пришел очень интересный гость и рассказал все, что помнит про сдачу одного из Кембриджских экзаменов, FCE: почему сдавал? как сертификат повлиял на его жизнь? что было самым сложным? и многое другое.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alinatanner/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lingvo/message

Seconda puntata della stagione 2019-2020 di Border Nights - La notte ai confini in diretta dalle 22 su Web Radio Network e poi in podcast su Spreaker, YouTube, Spotify, Itunes. Ospiti della puntata Giovanni Angelo Cianti autore di un corposo studio su passato, presente e futuro della specie umana e Barbara Amadori con la quale torneremo a parlare di contatti con altre dimensioni. Ad aprire la serata la nuova rubrica di Pietro Ratto, particolarmente attesa.PASSATO E FUTURO DELLA SPECIE UMANA: GIOVANNI ANGELO CIANTIPrimo ospite della puntata sarà Giovanni Cianti autore de "Pianeta Terra - Benvenuti all'Inferno". La sottospecie umana dei sapiens compare improvvisamente e inspiegabilmente sulla Terra in tempi recentissimi, poco più di centomila anni fa. Da allora, docile e obbediente, è gestita esattamente come noi facciamo con gli altri animali, la sua assoluta mancanza di consapevolezza consente a chi la guida di operare nell’arbitrio più totale, fuori da ogni controllo. La sua storia è una interminabile litania di miserie, fame, guerre, sofferenze e morte, incapace com’è di imparare persino dal dolore. Una biomassa illusa di essere protagonista di vicende delle quali è solo una pallida controfigura, canea di burattini che si agitano senza capire, marionette manovrate da altrui volontà. Non a loro – perduti in meschini affanni - questo libro è dedicato. L’obiettivo che ci siamo posti è strappare quella piccola parte di umani che ne sono consapevoli all’Inferno nel quale vivono, ridare a questi rari esemplari di uomo la loro intrinseca natura, la dignità di animali sani, liberi, veri e di conseguenza finalmente felici. Giovanni Cianti esordisce come autore di fumetti tra i quali il celebre Ken Parker e lavora successivamente come Art Director e Illustratore in agenzie di pubblicità. Realizza numerosi manuali sportivi, saggi e racconti, collabora con prestigiose riviste italiane e internazionali. La sua carriera professionale si amalgama con quella sportiva dove opera come body builder agonista di buon livello, ricercatore e preparatore atletico. Proprietario e manager di Centri Fitness collabora con varie federazioni sportive in veste di docente alla formazione dei quadri istruttori. Attualmente concentra studi e ricerche nel campo della salute e dell'alimentazione con particolare attenzione agli aspetti evoluzionistici della biologia.CONTATTI CON ALTRE DIMENSIONI: BARBARA AMADORINella seconda parte tornerà con noi Barbara Amadori, dopo la seguitissima puntata dello scorso anno. Channeller, Master Reiki, Barbara Amadori ha una formazione culturale che spazia dalla musicaclassica (ha studiato presso il Conservatorio di Musica “B. Maderna” di Cesena), a quella letteraria (Diploma Magistrale), linguistica (First Certificate conseguito c/o British School) al giornalismo (1991/2017). Appassionata ed attenta studiosa delle discipline filosofiche, al fine di completare adeguatamente la proprio cultura personale in merito alla Qabalah ebraica, consegue il diploma di II livello in ebraico antico. Dalla morte del padre, avvenuta 40 anni fa, si dedica al mondo delle Dimensioni Sottili che permeano l’esistenza di ciascuno di noi. I seminari da lei condotti vertono su alcuni importanti aspetti della Medianità e soprattutto si svolgono con l’intento di insegnare a tutti i partecipanti, la possibilità riscoprire i propri doni intuitivi. Diversi pertanto i “passaggi” che vengono esaminati in merito: prima di affrontare l’anelato momento in cui si percepisce il Mondo Spirituale, Barbara Amadori conduce le persone attraverso l’apprendimento della lettura energetica e medianica delle fotografie, degli oggetti, dei nastri, la telepatia, la pittura intuitiva, la musica, nonché esercizi pratici sulle possibilità di comunicazione fra i partecipanti del seminario attraverso l’utilizzo di tecniche meditative.LE RUBRICHE DI BORDER NIGHTSNel corso della puntata tornerà la ruota libera con Paolo Franceschetti, La Campana dello zio Tom, con Tom Bosco, "Sulle ali di Hermes" con Federica Francesconi, Paola Iacobini con i suoi insegnamenti per imparare le lingue con la Pnl, la scheda del Maestro di Dietrologia e la biblioteca di Barbara Marchand.Playlist:Deep Dive Corp. - The Flame (Original Mix)Niccolò Fabi - Io Sono l'altroDream Lab - Summer of rainAlan Walker - FADED ( Violin Cover by Yustin Arlette)Lucio Battisti - Donna selvaggia donnaUnClubbed feat. Zoe Durrant - Need To Feel LovedWamdue Project & jonathan Mendelsohn - Forgiveness (Extended Original)Deproducers - Figli delle stelle

Seconda puntata della stagione 2019-2020 di Border Nights - La notte ai confini in diretta dalle 22 su Web Radio Network e poi in podcast su Spreaker, YouTube, Spotify, Itunes. Ospiti della puntata Giovanni Angelo Cianti autore di un corposo studio su passato, presente e futuro della specie umana e Barbara Amadori con la quale torneremo a parlare di contatti con altre dimensioni. Ad aprire la serata la nuova rubrica di Pietro Ratto, particolarmente attesa.PASSATO E FUTURO DELLA SPECIE UMANA: GIOVANNI ANGELO CIANTIPrimo ospite della puntata sarà Giovanni Cianti autore de "Pianeta Terra - Benvenuti all'Inferno". La sottospecie umana dei sapiens compare improvvisamente e inspiegabilmente sulla Terra in tempi recentissimi, poco più di centomila anni fa. Da allora, docile e obbediente, è gestita esattamente come noi facciamo con gli altri animali, la sua assoluta mancanza di consapevolezza consente a chi la guida di operare nell’arbitrio più totale, fuori da ogni controllo. La sua storia è una interminabile litania di miserie, fame, guerre, sofferenze e morte, incapace com’è di imparare persino dal dolore. Una biomassa illusa di essere protagonista di vicende delle quali è solo una pallida controfigura, canea di burattini che si agitano senza capire, marionette manovrate da altrui volontà. Non a loro – perduti in meschini affanni - questo libro è dedicato. L’obiettivo che ci siamo posti è strappare quella piccola parte di umani che ne sono consapevoli all’Inferno nel quale vivono, ridare a questi rari esemplari di uomo la loro intrinseca natura, la dignità di animali sani, liberi, veri e di conseguenza finalmente felici. Giovanni Cianti esordisce come autore di fumetti tra i quali il celebre Ken Parker e lavora successivamente come Art Director e Illustratore in agenzie di pubblicità. Realizza numerosi manuali sportivi, saggi e racconti, collabora con prestigiose riviste italiane e internazionali. La sua carriera professionale si amalgama con quella sportiva dove opera come body builder agonista di buon livello, ricercatore e preparatore atletico. Proprietario e manager di Centri Fitness collabora con varie federazioni sportive in veste di docente alla formazione dei quadri istruttori. Attualmente concentra studi e ricerche nel campo della salute e dell'alimentazione con particolare attenzione agli aspetti evoluzionistici della biologia.CONTATTI CON ALTRE DIMENSIONI: BARBARA AMADORINella seconda parte tornerà con noi Barbara Amadori, dopo la seguitissima puntata dello scorso anno. Channeller, Master Reiki, Barbara Amadori ha una formazione culturale che spazia dalla musicaclassica (ha studiato presso il Conservatorio di Musica “B. Maderna” di Cesena), a quella letteraria (Diploma Magistrale), linguistica (First Certificate conseguito c/o British School) al giornalismo (1991/2017). Appassionata ed attenta studiosa delle discipline filosofiche, al fine di completare adeguatamente la proprio cultura personale in merito alla Qabalah ebraica, consegue il diploma di II livello in ebraico antico. Dalla morte del padre, avvenuta 40 anni fa, si dedica al mondo delle Dimensioni Sottili che permeano l’esistenza di ciascuno di noi. I seminari da lei condotti vertono su alcuni importanti aspetti della Medianità e soprattutto si svolgono con l’intento di insegnare a tutti i partecipanti, la possibilità riscoprire i propri doni intuitivi. Diversi pertanto i “passaggi” che vengono esaminati in merito: prima di affrontare l’anelato momento in cui si percepisce il Mondo Spirituale, Barbara Amadori conduce le persone attraverso l’apprendimento della lettura energetica e medianica delle fotografie, degli oggetti, dei nastri, la telepatia, la pittura intuitiva, la musica, nonché esercizi pratici sulle possibilità di comunicazione fra i partecipanti del seminario attraverso l’utilizzo di tecniche meditative.LE RUBRICHE DI BORDER NIGHTSNel corso della puntata tornerà la ruota libera con Paolo Franceschetti, La Campana dello zio Tom, con Tom Bosco, "Sulle ali di Hermes" con Federica Francesconi, Paola Iacobini con i suoi insegnamenti per imparare le lingue con la Pnl, la scheda del Maestro di Dietrologia e la biblioteca di Barbara Marchand.Playlist:Deep Dive Corp. - The Flame (Original Mix)Niccolò Fabi - Io Sono l'altroDream Lab - Summer of rainAlan Walker - FADED ( Violin Cover by Yustin Arlette)Lucio Battisti - Donna selvaggia donnaUnClubbed feat. Zoe Durrant - Need To Feel LovedWamdue Project & jonathan Mendelsohn - Forgiveness (Extended Original)Deproducers - Figli delle stelle

