Aprender ingles with Reza and Craig

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We now have a home for our podcasts at: inglespodcast.com What's the difference between GOOD and WELL? (Mara from Valencia) He's a good footballer (adjective) There are meny goods produced in Valencia (noun) Would you like some more coffee? - No thank you, I'm good (Am. English), No thank you, I'm fine (Br. English) Well (adjective) How are you? - I'm well. / Do you feel well? Well (adverb) - He runs well. She works well He's a good swimmer. He swims well. Well (noun) = un pozo It has that meaning as well (también) Juan Carlos (Barcelona) asks: "Vale la pena tener el IELTS?" IELTS tests your level of English. You cannot pass or fail IELTS. It is used as an acceptance requirement in many universities. It can also be needed if you apply for a visa to certain countries or if you wish to emigrate to certain countries. IELTS is only valid for 2 years. Learn more about IELTS here: https://www.ielts.org/ Gramática: More gerunds and infinitives decide (decidir) - Reza decided to go out for the day avoid (evitar) - I avoided studying for the IELTS exam finish (terminar) - Reza finished eating and left the restaurant. feel like (tener ganas hacer algo) - Reza feels like sleeping forget (olvidarse) - If you have forgotten 'forget', listen again to episode 14. promise (prometer) - I promise to help you agree (estar de acuerdo) - We agreed to stop fighting and become friends. (¡OJO! - We agreed ON doing something) enjoy (disfrutar) - Reza enjoys doing these podcasts. - I enjoyed myself at the party. fancy (apetecer) - What do you fancy doing tonight? Reza fancies having a gin and tonic. refuse (rechazar) - I refuse to give you the money. offer (ofrecer) - He offered to help me. hope / expect (esperar) - I hope to pass my exams (you want it to happen) - I expect to pass my exams (you think it is going to happen) mind (importar) - Do you mind waiting? - I mind waiting for someone to come. - Do you mind if I smoke? - Would you mind if I sat here? miss (echar de menos) - I miss seeing my friends. - Reza misses drinking Guinness. suggest (proponer/sugerir) - I suggest seeing your doctor. - I suggest you see the doctor. seem (parecer) - He seems to be happy. Puedes estudiar más gerundios y infinitivos aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer03_5.htm Vocabulary Corner: Valentines Day to meet / to know / to get to know someone = conocer a alguien I've known John for a long time. I met him five years ago. Tonight I'm going to meet him at the pub. to go out with someone = salir con alguien I'm going out with a girl/boy. to fall in love = enamorarse - to love someone, to be in love with someone, to fall out of love with someone. to be crazy/mad about someone = estar chiflado por alguien - to be head over heels on love. to have a row = reñir(se) I had a row with my neighbour to get on well = llevarse bien to fancy someone = sentirse atraído por alguien (to find someone atractive) to have an affair (with) = tener una aventura to kiss = besar(se) Estudiar más vocabularo aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer03_1.htm Phrasal verb: to look after (cuidarse ó cuidar a alguien) Los phrasal verbs, o 'multi-word verbs' (verbos de dos o más palabras) están formados por un verbo y pequeñas palabras (preposiciónes o partículas adverbiales). A veces el significado del verbo cambia a un significado completamente diferente "Look(mirar) + after(después) = cuidarse"!!! Los phrasal verbs se usan mucho en el inglés informal. Algunos phrasal verbs tienen más de un significado. (take off - Aprender inglés con Reza y Craig - 14) En algunos phrasal verbs podemos insertar el complemento entre el verbo y la partícula, o ponerlo después. Pero cuando el complemento es un pronombre, siempre va entre el verbo y la partícula. I took my clothes off. (I took them off) X I took off them X ... o bien "I took off my clothes." Normalmente un phrasal verb se corresponde a un solo verbo en español. "go away" "go in" "go out" "go back" El uso de los 'phrasal verbs' es más frecuente en el lenguaje común. En el lenguaje escrito, suelen emplearse verbos equivalentes cuando es posible. "Take the cover off and put the key in" "Remove the cover and insert the key" Study phrasal verbs with the CD "Get ahead with Phrasal Verbs" by Mike Hardinge : http://www.mansioningles.com/otrosproductos/phrasal/phrasal_verbs.htm Send us an email, or a sound file (mensaje de voz en mp3) with a comment or question to [email protected] or contact Reza at: [email protected]. Puedes darnos estrellas y una reseña en iTunes. The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.

Feedback/News: Reza and Craig are back into the routine of teaching after the Christmas break. A question from Silvio: After verbs like love, start, stop...the following verbs have to go with a gerund, I think. However,I have read : "It started to rain." Why not: "It starting raining."? Gramática: Gerunds and infinitives "It started to rain" and "it started raining" are both correct. Reza stopped smoking years ago. (he stopped the activity of smoking) Reza was walking down the road when he stopped to pick up a coin (una moneda). (He stopped doing one thing - walking down the road - to do another thing - pick up a coin) Reza and Craig stopped podcasting to have a cup of tea. MAKE (obligar/forzer) - to make someone do something My teacher made me do my homework again. Reza made me sing the Mickey Mouse song. LET (dejar/dar permiso) - Craig lets Reza say many silly things in the podcast. ALLOW - Allow me to ask a question. PERMIT - Craig permits Reza to say silly things. LOVE - "Craig loves/likes to drink coffee" or "Craig loves/likes drinking coffee." FORGET - I forgot to close the door. (think about something BEFORE it happens) I forgot giving John the money. (I have no memory of something that ALREADY happpened. REMEMBER - I remember turning off the gas. Reza remembers growing up in Belfast. (PAST) Remember to phone me tomorrow. (FUTURE) Remember to buy milk on your way home from work. Study more gerunds and infinitives in our intermediate course: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer03_5.htm Miiguelitoo Goonzaleez (Facebook) Hello, I have a question : "When should I use this word "awesome"?" The Roman Empire was an awesome force. This podcast is awesome! (cool, great, wonderful, amazing, incredible) Pronunciación: /dj/ judge June. July, January, jazz, jolly good! Phrasal verb: To take off Take your books off the table (literal - to remove) What time did your plane take off? (idiomatic - despegar) Some comics are good at taking off politicians (impersonar, hacer el ridiculo) Reza has taken off his trousers! (quitar la ropa) Our podcast has really taken off. (Idiomatic) - Nuestro podcast ha tenido mucho éxito. A business can also "take off" Vocabulary Corner: films/movies film (UK) movie (US) - motion picture dubbed - doblado subtitled - subtiulado review (crítica) - a film review, a book review, a review of a play etc. / critic (the person who writes the review) screenplay / script (guión) Script is a more general word, screenplay is for films, 'teleplay' is a script for television. Practise cinema vocabulary in our intermediate course: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer15_1.htm Send us an email, or a sound file (mensaje de voz en mp3) with a comment or question to [email protected] or [email protected]. Puedes darnos estrellas y una crítica en iTunes. The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.

The full audio interview with Craig and Jonny. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles09.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles09.htm

The full audio interview with Craig and Anne. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles08.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles08.htm

The full audio interview with Craig and Patrick. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles07.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles07.htm

Feedback/News: Thank you to Enrique (Colombia) for his comment that Craig's Spanish is improving. Gramática: For, During and While A question on Facebook from David Blanco Vargas from Sevilla How to use during During is a preposition which is used before a noun (during + noun) to say when something happens. It does not tell us how long it happened. For example: "Nobody spoke during the meeting." "We don't get any snow here in Valencia during the winter." "During my childhood I lived on a farm." How to use while When is used to talk about two things that are happening at the same time. The length of time is not important. Remember that while is used with a subject and a verb (while + subject + verb). For example: "The phone rang while (or when) I was having a shower." "I met my girlfriend while (or when) we were travelling in South America." "I'll speak to you when (not XwhileX) I finish my work." How to use for For is a preposition which is used with a period to say how long something goes on: "We've been podcasting for 2 months." "I've been living in Valencia for 16 years." Reza has been teaching English for 20 years." "Craig has know Reza for a while" (un rato) Vocabulary Corner: Travel words Trip (countable noun) / travel (is an uncountable noun and a verb) To go on a trip to go on a business trip Journey - The journey from Madrid to Valencia takes about 3 and a half hours Flight (noun) / Fly (verb) Reza's flight to Belfast was about two and half hours. He took a flight from Alicante. Voyage - travelling by ship or in space Cruise - Reza has never been on a cruise. He'd like to cruise around the Mediterranean. The titanic wasn't a cruise. It didn't stop at many different places. Learn and revise travel vocabulary in our holiday lesson: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer11_1.htm Phrasal verb: To pick up Can you pick up that box for me, it’s very heavy. (literal) I'll pick you up tomorrow morning and take you to the airport. (Idiomatic) - to drop off "Pick me up at my hotel and drop me off at the airport." I'll give you a lift - Can you give me a lift to the supermarket? Give me a ride (American English) A gin and tonic is a 'pick me up'. I picked up a girl at a party yesterday, but she wouldn’t give me her phone number. (Idiomatic) to pick up/to chat up = ligar to get off with (a girl/boy) = to kiss etc...... Pronunciación: Greetings How are you? - I'm fine How's it going? - Fine, what about you? How're you doing? - I'm great, and you? What's up? Alright? Whatcha! G'day! (Australia) good morning (in Ireland) NOT X"Top of the morning to you!"X Reza's Top Tip: Job Interviews Search on YouTube.com for "job interviews" Record yourself with a camcorder or with your mobile phone. Use video to improve your body language and pronunciation. Listen to a job interview and practise work vocabulary: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer22_6.htm If you need help with interviews and translatons, contact Reza at [email protected] Send us an email, or a sound file (mensaje de voz en mp3) with a comment or question to [email protected] or [email protected]. Puedes darnos estrellas y una crítica en iTunes. The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.

