dimecres, 30 de desembre del 2009
dilluns, 21 de desembre del 2009
dilluns, 14 de desembre del 2009
Document 2: Christmas Carols
You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town.
He's making a list and checking it twice,
Gonna find our who's naughty and nice,
Santa Claus is coming to town.
You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town.
He sees you when you're sleeping,
He knows when you're awake,
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake.
You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Through the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
cho: Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, O
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot,
We ran into a drifted bank
And there we got upsot.
A day or two ago
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed at me as
I there sprawling laid
But quickly drove away.
Now the ground is white,
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls along
And sing this sleighing song.
Just bet a bob-tailed bay,
Two-forty as his speed,
Hitch him to an open sleigh
and crack! You'll take the lead.
sang by Frank Sinatra
diumenge, 13 de desembre del 2009
Document 4: Edith Wharton
Etahn From Summary
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- Edith Newbold Jones -
(EEUU, 1862-1937)
Escritora estadounidense galardonada con el Premio Pulitzer. En sus novelas describe las numerosas contradicciones de una sociedad atrapada en el desapasionamiento de la época victoriana. Edith Newbold Jones nació en Nueva York el 24 de enero de 1862, y recibió una educación privada. En 1885, se casó con el banquero Edward Wharton, de quien se divorció en 1913. Durante la década de 1890 escribió relatos para Scribner's Magazine, y en 1902 publicó una novela histórica titulada El valle de la decisión. Su fama literaria se consolidó finalmente con La casa de la dicha (1905), una obra que, como muchas de sus novelas posteriores, está poblada de personajes pertenecientes al cerrado y artificioso mundo social en el que ella misma había nacido. En 1907, se estableció definitivamente en Francia. Su novela corta Ethan Frome, una trágica historia de amor entre personas corrientes ambientada en Nueva Inglaterra, se publicó en 1911. En opinión de muchos críticos, este libro alcanza, por su sencillez, una universalidad que no tienen sus novelas de sociedad. Posteriormente Wharton produjo un gran número de novelas, libros de viajes, relatos (entre los que destacan algunos cuentos de fantasmas memorables) y poemas. Otras novelas dignas de mención son: Las costumbres del país (1913), La edad de la inocencia (1920; Premio Pulitzer en 1921), y cuatro novelas cortas agrupadas en Vieja Nueva York (1924). Cuatro de sus novelas fueron llevadas con éxito al teatro. En 1993 Martin Scorsese estrenó una versión cinematográfica de La edad de la inocencia que vino a despertar de nuevo el interés por la obra de Wharton. La novela se convirtió en un best-seller y otras alcanzaron también gran popularidad, lo que animó a los editores a publicar dos novelas inéditas hasta la fecha: Atado y suelto, su primera novela y Los bucaneros, su última e inacabada novela. Wharton, que en 1924 se convirtió en la primera mujer merecedora de un título honorario de la Universidad de Yale, ofreció una visión irónica y desapegada de la sociedad victoriana. Al igual que su amigo Henry James, que ejerció una importante influencia en su obra, Wharton demostró su preocupación por el sutil juego de las emociones en una sociedad que censuraba la libre expresión de sentimientos. Su conocimiento del conflicto de valores en este medio artificial confiere a sus historias una intensidad casi trágica. ©
dijous, 3 de desembre del 2009
Modal Verbs
Fill in the spaces with the right modal verbs.
Example: I ________ speak English very fluently. (key = can)
1. You run faster if you weren't so lazy.
2. You leave the class before 1 o'clock.
3. You behave well in front of guests. Stop being silly.
4. You look tired. You have some sleep.
5. You failed in your final test. You have studied harder.
6. I borrow your pen?
7. We watch TV so much.
8. We not climb those mountains when we were kids.
9. The project finish in two years time.
10. Stop smoking! You really not smoke.
11. Sami lift that heavy table. He is too weak.
12. Muneera come to the party, but nobody is sure.
13. Laila not swim when she was one year old.
14. It's too cold. I close the window.
15. It rain in the desert sometimes, but you can't depend on it.
16. If I had enough money, I travel with my friends but now I can't.
17. I to study well for the exam.
18. I wish I buy a new car but i do not have any money.
19. I have no time. I leave now. My parents are waiting for me.
20. He be friendly, but he is usually unfriendly.
Example: I ________ speak English very fluently. (key = can)
1. You run faster if you weren't so lazy.
2. You leave the class before 1 o'clock.
3. You behave well in front of guests. Stop being silly.
4. You look tired. You have some sleep.
5. You failed in your final test. You have studied harder.
6. I borrow your pen?
7. We watch TV so much.
8. We not climb those mountains when we were kids.
9. The project finish in two years time.
10. Stop smoking! You really not smoke.
11. Sami lift that heavy table. He is too weak.
12. Muneera come to the party, but nobody is sure.
13. Laila not swim when she was one year old.
14. It's too cold. I close the window.
15. It rain in the desert sometimes, but you can't depend on it.
16. If I had enough money, I travel with my friends but now I can't.
17. I to study well for the exam.
18. I wish I buy a new car but i do not have any money.
19. I have no time. I leave now. My parents are waiting for me.
20. He be friendly, but he is usually unfriendly.
Email exchange with Polish students
Post here your mails and read from other students
Dear Sylwia,
I'm David, you know. I'm your penfriend from Catalonia. I'm going to explain you our Christmas traditions.
I think that in christmas you wait for Father Christmas presents but here we wait for the Three Wise Men. They are the same as Father Christmas but on the 6th of January. The Three Wise Men bring us some presents. If you have been good during the year you will recive lots of presents but If you have been bad you will recive coal. You may think that the 6th of January is too late, so on Christmas Eve we hit a little magic log wich is covered by a blanket. Before we hit the little magic log our parents have hidden the presents under the blanket so when we uncover the log we find the presents. Obiouvsly we are in a different room when our parents put the presents under the blanket. What about your Christmas traditions? Do you like them?
Please write me soon.
Best wishes,
David.
Dear Sylwia,
I'm David, you know. I'm your penfriend from Catalonia. I'm going to explain you our Christmas traditions.
I think that in christmas you wait for Father Christmas presents but here we wait for the Three Wise Men. They are the same as Father Christmas but on the 6th of January. The Three Wise Men bring us some presents. If you have been good during the year you will recive lots of presents but If you have been bad you will recive coal. You may think that the 6th of January is too late, so on Christmas Eve we hit a little magic log wich is covered by a blanket. Before we hit the little magic log our parents have hidden the presents under the blanket so when we uncover the log we find the presents. Obiouvsly we are in a different room when our parents put the presents under the blanket. What about your Christmas traditions? Do you like them?
Please write me soon.
Best wishes,
David.