What makes a good essay for the Cambridge exams, at a B2 level? Find out in today's episode SAMPLE ESSAY TASK What can young people do to help the environment? Write about: 1. Recycling 2. Using cars less 3. Your own idea SAMPLE ESSAY (SIMPLE VERSION) There are many things young people can do to protect their local environment. Some of these are recycling, using cars less, and planting tress. First of all, they can make sure that things such as plastic containers, glass bottles and newspapers are recycled. They can also pick up an y litter they find in the street and put it in a rubbish bin. Secondly, nowadays the air is polluted because too many people use cars, even to go to very short distances. Young people can try to use public transport, walk or cycle to their destinations. By doing this, they would make their environment less polluted and they could be able to enjoy clearner air. Finally, they can help to make their local environment greener by helping to look after public parks or gardens. They can also plant trees or help people who want to grow vegetables in their gardens. To sum up, all these actions will make their areas look cleaner and more pleasant while helping to save the world's natural resources. We will all a better future if young people do everything in their power to protect and improve their environment. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE Thank you for listening to this episode. I hope that it helped you discovering something about writing that you did not know, or that it helped you looking at things from a different perspective. If you enjoyed it, you might consider leaving a positive review wherever you are listening. It might seem simple, but it really helps. If you know someone who is struggling with writing in English, you could also think about sharing this episode (or the whole podcast) with them. It might help them in their journey of becoming a better writer. Likewise, if you – or any of your friends – are taking official external exams, you will find valuable info and tricks for the writing part of your exams. You will find this especially relevant if you are taking the Cambridge Exams. CONTACT AND SUGGESTIONS Hi, I'm Mada Jurado, the person behind “Writing tricks”. If you have a question, or want to leave feedback or suggestions about this podcast, you have several options: 1. Call-in to my station over on anchor: https://anchor.fm/writingtricks 2. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/writingtricks 3. Visit my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/writingtricks 4. Have a look at my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writingtricksfm ***** SPONSOR! — NOVENANEWS.COM Support our show by supporting our sponsor. Head over to novenanews.com. Novena News is an independent, lay-run news website that offers accurate, credible and insightful coverage of issues that affect Europeans at the intersection of religion, politics, society and culture.

Quarta puntata stagionale per Border Nights - La notte ai confini in diretta dalle 22 su Web Radio Network  e poi in podcast su Spreaker, YouTube, Spotify, Itunes.   Luciano Malatesta (fratello di Milva, tra le vittime "collaterali" del cosiddetto Mostro di Firenze), Barbara Amadori e Silvestro Montanaro saranno gli ospiti della serata.  Inizio di puntata con la notizia della settimana con Federica Francesconi e Paolo Franceschetti.MOSTRO DI FIRENZE: LO SCONCERTANTE RACCONTO DI LUCIANO MALATESTAPrimo ospite della serata sarà Luciano Malatesta.Si tratta del fratello di Milva, una delle cosiddette vittime collaterali nell'inestricabile mistero del Mostro di Firenze. Trovò una morte atroce nella notte tra il 19 ed il 20 agosto 1993 insieme al figlioletto Mirko, di soli 3 anni: venne trovata carbonizzata all'interno della sua Fiat Panda in una scarpata a Poneta di Barberino Val D'elsa. Nelle vicinanze venne repertata una macchia di sangue sul manico di una tanica di plastica. Accusato del delitto sarà il marito Francesco Rubino prima arrestato e poi assolto nel 1995 per non aver commesso il fatto. Siamo ormai a molti anni di distanza da quello che viene considerato l'ultimo duplice delitto del Mostro eppure si sospetta che la morte di Milva sia direttamente collegata alla più clamorosa scia di sangue della storia criminale italiana. Durante le sue frequentazioni a sfondo spiritico e sessuale sarebbe entrata in contatto con facoltosi personaggi legati in qualche modo alla storia del Mostro e per questo sarebbe stata eliminata. Quello che ha raccontato in tempi recenti il fratello Luciano prima al pm perugino Mignini con una serie di omissis e poi alla commissione Forteto con nomi e cognomi è sconvolgente e non sembra abbia avuto particolari approfondimenti investigativi. La sua famiglia sarebbe stata direttamente coinvolta con personaggi legati alla serie dei delitti e per questo sarebbero stati uccisi per motivi imprecisati la sorella Milva, ed ancor prima gli zii ed il padre.CONTATTI CON ALTRE DIMENSIONI: BARBARA AMADORINella seconda parte per la prima volta a Border Nights, Barbara Amadori. Channeller, Master Reiki, Barbara Amadori ha una formazione culturale che spazia dalla musica classica (ha studiato presso il Conservatorio di Musica “B. Maderna” di Cesena), a quella letteraria (Diploma Magistrale), linguistica (First Certificate conseguito c/o British School) al giornalismo (1991/2017).Appassionata ed attenta studiosa delle discipline filosofiche, al fine di completare adeguatamente la proprio cultura personale in merito alla Qabalah ebraica, consegue il diploma di II livello in ebraico antico. Dalla morte del padre, avvenuta 40 anni fa, si dedica al mondo delle Dimensioni Sottili che permeano l’esistenza di ciascuno di noi. I seminari da lei condotti vertono su alcuni importanti aspetti della Medianità e soprattutto si svolgono con l’intento di insegnare a tutti i partecipanti, la possibilità riscoprire i propri doni intuitivi. Diversi pertanto i “passaggi” che vengono esaminati in merito: prima di affrontare l’anelato momento in cui si percepisce il Mondo Spirituale, Barbara Amadori conduce le persone attraverso l’apprendimento della lettura energetica e medianica delle fotografie, degli oggetti, dei nastri, la telepatia, la pittura intuitiva, la musica, nonché esercizi pratici sulle possibilità di comunicazione fra i partecipanti del seminario attraverso l’utilizzo di tecniche meditative. Inoltre sia corsi che seminari prevedono parti pratiche e teoriche e dipanano le proprie forme partendo dalla teosofia fino a giungere, seppur in modalità breve e superficiale, a qualche elemento di fisica quantistica. Il curriculum di Barbara Amadori inerente l’affascinante mondodell’ignoto, vanta, nel 1997, unica donna in Italia, la pubblicazione del rinomato Saggio “L’Albero della Vita” trattato sulla Qabalah ebraica, riconosciuto dal Centro di Cultura Ebraica di Bruxelles e da alcune comunità rabbiniche americane. Relatrice in forma totalmente gratuita presso Associazioni ed Accademie italiane, nonché presso Convegni internazionali, docente di tecniche evolutive, Barbara Amadori partecipa alla trasmissione televisiva “Maurizio Costanzo Show”. Partecipa in forma totalmente gratuita per aiuto spirituale alle persone in lutto ai Convegno Internazionali di Parapsicologia a Bellaria, Cesena, Assisi, Palermo, Taranto, Verona, Roma, Milano, Locarno, Lugano. Tiene abitualmente conferenze e seminari in Svizzera ed in Italia. Diplomata in Teologia presso la Scuola superiore di Teologia. Il suo testo ”Medianità Quantica” (Anima Edizioni) è giunto alla sua sesta ristampa. Ha pubblicato, inoltre: Aldilà: cronache dai Mondi Invisibili (Anima Edizioni) 5 ristampe Aldilà: dedicato a Chi resta (Anima Edizioni) 2 ristampe. Barbara Amadori ha fondato ed è docente di Medianità quantica® percorso di formazione triennale con sedi a Milano e Cesena. Fondatrice e Presidente di AIRMS; Albo Italiano Ricercatori e Medium Spiritualisti. Fondatrice di Cerchio 28, laboratorio gratuito di Ricerca, Studio, Sperimentazione del Mondo “Invisibile” e dell’Oltre operante a Cesena. Fondatrice ed organizzatrice del convegno nazionale;”Parole di Luce”. Membro associato della Society for Psychical Research di Londra. Membro associato di SNU e SNUi.Tornerà la ruota libera con Paolo Franceschetti, la scheda del Maestro di Dietrologia, la biblioteca di Barbara Marchand. Nel corso della puntata le tre nuove rubriche: quella di Manuele Baciarelli che ci parlerà di enneagramma biologico, Paola Iacobini e la Pnl applicata all'apprendimento delle lingue e Regina Mayer di Salus Bellatrix. Ogni settimana previsto anche un mini intervento di  Francesco di Fera Libens e di Gabriele di Vegan Assicurazioni. 