The full audio interview with Craig and Lucy. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles06.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles06.htm

The full audio interview with Craig and Wayne. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles05.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles05.htm

Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 68 recorded for December 2013. En el nivel básico practicamos el gerundio, las palabras que terminan en ing y también los grupos o familias de palabras - Word families. Tenemos un poco de gramática en el nivel intermedio y también algunas colocaciones con los verbos. We practise some collective nouns at advanced level, and also we help you with what to say in English in certain social situations There's also business vocabulary, as usual, and a translation exercise, all 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 podéis 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, ve a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Ok, vamos a empezar con el nivel básico y el gerundio - The gerund, en inglés. ¿cómo se dice el verbo gustar en inglés? - to like; I like, he likes, she likes, we like etc. Cuando empleas otro verbo después del verbo like, puede ser de forma gerundio o de forma infinitive, pero normalmente, cuando hablamos de las actividades y no del resultado de las actividades, usamos el gerundio. Eschucha y repite: jugar - to play - playing - playing video games. Do you like? Do you like playing video games. I don't like playing video games. Ver - to watch - repite - to watch - Watching TV. I like watching TV. I like watching sport on TV. I like watching football on TV. Do you like watching TV? - Do you like watching football on TV? Do you like studying? - to study - estudiar - repite: studying - I don't like studying - Do you like studying? ¿Cómo se dice comprar? - to buy - repite: buy - buying - Do you like buying books? - Do you like buying clothes - Do you like buying shoes? To camp - acampar - camping. to go camping - Do you like going camping? ¿Cómo se dice leer en inglés? to read - Repite: to read. reading - reading books - Do you like reading books? - I like reading - I like reading books - My girlfriend likes reading - she likes reading books - she likes reading detective books. Ducharte - to have a shower - Repite: to have a shower. - having a shower - I like having a shower. I like having a shower in the morning. It wakes me up. Me despierta - It wakes me up. - Repite: It wakes me up. A shower wakes me up. A shower in the morning wakes me up. I like having a hot shower in the morning. Board games son juegos de mesa. Repite: board games - to play - to play board games - playing board games - I like playing board games. Do you like playing board games? ¿Cómo se dice acostarte? - to go to bed. Repite: to go to bed - going to bed - I like going to bed. I like going to bed early - Do you like going to bed early? I always go to bed early during the week. Well done! - !Muy bien! También en el nivel básico este mes hemos estudiado algunas palabras en grupo. Las familias de palabras o Word Families. Por ejemplo, si digo short y tall, tal vez das cuenta que tall (o sea, alto) es el antónimo de short - bajo: alto-bajo, tall-short. Entonces, si digo easy, ¿Qué me vas a decir? ¿Cuál es el antónimo de easy? Pues, difficult. ¿y cheap? - expensive. A ver si puedes identificar la familia de las siguientes palabras y decir qué palabra en inglés viene despues de las palabras que voy a decir. Luego, repite las palabras conmigo para practicar la pronunciación. ¿Listos? Ready? football - play work - do TV - watch father - son mother - daughter brother - sister apples, oranges, bananas - fruit shirts, socks, dresses - clothes chairs, tables, sofas - furniture 1st - first 2nd - second 3rd - third Ok good, now moving on to the intermediate section, and in this month's cuaderno we looked at some general grammar. For example, the word 'yet' with the present perfect when it means todavía o aún - She isn't here yet. - Todavía no llega. o Aún no llega. Repeat: She isn't here yet. I haven't done it yet. Have you finished yet? - ‘Has the film finished?’ ‘No, not yet.’ ¡Ojo! - Don't confuse yet with already. Both these words are often used with the present perfect. Already means 'so soon' or ya, in Spanish. For example, Have you eaten your dinner already? - ¿Ya has cenado? - I have already been to Paris. - Ya he estado en París. Repeat: I've already been to Paris. Have you eaten lunch yet? Yes, I've already eaten lunch. I've already done it. Phrases like so do I and neither do I are used as responses to show a similar attitude or opinion. You can show that you agree or disagree with someone by using So do I neither do I , me too, me neither etc. Listen and repeat: I'm a student- So am I. I'm not married - neither am I - I like football - So do I - I don't like golf - neither do I. I'm not very hungry - Neither am I. Nota que se repite el verbo auxiliar cuando se responde. I'

Las notas del episodio Did Reza make and keep his New Year's resolution to learn something new? Feedback, news and questions: We are still waiting for a recipe for dulce de leche. Thanks to Emilse (Argentina) and Daniel (Mexico) for their messages. Gramática: some and any Craig brought Reza some salt from Chile (positive sentence) He didn't bring him anything from Argentina (negative) Have you got any souvenirs from Laos (question) Can I have some food? (Use 'some' for requests) Reza would like some fish Would you like something to eat? (a more closed, specific offer) Would you like anything to eat? (an open offer) Craig likes some classical music (not all classical music) Craig likes any jazz music (all jazz music) Pick any card Craig likes anything with chocolate He likes some fruit desserts Pronunciación: Nice to meet you - Pleased to meet you What are you doing? = Watcha doin'? "Whatcha!" (In London) "'Boutcha!" (in Belfast) Phrasal verb: get (a)round Craig really gets around - he goes to many places Craig's mum finds it hard to get around these days (moverse, desplazarse) It has got around that the French president is said to be having an affair. At Christmas dinner, families get around the table. There's no getting around the fact. = you can't avoid it. Sportsmen and women try to get around the rules. I'll get that parcel round to you = to deliver Reza never gets around to decorating his flat. Vocabulary Corner: money ganar = to earn/to win win a competition, win a game, win at the casino, win the lottery earn a salary, earn respect, earn money borrow (from) = tener prestado / lend (to) = prestar A bank lends money to you. You borrow money from the bank. a loan = un prestamo Good luck getting a bank loan in Spain these days! pay for - I'll pay for the drinks - It's my treat (te invito) It's on me I'll get it It's my shout (British colloquial English) It's my round Reza's Top Tip: Presentations Have good notes Check your English (spelling and grammar) on slides and visuals Practise in front of the mirror Speak to a family member, pet dog or cat Check body language as you present practice, practice, practice! Use (small) note cards, but don't read a full text. Make eye contact Smile a lot! Contact Reza at [email protected] for help with translations and presentations. Send us an email, or a sound file (mensaje de voz en mp3) with a comment or question to [email protected] or [email protected]. Puedes darnos estrellas y una crítica en iTunes. The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.

Las notas del episodio What did you get for Christmas? Did Reza get a scarf, some socks and a wallet from his mum? Has Craig got his bathroom finished yet? Gramática: 1st and 2nd conditional. If you study hard, you will learn a lot of English (1st conditional - If + present simple + will) Use the 1st conditional to talk about possible/probable things. If you stick to your diet, you will lose weight. If you don't do exercise, you'll put on weight. Unless you do exercise, you'll put on weight. You will learn a lot if you listen to this podcast. If you bought a lottery ticket, you would/might possible win. (2nd conditional) - If + past simple + would If I win the lottery, I will (I'll) travel around the world. (1st conditional) if I won the lottery, I would (I'd) travel around the world (2nd conditional) If I were/was Prime Minister, I'd lower taxes. If Craig were Mickey Mouse he would go to the pub with Scooby Doo. Reza, on the other hand, would prefer to have a beer with Bugs Bunny. Estudiar los condicionales en nuestro curso intermedio: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer11_5.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer15_5.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer16_6.htm Pronunciación: Word stress in numbers: 14 - 40 - fourteen / forty 70 - 17 - seventy / seventeen 30 - 13 - thirty / thirteen 16 - 60 - sixteen / sixty ¡OJO! - Except when we're counting! 13, 14, 15, 16 etc. Phrasal verb: Put up Many people put up Christmas decorations (montar) I'm going to put up a couple of photos on the wall. (colgar) Would you mind putting me up for the weekend? (hospedar, dar alojamiento) The boxer lost the match but he put up a fight. You can put up money for something - How much money did they put up to build the airport in Castellon? Put up or shut up! Act or be quiet. Put up something for sale on eBay. We try to put up a new podcast episode every week. Craig puts up with Reza's Mickey Mouse comments (suportar, aguantar) Craig has to put up with Reza every week! Vocabulary Corner: New Year's Resolution - Resolución de Año Nuevo 8% of people who MAKE New Year's Resolutions actually KEEP them. TOP TEN NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS The most popular resolutions are: lose weight - (put on weight) and do more exercise eat more healthily save money get a better job spend more time with family and friends travel more stop smoking and drinking (alcohol) get organised learn something new Read more books Are you going to make any New Year's Resolutions this year? Send us an email, or a sound file (mensaje de voz en mp3) to [email protected] and tell us. Reza's Top Tip: Self check spelling accommodation regrettable unstoppable which / witch (bruja) Craig and Reza recommend Oxford and Collins dictionaries, and www.wordreference.com The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre el inglés, puedes ponerse en contacto con Reza a [email protected] y a con Craig a [email protected].

