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Contents Excerpt about “The snow.” Conjugation of some verbs. That’s English: “I am” vs. “tengo.” English of the Rich and Famous: Kennedy, “Sister republics south of our border.” Selection of the day: “Is America ready for a black president?” That’s English: “Thank you” / “You are welcome.” English of the Rich and Famous: Interview with Barack Obama. Selection of the day: Brian’s trip to Spain. That’s English: “fun” / “funny.” English of the Rich and Famous: Thomas Friedman, “The World is Flat.” Selection of the day: “Holy Week.” That’s English: Words that are quite similar in English and Spanish. English of the Rich and Famous: Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream.” Selection of the day: “Foreign Language Obsession.” That’s English: The auxiliary verb “do.” English of the Rich and Famous: A poem from Robert Frost, “The Road Less Travelled.” Vocabulary: ages, money, emotions. Selection of the day: Brian’s first car. That’s English: Gerunds. English of the Rich and Famous: Albert Gore, “Global warming.” What do you say? Cecilia travels the streets of Boston. English of the Rich and Famous: Michael Klare, about his book, Blood And Oil. Selection of the day: A Bar Mitzvah (throwing a party). Vocabulary: have to, boring/bored, interesting/interested, to become, to get. English of the Rich and Famous: Angelina Jolie, about poverty, hunger, and disease. What do you say? Cecilia waits for her flight in an airport. That’s English: The “i” sound. The accent. An interview with Carmen, from Spain, about her experience living in the USA and learning English. That’s English: The “h” sound. The accent. Vocabulary: celebrate, confusing/confused, despite, to encourage, beer, peasant. Selection of the day: May 5 in Mexico. English of the Rich and Famous: Lady Di. What do you say? Cecilia stays in a hotel in New York City. English of the Rich and Famous: Excerpt of an interview Madonna gave in 1993.
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Selection of the day: Law and Order in the United States. That’s English: Contractions and accelerators. English of the Rich and Famous: Gloria Steinem, about “The women’s movement.” Differences about bodies in English than in Spanish. That’s English: Telling jokes. English of the Rich and Famous: Listening “a valley girl”, from the film “Clueless.” A virtual walk in the woods with Cecilia near Brian’s house. Vocabulary: “take a stroll”, “take a hike”, “mud”, “muddy”, “Do you mind?”, etc. Selection of the day: About the Spanish TV program “El Internado.” Vocabulary: "impressed," "impressive," "to remind." That’s English: Verbs "to see" and "to watch". What do you say? Cecilia goes to the beach. Selection of the day: About the Fourth of July in USA. English of the Rich and Famous: Hillary Clinton speaking at a United Nations conference about women. What do you say? Going to a restaurant to eat Indian food. Reading some English translations of poems by Federico Garcia Lorca.
Pronunciation: sounds in English that are difficult to say for native Spanish speakers. English of the Rich and Famous: A comedy skit made in the year 1961, with a character named Jose Jimenez. Selection of the day: Discussion of Colombia. Vocabulary: amazing, advice, dangerous, to improve, to travel, to suggest, suggestion, proud. What do you say? Cecilia goes to a job interview with an American company in Mexico. Vocabulary: To hire, job, appointment, "have a seat", "I´m glad", "that’s too bad", "I have a degree in", salary, "I am looking forward". Selection of the day: a new rule in golf. Vocabulary: “to be able to”, the best, the worst, enable, to achieve, to survive, advantage, Ladies and Gentlemen. English of the Rich and Famous: An excerpt of a Severiano “Seve” Ballesteros (a Spanish golfer) interview. Irregular verbs. Their pronunciation, translations, past and past participles.
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Meeting Maria, a woman from Spain who now lives in the United States. Taking a tour of Maria´s new house. Vocabulary: lawn, grass, garden, to garden, the kitchen, basement, washing machine, dryer, the second floor, bathroom, shower, bedroom, tree, apple tree. Reading a chapter of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, from Harriet Beecher Stowe. Vocabulary: kind, bought, to pay, to borrow, to loan, to owe, to promise. What do you say? Cecilia goes shopping in a supermarket, to get ingredients to make paella.
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Verbs in the Conditional Tense. Would. Could. Should.
