The importance of a good pronunciation...
As you know, there are some words in English that have a really similar pronunciation. This video explains why we should not rest on our laurels (dormirnos en los laureles) with our English learning and learn how to pronounce them correctly.
Those are the "guilty" words:
- pieces (piezas, trozos)/ piss (hacer pis)/ peace (paz).
- beach (playa)/ son of a bitch (hijo de mujer de moral realajada)
- fork (tenedor)/ fuck.
- sheet (hoja, sábana)/ shit (hacer caca).
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lunes, 9 de enero de 2012
jueves, 5 de enero de 2012
The aNNoying orange.
As you all know oranges can be REALLY aNNoying... =)
I hope you all enjoy this video and have a nice "Three wise men" festivity.
We´ll be back on Monday with more!
- Why the long face?
(¿Y esa cara tan larga?)
- Do you know what else rhymes with hair? Nerd (pardillo),
And it looks like you are very familiar wih it baldy (calvito).
- I´m not an apple. I´m not even related!
(No soy una manzana, ¡no tengo nada que ver!)
- Look who´s the boss now!
(¡Mira quien manda ahora!)
- Pineapple? It looks more like a pain apple.
As the pineapple is being sliced, the orange does this word game between "pine" and "pain".
Also when somebody is aNNoying you say "he is a pain in the ass" or "he´s a pain". So he´s making that word game too, implying that more than a pineapple, he´s a pain (in the ass)-apple.
-Someone help me!
(¡Qué alguien me ayude!)
- Hey apple, I don´t mean to stare (no pretendo quedarme mirando/ mirar fijamente) but you´re looking worst, for where?
(This is what the orange literally says but what it really wants is to make a word game between stare and stereo (escuchar en estereo). What he is actually saying is I don´t mean to listen on stereo and by the way, how do you hear now that you´ve been cut off and have no ears...)
-Leave me out of this!
(¡A mí dejame tranquila, no me metas.)
I hope you all enjoy this video and have a nice "Three wise men" festivity.
We´ll be back on Monday with more!
- Why the long face?
(¿Y esa cara tan larga?)
- Do you know what else rhymes with hair? Nerd (pardillo),
And it looks like you are very familiar wih it baldy (calvito).
- I´m not an apple. I´m not even related!
(No soy una manzana, ¡no tengo nada que ver!)
- Look who´s the boss now!
(¡Mira quien manda ahora!)
- Pineapple? It looks more like a pain apple.
As the pineapple is being sliced, the orange does this word game between "pine" and "pain".
Also when somebody is aNNoying you say "he is a pain in the ass" or "he´s a pain". So he´s making that word game too, implying that more than a pineapple, he´s a pain (in the ass)-apple.
-Someone help me!
(¡Qué alguien me ayude!)
- Hey apple, I don´t mean to stare (no pretendo quedarme mirando/ mirar fijamente) but you´re looking worst, for where?
(This is what the orange literally says but what it really wants is to make a word game between stare and stereo (escuchar en estereo). What he is actually saying is I don´t mean to listen on stereo and by the way, how do you hear now that you´ve been cut off and have no ears...)
-Leave me out of this!
(¡A mí dejame tranquila, no me metas.)
lunes, 2 de enero de 2012
New Year´s Resolutions.
Have you made your New Year´s Resolution yet? Here you have some!
It may give you some ideas!
Happy 2012!
- Hold someone to account: tenerle algo a alguien en cuenta, hacerle resposabilizarse de sus actos, promesas, New Year´s resolutions,...
- Will: voluntad.
- Losing streak: mala racha/ Winning streak: buena racha.
- Driven: tenaz.
It may give you some ideas!
Happy 2012!
- Hold someone to account: tenerle algo a alguien en cuenta, hacerle resposabilizarse de sus actos, promesas, New Year´s resolutions,...
- Will: voluntad.
- Losing streak: mala racha/ Winning streak: buena racha.
- Driven: tenaz.
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