Las notas del episodio Feedback/News: Merry Christmas! What are you doing for Christmas this year? Reza's going to Belfast to spend Christmas with his family. Question from Mara from Valencia: "What's the difference between other and another?" (singular/plural) Gramática: other, another, others This is another episode. There are 9 others. There are 9 other episodes. another + single countable noun (Can I have another beer?) other + plural countable nouns (There are other episodes) There are 9 others (no noun) Craig also does other work (other + uncountable noun) He has other jobs Vocabulary Corner: December 24th - Christmas Eve December 25th - Christmas Day Boxing Day = el 26 de diciembre, día festivo en Gran Bretaña January 1st - New Year's Day December 31st - New Year's Eve January 6th - The day of the (three) Kings, or "Epiphany" wrapping paper = papel de envolver/papel de regalo ¡Feliz Navidad! - Happy Christmas! / Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ¡Felices fiestas! - Season's greetings! Happy holidays! Salud! - Cheers! ("Slancha" in Ireland) Phrasal verb: wrap up (not RAP!) to wrap up presents (envolver, empaquetar). People wrap up presents at Christmas time. To wrap up a deal (to complete, conclude a deal etc). This podcast wraps up the year. Don't get too wrapped up in work (absorbed, involved) Wrap up warm, it's cold outside (abrigarse). Wrap up well in the winter when it's cold. Para estudiar los phrasal verbs, recomendamos el cd de Mike Hardinge: http://www.mansioningles.com/otrosproductos/phrasal/phrasal_verbs.htm Pronunciación: In English, we do not say each syllable with the same force or strength. In one word, we accentuate ONE syllable. We say one syllable very loudly (car, hotel, important) and all the other syllables very quietly. For example: photograph, photographer and photographic. Do they sound the same? How many syllables do they have? Where's the stress in each word? photograph (DA de de) photographer (de DA de de) photographic (de de DA de) Hay más practica con el estres de las palabras aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer14_7.htm Reza's Top Tip: Watch DVDs in English. 1) Watch in English with English subtitles (original version). Pause and take notes. 2) Watch again with English sound and with Spanish subtitles. 3) Watch again with English sound and English subtitles but don't stop it. Let's wrap up this episode Reza! Give us a Christmas gift - go to iTunes and give us some stars (estrellas) y un corto resumen en iTunes. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre el inglés, puedes ponerse en contacto con Reza a [email protected] y a con Craig a [email protected].

Las notas del episodio Feedback/News: A question from Jóse in Madrid, Spain "¿Cómo puedo preguntar sobre el tiempo en inglés?" - The weather/La clima - What's the weather like? What's the ______ like? (hotel, food, party, new phone like?) What was the flight like? What was your weekend like? What was it like? Gramática: Verb collocations (verb + adj./noun) Craig liked Argentina (el verbo 'to like' en el pasado) What's Argentina like? (¿Cómo es?) Does Buenos Aires looks like Paris? (se parece) What does it feel like? - It feels like Paris. Does it smell like Paris? - It smells like Buenos Aires. Pronunciación: /i/ and /i:/ /i/ - hit, sit /i:/ - me, three hit / heat ship / sheep sit / seat whip / weep sh*t / sheet Phrasal verb: take up I'll take you up on that! (say yes, agree) - tomar/aceptar el reto Craig will take Reza up on his chess challenge, and on his offer to have a meal at his flat. Nelso Mandela took up the fight against racism. To take up a hobby/sport - Are you taking up anything in the new year? Reza's friend has recently taken up jogging (not footing!!) Reza is thinking of taking up aerobics. Bob took up his new role as director (to accept a role or task) To take up time (ocupar tiempo) Take up trousers, to take up clothes (to make shorter) Aquí hay una lista de los verbos compuestos (phrasal verbs): http://www.mansioningles.com/gram54.htm Vocabulary Corner: Work - trabajo: What's the difference between work and job? Job is a noun. Work is a verb and a noun. When work is a noun, it's usually uncountable: I have two jobs. I have a lot of work. Reza has a lot of work. He has three jobs. Career is a false friend. - You study a degree or a subject at university. You begin your career when you start working. Reza has changed his careers. He used to be a musician. You boss sacks you (if you're a bad employee. - to get the sack / to be fired, to get fired. Reza got the sack in East Berlin. He got the sack from selling newspapers. to resign from your job (you decide to leave) / to hand in your notice or resignation (tell your employer in advance that you are going to leave. to be made redundant - redundancy money. Many people in Spain are being made redundant at the moment. to retire at the retirement age - to get a pension from the state (a state pension). You can also get a private pension. Puedes estudiar más sobre el tema de work en nuestro curso intermedio: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer21_1.htm Reza's Top Tip: Brainstorm collocations. DRIVE - to drive a car, bus, taxi etc. to drive someone mad / crazy Reza's mum drives him up the walls (in Belfast) or up the wall (in London). She drives him mad, she drives him crazy. She drives him round the bend to drive a point home to drive a hard bargain - He drove a hard bargain to drive under the influence (of alcohol or drugs) STONE - a stepping stone - I see this job as a stepping stone to reach my goal a stepping stone in a river The Rolling Stones A rolling stone - "a rolling stone gathers no moss" (musgo) A stones throw away. It's a stones throw away from here. To leave no stone unturned - The police left no stone unturned. To sink like a stone a headstone (lápida mortuoria, piedra sepulcral) The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected] (Craig) o [email protected] (Reza).

LAS NOTAS DEL EPISODIO Gramática: Could and Couldn't I could swim when I was young.(habilidad en el pasado) - podia Tomorrow we could swim in the sea.(condicional) - podría Craig can't play a musical instrument (now) Craig couldn't play a musical instrument when he was younger (past) Craig, could/can I ask you a question? (permission) Estudia más sobre los verbos modales aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer20_6.htm Pronunciación: consonantes + vocales "Have a" cuando un vocal va después de un consonante en inglés, los sonidos se juntan. "Have a cup of tea" - "have a cuppa", "have a coffee", "have a can of beer" "Got to get a lot of it". Phrasal verb: to set up to set up a tent, to set up equipment (montar) to set up a meeting (arrange, organize) to set up a business, an organization, a foundation, a charity (fundar, montar) to set up a person (to trick them - hacer trampas, engañar) "The murderer set me up", "It was a set up". Vocabulay Corner: collocations with HAVE "to have fun", "to have a ball, (fun v funny) - a funny joke, a funny film, a funny person (gracioso) - a fun person (divertido) to have a good time To have st in common with so What do we have in common? Craig and Reza have jazz music and houseproud mothers in common. To have time (to do things) What would you like to have more time to do? Reza doesn't have time to surf the Internet. Reza has a new phone. He's got (he has got) a new phone. Reza's Top Tip: Use polite language with strangers "Where's the bus staion?" (direct) - "Could you tell me where the bus station is?" (indirect and more polite) "Do you like paella?" - "Can you tell me if you like paella?" "Can I smoke? - Do you mind if I smoke?" "Would you mind telling me where the bus station is?" "I'd like to know where the bus station is?" "I wonder if you wouldn't mind telling me where the bus station is?" The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

Las notas del episodio Let's get cracking! = ¡Vamos a empezar! Gramática: Can / can't Can I ask you a question? You can speak Spanish. Reza can speak a bit of Valencian. Can you play any musical instruments? - Yes, I can. Can, like could, should, would, may etc son modal verbs (verbos modales). El can se puede emplear para hablar de la habilidad y también para pedir las cosas "Can I have....?) Can I have a biscuit? Can I have a cup ñof tea? Can I help you? John can be quite cold sometimes. (possibility) It can be wet in Valncia sometimes. (possibility) This postcard can't be from Bob. (impossibility) Practicar el 'can' para pedir las cosas aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/nc_lec04_3.htm Vocabulay Corner: Clothes Reza is wearing jeans and a very nice striped short. Craig is wearing nice linen shorts. trousers (UK) / pants (US). pants (UK) / shorts (US), waistcoat (UK) / vest (US), panties (US) / knickers (UK), tights (UK) / pantyhose (US), to wear (llevar puesto) "He's wearing a blue coat" / to put on clothes / to get dressed / To take off clothes (quitar la ropa) training shoes (UK) / sneakers (US) - zapatillas deportivas Practicar el vocabulario de la ropa en inglés aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/nc_lec15_2.htm Hay una lista de ropa en nuestra seccion de vocabulario: http://www.mansioningles.com/vocabulario10.htm Phrasal verb: to set off SET has many uses in English. Set off means: to begin a journey - "We set off at 6 o'clock." to set off also means to activate something: "I set off the alarm." "Young children sometimes set off car alarms in the street." Set off can also mean to start an emotion. "The picture sets her off crying." Set off also means (destacarse) "The white background really sets off the person in the picture." Pronunciación: clothes /cloves/, a suit /soot/ - traje = suit (noun) "it suits you" (Te va bien) "It fits you" (it's the correct size) - Does this fit me? tracksuit (chandal), slippers - "Where are my slippers?", (a pair of) shoes - high-heeled shoes, striped (con rayas), blouse - "Your a big girl's blouse!" (You're too soft). Reza's Top Tip: use the negative (adj/adverb) to be indirect/polite "Well, it isn't the best thing I've seen", "It doesn't look that great." "I've seen you looking better." "It wouldn't be my first choice.", "It's not bad." The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

The full audio interview with Craig and Marie. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles04.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles04.htm

