lunes, 26 de septiembre de 2011

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time here was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called Little Red Riding Hood.

One day her mother said to her, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing. And when you go into her room, don't forget to say, good-morning, and don't peep into every corner before you do it." I will take great care, said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and left.

The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red Riding Hood entered the wood, a wolf met her. Little Red Riding Hood did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.

"Good-day, Little Red Riding Hood," said he.
"Thank you kindly, wolf."
"Whither away so early, Little Red Riding Hood?"
"To my grandmother's."
"What have you got in your apron?"
"Cake and wine. Yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger."
"Where does your grandmother live, Little Red Riding Hood?"
"A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood. Her house stands under the three large oak-trees. You surely must know it," replied Little Red Riding Hood.

The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature. She will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act carefully." So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red Riding Hood, and then he said, "See Little Red Riding Hood, how pretty the flowers are about here — why do you not look around? I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing; you walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is very merry.”

Little Red Riding Hood raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought, 'Suppose I take grandmother a rose. That would please her too. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time.' And so she ran from the path into the wood to look for a rose.

Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door.
"Who is there?"
"Little Red Riding Hood," replied the wolf. "I am bringing cake and wine. Open the door."
"Lift the latch," called out the grandmother, "I am too weak, and cannot get up."

The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed. Little Red Riding Hood, however, had been running about picking roses, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her.

She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself, 'Oh dear, how uneasy I feel to-day, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.' She called out, "Good morning," but received no answer. So she went to the bed. There lay her grandmother.

"Oh, grandmother," she said, "what big ears you have."
"The better to hear you with, my child," was the reply.
"But, grandmother, what big eyes you have," she said.
"The better to see you with, my dear."
"But, grandmother, what large hands you have."
"The better to hug you with."
"Oh, but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have."
"The better to eat you with."
And scarcely had the wolf said this, he was out of bed and swallowed up Little Red Riding Hood.

When the wolf had appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud. A huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself, 'How the old woman is snoring. I must just see if she wants anything.' So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it. "Do I find you here, you old sinner," said he. "I have long sought you." Then just as he was going to fire at him, it occurred to him that the wolf might have devoured the grandmother, and that she might still be saved, so he did not fire, but took a pair of scissors, and began to cut open the stomach of the sleeping wolf.

When he had made two snips, he saw the Little Red Riding Hood, and then he made two snips more, and the little girl sprang out, crying, "Ah, how frightened I have been. How dark it was inside the wolf."

And after that the aged grandmother came out alive also, but scarcely able to breathe. Little Red Riding Hood, however, quickly fetched great stones with which they filled the wolf's belly, and when he awoke, he wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that he collapsed at once, and fell dead.

TEST

1. Character's name: Who is The main character? Other characters?
2. Personality traits: How do you picture little red riding hood?
3. Physical Features: What does little red riding hood look like? Describe her appearance.
4. Title of Book: What is the book called?
5. Author: What is The author's name?
7. Theme: What's the subject? What's the moral of the story?
8. Plot: What's the point of the book? Why was this book written?

martes, 30 de agosto de 2011

THERE IS - THERE ARE (CYCLE IV)

CÓMO DECIR HAY EN INGLÉS
THER IS/THERE ARE

Para decir Hay en inglés usamos "There is/ There are"

Singular: There is

AFIRMATIVO
There is a book. Hay un libro
There is a boy. Hay un chico
There is a table. Hay una mesa

NEGATIVO
There is not a book. No hay un libro
There isn't a boy. No hay un chico
There isn't a table. No hay una mesa

INTERROGATIVO
Is there a book? ¿Hay un libro?
Is There a boy? ¿Hay un chico?
Is there a table? ¿Hay una mesa?

Plural:There are

AFIRMATIVO
There are books. Hay libros
There are boys. Hay chicos
There are tables. Hay mesas

NEGATIVO
There are not books. No hay libros
There aren't boys. No hay chicos
There aren't any tables. No hay mesas

INTERROGATIVO
Are there books? ¿Hay libros?
Are there boys? ¿Hay chicos?
Are there any tables? ¿Hay mesas?