Quarta puntata stagionale per Border Nights - La notte ai confini in diretta dalle 22 su Web Radio Network  e poi in podcast su Spreaker, YouTube, Spotify, Itunes.   Luciano Malatesta (fratello di Milva, tra le vittime "collaterali" del cosiddetto Mostro di Firenze), Barbara Amadori e Silvestro Montanaro saranno gli ospiti della serata.  Inizio di puntata con la notizia della settimana con Federica Francesconi e Paolo Franceschetti.MOSTRO DI FIRENZE: LO SCONCERTANTE RACCONTO DI LUCIANO MALATESTAPrimo ospite della serata sarà Luciano Malatesta.Si tratta del fratello di Milva, una delle cosiddette vittime collaterali nell'inestricabile mistero del Mostro di Firenze. Trovò una morte atroce nella notte tra il 19 ed il 20 agosto 1993 insieme al figlioletto Mirko, di soli 3 anni: venne trovata carbonizzata all'interno della sua Fiat Panda in una scarpata a Poneta di Barberino Val D'elsa. Nelle vicinanze venne repertata una macchia di sangue sul manico di una tanica di plastica. Accusato del delitto sarà il marito Francesco Rubino prima arrestato e poi assolto nel 1995 per non aver commesso il fatto. Siamo ormai a molti anni di distanza da quello che viene considerato l'ultimo duplice delitto del Mostro eppure si sospetta che la morte di Milva sia direttamente collegata alla più clamorosa scia di sangue della storia criminale italiana. Durante le sue frequentazioni a sfondo spiritico e sessuale sarebbe entrata in contatto con facoltosi personaggi legati in qualche modo alla storia del Mostro e per questo sarebbe stata eliminata. Quello che ha raccontato in tempi recenti il fratello Luciano prima al pm perugino Mignini con una serie di omissis e poi alla commissione Forteto con nomi e cognomi è sconvolgente e non sembra abbia avuto particolari approfondimenti investigativi. La sua famiglia sarebbe stata direttamente coinvolta con personaggi legati alla serie dei delitti e per questo sarebbero stati uccisi per motivi imprecisati la sorella Milva, ed ancor prima gli zii ed il padre.CONTATTI CON ALTRE DIMENSIONI: BARBARA AMADORINella seconda parte per la prima volta a Border Nights, Barbara Amadori. Channeller, Master Reiki, Barbara Amadori ha una formazione culturale che spazia dalla musica classica (ha studiato presso il Conservatorio di Musica “B. Maderna” di Cesena), a quella letteraria (Diploma Magistrale), linguistica (First Certificate conseguito c/o British School) al giornalismo (1991/2017).Appassionata ed attenta studiosa delle discipline filosofiche, al fine di completare adeguatamente la proprio cultura personale in merito alla Qabalah ebraica, consegue il diploma di II livello in ebraico antico. Dalla morte del padre, avvenuta 40 anni fa, si dedica al mondo delle Dimensioni Sottili che permeano l’esistenza di ciascuno di noi. I seminari da lei condotti vertono su alcuni importanti aspetti della Medianità e soprattutto si svolgono con l’intento di insegnare a tutti i partecipanti, la possibilità riscoprire i propri doni intuitivi. Diversi pertanto i “passaggi” che vengono esaminati in merito: prima di affrontare l’anelato momento in cui si percepisce il Mondo Spirituale, Barbara Amadori conduce le persone attraverso l’apprendimento della lettura energetica e medianica delle fotografie, degli oggetti, dei nastri, la telepatia, la pittura intuitiva, la musica, nonché esercizi pratici sulle possibilità di comunicazione fra i partecipanti del seminario attraverso l’utilizzo di tecniche meditative. Inoltre sia corsi che seminari prevedono parti pratiche e teoriche e dipanano le proprie forme partendo dalla teosofia fino a giungere, seppur in modalità breve e superficiale, a qualche elemento di fisica quantistica. Il curriculum di Barbara Amadori inerente l’affascinante mondodell’ignoto, vanta, nel 1997, unica donna in Italia, la pubblicazione del rinomato Saggio “L’Albero della Vita” trattato sulla Qabalah ebraica, riconosciuto dal Centro di Cultura Ebraica di Bruxelles e da alcune comunità rabbiniche americane. Relatrice in forma totalmente gratuita presso Associazioni ed Accademie italiane, nonché presso Convegni internazionali, docente di tecniche evolutive, Barbara Amadori partecipa alla trasmissione televisiva “Maurizio Costanzo Show”. Partecipa in forma totalmente gratuita per aiuto spirituale alle persone in lutto ai Convegno Internazionali di Parapsicologia a Bellaria, Cesena, Assisi, Palermo, Taranto, Verona, Roma, Milano, Locarno, Lugano. Tiene abitualmente conferenze e seminari in Svizzera ed in Italia. Diplomata in Teologia presso la Scuola superiore di Teologia. Il suo testo ”Medianità Quantica” (Anima Edizioni) è giunto alla sua sesta ristampa. Ha pubblicato, inoltre: Aldilà: cronache dai Mondi Invisibili (Anima Edizioni) 5 ristampe Aldilà: dedicato a Chi resta (Anima Edizioni) 2 ristampe. Barbara Amadori ha fondato ed è docente di Medianità quantica® percorso di formazione triennale con sedi a Milano e Cesena. Fondatrice e Presidente di AIRMS; Albo Italiano Ricercatori e Medium Spiritualisti. Fondatrice di Cerchio 28, laboratorio gratuito di Ricerca, Studio, Sperimentazione del Mondo “Invisibile” e dell’Oltre operante a Cesena. Fondatrice ed organizzatrice del convegno nazionale;”Parole di Luce”. Membro associato della Society for Psychical Research di Londra. Membro associato di SNU e SNUi.Tornerà la ruota libera con Paolo Franceschetti, la scheda del Maestro di Dietrologia, la biblioteca di Barbara Marchand. Nel corso della puntata le tre nuove rubriche: quella di Manuele Baciarelli che ci parlerà di enneagramma biologico, Paola Iacobini e la Pnl applicata all'apprendimento delle lingue e Regina Mayer di Salus Bellatrix. Ogni settimana previsto anche un mini intervento di  Francesco di Fera Libens e di Gabriele di Vegan Assicurazioni. 

John and Dave from Taylor School in Oviedo give you advice on how to pass the speaking part of the Cambridge B2 First Exam. Adriana from Expert English aslo tells us useful inside info about the exam day. Inés Hernánez does some acting as our Cambridge Examiner. Find the notes and list of tips at taylorschool.es/podcasts

Do you want to pass the Cambridge First Certificate B2 exam or the Cambridge Advanced C1 exam? This programme tells you how to do the writing part. Our expert teachers share their knowledge of common mistakes and useful things to remember when you're studying English and getting ready to take the exam. Find notes at taylorschool.es/podcasts

Hi everyone! I'm Georgiana; founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission is to help YOU speak English fluently. In this episode: I will discuss about certificates and real progress in learning English. After that, you can practice your speaking with a Question & Answer story. Ok, let's get started! As you may know, certificates in English are something important. For example, everybody knows about the Cambridge University Certificates. The First Certificate is probably the most famous one. If you prefer American English, you have the TOFL certificate, which is also quite popular. You'd be amazed about how many students prepare themselves to get one of these certificates. The problem here is people tend to confuse having a certificate with the real level of English they actually have. For example, for someone who has gotten the First Certificate… Can you be totally sure that this person can speak fluently? According to the advertising…of course! That's what you have paid for, and that's why you have spent so many hours doing all kinds of boring exercises. (END OF THE EXTRACT). Did you enjoy my podcast? Here's Your NEXT STEP: Visit: SpeakEnglishPodcast.com/courses      

I'm Laís Viana, an undergraduate student in Agriculture at the State University of North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (9/10). Currently, I'm working as an intern at Mahoney's Garden Center, in Massachusetts. My native language is Brazilian Portuguese and my second language is English. I have been in contact with English since I was a child, through music, movies, and internet. I have a CNA (https://www.cna.com.br/) Master's in English (2011-2015) and First Certificate in English (FCE) certificate from the University of Cambridge. If you have some doubts or want to schedule a lesson, please send me a message so we can do it!