Las notas del episodio Gramática: Used to / be used to / get used to Craig used to live in London. he used to go out with friends, he used to drink a lot of beer. He used to go to record shops and book shops. He used to buy clothes. He used to watch a lot of TV in the UK. Now in Valencia, he usually goes to the gym. He usually does some work on Sundays. Use 'used to' for things in the past that are not true today. Use the adverb of frequency 'usually' for present habits. It was difficult for Craig to get used to going out late at weekends. But now he's used to eating late. Reza is getting used to his first smart phone. Pronunciación: /j/ Jazz, June, January / to jump (saltar) Jumping Jack Flash / judge / Not only with the letter 'j', but sometimes with the letter 'g' as in general / giant / gym and Jim (the name) etc. compare to /je/ vision - television, pleasure, leisure. Sigue los siguientes enlaces y mejorar tu pronunciación: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer01_3.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer04_6.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer06_6.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer08_6.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer10_7.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer08_9.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer12_7.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer14_7.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer17_3.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer19_4.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer24_7.htm Phrasal verb: COME OUT After a long meeting they CAME OUT of the room. My friend CAME OUT in a rash (rash = sarpullido, erupción). To COME OUT on strike. To COME OUT in support of the nurses. The sun, the moon and the stars COME OUT. What time does the moon come out? To COME OUT (of the closet). To admit in public that you are gay. Revisa más phrasal verbs aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram54.htm Vocabulary Corner - Sport: Learn words in groups - Es mejor aprender el vocabulario en los grupos/familias Football : pitch, stadium, to kick the ball into the net, referee - 1-0 (nil) Tennis : court, umpire. net 15-0 (love) Tennis, basketball, volleyball, badminton, squash COURT to draw a game of football - It's a draw - Valencia drew with Barcelona yesterday. Let's kick off (let's start) . Let's kick off this meeting by talking about.... It's a whole new ball game (It's a totally new thing) Right off the bat (to begin with, immediately) - When we started this podcast we had over 1.000 listeners right off the bat. Golf club - baseball bat - cricket bat - table tennis bat - tennis racket - squash racket. A ball-park figure (an approximate number). Give me a ball park figure on your expected salary. To hit it out of the park - to have a lot of success. Estudia más vocabulario del deporte aquÍ: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer07_5.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer07_1.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer08_10.htm Reza's Top Tip: Spelling - double letters Si la palabra termina con consonante, vocal, consonante hay que poner doble consonante al final(ej. running; shop-shopping; putting) sleeping (termina con -eep); hope-g (termina con -ope) Regret - regretting (el estrés está el la segunda silaba) limit - limiting (el estrés esta en la primera silaba) travelling (British English spelling) traveling (American English spelling) The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 67 recorded for November 2013. En el nivel básico practicamos los pronombres y los antónimos En el nivel intermedio estudiamos los tiempos verbales y el vocabulario del cuerpo (parts of the body). We practise some general vocabulary at advanced level, and also we help you with what to say in English in certain social situations There's also business vocabulary and a translation exercise, all 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 podéis 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, ve a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Hemos recibido un comentario en iTunes de Carlos G - "Mil gracias por vuestro fantástico podcast, pero no hemos transcrito el contenido de los últimos podcasts. Os animo a que lo hagais para poder seguir aprendiendo. Gracias a vosotros. Un abrazo." Bueno Carlos, gracias por tu comentario. Si que publicamos la transcripción en los cuadernos mensuales, siempre los publicamos el mes siguiente. Es decir, puedes leer la transcripción de este podcast de noviembre en diciembre. Y no olvides que todos los cuadernos pasados están disponibles en www.cuadernodeingles.com/. También puedes ver las trascripciónes en mansioningles.libsyn.com/ Ok, vamos a empezar con el nivel básico y los pronombres de objeto. Do you remember the object pronouns in English? Vamos a repasarlos. me - me repite: me te - you - repite: you lo - him - repite: him la - her - repite: her lo - it - repite: it nos - us - repite: us os - you - repite: you los/las - them - repite: them Escucha y repite las siguientes frases de ejemplo Escucha: You're lovely! I really like you. repite: You're lovely! I really like you. Escucha: He's not very friendly. I don't like him. repite: He's not very friendly. I don't like him. Escucha: Are they talking to us? repite: Are they talking to us? Escucha: Football's great! I love it. repite: Football's great! I love it. Escucha: She's horrible. I don’t like her. repite: She's horrible. I don’t like her. Escucha: I don't like vegetables. I hate them! repite: I don't like vegetables. I hate them! Escucha: Homework? I hate it. repite: Homework? I hate it. Escucha: Please give it to me. repite: Please give it to me Escucha: Did they invite us? repite: Did they invite us? Escucha: My neighbours are nice. I really like them. repite: My neighbours are nice. I really like them. ¡Muy bien! - Very good! Ahora practicamos los antónimos. Escucha y intenta decir los antónimos antes que los digo yo. Luego, repítalos para practicar la pronunciación. Ready? - ¿Listo? expensive - cheap repite: cheap tall - short - repite: short young - old - repite: old empty - full - repite: full fat - thin - repite: thin happy - sad - repite: sad Ok good, now moving on to the intermediate section, and in this month's cuaderno we looked at verb tenses. I'm going to read the examples we had and I want you to think which verb tense I'm using. For example, "I live in Valencia", which tense is live? Yes, present simple. What about, "I've been living in Valencia since 1997?" Well, that's present perfect continuous. Listen : Take your umbrella with you in case it rains. - Present simple. The weather forecast said it'll get colder today. Listen : I'm really sorry we haven't been in touch for so long. Since we moved to Barcelona, we've been very busy doing up our flat here. We tried to send you an email last month, but it came back to us so you must have changed your address. Listen : We were going out to a pub quiz tonight, but we have just heard that it's been cancelled, so I think we'll just stay at home and watch a film instead. Listen : Hey Maria! How are you? I haven't seen you for ages. You look great! What have you been doing since we last met? Listen : We intended to go around Europe this summer, but my mother-in-law is sick, so I suppose we'll be staying at home. Listen : I wish you had told me that you don't eat seafood. Let me make something else for you. Moving on to the vocabulary part of the intermediate section, and we talked about parts of the body and what you did with them. For example, what do you do with your eyes? You see with your eyes. You can also look and watch. Look at something (look at that beautiful girl over there). And you can watch a game, watch TV, watch a film etc. What do you do with your ears? You hear with your ears. You can also listen. Listen and look and watch are more active verbs. You actively listen to music or to another person. You actively watch a game of football. But hear and see are senses, sentidos. So, what do you do with your nose. It's a verb and a noun, and another sense. You smell with your nose. You have a sense

Las Notas del Episodio Gramática: El 'past simple' y el 'present perfect' juntos I've been to Bilbao (present perfect) - Cuando hablas de tu vida hasta ahora. When did you go? (past simple) - Para hablar de las cosas en el pasado. Have you been to Cuba? (present perfect) When did you go? - I went 6 or 7 years ago (past simple) La expresión del tiempo 'AGO' se emplea con el past simple. Have you eaten anything today? (today hasn't finished yet) When did you eat it (a specific time in the past) Job interviews: Have you ever worked for a multi-national company? (present perfect) When did you work there? (past simple) How long have you been living in Valencia? (present perfect continuous) I came here 17 years ago (past simple) I came in 1997. Estudiar sobre el Pasado (pretérito) en inglés aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram40.htm Pronunciación: los consonantes juntos (consonant clusters) - crisps (papas, chips) / structure (edificio) / stretch (estirar, estirarse) - stretcher (camilla) / hitch hiker / crunch, crunchy (crujiente) scrimp and save (When I'm 64....) Every summer we can rent a cottage In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear (expensive) We shall scrimp and save Grandchildren on your knee Vera, Chuck, and Dave Leer las letras the lyrics) a este canción de los Beatles en YouTube aquí: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldIfhc1pJpk Phrasal verb: PUT OFF - to postpone (posponer) Reza has put off re-wiring his flat. Craig has been putting off going to the optician. Flu = gripe / Las Fallas festival in Valencia puts Reza off (distraer) Music PUTS Craig OFF when he's trying to work. / Reza's experience with the girl in the cafe has PUT him OFF meeting women. The cockroach in the bar PUT Craig OFF eating in the restaurant. Vocab Corner: COME - to come as a surprise. It came as a surprise to Craig to see we had nearly 2,000 downloads (descargas) of the podcast this month. It came as no surprise that the podcast is a success. / to come as a relief (didn't have to pay for dinner in that expensive restaurant) - to come as a relief - Come as a GREAT/TERRIBLE/DREADFUL shock (susto) - It came as a BIG/GREAT/COMPLETE surprise Come to power A Prime Minister comes to power / come to a decision - Craig has come to the decision to go to Disneyland. "Come off it!" ¡Venga ya!- Estas tomando el pelo - You're pulling my leg. Reza's Top Tips: Label (poner etiquetas) Pictures and photos. Also use Post-it notes to label things around the house and the office. The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 66 recorded for October 2013. En el nivel básico practicamos las colacaciones de los verbos, y también un poco de vocabulario general. En el nivel intermedio estudiamos el uso de los verbos GET, GO y HAVE y también una selección de preguntas sobre la gramática. In the advanced section, we practise more advanced collocations, and there's business vocabulary as usual, and a translation exercise, all 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 podéis 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, ve a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Antes de empezar, quiero dar las gracias a todos nuestros seguidores en Facebook. Ya tenemos más de 30,000 fans y seguimos creciendo cada día. Si tienes alguna pregunta, comentario o duda sobre el inglés o simplemente quieres hacer ejercicios adicionales, puedes encontrarnos en facebook.com/mansioningles Ok, let's start then with el nivel básico to make a noise - hacer un ruido - hacer se puede traducir como to make o to do, pero cuando va con el sustantivo a noise, decimos make a noise. Repite: make a noise. Shhh...don't make a noise they're sleeping. Who was making all that noise last night? También decimos take photos Repite: take photos - How many photos did you take? I took hundreds of photos. Estoy seguro que sabes que en inglés decimos drive a car or drive a bus or a taxi. Pero cuando hablamos de las motos, las bicicletas y los animales decimos ride - R-I-D-E Repite: to ride a bike, ride a horse, ride a motorbike. Can you ride a motorbike? Have you ever ridden a horse? I would love to ride an elephant. I rode a camel in Egypt. ¿Cómo se traduce 'llevar gafas'? to wear glasses Repite; wear -wear glasses. I wear glasses - I've been wearing glasses for years. He's wearing a jacket - Are you wearing jeans? Luego tenemos la expresión to run for the bus. Repite: the bus - run for - run for the bus. I ran for the bus this morning. ¿Como se dice suerte en inglés? - luck - Repite: luck - Luck es un sustantivo. ¿Cuál es el adjetivo? - lucky. Repite: Lucky. I'm lucky! Are you lucky? Are you a lucky person? I am. I think I'm very lucky. El verbo to book significa reservar. For example you can book a room in a hotel. Repite: to book - to book a room. Can I book a room, please? I'd like to book a room. También puedes book a table in a restaurant. Repite: to book a table. Can I book a table, please? I'd like to book a table for two, please. If you book a room in a hotel, you stay in the hotel. Repite: stay in the hotel. Where are you staying. Are you staying in a hotel? ¿Cómo se dice mandar un correo electrónico en inglés? - to send an email. Repite: send an email. Did you send me an email? I'll send you an email. I'll send you an email next week. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! También en el nivel básico este mes hemos practicado un poco de vocabulario. Vamos a ver si te acuerdas de las palabras. A dress, skirt, trousers, shirt, socks are all examples of.....clothes. Repite: clothes. I like your clothes. I need new clothes. What do you cut your food with? You cut your food with a...... knife - K-N-I-F-E. Repite: Knife. knife and fork - knife, fork and spoon. Can I have a knife, please? Spring, summer, autumn and winter are the four....seasons. Repite: seasons. What's your favourite season? I like spring and autumn. I think autumn is my favourite season. En el inglés americano, autumn se dice fall - F-A-L-L because the leaves, las ojas, caen de los arboles. What do you usually drink tea and coffee and hot chocolate from? You drink tea and coffee from a ....cup. Not a glass, a cup. You drink Coca Cola from a glass, you drink beer from a glass. You drink tea and coffee from a cup. Repite: cup - a cup - a coffee cup - a tea cup. A cup of coffee. A cup of tea. Now, what is the name of the part of the house where you cook? You cook in the ....kitchen. Repite: kitchen. Ten cuidado con la diferencia entre kitchen and chicken. Chicken is pollo. Repite: kitchen - chicken - kitchen. We cook in the kitchen. The chicken's in the kitchen. What's the name for the room where you usually have a shower, clean your teeth or wash your face? It's the bathroom. Repite: bathroom. Excuse me, where's the bathroom? Ok good, now moving on to the intermediate section, Listen: 'Have you ever been to this restaurant?’ - ‘No, this is the first time.’ 'Have you been' is the present perfect tense. Listen: Have you been to New York? Has estado una vez en Nueva York? Repite: Have you been to New York? Have you been here before? Have you ever eaten Japanese food? Listen: We don’t have to be at the meeting. 'Have to' is similar to 'must' for obligation. The differ