PARA PROFUNDIZAR MÁS SOBRE EL TEMA PUEDES INGRESAR A:

http://www.clafoti.com/Imagenes/there_isare.htm
http://www.inglesmundial.com/Ingles_Basico_Leccion6/Ingles_Basico_Leccion6_Gramatica.html

EXERCICES THERE IS - THERE ARE

1. Rellena los espacios huecos con Is/are y luego traduce al frente cada oración.

1- There ___a big lion
2- There ___two small lions
3- There____ a fat dog
4- There ___ white cats
5- There ___black snakes
6- There ___a blue bird
7- There___ four pretty cats
8- There ___ six strong tigers
9- There ___a green bird
10-There___a black insect
11-There ___ a yellow pencil
12-There ___three white tables
13-There____ an old chair
14-There ___ a white sofa
15-There ___new washing-machines
16-There ___a big fridge
17-There ___ white rubber
18-There ___ a small clock
19-There ___two new books
20-There___one window

2. Trabajar con el módulo de inglés nivel básico 2, toda la sección de la guía número 4 (ejercicios prácticos y autoevaluación)

CONFESSIONS OF A BROKEN HEART - LINDSAY LOHAN

CONFESSIONS OF A BROKEN HEART

I wait for the postman to bring me a letter
I wait for the good Lord to make me feel better
And I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders
A family in crisis that only grows older

Why'd you have to go
Why'd you have to go
Why'd you have to go

Daughter to father, daughter to father
I am broken but I am hoping
Daughter to father, daughter to father
I am crying, a part of me is dying and
These are, these are
The confessions of a broken heart

And I wear all your old clothes, your polo sweater
I dream of another you
The one who would never (never)
Leave me alone to pick up the pieces
A daddy to hold me, that's what I needed

So why'd you have to go
Why'd you have to go
Why'd you have to go!!

Daughter to father, daughter to father
I don't know you, but I still want to
Daughter to father, daughter to father
Tell me the truth, did you ever love me
Cause these are, these are
The confessions of a broken heart

I love you,
I love you
I love you
I....!!!!!
I love you!!

Daughter to father, daughter to father
I don't know you, but I still want to
Daughter to father, daughter to father
Tell me the truth...
Did you ever love me!!!?
Did you ever love me?
These are.....
The confessions...of a broken heart

Ohhh....yeah

I wait for the postman to bring me a letter...

I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING - AEROSMITH

I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING(Theme from Armageddon)

I could stay awake
Just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
Far-away and dreaming.
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment
Forever.
Well, every moment spent with you
Is a moment I treasure.

[Chorus:]
I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep,
'Cos I'd miss you, babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
'Cos even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream will never do.
I'd still miss you, babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.

Lying close to you,
Feeling your heart beating.
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you're seeing.
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever,
Forever and ever.

[Chorus]

I don't wanna miss one smile,
I don't wanna miss one kiss,
Well, I just wanna be with you,
Right here with you, just like this.
I just wanna hold you close,
Feel your heart so close to mine,
And stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time.

LEMON TREE - FOOL'S GARDEN

LEMON TREE

I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree

ONLY TIME - ENYA

ONLY TIME

Enya Only Time Lyrics:
Who can say where the road goes where the day flows
Only time
And who can say if your love grows as your heart chose
Only time

Who can say why your heart sighs
As your love flies
Only time
And who can say why your heart cries
When your love lies
Only time

Who can say
When the roads meet
That love might be
In your heart
And who can say when the day sleeps
If the night keeps all your heart
Night keeps all your heart

Who can say if your love grows as your heart chose
Only time
And who can say where the road goes where the day flows
Only time
Who knows only time
Who knows only time

UNBREAK MY HEART - TONY BRAXTON

UNBREAK MY HEART

Don't leave me in all this pain.
Don't leave me out in the rain.
Come back and bring back my smile.
Come and take these tears away.
I need your arms to hold me now.
The nights are so unkind.
Bring back those nights when I held you beside me.

[Chorus:]
Unbreak my heart.
Say you'll love me again.
Undo this hurt you caused,
When you walked out the door
And walked out of my life.
Uncry these tears.
I cried so many nights.
Unbreak my heart,
My heart.

Take back that sad word goodbye.
Bring back the joy to my life.
Don't leave me here with these tears.
Come and kiss this pain away.
I can't forget the day you left.
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.

[Chorus]

Don't leave me in all this pain.
Don't leave me out in the rain.
Bring back the nights when I held you beside me.