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Phrasal verbs: agree with, be about to, be back, be out of, be over, be up, come across, run across, come on, drop by, fall through, figure out, find out, get along, give up, hang on, hold on, hand in, let in, look out, make fun of, pick on, stay up, talk into, talk out of, to use up, spice up. Exam time! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 1-6 of Tu Ingles. The Night Before Christmas. We listen to a famous poem about Santa Claus. What do you say? Cecilia goes to the shopping mall to buy some clothes. Exam time again! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 7-13 of Tu Ingles. Pronunciation of regular, past-tense verbs . The three different ways to pronounce the –ed ending. Reading of an excerpt from “The Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka. That’s English: "Working hard” vs. “hardly working". One-year anniversary of Tu Ingles. Brian speaks about his future trip to Bogota. That’s English: Importance of emphasis in the pronunciation of English: verbs and nouns. English of the Rich and Famous: Michelle Obama gives a speech about her husband. Selection of the day: Spring Break. Some vocabulary related to studies: college, graduate, undergraduate. Power words! Taking your English to the next level, with subordinating conjunctions: although, unless, while, despite, instead of, rather than, so that, since, even if, however, besides, furthermore, therefore, consequently, as a result, in fact, in contrast, nevertheless. More po er words: I’m glad, “I’m sorry”, “That’s too bad”, “Of course”, “regarding”, “Has to do with”, “I agree”, “I can’t stand”, To pay attention, “by the way”, “Not at all”, “It’s because”, “If I were you”, “I just did something.” Time for another exam! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 14-22 of Tu Ingles. The perfect tense. The auxiliaries “have”, “has” and “had.”
Reading an adaption of the Shakespeare drama, Romeo and Juliet.
English of the Rich and Famous: Cecilia has to identify interviews with Michael Jackson, Emma Watson, Lance Armstrong, Marta Gomez. Exam! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 23-30 of Tu Ingles. Exam 4 Brian gives us 10 tongue twisters (trabalenguas) that contain sounds that are difficult for many native Video: Trabalenguas! Spanish speakers to pronounce in English. Demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, and those. 40 41 The verbs “to do” and “to make.”
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The English prepositions “in,” “on,” and “at.”
We listen to three stories about Christmas: "Babushka," "The Gift of the Magi," y "The Little Match Girl." False friends: words that sound or look the same in English and Spanish, but which have different meanings. Exam! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 31-38 of Tu Ingles. Business-related idiomatic expressions (modismos) in English. Excerpt about “Working in an American corporation” using a lot of idiomatic expressions. Reading of the story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.” Adverbs: always, sometimes, usually, ago, too much, a lot, too, etc. Serious ear training: pitch and peach, kiss and keys, a beat and a bit, etc. Contractions. The need for speed: informal and formal contractions, relaxed pronunciation. Numbers in English . Practicing dictation.
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Mr. Butts dictates some numbers to Cecilia. Celebrating our 50th session by telling corny jokes.
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Listening to and solving some brain teasers (adivinanzas).
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Exam time! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 39-45 of Tu Ingles. The word “it” and its big importance. The future tense. The auxiliary verb “Will”. The expression “going to.” The words “might” and “may.” Cecilia helps Mr. Butts to create some messages for fortune cookies. A Pronunciation Workshop: listening to fables from the Greek writer, Aesop (read by some Tu Ingles listeners). Exam time! We review and take a quiz on Sessions 46-52 of Tu Ingles. The subjunctive mood: "I want you to...," "I need you to...," "I insist that...," "I recommend that...," “I propose that...," "I suggest that...," "I ask that...," "If I were you..." Reported speech: "What did she tell you?" "What did you say to them?" etc. "To say" and "to tell." "To speak" and "to talk." Cecilia helps Mr. Butts acting as an interpreter. He needs to make a call to Colombia. He speaks with Leonora Oviedo to negotiate a new contract. Dudas! Brian and Cecilia answer questions and problems from Tu Ingles listeners. They clear up all doubts. “I have a question.” “I am in doubt.” “Here you go.” “Here is.” `Do you agree? The word "such". "Another” and “other.” "I have other plans." "How much" and "How many." “People” and "person.” “What is Boston like?” Slang! Learning some slang words and expressions. Money! Learning words and phrases including “moola,” "I am broke," bucks, bread, dough, quid, cash, Checking account, Savings account, accounting, accountant, the cashier, ATM, withdraw, salary, minimum wage, benefits, bonus. Debt, loans, borrow, owes, To pay back, investments, investments, fellowship, mortgage. Cecilia asks her boss Mr. Butts for a raise! Exercising the ear with a play: “The Owl, the Bull, and the Forest.”
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