Gramática: Present Perfect What have you done today so far? I've had breakfast How long have you been working on this video? You haven't finished yet. He has been working on his video for two weeks. Have you ever been to Disneyland? - No, I haven't. Have you been to America? - I have. I've been to Maine. Where have you been to in Spain? - I've been to Sevilla. I've been to Bilbao. Oneupmanship: Have you ever been to China? No, I haven't. Have you ever tried my mum's scones? Yes, I have. to go over = repasar Estudiar más sobre el 'present perfect' here: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer06_9.htm Pronunciación: /s/ in words like slippers, Spain, Spanish, special, stop, spelling, stomach, (stomache ache = dolor de estómago) /je/ sound in words like pleasure, television, leisure, measure (medir) Like the French / treasure (tesoro) Phrasal verb: GET OFF (bajar) - to get off the bus. I got off the bus. Get on or off a motorbike, train, camel, horse, bicycle etc. To GET OFF WITH something - (escaparse sin castigo) The corrupt politicians get off without punishment. TO GET WITH someone (ligar) - Reza did not get off with the girl in the cafe. She told him to get lost :-( Facebook page question: Thank you to Calixto Joao Vivas Prado from Monóvar - (to be off = I'm off/I must be off = tengo que marcharme / to be off=caducado "This milk's off"/to go off = "That fish'll go off if you don't put it in the fridge." (estropearse) Mandar sus preguntas a: [email protected] Reza's Top tips: Think of question words before conversation. Where...? Why...? When...? How...? Who...? etc Where do you work? Where is your office? What do you do in a typical day? Who do you work with? How many people work in your office? The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

Episodio 003 - La notas del episodio Gramática: past simple - Use 'did' for questions in the past simple. Past simple questions: Did you have a good week? When did they arrive? Where did you take them? Did they spend some time on the beach? Did they get the chance to practice some Spanish? DID + the infinitive of the verb (sin "to") Why DID your parents DECIDE to come to Spain? to make a fool of yourself = hacer el tonto You LIVED in London. ¡OJO! - No se pone el DID con el verbo "to be". Where were you born? - I was born in London. Were you a happy child? - I was a bad child. El pasado del verbo modal CAN (poder) es COULD: When you were young could you run fast? When you lived in Belfast could you speak Spanish? Pronunciación: la /h/ Hello - how are you - Harry Potter - Have a cup of tea! - have a beer! - have a beer! Hello - Hello, I'm Henry - Hello, I'm Henry and I'm happy! I'm a hairdresser hairdresser - I'm a happy hairdresser - I'm from Helsinki I'm a happy hairdresser from Helsinki - Hello, how are you? I'm Henry the happy hairdresser from Helsinki. Phrasal verb TO GET ON - to continue (continuar) - to have a good relationship (llevar(se) bien) I get on with my sister. I get on well with my brother. I get on badly with my boss. - to manage (manejar, llevar) How are you getting on with your class? - (subir al autobus, tren, barco, bici etc. Pero GET IN a car and a taxi) To get in/out of -- To get on/off Colocarse con Craig (Vocabulary Corner): TAKE - take care of (cuidar) look after / proud (adj.) pride (noun) - take pride in (Our mothers TAKE PRIDE IN their houses) - to take the mickey (bularse de algn.) - to take a joke - to be taken to hospital (llevar) take to school / take pity on someone (PITY = pena) / To take pleasure (in something) - Reza took great pleasure to ride in Craig's car. To take advice (from somebody) Reza's Top Tip: Use a Thesaurus for a better grammar range (alcance de gramática) Example: ILL (enfermo/a) - sick, infirm, off coour, queasy, unwell / BIG (grande) - huge, enormous, giant, vast, gigantic, titanic Dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/ Thesaurus: http://thesaurus.com/ The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

Aprender inglés con Reza y Craig Episode 002 - Las notas del episodio Gramática: present simple y present continuous Pronunciación: cat / cut hat / hut (cabaño, refugio) cap / cup sack (saco, despedir) / suck Reza's Hot Tip: Learn words in groups/word families. / aprende el vocabulario en grupos Collocate with Craig: Expressions with Make and do DO do good / do harm do well / badly do (s.o.) a favour do exercise / an exercise - hacer MAKE make a change/changes / make a complaint / make a decision / make an effort / make an excuse make love / war / peace make a mistake / make a noise / make a phone call / make a suggestion make an offer - make you an offer you can't refuse "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in" Phrasal verb: take on (to take someone on - engañar/to take on new staff - emplear) The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a [email protected].

The full audio interview with Craig and Martin. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles03.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles03.htm

Las notas del episodio 001 Octobre 12, 2013: Gramática: present simple (el presente simple) Pronunciación: the schwa: When you wake up Monday morning - a - a pen, a book a teacher, a computer, mother sister, father, brother, banana los sonidos debiles: los articulos, los pronombres, las preposiciones etc (of - for - glass of beer, a cup of tea/for - is this for me? It's for you) cat / cut hat / hut cap / cup sack (saco, despidir) / suck Reza's Hot Tip (consejo de Reza) : Write a sentence with a gap, wait a few days then try to remember the word and write it in the gap. Colocar con Craig: Las colaciones con make and do make: food and drink / do business and make money (US English How much money do you make? /Earn? - profit/loss? - make a loss / profit create / physically make: table, furniture, Do: in the house (except bed) Did you make your bed this morning? Phrasal verb : take up - Reza explica los distintos significados del phrasal verb to take up.