[Chorus]

Unbreak my heart, oh, baby.
Come back and say you love me.
Unbreak my heart.
Sweet darling,
Without you I just can't go on.
Can't go on.

THE SCIENTIST - COLD PLAY

THE SCIENTIST

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry.
You don't know how lovely you are.
I had to find you, tell you I need you.
Tell you I set you apart.
Tell me your secrets,
And ask me your questions.
Oh, let's go back to the start.
Running in circles, coming up tails,
Heads on a silence apart.

[Chorus:]
Nobody said it was easy.
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy.
No one ever said that it would be this hard.
Oh, take me back to the start.

I was just guessing at numbers and figures,
Pulling the puzzles apart.
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart.
Tell me you love me,
Come back and haunt me.
Oh, and I rush to the start.
Running in circles, chasing our tails,
Coming back as we are.

[Chorus]

ONE - METALLICA

ONE

I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel the scream
This terrible silence stops it there

Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god, help me

Back in the womb it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god, wake me

Now the world is gone I'm just one
Oh god, help me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god, help me

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Landmines has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell

SACRIFICE - ELTON JOHN

SACRIFICE

It's a human sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation's strong

Into the boundary
Of each married man
Sweet deceit comes calling
And negativity lands

Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through

And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it's no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It's no sacrifice at all

Mutual misunderstanding
After the fact
Sensitivity builds a prison
In the final act

We lose direction
No stone unturned
No tears to damn you
When jealousy burns

Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things looking better baby
Just passing through

And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two seperate worlds
But it's no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It's no sacrifice at all

No sacrifice at all

No sacrifice at all

No sacrifice at all.

IS THIS LOVE - BOB MARLEY

IS THIS LOVE

I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.

Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed - /fadeout/

BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA

BAD ROMANCE

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-Roma-ma-ah!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-Roma-ma-ah!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

I want your ugly
I want your disease
I want your everything
As long as its free
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love

I want your drama
The touch of your hand
I want you leather studded kiss in the scene
And I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love

You know that I want you
And you know that I need you
I want a bad,your bad romance

I want your loving
And I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your loving
All your love is revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-Roma-ma-ah!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

I want your horror
I want your design
Cause youre a criminal
As long as your mine
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love

I want your psycho
Your vertical stick
Want you in my room
When your baby is sick
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love

You know that I want you
And you know that I need you
I want a bad,your bad romance

I want your loving
And I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your loving
All your love is revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-Roma-ma-ah!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-Roma-ma-ah!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Walk walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk walk fashion baby
Work it
I'm a Freak bitch baby

I want your love
And I want your revenge
I want your love
I dont wanna be friends

J'veux ton amour
Et je veux ton revenge
J'veux ton amour
I don't wanna be friends

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
I dont wanna be friends
Want your bad romance
Caught in a bad romance
Want your bad romance

I want your loving
And I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your loving
and all your love is revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Want your bad romance
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Want your bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Want your bad romance
Oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-Roma-ma-ah!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance.


Fuente: musica.com
Letra añadida por f1f2f3f4f5

ACTIVITY CYCLE III

READING AND TRANSLATING



A. Read and answer the questions below


TRAFFIC SCHOOL


Have you ever driving faster than the speed limit or driven through a red traffic light? The answer is probably “yes”. Every year thousands of motorists become “offenders” – they break the rules of the road. But what are the punishments for this offence?
In most countries drives have to pay a fine, usually €50 – €200. But in USA, Australia and some European countries offenders also get points on their driving license. After they get a certain number of points, they can’t drive.
Life is difficult when you can’t drive so some states in the USA have introduced a new way to avoid this – Traffic School. Offenders have a choice, they can get points on their license or they can do a course at Traffic School.
Traffic School run “driver improvement courses”. They cost about US$80 and take eight hours. Motorists learn the rules of the road and they learn how to be better drivers. They don’t have to take a driving test, but at the end of the course they have to pass a written examination.




B. DISCUSS


1. Do you drive? Do you enjoy driving?
2. Do you always obey the rules of the road?
3. What happens when people break them in your country? Fines? Prison? Points on their license?



C. Read the text quickly. Which country is it about?



D. Read the text again. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F)


1. You can’t drive after get a certain number of points on you license.
2. Offenders have to do a course at Traffic School.
3. You have to pay to do Traffic School courses.
4. Offenders at Traffic School have to pass a driving test.