The difference between ALL and EVERYTHING | FIX, MANAGE, MAKE IT and FIGURE OUT - AIRC123 In this episode we speak about the difference between ALL and EVERYTHING | FIX, MANAGE, MAKE IT and FIGURE OUT and your feedback and questions that you sent us during the summer. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  We recieved a Voice message from Hellen Jimenez from Costa Rica. As Helen said, you can find a free grammar reference at http://www.mansioningles.com/  . There is also grammar in our free courses and you can download the grammar pdf from the store: http://store.mansioningles.net/  it costs 1.99 euros. Listener Feedback: Ivan from Cuba Hi guys I'm Ivan and I'm Cuban that’s why my situation here with the internet is kind of complicated but I will always find a way to get your episodes. I wanted to say that you guys are great and I believe truly in what you do. I'd like to ask you about the use of ALL and EVERYTHING. That's all, thank you. ALL and EVERYTHING = 100% of something or of a group ALL All + uncountable/plural countable nouns eg. He ate all the food. (uncountable noun) / These students are all my friends. (plural countable noun) Pronoun + all eg.Craig and I love you all./ We all love holidays. / It all seemed a bit strange, from start to finish./ They all came to see us. / We love you all / We love all of our listeners. All of + object form of pronoun (Compare with Pronoun + all) eg. Craig and I love all of you. We all love holidays / All of us love holidays. It all semed a bit strange / All of it seemed a bit strange. They all came to see us. / All of them came to see us. All = all of + determiner (the, this, those, my, etc.) “All of” is more common in American Eng. eg. Craig’s eaten all (of) the chocolate. The listeners had heard all (of) my jokes before. BUT COMPARE: Not all podcasts are popular. (Talking about podcasts in general. No “the”; no “of”) Not all (of) the podcasts are popular. (Talking about specific podcasts. eg. Aprender inglés con Reza y Craig podcasts.) All's well with me at the moment. All that matters is that YOU improve your English. (the only thing that matters.....) All (that) I ever wanted was for Berta to love me. All he wants now is to get a divorce. 'All' often goes with 'that' - We say Is everything finished? ~ Yes, everything is finished. (Not XIs all finishedX) EVERYTHING Everything = All + relative clause eg. Reza gave Berta everything, but she still wasn’t satisfied. = Reza gave Berta all (that) he had, but she still wasn’t satisfied. The bad businessman lost everything. = The bad businessman lost all (that) he owned. EVERYTHING is usually used as a pronoun: Everything is OK. / I did some work, but I didn't finish everything. Everything substitutes 'other things', for example, "I had to reply to emails, make some images, record a podcast, phone my co-worker, post on Facebook.......but I didn't have enough time and I didn't do everything. All = Everything/Everybody - dramatic/ poetic/ old-fashioned English eg. I saw you with your new boyfriend last night. Tell me all/everything! Newspaper headline: “Ship sinks. All are dead. No survivors.” All = nothing more/the only thing(s) eg. All (that) I ever wanted was for Berta to love me. All we did was a friendly kiss on the cheek - nothing more. I promise! Hi Craig! I am Karla from Costa Rica... I just wanted to thank you for this excellent tool that allows me to practice and improve my English. I am going to start a new job having interaction with people from different countries in Europe, so I was concerned about accents and slang words. As any language, I think it is about learning through daily interaction, right? Any advice? Thanks again! Speak to people (Italki, language exchanges) Listen to podcasts and watch TV series in English (Netflix, YouTube) Mamen - Biescas, Huesca Hi guys Thank you so much for keeping working on your podcast so hard during the summer We all appreciate your big effort! This podcast had been so useful 'cause you get (give) me the opportunity to learn and improve every day I wonder if you could help me with some issues that I always have. Please, could you explain the difference between : fix, manage, figured out, make it? I've heard these verbs in so many situations and it's a bit confusing. Thank you so much Hope you could manage or what ever with the hot summer. BIG KISS FIX - a problem/something broken/a time (mend, repair) - arreglar, reparar: “I took my broken watch to the watchmaker to have it fixed.” “This company is losing money and we’d better fix it soon before it’s too late!” “I need to fix our ceiling fan." Fix (attach) 'I'll fix this piece of paper to the wall.” Fix a price - 'We've fixed the price of our First Certificate course download at 17 euros.' ( http://store.mansioningles.net/downloads/first-certificate-course/ ) Fix a time: “We have to fix a time tomorrow for our meeting.” Fix food (make/prepare food) “Can I fix you a sandwich?” / "Say, can I fix you a drink." “Fix your eyes on this.” “The game/election/boxing match was fixed.” (fix=arreglar) MANAGE = direct/be able to (organize) - dirigir, manejar, gestionar: “Henry manages a small family business.” “In the UK, my sister managed a small team of 4 office clerks.” manage (control): “How do public school teachers manage a class of 30 or 40 kids?” manage (get by, survive) - arreglarse: “I don't know how single parents can manage if they're both looking after children.” manage (succeed) - conseguir, lograr: “Can you manage to get there by one o’clock?” / “It's difficult to release a podcast episode every single week, but we manage.” FIGURE OUT - a puzzle/a solution figured out (solve) - resolver, solucionar: “Today’s crossword is too hard to figure out.” / “It's difficult for me to figure out maths problems.” ('work out' is more British English) “They lost their home to the bank and had to figure out what to do next.” figure out (understand) - comprender - 'I finally figured out why my ceiling fan wouldn't stop.' 'I couldn't figure it out' / I couldn't work it out' MAKE IT = attend/come/arrive/get to the end/survive make it (succeed): llegar a lo más alto, triunfar: “When you win an award for your podcast, you know you've finally made it!” make it (make sure that it is) - asegurar que: "Bring me a cup of tea and make it snappy!" - 'Make it quick.' Make it (arrive on time): “I’m having a party at my house tomorrow. I hope you can make it?” / “I thought I was going to miss the beginning of the film, but I made it.” “We got lost on our way to Peter’s house. We made it as far as the park.” “Listen to me, your Captain, men! This is going to be a hard battle. Not all of you will make it.” (survive) Voice message from Ana from Mexico - not clear audio, but if Ana took the time to record it, we want to play it. "Thank you for our time and the effort to make the podcast, sharing our experience and knowledge. Ana has the feeling that she knows us! ...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. Thank you do Carlosgarridot@gmail.com who is our latest Patron. "I am trying now to get the Cambridge First Certificate, so I was looking for some audios in the internet in order to train my listening skills when I found your podcasts by chance. I´d like to tell you that not only are your podcasts really useful to improve my listening and also grammar skills, but they are also very funny, I have a good time with them. (I really enjoy them) Actually, I usually go running twice or three times in a week and I do that listening to your episodes. Sometimes you guys make me laugh and people who look at me running and laughing. They probably think that I am absolutely crazy. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast  We need $100 Our lovely sponsors are: Lara Arlem Carlos Garrido Zara Heath Picazo Mamen Juan Leyva Galera Sara Jarabo Corey Fineran from Ivy Envy Podcast Manuel García Betegón Jorge Jiménez Raul Lopez Rafael Daniel Contreras Aladro Manuel Tarazona On next week's episode: How Not to Repeat Yourself in English Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'      