Aprender ingles y mejora tú gramatica, vocabulario y pronunciacion con lecciones, ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English with La Mansion del Ingles. Lessons to improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 65 recorded for September 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos algunas frases con el gerundio, y también tenemos vocabulario de los grupos de palabras - word families. En el nivel intermedio tenemos más ejemplos del uso de could, can y be able to y por vocabulario tenemos más confusing words; las palabras que se puede confundir. In the advanced section, we practise more advanced collocations, and there's business vocabulary as usual, and a translation exercise, all 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. Many thanks to Humberto Cordero for your email. Humberto vive en Chile y es aficionado a nuestros podcasts. Dice que ha aprendido mucho con La Mansión del Inglés y quiero decir muchas gracias a Humberto por su email y sus amables palabras. Ok, let's start then with el nivel básico y las frases que llevan el gerundio, es decir el verbo con I-N-G. ¿Cómo se dice el verbo ver en inglés? - to see. ¿Y cuál es el gerundio del verbo see? - seeing. Repite; seeing también puede ser watch. La diferencía entre see y watch es que "watch" es mirar cosas o personas en movimiento. Entonces decimos watch a football match, watch TV etc. Puedes watch a film or see a film - ver una pelicular., pero si quieres preguntar a alguien si ha visto una peli, se pregunta con el see. Have you seen any good films recently? Did you see the film yesterday? Pero si estás mirando una pelicular ahora mismo, se dice watch. I'm watching a film. Repite: I'm watching a film. What film are you watching? Do you like watching horror films? (Nota que decimos horror films y no terror films.) ¿Cómo se dice escuchar en inglés? To listen. Repite: to listen. I'm listening to music. Nota la preposición TO con el verbo to listen. To listen TO something. Repite: listen to music. Listen to the radio. I'm listening to the radio. - I'm listening to a podcast - Do you like listening to rap music? ¿Cómo se dice jugar en inglés? - to play. ¿Entonces, qué es el gerundio del verbo play? - playing - Repite: playing. Do you like playing cards? Do you like playing tennis? I like playing football. Se puede traducir el verbo hacer a make o do. Pero cuando preguntamos por las actividades y los deportes, usamos el verbo to do. Escucha: What do you like doing at the weekend? Tenemos dos verbos DO en este ejemplo. El primero es el verbo auxiliar do que necesitamos para hacer la pregunata en el timepo presente simple. Repite: What do you.....? What do you like doing? What do you like doing in the summer? Do you like going to the beach? Do you like doing sport? What do you like doing? ¿Cómo se dice nadar en inglés? to swim. ¿Y el gerundio? swimming. Repite: swimming. Do you like swimming? Do you like swimming in the sea? ¿Cómo se dice salir en inglés? to go out. ¿Y cuál es el gerundio? going out. Repite: going out. Do you like going out? Do you like going out at night? Do you like going out to restaurants? Do you like going out with friends? Of course you do! I love going out. ¿Cómo se dice viajar? - to travel. ¿Y Cuál es el gerundio? travelling. Repite: travelling. Do you like travelling? Do you like travelling by train. Otro verbo que puedes emplear aquí en vez de like es enjoy (disfrutar). La gramática con el gerundio es lo mismo. Escucha: Do you enjoy travelling? Repite: Do you enjoy travelling? Do you enjoy travelling by train? Do you enjoy travelling by plane? I love travelling by plane, but I don't enjoy being in airports very much. ¿Cómo se dice levantarte en inglés - to get up. ¿Y cuál es el gerundio? - getting up. Repite: getting up. Do you like getting up early? I hate getting up early. I like getting up late. Especially at weekends. Very good! ¡Muy bien! Ahora, continuamos con las familas, los grupos de palabras - Word families. Creo que te he dicho una vez que es un buen idea aprender el vocabulario en grupos, en familias. Es más fácil recordarlas. Escucha algunas palabras en grupos y repitelas. twenty - thirty - forty - fifty - sixty - seventy - eighty - ninety teach - teacher - football - footballer - compose -composer - clean - cleaner - sing - singer - law - lawyer - drive - driver - write - writer January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December have - had - buy - bought - read - read - write - wrote - speak - spoke - se

Aprender ingles y mejora tú gramatica, vocabulario y pronunciacion con lecciones, ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English with La Mansion del Ingles. Lessons to improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 64 recorded for August 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos los negativos de las frases en la gramática y los contrarios (opposites) en el vocabulario. En el nivel intermedio enfocamos en could, can y be able to y por vocabulario tenemos una seleción de confusing words; algunas palabras que se puede confundir. In the advanced section, we practise more advanced collocations, and there's business vocabulary as usual, and a translation exercise all 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, let's start then with el nivel básico. y las frases negativas. Voy a decir algunas frases en afirmativo y tú tienes que decirlo en negativo. Por ejemplo, si digo "He likes football", tú dices "He doesn't like football". OK? Luego, y como siempre, repite la frases para practicar la pronunciación. Ready? - ¿Listo? They speak English very well. - They don’t speak English very well. También puedes decir They do not speak English very well, pero en el inglés informal y en el inglés hablado es mucho más común hacer la contracción don't - do not = don't. Repite: don't - they don't - They don't speak English. She smokes cigars. - She doesn’t smoke cigars. Recuerda que la tercera persona he, she y it, el negativo es doesn't o sea does not. La contracción es doesn't - Repite: doesn't - She doesn’t smoke cigars. He works in a hotel. He doesn’t work in a hotel. - Repite: He doesn’t work in a hotel. She has three jobs. She doesn’t have three jobs. - Repite: She doesn’t have three jobs. He goes to work by bus. He doesn't go to work by bus. - Repite: He doesn't go to work by bus Very good! ¡Muy bien! Ahora, continuamos con los contrarios de algunas palabras en inglés. Voy a decir las palabras y tú intenta decir los contrarios antes que los digo yo. Luego, repitalos para practicar la pronunciación. win - lose lend - borrow go - come win - lose leave - arrive miss (a bus, a train etc) - catch learn - teach open - close buy - sell Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised the grammar of can, could and be able to. 'Can' and 'could' are modal verbs and are often used to speak about ability, in the case of can, and past ability in the case of could. 'Be able to' is also used to talk about ability, and with 'be able to' you can talk about ability and possibility in the future. For example, "Next year we'll be able to go on holiday", or "Will you be able to come for dinner with us on Saturday?" Listen and repeat some more examples with can, could and be able to. We won't be able to go, I'm sorry. Repeat: I'm sorry. - able to go - We won't be able to go - We won't be able to go, I'm sorry. I could speak French when I was younger. Repeat: younger. - when I was - when I was younger. - I could speak French - I could speak French when I was younger. I can't now. Repeat: I can't now. Fíjate que con el negativo can't, no se oye muy bien la 't' final. can't - I can't now. Pues, es más efectivo enfocar en el sonido vocal /ɑ:/ el la palabra can't. Es más largo que el sonido vocal en la forma positiva can /æ/. Escucha: /ɑ:/ can't /æ/ can. Cuando el can está en el principio de una frase o en medio, el sonido vocal es más débil aun. Muchas veces se oye /ə/ /kən/ Repeat: Can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you, and I can see you. Repeat: Can you hear me? Can you see me? Can you speak Spanish? Pero cuando el can está en una respuesta corta, normalmente lleva el sonido /æ/ can - Yes, I can. Repeat: yes, I can. Can you speak Spanish? Yes, I can. Can you speak German? No, I can't. can - can't. Can you swim? Repeat: Can you swim? Yes, I can. I couldn't speak to him. Repeat: speak to - speak to him - I couldn't - I couldn't speak to him. I'm sorry, I can't help you. Repeat: help you. - I can't help you. - I'm sorry, I can't help you. Were you able to see her? Repeat: see her - able tə - able to see her - Were yə - were - yə - Were yə - Were you able to see her? I couldn't agree with you more. Repeat: couldn't - couldn't agree - I couldn't agree - I couldn't agree with you more. Can you do me a favour? Repeat: favour - a favour - do me a favour - Can you do me a favour? - could you - Could you do me a favour? 'Could' is a bit more polite than 'can', but the intonation often shows more politeness than the words you use. Listen: Can you do me a favour? That's polite because of

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 once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 63 recorded for July 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos los adverbios de frecuencia como always sometimes, never etc. En el nivel intermedio enfocamos en las frases condicionales, los 'if' sentences y tenemos más ejemplos del vocabulario de la personalidad - character and personality. In the advanced section, we practise more advanced collocations, and there's business vocabulary as usual, and a translation exercise all 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, let's start then with el nivel básico. y los adverbios de frecuencia - adverbs of frequency. Voy a decir algunos adverbios en español, y tu dices la traducción en inglés antes que lo digo yo. Luego, repite la palabra en inglés para practicar la pronunciación. Ready? - ¿Listo? siempre - always casi siempre - almost always a menudo, frecuentemente - often generalmente, normalmente - usually (normally) a veces - sometimes pocas veces, casi nunca - rarely (hardly ever) nunca - never Very good! ¡Muy bien! Ahora, escucha y repite algunos ejemplos con los adverbios anteriores: Escucha: I always have breakfast. Nota como el I y el always se juntan con un sonido en medio - I always. es el sonido /y/ como en las palabras yes, yesterday, yellow. Escucha y repite: always - yalways - Iyalways - I always have breakfast - I always have breakfast. Escucha: I never go shopping by bus. Repite: by bus - go shopping - go shopping by bus - I never go shopping by bus - I never go shopping by bus. Escucha: I sometimes read magazines. Repite: magazines - read magazines - I sometimes read magazines - I sometimes read magazines. Escucha: I rarely see English films. Repite: English films. - see English films - rarely - rarely - I rarely see - I rarely see English films. - I rarely see English films. Escucha: I often do exercise. Repite: do exercise. - often - often - I often do exercise. - I often do exercise. Escucha: I almost always have lunch at home. Repite: at home. - have lunch - have lunch at home. - almost always - almost always - I almost always have lunch at home. Nota que aquí también entre el I y el almost existe otra sonido /y/ Escucha: Iyalmost - Repite: Iyalmost - I almost always - I almost always - I almost always have lunch at home. Escucha: I hardly ever go to the cinema. Repite: the cinema. - go to the cinema. - hardly ever - la /h/ no se dice desde la garganza. No se dice "ch" hardly se dice /h/ hardly imaginate que estas limpiando las gafas. Escucha. /h/. Repite. /h/ hardly - hardly - hardly ever - hardly ever - I hardly ever go to the cinema. - I hardly ever go to the cinema. Escucha: I don't usually have coffee. Repite: have coffee. (nota que se dice have coffee y no take a coffee. Tomar un cafe en inglés es have coffee.) Repite: have coffee - usually have coffee - I don't - I don't usually have coffee. - I don't usually have coffee. Escucha: I sometimes speak English. Repite: speak English. - I sometimes speak English. - I sometimes speak English. Escucha: I never speak French. Repite: speak French.- I never speak French - I never speak French Escucha: I rarely leave home before 8. Repite: rarely - rarely - I rarely - I rarely leave home - I rarely leave home before 8.00. - before 8.00. - I rarely leave home before 8.00. - I rarely leave home before 8.00. Escucha: I often get up before 7. Repite: before 7 - get up - get up before 7. - I often (también aquí hay este sonido raro en medio). Escucha: Iyoften. Repite: Iyoften - I often get up - I often get up before 7. - I often get up before 7. Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised some conditional 'if' sentences. Listen: If I get home before 6, I’ll start making the dinner. Repeat: making the dinner. - I’ll start making the dinner. - If I get home before 6, - If I get home before 6, I’ll start making the dinner. - If I get home before 6, I’ll start making the dinner. Listen: If it doesn’t stop snowing, the flight might be cancelled. Repeat: might be cancelled. - the flight might be cancelled. - If it doesn’t stop snowing, the flight might be cancelled. - If it doesn’t stop snowing, the flight might be cancelled. Listen: If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the last train. R