If you are a new listener to this podcast, welcome! I'm Craig. This is Reza. With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level. In this episode: Confusing verbs (say-tell, speak-talk, listen-hear) Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  Listener Feedback: RAUL (from Valencia)when do you use "realize", "notice" " find out" I think all of them mean the same. Realize and notice es darse cuenta, find out puede ser averiguar o darse cuenta. It's a mess! "Realize" means to know and understand something in your mind. It's a cognitive event. "I realized she didn't love me anymore." "Notice" means to see, hear or feel something. It's more of a physical event. "Reza, I notice you're wearing a new shirt today." / "I notice you've had your hair cut." / I notic you've added more salt than normal to the soup." Find out = to obtain information. "I need to find out what time the train leaves for Madrid tomorrow." / "I was the last one to find out that my girlfriend was cheating on me." Joaquin Ruiz Rufo (email) Hi, I´m looking for information about the use of these sentences, Could you help me? Look like, like and Look - What's the difference? TO LIKE: "I like paella, I like the weather and the people in Valencia." TO LOOK: "That new T-shirt looks great." TO LOOK LIKE = to be similar to: "That shirt looks like a shirt I used to have." / "He looks like his brother." (He and his brother have a similar appearance.) "Reza doesn't like getting up early." (the ACTIVITY of getting up) "Craig likes to get up early because he can have a slow breakfast, get ready slowly, have a shower." (he likes the RESULT) TO BE LIKE: "I've never been to Toledo. What's it like?" / "I don't know John's brother. What's he like?" (¿Cómo es?) "How's John's brother?" (¿Cómo está? - Asking about health)- He was sick, but he's better now." Jorge Jimenez - Confusing verbs: I have a question, What is the difference between to say and to tell (decir)? You say something and you tell a person "He said hello." / "He said he wanted to help me." / "He said something in Spanish." "He told my brother to help him." / "He told the teacher that he had done his homework." TELL the truthTELL a lieTELL a jokeTELL a story "Tell me to shut up.""Tell John." - "Say to John." Prevent/avoid By avoiding something, you take an action to "go around" the problem. Preventing something means actively interfering to stop something happening. "I avoided going to the party by saying I was sick.""I prevented Reza from coming into the room by closing the door." Listen to/hear "To hear a noise" / "Hear people speaking." remember/remind Remind + direct object: "Remind ME to buy milk." You remind SOMEONE TO DO something - "Remind me to write the shownotes to this episode." I've got to leave at 5 p.m. don't forget to remind me. - Tengo que irme a las 5 de la tarde; no te olvides de recordármelo. (make me remember) Remember I remember the day you were born. - Me acuerdo del día en que naciste. / Recuerdo el día en que naciste. Remember is when you think of a memory (a past experience): I remember the first time I met you.Remind is when a person or thing makes you think about something. Our show notes remind us what we need to talk about. look/see/Watch When you look at something you make an effort - "Look at that man over there!"When you see something you do not make an effort - "I can't see you." / "Did you see John yesterday?"When you watch something (the TV, a film, a football match) you make an effort to engage in it. - "I'm watching the film" (Watch = to look with attention) argue/discuss Argue - discutir (to have a row with someone)Discuss - hablar (to have a discussion with someone) fit/suit Suit - to look good "That shirt really suits you."Fit - to be the correct size "This shirt doesn't fit me anymore. It's too small." meet/know (conocer) "Reza and Craig MET each other in 1998. They have KNOWN each other for many years." Meet (quedar)"Shall we meet tomorrow?"- "Yes, let's meet for a beer." do/make Reza and Craig spoke about 'do' and 'make' collocations in Episode 1 and Episode 2 http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/01/30/aprender-ingles-con-reza-y-craig-1/ http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/01/30/aprender-ingles-con-reza-y-craig-2/ Raise/Rise Rise does not take an object. It's an intransitive verb - "The sun rises."Raise does take an object so it's a transitive verb - "Raise your hand." / "Ask your boss to raise your salary." / "Ask your boss for a RAISE." (noun) 'Rise' can also be a noun - "The rise of the Roman empire." Manage/succeed Succeed IN + gerund - tener exito "John is a lucky guy. He succeeds in everything in life."Manage + infinitive - conseguir, lograr (You manage something WITH DIFFICULTY) "Although it was very difficult, I managed to pass my First Certificate exam." win/earn (ganar) WIN: a competition, a game, the lottery money at a casino, a prize, an awardEARN: a salary, money at work, earn respect bring/take Bring it HERE Take it THERE lend/borrow LEND TO: "The bank lends money to you."BORROW FROM: "You borrow money from the bank." "Can I borrow your pen?" - ¿Puedo pedirle prestada tu boli?"Can you lend me your pen?" - ¿Puedes prestarme tu boli? allow/let/permit "Let me help you.""Allow me to help you.""This contract does not permit you to charge a lot of money." wear/carry"What are you wearing?" / Reza's wearing smart clothes.""When you came in you were carring a briefcase." wear/dress - to get dressed/put on "I get up and put on my clothes. After I put on my clothes I'm wearing them.""I get dressed in the morning.""Put on your glasses." lose/miss "Reza often misses the bus.""Craig sometimes misses English pubs." "Reza's losing his mind.""Craig lost 10 euros." advise/warnAdvise - aconsejar - "We advise you to listen to this podcast."warn - avisar - "Reza warned Craig not to drink that eighth whisky." / "He warned me against drinking it." dismiss/resign "I resigned from my company." (I handed in my notice)"I was dismissed from my company." (I was sacked/I was fired) ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. We want you to send us a voice message and practise some of the confusing verbs in this episode. inglespodcast.com - speakpipe Send us an email, or record your voice and send us a sound file, with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'

Adjectives, adverbs, verbs, nouns and proverbs - AIRC74   Hay más audio podcasts en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ If you are a new listener to this podcast, welcome! I'm Craig. This is Reza, and we are going to help you grow your grammar, vocalize your vocabulary and perfect your pronunciation. With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level. In this episode: Adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns, proverbs Listener Feedback: David from Mexico has left us a voice message and asks about adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns We answered who and whom in Episode 72 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/10/11/you-and-i-you-and-me-afterwards-after-all-who-whom-whose-airc72/ ) Whoever / whomever - It doesn't matter who. "I will give my clothes to whoever needs them." "Whosoever" is old fashioned and not used very often, especially in spoken English. "Whosoever" is used in formal English, like in the bible, for example: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 Adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns NOUN - Reza drank his coffee (coffee is a noun) VERB - Reza drank his coffee (drank is the verb) ADVERB - Reza drank his coffee slowly (adverb - slowly, quickly, noisily, beautifully) ADJECTIVE - Reza drank his hot coffee slowly (adjective describes the noun - strong, weak coffee)   sly - astuto, taimado/a (a sly fox) David used the example HELP - verb and noun. What's the adjective? 'helpful' / 'unhelpful' / 'helpless' - and the adverb? 'helpfully' Study them in a table: NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB economy economize economical/economic economically analysis analyse analytical analytically apology apologise apologetic apologetically   There is a table and exercises about this in our MansionFirst cd for the First Certificate exam ( http://www.mansioningles.com/cd_first.htm ) We want to thank our sponsor iTalki. ¡Compra una lección de inglés y consigue la segunda gratis! http://promos.italki.com/ingles-podcast/ PROVERBS - What is a proverb? - A simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. A proverbs are often metaphorical (metaphor - metáfora). "A stitch in time saves nine." "Two wrongs don't make a right."When someone has done something bad to you, trying to get revenge will only make things worse. "When in Rome, do as the Romans."Act the way that the people around you are acting. Have your dinner at 9pm in Spain. Drink lots of tea in the UK. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."Tweet This! Strong people don't give up when they come across challenges. They just work harder. "No man is an island."Tweet This! You can't live completely independently. Everyone needs help from other people. "Two heads are better than one."It's better to work with someone than to work alone. "Too many cooks spoil the broth."Too many people together could produce a bad result.   ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. We want you to send us a proverb. Send us a voice message and try to use as many words in their different forms. inglespodcast.com - speakpipe or Send us an email to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. What's your favourite proverb?   On next week's episode: More proverbs and gym vocabulary The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' Hay más audio podcasts en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/

Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com    You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com   

Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com    You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com  

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. Welcome,  and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 50 (wow! I can't believe we've done 50 podcasts already). This one is recorded for June 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos el past continuous y también te cuento sobre un día diaria de un prof del inglés. In the intermediate section, phrasal verbs with TAKE and some grammar revision on The Passive. In the advanced section, some more idioms and some advanced collocations. As usual there's a business English exercise and many more ways to 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. So, let's get started - vamos a empezar con el nivel básico.      El 'past continuous' o 'past progressive' se emplea para acciones pasadas en proceso de realización. Es decir, lo que ocurría o estaba ocurriendo en el pasado. Por ejemplo: I was having lunch at 2 o’clock. - Estaba comiendo a las 2. What were you doing when I phoned? - ¿Qué estabas haciendo cuando llamé? They weren’t sitting in the restaurant when we arrived. - No estaban sentado en el restaurante cuando llegamos. Se forma con el pasado del verbo auxiliar to be + el verbo+ing Escucha, I was having lunch - I was (was=el pasado del verbo to be) having (el verbo 'have' + ing) lunch. Repite: lunch - having lunch - I was - I was having lunch. El verbo auxiliar was se dice debilmente. Escucha I was - I was having - I was having lunch. Repite: I was - I was having - I was having lunch. Se puede emplear el past continuous y el past simple juntos. En este caso, el past continuous se usa para la accion más larga y el past simple para la accion más corta. She sent (past simple) me a text message while I was waiting (past continuous) for her. I was having a shower when she arrived. - Estaba duchando cuando ella llegó. Escucha y repite algunos ejemplos del past continuous. I was driving to work. They were talking about football. She was eating a hamburger. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. He was drinking whisky. They were shopping. I was waiting for the bus. Very good! ¡Muy bien! También en el nivel básico este mes hemos estudiado un día en la vida de un profesor del inglés. Tal vez sería más interesante leer sobre un día de un futbolista, un cantante famoso o un actor de Hollywood, pero dicen que hay que escribir sobre lo que sabes, lo que conoces, entonces aquí es un día de mi vida. Escucha.               A Day in the Life of an English Teacher I get up at 7.30 or 8 o'clock and I have breakfast. I usually have cereal for breakfast and a strong cup of coffee. While (mientras) I have breakfast I look at the news and the weather on my phone. At 8.30 I sit down at my desk and start working. I check (revisar, mirar) my email and write messages on Facebook and Twitter. Then I work on my lessons and correct my student's homework. At 11 o'clock I have a coffee break and at 12 I go to the gym for an hour to do some exercise. I have lunch at 2pm and I usually have a short siesta for 15 minutes. I usually have class in the afternoon and I teach until 9.30 or 10 o'clock at night. I always drive to work. My school is only (solo) about 15 or 20 minutes from my flat. I have something to eat when I get home and I watch TV to relax for an hour before I go to bed. Sometimes I read in bed until I fall asleep. Escucha y repite los siguientes frases: I get up at 7.30 I have cereal for breakfast. I look at the news - I look at the weather - I look at the news on my phone. I sit down at my desk. - I sit down - I sit down at my desk I check my email I have a coffee break - have a - have a break - have a coffee break - I have a coffee break I go to the gym I do some exercise - do exercise - do some exercise - I do some exercise I have lunch at 2 - have lunch - I have lunch at 2 I have a siesta I always drive to work I get home at 9 o'clock I have something to eat I watch TV I relax - foranhour - for an hour - foranhour - repeat: foran - foranhour - I relax for an hour I go to bed - goto - go to bed - I go to bed I read in bed I fall asleep ¡Estupendo! - Fantastic!   In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some phrasal verbs with take. For example: take out, take after, take up etc. If you take out a DVD, you rent a DVD. Repeat: Take out a DVD. Shall we take our a dvd? Do you fancy taking out a film tonight? If something takes up your time it occupies your time. What takes up your time? Work takes up a lot of my time. If you have a family, maybe most of your free time is taken up by your children. Repeat: What takes up your time? My children take up my free time. If you are similar to your mum or dad in character, personality or appearance, you can use the phrasal verb to take after. I take after my dad in looks, but I take after my mum in character. I take after her. Repeat: I take after my mum - you take after your dad! To take off means to remove - Repeat: Please take off your shoes. Would you like to take off your coat. To take up means to begin a new pastime or hobby. Repeat: take up -  take up photography. I've taken up photography. When did you take up the piano? If you take something back you return it. I'm taking this back to the shop. Repeat: to take it back - Why don't you take it back? It doesn't work - no funciona. Repeat: It doesn't work, take it back - take it back to the shop and ask for a refund. - Que devuelven el dinero - ask for a refund. Cuidarse a alguien to take care of someone. My sister takes care of my mum. She looks after her - Repeat: to look after - to take of - Can you take care of my dog this weekend? Will you take care of me when I get old? If you don't go to work one day you can say that you took the day off. Repeat: to take the day off - If you're not well, if you're sick you can say I'm off sick - I was off sick last week. Repeat: Can I take the day off tomorrow? - Why don't you take a day off? - I need to take tomorrow afternoon off. To take up can mean to begin a new hobby. It can also mean to make clothes shorter. If your trousers are too long, you take them up. If you a buy a dress that's too long, you can take it up. You can take up sleeves on a jacket (las mangas) repeat: take up the sleeves. Can you take up the sleeves please? - You can get the trousers taken up. If a company takes on more staff it employs more workers. That's not happening much in Europe these days unfortunately, but sometimes companies do take on new people. Repeat: take on more staff. We took on 4 new web designers last month. And finally, if you take to someone you like them. To take to someone - I met a friendly woman yesterday and I took to her immediately. I felt comfortable with her Repeat: I took to him straight away. I took to her immediately. Ok good. Now, we also revised some passive grammar in the form of FCE transformation exercises. So, I'll say the active sentence and I want you to say the same sentence, in the passive, before I do. Then repeat the sentence to practise the pronunciation. Ok? Ready? Here we go. A friend of mine showed us a great new shop. We were shown a great new shop by a friend of mine. They won't allow you to take photos inside. You won't be allowed to take photos inside. They should look into privacy on the Internet. Privacy needs looking into/to be looked into on the Internet. They grow a lot of rice in China. A lot of rice is grown in China. The government took over another bank. Another bank was taken over/has been taken over by the government. My neighbour took care of my plants. My plants were taken care of my neighbour. They say children are becoming more hyperactive. Children are said to be becoming more hyperactive Now, if you’re thinking of taking the Cambridge First Certificate exam, you will need to study at home, in your time, outside of the classroom. We can help you to prepare for this exam with the Mansion Ingles FCE preparation course. El curso lleva 60 horas de prácticas y estudio y ha sido desarrollado por profesores especializados en la formación práctica para la preparación a FCE. For more information, go to mansioningles.com and click the CD icon on the right of the home page. Then click on MansionFirst para ver el contenido del curso. Haz nuestra prueba de nivel de First Certificate to see if you have the level to take the exam. And you can also download course content free to try the course before you buy. If you have any questions about the exam, or about the CD (MansionFirst), just send us an email at mansionteachers@yahoo.es, or ask us a question on our Facebook page. 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's the English idiom for Nunca llueve a gusto de todos. - I'll give you a clue. It has the word meat in it. And the word poison. Any idea? No? One man's.....meat is another man's poison. What about, Un loco hace cien. Some thing to do with apples.......in a barrel -  “One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel” - “One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel” What was the translation of “Penny wise, pound foolish.” - Lo barato sale caro. My grandmother used to say that a lot. Penny wise (wise es sabio), pound foolish (a fool es un tonto/a and foolish is the adjective). - “Penny wise, pound foolish.” Hablando del rey de Roma...y éste que se asoma. - We don't use the King od Rome in this idiom, we use the devil. "Speak of the Devil - Speak of the Devil (and he's sure to appear)." - Actually, I probably wouldn't say the last bit, just "speak of the devil". Imagine you're speaking about someone (behind their back, perhaps) and suddenly they're right there in front of you. Ah look who it is! Speak of the devil! Nadie esta contento con su suerte. - Do you remember this one? Something about grass being green - “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” - That's one of my favourite idioms actually. I think many of us take the things we have  for granted. to take for granted - dar por sentado - Yes we take things for granted. we take our health for granted we take our family and our friends for granted sometimes, we don't really value and appreciate the things we have and the grass often looks greener on the other side of the fence. Out neighbour's car is better than ours. His job is better paid,  and it must be better to live in the US than in Spain.....not necessarily! Our final idiom is No se sabe si algo es bueno hasta que se lo pone a prueba - the English love their desserts, cakes, biscuits and sweets. This idiom had a pudding in it “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” To prove the pudding is good you have to eat it - to taste it - "The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” - In the business world that would be something like "Try before you buy". Now listen and repeat the idioms: One man's meat is another man's poison. One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel Penny wise, pound foolish. Speak of the Devil (and he's sure to appear). The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Also in the advanced section of this months newsletter we looked at some vocabulary collocation. To bring up to date means actualizar algo. Have you brought the new manager up to date? Can you bring me up to date on what you've been doing? up to date - al día - to keep up to date is mantenerse al día o mantenerse actualizado - repeat: Please keep me up to date - keep the data base up to date. pay someone a compliment sounds strange because pay means pagar - pay with money? no (it's a strong collocation) - the words pay and compliment like to go together - to pay a compliment means give a compliment. She paid me a lovely compliment the other day. If you give something priority you prioritize it (priorizar) - Repeat: priority - give this priority - give this top priority. We need to give this project top priority. To be able to put people at their ease is a wonderful quality to have. If you put someone at their ease, maybe they're nervous or tense and you calm them down. you make them feel comfortable. The dentist put me at my ease as soon as I sat in the chair. I was nervous before the interview, but the director cracked a few bad jokes and put me at my ease. If you put something down to experience you decide that instead of being angry or upset about something bad that you have done or that has happened, you will learn from it.  'I'm so ashamed. I let him take advantage of me.' 