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 once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 62 recorded for June 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos el afirmativo y el negativo del pasado simple y las preposiciones. En el nivel intermedio enfocamos en la diferencia entre any, some, either and neither y el vocabulario de la personalidad - character and personality. In the advanced section, we practise vocabulary with some advanced collocations, and there's business vocabulary as usual, and a translation exercise all 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, let's start then with el nivel básico. Voy a decir algunas frases en el afirmativo, y tú tienes que cambiarlas al negativo. Por ejemplo, yo digo "She is a teacher." Tú dices: "She isn't a teacher." OK? Luego repitas la frase negativa para practicar la pronunciación. Ok. 1. I like classical music - I don't like classical music. Repite: I don't like classical music. 2. He plays tennis - He doesn't play tennis. Repite: He doesn't play tennis. 3. She is divorced - She isn't divorced. Repite: She isn't divorced. 4. They are students - they aren't students. Repite: They aren't students. También puedes decir they're not students. Depende como se hace la contración del They are not. Puede ser they're not o they aren't. Repite: they're not students - they aren't students - They're not Spanish. They aren't Spanish. 5. She likes photography - She doesn't like photography. Repite: She doesn't like photography. Very good! Now, también hemos practicado algunas preposiciónes. Las preposiciones son difíciles en inglés por que muchas veces son diferentes al traducir las al español. Pero no te preocupes demasiado porque si haces una falta con una preposicion la gente van a entender lo que quieres decir. No es una falta grave. Pero, hay que intentar aprender las poco a poco - little by little - poco a poco. Escucha: They sometimes go snowboarding in December. In december. Cuando hablamos de los meses en inglés, decimos la preposición in. Repite: in December. We go in December. In June - I never go in June. - In March - My birthday's in March. Escucha: The Tourist Information Office closes at five o’clock. Cuando hablamos de la hora en inglés, empleamos la preposición at. Repite: at five o'clock. It closes at five o'clock. At 8.30 - I finish work at 8.30. - at 7 - I have breakfast at 7. Escucha: She was born on May 12th. - Ella nació el 12 de mayo. Cuando hablamos de los días, utilizamos la preposición on. Repite: on May 12th - born on May 12th. She was born on May 12th. - On Monday. I work on Monday. - On Saturday. I don't work on Saturday. On Thursday. See you on Thursday! Escucha: My keys are in my coat pocket. Muchas veces la preposición in se traduce como 'en'. Escucha: In my pocket. - en mi bolsillo. My keys are in my coat pocket. - Mis llaves están en el bolsillo de mi abrigo. Repite: In my pocket. In my car. It's in my car. In the house. It's in the house. In the office. They're in the office. Escucha: Where can I try on this shirt? - ¿Dónde puedo probar esta camisa? to try on es un phrasal verb (un verbo compuesto) Los phrasal verbs llevan un verbo y una preposición o un adverbio o a veces ambos. To try on significa probar ropa. Repite: try on - try on clothes - try on a shirt - try on shoes - Please try on the jacket. Do you want to try on the dress? Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised the difference between any, some, either and neither. Let's look at either and neither first. There are two possible pronunciations. Listen: either/either - neither/neither. Repeat: either/either - neither/neither. either se puede traducir como: cualquiera de los dos y neither como ninguno (de dos) Either student can take the test. - (Uno de los estudiantes puede tomar el examen.) Neither student can take the test. - (Ninguno de los estudiantes puede tomar el examen.) A veces el neither va con el nor y sirve para unir dos oraciones. En este caso significa: “ni” Por ejemplo: “Ni cafe ni té”. “Neither coffee nor tea”. Neither puede también significar “tampoco”. Por ejemplo: “I don't want to go. Neither do I.” - Yo no quiero ir. Yo tampoco (ni yo). Escucha y repite algunos ejemplos: I don't like Lady Gaga. Neither do I. Neither the Towe

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 once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 61 recorded for May 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos el presente simple en un historia sobre un día en la vida de Alex. En el nivel intermedio, practicamos los adjetivos y los adverbios y hay vocabulario del tema crime and punishment. There are more animal idioms in the advanced section and we practise gerunds and infinitives. We have business vocabulary, a translation exercise and we've included new listening exercises at three different levels, all 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, let's start then with el nivel básico. Escucha el texto sobre un día en la vida de Alex: A Day in the Life of Alex Alex gets up late every day, at about 8.30. He has a shower but he doesn't have breakfast because he hasn’t got time. He goes to work by bike. He gets to work at 8.55. He turns on his computer and starts work. At 11 o’clock he has a coffee and a sandwich in the local bar. He works until 1.30 and then he has lunch. When Alex finishes work he goes to the gym. He gets home late and he is usually very tired. He has dinner about 8.30 and then he watches TV or reads a book. Alex usually goes to bed at about 11 or11.30. Ahora, escucha y repite algunas frases del texto: He gets up late - Repite: He gets up late He has a shower- Repite: He has a shower He doesn't have breakfast - Repite: He doesn't have breakfast He hasn't got time - Repite: He hasn't got time He goes to work - Repite: He goes to work He turns on his computer - Repite: He turns on his computer He starts work - Repite: He starts work He has coffee. He has coffee at 11 o'clock. - Repite: He has coffee - at 11 o'clock. - He has coffee at 11 o'clock He works until 1.30- Repite: He works until 1.30 He has lunch - Repite: He has lunch He finishes work- Repite: He finishes work He goes to the gym - Repite: He goes to the gym He gets home late - Repite: He gets home late He has dinner - Repite: He has dinner He watches TV - Repite: He watches TV He reads a book - Repite: He reads a book He goes to bed - Repite: He goes to bed Ahora escucha y repite las preguntas. What time does he get up? - Repite: What time does he get up? Does he have breakfast? - Repite: Does he have breakfast? Does he have a shower? - Repite: Does he have a shower? How does he go to work? - Repite: How does he go to work? What time does he get to work? - Repite: What time does he get to work? What does he turn on? - Repite: What does he turn on? When does he have coffee? - Repite: When does he have coffee? When does he have lunch? - Repite: When does he have lunch? What does he do after work? Where does he go? - Repite: What does he do after work? What does he watch? - Repite: What does he watch? What does he read? - Repite: What does he read? What time does he go to bed? - Repite: What time does he go to bed? Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised some adjectives and adverbs. Listen and repeat the sentences to practise pronunciation. That soup smells good. Nervous - repeat: nervous - Did you feel nervous? Did you feel nervous before the interview? Were you nervous? Were you nervous before the interview? She looked at me angrily. Anger is the noun, angry is the adjective and angrily is the adverb. Repeat: Why are you angry? You have so much anger inside you. He banged the table angrily. Please leave the room quietly. If quietly is the adverb, what's the adjective? - quiet. He's a quiet boy. Please be quiet, your dad's asleep. He plays the trumpet very well. Repeat: He plays well, he's a good musician. She sings well, she's a very good singer. I swim well, I'm a good swimmer. What's the opposite of well? - badly - repeat: badly. He speaks English very badly. Don't get on that motorbike, it doesn't look safe. Repeat: safe. - It's not safe. Is it safe? Is that bike safe? And the opposite of safe is..........dangerous (you knew that!) It's a dangerous game. If safe is the adjective, what's the adverb? safely. Repeat: safely - Did you arrive safely? Don't forget to drive carefully! carefully is the adverb. Repeat: carefully - The adjective is careful. He's a very careful driver. He drives carefully. Do it carefully - Do it with care. The paella tastes