'Don't be so hard on yourself. Just put it down to experience.' In the Business English section, we looked at some business English vocabulary. To make a fortune means to make a lot of money - una fortuna Repeat: to make a fortune. He make a fortune on the stock market. Another way of saying "he was fired" is "he was shown the door." Do you remember the expression "We're letting you go" That's a soft, gentle way of giving bad news - "We're firing you" or "You've got the sack" - are both direct and maybe brutal ways of breaking the news. To be shown the door is a not very nice way to say the same thing. He was a really bad salesman and eventually they showed him the door. This is the door - use it! A company that is quite new is often called a start-up, or a start-up company, and it's very common in the hi tech world of the internet, web design, mobile devices, social media and new media. - a start-up. If a person stands in for someone, they do that person's job on a temporary basis until that person comes back to work. For example. your secretary is pregnant and goes on maternity leave for 6 months. Maybe you bring a temporary secretary from a different department to stand in for her. Repeat: to stand in - to stand in for someone - She's standing in for Maria who is on holiday at the moment. I have to stand in for my wife and make lunch today, so we'll stop there for now. Remeber you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on 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 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/ También tenemos dos aplicaciones para el nivel principiante y el nivel básico a la venta en la tienda de iTunes. Para encontrarlas, busca imansionauto. El precio de cada aplicación es de 2,39 euros. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! 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. Welcome,  and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 49 recorded for May 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos vocabulario y colocaciones de los verbos. In the intermediate section holiday vocabulary and question words and in the advanced section, some more idioms for you and advanced vocabulary. There's business English as usual this month and, of course, an activity for you to do with your kids and many more ways to 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. So, let's get started - vamos a empezar con el nivel básico y el repaso de gramática. She can't speak English - Ella no puede hablar inglés. Repite: English - speak English - She can't - she can't speak English. - she can't speak English Do you like shopping? - ¿Te gusta ir de compras? - Yes, I love it - Si, me encanta. No olvides el it - el objeto. Escucha: I love it - I lovit. - Repite: I love it - I hate it - I like it - I like it very much - very much - mucho - repite: very much - I like it very much. Is that Juan and Cristina's car? - No, theirs is the Ford Fiesta. - theirs - suya - repite: theirs - it's their car - it's theirs - theirs is the Ford Fiesta - Repite: theirs is the blue car - theirs is the Ford Fiesta Sarah didn’t work yesterday - Sarah no trabajó ayer Escucha: Sarah didn’t work yesterday. Repite: yesterday - work yesterday - didn't work - Sarah didn't work yesterday. How many people were there at the meeting yesterday? - yesterday - ayer - people - gente (one person - two people - three people - how many people?) - How many people were there - were there - pasado plural - repite: How many - how many people were there? - How many people were there at the meeting? Pepito usually walks to work - He usually walks - Repite: He usually walks - He usually walks to work - He sometimes takes the train - He usually walks - He occasionally drives to work - He never takes the bus Good! También hemos practicado cambiando algunas frases al negativo. Escucha: Emma is a teacher (afirmativo) - Emma isn't a teacher (negativo) Escucha y repite las siguientes frases: I like Japanese food. - I don’t like Japanese food. She's married. - She's not married.                   I like vegetables. - I don’t like vegetables.                   He likes video games. - He doesn’t like video games.  They live near the beach. - They don’t live near the beach.  My parents smoke. - My parents don't smoke.  Today is Tuesday. - Today isn’t Tuesday.                     I like horror films. - I don’t like horror films.            He swims very well. - He doesn't swim very well.  She's a doctor. - She isn't a doctor.                 In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some common collocations with the verbs have, make, take and do. Listen and repeat:  to make a mistake - Try not to make any mistakes. hacer una foto - To take a photo - Would you mind taking a photo of us? - Could you take a photo of me and my wife? To make progress is to advance, to go forward - We're making progress - We're making progress on the web site design. hacer un descanso - To have a rest - you look tired. Why don't you have a rest? - Repeat: Have a - have a rest - Have a rest for a few minutes. tener sentido - To make sense - It doesn't make sense - no tiene sentido. Repeat: It doesn't make sense - This doesn't make any sense. hacer la compra/las compras - To do the shopping. Repeat: do the shopping - Did you do the shopping today? - Who's going to do the do the shopping? to have a talk with someone means to speak with them seriously. - to have a talk - I need to have a talk with you about the sales promotion. fregar/lavar los platos - To do the washing-up - I usually do the washing up in the evening. - I usually do the washing up in our house. My wife does the cooking and I do the washing up. reprender  - To have words - To have words with someone is to tell them off or to argue with them. Repeat: to have words - to have words with - My boss had words with me. - I'm going to have words with my secretary about her negative attitude. Do homework/housework ('work' usually collocates with ‘do’, so you do homework (deberes) and you do housework (trabajo de la casa). Most things in the house you do (do the washing, do the washing-up, do the cleaning, do the ironing, do the shopping etc. The bed is an exception. You make the bed! - Did you make the bed?) Now, if you’re thinking of taking the Cambridge First Certificate exam in June this year, or in May, you will need to study at home, in your time, outside of the classroom. We can help you to prepare for the exam with the Mansion Ingles FCE preparation course. El curso lleva 60 horas de prácticas y estudio y ha sido desarrollado por profesores especializados en la formación práctica para la preparación a FCE. For more information, go to mansioningles.com and click the CD icon on the right of the home page. Click on MansionFirst para ver el contenido del curso. Haz nuestra prueba de nivel de First Certificate to see if you have the level to take the exam. You can also download course content free to try the course before you buy.If you have any questions about the exam, or about the CD (MansionFirst), just send us an email at mansionteachers@yahoo.es 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's the English idiom for Amor a primera vista? - Love.. at first sight. Repeat: Love at first sight. When I saw her it was love at first sight. The Spanish idiom "No solo de pan vive el hombre" in English is.... Man cannot live by bread alone. - Repeat: Man cannot live by bread alone. Do you remember the translation of " El trabajo compartido es más llevadero."? - Many hands make light work. Repeat: Many hands make light work. - Come on, let's do it together. Many hands make light work. Vístanme despacio que estoy de afán. (I'm sorry about my Spanish pronounciation.) Vístanme despacio que estoy de afán. In English it is.... More haste, less speed - Do it faster but do it well. Repeat: More haste, less speed La necesidad hace maestros. in English is... Do you remember this one? - Necessity is the mother of invention. - Repeat: Necessity is the mother of invention. And finally, No hay miel sin hiel. translates to.... No pain, no gain. - Repeat: No pain, no gain.” We also looked at some vocabulary connected to lying and deception this month. We all tell lies occasionally, some of us more than others, but it sounds better, we feel better, if we call a lie a fib - a fib is a small lie - a white lie. This word is used often with children. Are you telling fibs? Repeat: fib -  to tell fibs - Are you telling fibs? He lied so convincingly that I was completely taken in and believed everything he said. If you are taken in you are deceived by someone or something. Repeat: I was taken in. I was completely taken in by the email and sent 10,000 euros to Nigeria. I was completely taken in by her sweet smile. A hoax is an act intended to deceive or trick someone. - Un engaño - Repeat: The whole situation turned out to be a hoax. In the end, it was all a hoax. A conman is estafador o timador in Spanish. Repeat: conman - A number of conmen are known to be operating in the area. I'm sure her boyfriend is a conman. A fabrication es una invención o una mentira. Repeat: fabrication - to fabricate is the verb. She was accused of fabricating information. Repeat: She was accused of fabricating information. The story was fabricated to sell magazines. The phrasal verb to put on can mean to fake or affect. The player wasn't injured but he was putting it on to get a free kick. - I don't think he's really sick. He's just putting it on because he doesn't want to go to school. In the Business English section, we looked at some business English vocabulary. If you expand your business you increase the size of it. You take on more staff or move into a bigger office or factory. Repeat: to expand - we expanded our business - we're growing and we need to expand. If you are on first name terms with someone you use their first name and not their family name. If you are introduced to someone in a formal business situation, you should use their family name until they tell you to use their first name. So for a man you say "Mr." Would you like to take a seat Mr. Smith? For a woman use Mrs. (if she's married) - Repeat: Mrs. - Can I take your coat Mrs. Jones? and use Miss if she is single - Repeat: Miss - Would you like some water Miss Harvey? If you don't know if she's married or not (or if she doesn't want you to know!) the term is Ms. Repeat: Ms. - "May I introduce Ms. Jenkins." Very often they will invite you to use their first name. "Please, call me Steven" - "Please, call me Juan." Repeat: "Please call me Juan." "Please, call me Julia." North Americans, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders are usually more informal in business, and will prefer to be on first name terms immediately. Many British people however, especially the older generation, may prefer the more formal Mr. and Mrs. He is the head of the accounting department means that he's in charge of the accounting department. Repeat: the head of - He's the head of accounting - She's the head of personnel - In charge of -  I'm in charge of security - She's in charge of marketing If someone tells you that they are tied up, it doesn't mean that someone physically tied them up with rope (una cuerda), although to tie up does mean atar in Spanish, but it also means to be occupied - estar ocupado - Repeat: I'm tied up - I'm sorry, I'm tied up - I'm tied up right now. - She's tied up with a client at the moment. Would it be convenient for you if we met on Friday morning? - No confundas comfortable and convenient. Los dos se puede traducir como cómodo. Pero convienient es conveniente o oportuno/a. Listen: This sofa is lovely and soft. It's really comfortable. I'm sorry, but 3 o'clock isn't a very convenient time for me. Can we meet at 5.30? Repeat: It's a comfortable sofa - It's a comfortable bed. - It's not convenient for me. Is it convenient for you to come in the morning? I'm a very positive and optimistic person. I always look on the bright side. - Always look on the bright side of life (said Monty Python) Always look on the bright side of life - el lado bueno de la vida. Repeat: on the bright side - Look on the bright side. Unfortunately, we have to finish there for this episode. We hope you are looking on the bright side and we wish you all the best. 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 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/ También tenemos dos aplicaciones para el nivel principiante y el nivel básico a la venta en la tienda de iTunes. Para encontrarlas, busca imansionauto. El precio de cada aplicación es de 2,39 euros. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! 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. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de mayo, y 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! How are you? It’s good to be back with you again, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for July 2011. Hemos empezado el cuaderno mensual de julio con los meses del año. No son muy difíciles por que muchos que suenen parecidos al español. Por ejemplo ¿Qué es el mes de November en español? Si, eso es noviembre. ¿and October? – Si, octobre. No olvides que hay que escribir los meses con una mayúscula en inglés. Ahora escucha los meses y repítelos. January February March April May June July August September October November December También hemos practicado un poco de los números ordinales. Fifth – F-I-F-T-H es un número ordinal. Los ordinales en inglés se forman normalmente con sólo añadir la terminación -th. Excepto los tres primeros que son totalmente irregulares. Escucha y repite: First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh Se usan los ordinales en inglés para los días del mes. Repite: The first of May la preposición of se oye muy debil. Escucha y repite: The first of May - The first of May  - The first of May También se dice May the first Repite: The second of June June the second It’s the third of December It’s December the third Se usa el ordinal en los títulos de los reyes. Repite: King Juan Carlos the First Alphonso the Thirteenth Elizabeth the Second King Henry the Eighth También se usa el ordinal en las plantas de los edificios. Repite: I live on the second floor His office is on the third floor Aquí hay más ejemplos. Escucha y repítelos: This is my third job - This is my third job It’s my sister’s thirtieth birthday. Is she your first wife? Is today the fourteenth or the fifteenth? It’s our seventh anniversary tomorrow The expensive shops are on Fifth Avenue Very good! - ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha y repite las siguiente fechas: The fifth of November, 1998 The second of February, 2005 The twenty-first of September, 2013 The twenty-third of April, 2011 The thirtieth of October, 2015 The twenty-second of May, 1999 The sixth of July, 2007 The first of March, 2014 Si quieres practicar más, hay ejemplos y ejercicios adicionales en la parte de gramática de nuestra página web mansioningles.com. Si prefieres aprende inglés con todo el contenido de nuestra web en un solo cd, incluyendo nuestros 3 cursos de inglés, compra La Mansión en CD por solo 24 Euros. Infórmate en mansioningles.com The words like and as can be confusing for Spanish speakers because they can both be translated to Spanish as como . I work as a waiter. Trabajo como un camerero. They stared at him like he was crazy  - Se quedaron mirándolo como si estuviera loco. In the intermediate section this month, we practised some uses of like and as. Listen and repeat some example sentences.                                         This tastes just like chicken. My sister works as a nurse. Why are you standing there like an idiot? I’m looking or a job, just like you. No, not like that. Do it like this. This looks like gold. It smells like onions. - It smells like onions. It sounds like Britney Spears. I’m tired, as usual. I haven’t got any money, as usual. I do it as a hobby. I love adventure sports like rock climbing and snow boarding. Next we had a look at gerunds and infinitives after verbs.  Es decir, los gerundios y los infinitivos cuando vienen después de los verbos. I’m going to say some verbs and I want you to say ‘gerund’ if the verb is followed by a gerund, and ‘infinitive’ if it’s followed by an infinitive. Let’s see how many you get right. Ready? Ok, an easy one to begin with the verb want – gerund or infinitive? It’s infinitive. I want to go on holiday, I want to see you tomorrow. I want to say I love you. Now, the verb enjoy? Gerund or infinitive? Well, enjoy is followed by a gerund. I enjoy going to parties. I enjoy playing tennis. We all enjoy studying English with Mansión Inglés, for example. Now, what about the verb offer – ofrecer – gerund or infinitive? – infinitive – He offered to give me a lift to the airport. I offered to help her with her presentation. My boss offered to give me a rise in salary. Hmm.. actually I don’t think my boss would ever offer to give me a rise in salary. Hmm…actually, I don’t think my boss would ever offer to give me a rise in salary! Next is the verb to happen – gerund or infinitive? Infinitive again. She happened to be there - dio la casualidad de que estaba ahí. In Spanish, the verb happen can mean pasar or suceder or ocurrir. But when happen is followed by an infinitive, it means por casualidad. - If you happen to see her… - si por casualidad la ves… What about the verb refuse? – negarse or rechazar. Gerund or infinitive? – infinitive. She refused to see me. I refused to accept their offer. Are you refusing to do it? What about mind? Like in the expression Would you mind? Gerund or infinitive? Gerund. Repeat: Would you mind phoning me back this afternoon? Would you mind helping me with this? Also ‘Do you mind..’. Repeat: Do you mind waiting a few minutes? Do you mind going by train? What about the verb hope? Gerund or infinitive? Infinitive. Verbs that are used to speak about the future are usually followed by the infinitive. Repeat: I hope to retire when I’m 55. She hopes to change her car next year. What about remind - recordarle? Remind is followed by the infinitive. Please remind me to phone David tomorrow. Notice that the object pronoun ME is after remind and before the infinitive. Remind me to phone. Repeat: She reminded me to phone her. – She reminded him to go. – They reminded us to buy etc. Next we have the verb to admit. Gerund or infinitive? – gerund. Repeat: He admitted stealing the money – I admitted breaking the TV. Agree? Gerund or infinitive? Infinitive. They agreed to go out for dinner. He’s agreed to lend me his video camera. Suggest in Spanish is sugerir, proponer. Gerund or infinitive? Gerund. He suggested getting a pizza. They suggested leaving around 6 in the morning. The verb to deny – negar – gerund or infinitive? Gerund. He denied making the mistake. She denied having an affair. What about the verb consider? Consider is followed by a gerund. My wife and I are considering buying a house. I considered leaving my job. And promise, to promise – is it followed by a gerund or an infinitive? – infinitive. I promise to phone you next week. Will you promise to always love me? She promised to tell me. The verb to threaten in Spanish is amenazar. Gerund or infinitive? – Infinitive. He threatened to take us to court. She threatened to leave me. Next was the verb to appreciate. Gerund or infinitive? Gerund. Repeat: I really appreciated spending time with you. The verb to warn – W-A-R-N is advertir in Spanish. Gerund or infinitive? – infinitive. I warned you not to see him again. I’m warning you to stay away from her. Afford means permitirse (el lujo) or proporcionar. Gerund or infinitive? – infinitive. I can’t afford to buy a new car. Can we really afford to go on holiday this year? The verb advise? Gerund or infinitive? – Advise is followed by the infinitive. I advise you to make an offer on the flat. Notice that, like the verb to remind, the pronoun is between the verb and the infinitive. Repeat: They advised us to sell. She advised me to go. He advised her not to do it. Our final verb is to help. Is help followed by a gerund or infinitive? – infinitive. I’ll help you to do it. Again, notice the pronoun YOU after the verb and before the infinitive. Repeat: He helped me to do it. She’s helping me to make the video. They helped us to move house. Now, if you’re thinking of taking the Cambridge First Certificate exam, you need to study these gerunds and infinitives. You also need to prepare for the exam using the Mansion Ingles FCE preparation course. El curso lleva 60 horas de prácticas y estudio y ha sido desarrollado por profesores especializados en la formación práctica para la preparación a FCE. For more information, go to mansioningles.com and click the CDs icon on the right of the home page. Click on MansionFirst para ver el contenido del curso. Haz nuestra prueba de nivel de First Certificate to see if you have the level to take the exam. And you can also download course content free to try the course before you buy. In the advanced section this month we looked at some idioms. Let’s see what you can remember. I’m going to say the Spanish idiom in my horrible Spanish accent, and I want you to say the English equivalent in your excellent English accent. And to make it easier to jog your memory (para refrescarte la memoria – to jog your memory) I’ll say a key word that is in the English translation, to help you. Ready? Ok, the first one is “No vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo”, or “No vendas la leche antes de comprar la vaca.” – CHICKENS -  “Don't count your chickens before they hatch." Another one: “Dios los hace y ellos se juntan. or Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres.” – BIRDS - “Birds of a feather flock together.” Ok? “No hay maestro como carne propia.” -  EXPERIENCE - “Experience is the best teacher.” “No hay mal que por bien no venga.” – CLOUD -  “Every cloud has a silver lining.” “Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando.” – BUSH - "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." “Cuando el río suena, agua lleva.” – SMOKE - “Where there's smoke, there's fire.” “A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes”  GIFT - "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." “Árbol que nace torcido, jamás su tronco endereza” – DOG - "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." How many did you remember? All of them? Well you can listen to this podcast again to jog your memory. Now, in the business English section we practised the following words and expressions: trade unions, to go on strike, technical support, personnel department, management, go slow, open-planned offices, an overtime ban, head office, office administration and industrial action. I’m going to read the text from the monthly newsletter, el cuaderno mensual,  and I want you to guess a word when I pause. Now, this is quite difficult so you may want to do the gap fill exercise in the newsletter before you listen, or just listen to the text two or three times. Try to remember the vocabulary and repeat it after me. Ready? Try to guess the word. Here we go! In the Office The people who work for a company are its employees or personnel. Other names include staff, workforce and workers. The word for the group of people organising and leading the company is the management. The most important office of a company or organization is called its head office. Some managers have their own individual offices, but in many businesses most employees work in large areas where people work together, called open-planned offices. Office administration (or admin) is the everyday work that supports a company’s activities and it is often done by administration staff or support staff. For example, those giving technical help to buyers of the company’s products are in technical support. Labour unions (in Spanish sindicatos) are organizations defending the rights and interests of the workers. In British English, they are called trade unions. When workers are not happy with pay or conditions, they may take industrial action. If the workers walk out of their workplace and stop working for a time (hacer una huelga), they go on strike. Workers may decide not to go on strike, but instead to continue to work, but slower than usual, they have a go slow.  Another kind of industrial action is where workers refuse to work more than the normal agreed number of hours that appear in their contract. This is called an overtime ban, Larger organizations have what is called a human resources department, or HRD. This department deals with pay, recruitment etc. Another name for this department is the personnel department. Well, that’s it for this week. 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 ever growing community of 13,000 or so fans. 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 Mansion Ingles home page. Until next month then, take care and keep practising English! Bye! Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de julio 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 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 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 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.