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 once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 60 recorded for April 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos el pasado simple y los contarios. En el nivel intermedio enfocamos en la diferencia entre los verbos SAY y TELL and also we look at some confusing words. In the advanced section, there are some animal idioms and more collective nouns that we started studying last month. There's business vocabulary as usual, and a translation exercise all 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, let's start then with el nivel básico. El primer ejercicio trataba del tiempo verbal pasado simple. Escucha y repite algunas frases del dialogo. Escucha: Did you have a good holiday? Repite: good holiday - have a - have good holiday - Did you have? Did you have a good holiday? Escucha: Where did you go? Repite: go - did you - did you go - Where did you go? Escucha: We went to London. Repite: London - to London - We went to London. Escucha: We found a wonderful hotel. Repite: - hotel - a wonderful hotel - We found - We found a wonderful hotel. Did you fly? - Repite: fly - did you - did you fly? No, we didn't fly Repite: We didn't fly - No, we didn't fly. Escucha: The flights were too expensive. fly es el verbo (volar) y flight es el nombre (vuelo). Repite: flights - the flights - too expensive (demasiado caro) Repite: too expensive - The flights were too expensive. Escucha: We drove there. El verbo drive (conducir) es irregular - drive - drove - driven. Repite: drive - drove - driven. We drove - We drove there. Escucha: It took about 24 hours. El verbo take también es irregular. Repite: take - took - taken. It took - 24 hours - about 24 hours - It took about 24 hours. Escucha: We stopped every five or six hours. Repite: hours - five or six hours - We stopped - We stopped every five or six hours. We had a great time. Repite: We had - we had a - We had a great time. - We had a great time. Escucha: I improved my English a lot. A lot significa mucho. Repite: a lot - My English - my English a lot - I improved - I improved my English a lot. We spent too much money. too much es demasiado - too much money - demasiado dinero. to spend (gastar) es otro verbo irregular. Escucha: Spend - spent - spent. Repite: spend - spent - spent. We spent - too much money - We spend too much money. What did you do? Repite: do - did you - did you do - What did you do? - What about you? What did you do? Escucha: We didn't go anywhere - Repite: anywhere - didn't go - didn't go anywhere - We didn't go anywhere. We stayed in Barcelona. Repite: We stayed - We stayed in Barcelona - we stayed in Barcelona. Very good! ¿Muy bien! A continuación hemos revisado algunas contrarios. Contrarios en inglés son opposites. Voy a decir una lista de palabras y tú tienes que decir los contrarios antes que los digo yo. Después, repite los contrarios para practicar la pronunciación. ¿Listo? ok. good – bad black – white big – small / little old – new / young off – on cold – hot true – false expensive – cheap wrong – right married – single Very good! ¿Muy bien! Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised the difference between say and tell. After tell, we usually say who is spoken to and we do not put to before the object. - No ponemos el to antes del objeto. Por ejemplo, decimos Tell me your name. No se dice XTell to me your nameX. After say, we don't have to say who is spoken to. If we do, we put to before the object. Con say si se puede poner el to antes del objeto. Por ejemplo, podemos decir What did your boss say to you? - Pero no se dice, XWhat did your boss say you.X Tell means to inform or instruct. For example: Tell me how to do it. It's common to use tell in the following expressions: tell a lie / tell the truth, tell a story, tell me his name, y decimos say something, say something in Chinese, for example. Say something in French. Say 'yes'. Repite: tell a lie / tell the truth, tell a story, say something in Chinese, tell me his name, say 'yes'. Listen and repeat the following sentences. Why didn't you say goodbye? OK, Tell me what you need. Who said that? Tell her to shut her mouth. Say something in French. Pepito told his girlfriend a lie. Don't tell lies. Tell the truth. Tell me th

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 once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 59 recorded for March 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico y intermedio vamos a ver si sabes que tienes que decir en ciertas situaciones en inglés. Practicamos también los pronombres personales him, her and them en el nivel básico, y en el nivel intermedio hay más sentence transformations como las que se encuentra en el examen FCE de Cambridge. There are some more idioms to study in the advanced section along with some practice on collective nouns. There's business vocabulary as usual and we've included a translation exercise this month all 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, let's start with el nivel básico. En el primer ejercicio del nivel básico, hemos preguntado ¿Cómo tienes que responder? cuando te dicen algunas frases en inglés. Voy a decir las frases y quiero que tú repites la contestación de cada frase en voz alta. ¿Listo? 1. How's it going? Great! How are you doing? - Repite: doing - How are - How are you - How are you doing? - Great! How are you doing? - How are you doing? 2. What did you do at the weekend? Not much. What about you? - Repite: Not much. - Not much. - What about you? - What about you? - Not much. What about you? 3. Are you married? No, I'm single. - Repite: No, I'm single. - No, I'm single. 4. Sorry I'm late. That's OK. - Repite: That's OK. - That's OK. 5. Hi, how are you today? Fine thanks, and you? - Repite: Fine thanks, and you? Fíjate en la entonación. Escucha: Fine thanks, and you? - Repite: Fine thanks, and you? 6. I'm very sorry about that. Never mind. - Repite: Never mind. 7. What time is it, please? I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. - Repite: a watch. - I don't have - I don't have a watch. - I'm sorry, - I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. - I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. 8. Excuse me, where's the restroom? It's the first on the left. - Repite: the left. - on the left. - first on the left. - It's the first on the left. - It's the first on the left. 9. Can you help me. please? Of course! What can I do for you? - Repite: do for you? - can I do for you? - What can I do for you? - Of course! - Of course! What can I do for you? - Of course! What can I do for you? 10. I can't do this. What's the matter? - Repite: the matter? - the matter? - What's the matter? - What's the matter? Bueno, ahora que hemos practicado un poco la pronunciación, vamos a repasarlas expresiones otra vez. Digo yo la primera parte, y intentas tú contestar con las respuestas que hemos practicado. No te preocupes por que voy a ayudarte en voz baja. ¿Listo? How's it going? - Great! How are you doing? What did you do at the weekend? - Not much. What about you? Are you married? - No, I'm single. Sorry I'm late. - That's OK. Hi, how are you today? - Fine thanks, and you? I'm very sorry about that. - Never mind. What time is it, please? - I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. Excuse me, where's the restroom? - It's the first on the left. Can you help me. please? - Of course! What can I do for you? I can't do this. - What's the matter? Great! Fantastic! - Well done! Now, luego hemos practicado los pronombres personales him, her y them Escucha y repite: Do you like him? Do you like her? Do you like them? I like The Beatles. Do you like them? - Yes, I love them. Her - repite: her - do you know her? Who is she? - ¿Quién es ella? - repite: Who is she? Do you know her? No, I don't know her. I know him. I know him, but I don't know her. I'm not speaking to you. Repite: I'm not speaking to you. I'm speaking to her. I'm speaking to her. She's not speaking to me, but I'm speaking to her. Please give them to me. Repite: to me, give them to me - please give them to me. - Give it to me - Give them to me - please give them to me. She doesn't want to see him - Repite: see him - to see him - want to see him. - doesn't want to see him. - She doesn't want to see him. He wants to see her - but she doesn't want to see him. I never eat tomatoes - I hate them - I really hate them - and apples - I don't them - I really don't like them. Where’s your sister? I’d like to speak to her - Repite: speak to her - I'd like to - I'd like to speak to her. Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised responding to certain expressi

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 once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 58 recorded for February 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico vamos a practicar algunos frases con los verbos, y también vocabulario sobre el tiempo. The weather. En el nivel intermedio practicamos vocabulario de la compra - Shopping. There are some more idioms to study in the advanced section along with vocabulary about lies and deception. 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, habían algunas colocaciones con verbos y sustantivos. Escucha y repite: to go abroad - abroad significa en el extranjero. Escucha: abroad. Repite: Abroad - to go abroad. I go abroad every year. I went abroad for Christmas. Did you go abroad last year? to buy souvenirs. Souvenirs son recuerdos. Escucha: souvenirs. Repite: souvenirs. to buy souvenirs. I buy souvenirs. When I go abroad, I buy souvenirs. to rent an apartment. - alquiler un piso. apartment es una palabra en el inglés americano. ¿Cómo se dice piso en el inglés britanico? - flat. Repite: flat - to rent a flat. Apartment - to rent an apartment. I want to rent an apartment. Escucha: to take photos. Repite: photos - take photos. I like taking photos. Did you take any photos? Escucha: To go for a walk - nota como las palabras for y a se juntan - go for a walk - Repite: walk - for a - for a walk - go for a walk. I often go for a walk after lunch. Escucha: to have a good time. Repite: time - good time - have a good time. We have a good time. Yesterday we had a good time. Are you having a good time? to walk around the town. Repite: the town - around - around the town - walk around the town. We love walking around the town. Escucha: to go by car. Repite: car - by car - go by car - we go to work by car. I went by car. I like going by car. Escucha: to stay in a hotel. Repite: hotel - in a - in a hotel - stay in a hotel - We stayed in a hotel - Where did you stay? We stayed in a hotel. Did you stay with friends? No, we stayed in a hotel. Very good! ¿Muy bien! Luego, hemos practiacado vocabulario sobre el tiempo. ¿Cómo se dice 'hace frio' en inglés? - It's cold. Repite: It's cold. ¿Cómo se dice nieve en inglés? - snow. Repite: snow. It snows in winter. Does it snow in winter? Does it snow in Valencia? No, it doesn't. Does it snow in Chicago? Yes, it does. ¿Cómo se dice, 'Hace calor'? - It's hot. Repite: It's hot. It's very hot. It's really hot today. ¿Cómo se dice very very very hot? - It's boiling! Phew, it's boiling in here! - It's boiling today. ¿Cómo se dice niebla en inglés? fog - F-O-G fog - y ¿Qué es el adjetivo? - foggy - It's foggy - It's foggy outside. I can't see, it's foggy. ¿Cómo se dice lluvia en inglés? - rain. repite: rain. Esta lluviendo - it's raining. Repite: It's raining. ¿Cómo se dice 'soleado' en inglés? - sunny. Repite: sunny - It's sunny - Is it sunny? Is it sunny in Valencia? - Yes, it is. It's very sunny. Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised some vocabulary connected to shopping. Let's see if you can remember the vocabulary if I read the definitions. For example, What's the name of the place, in a clothes shop, where you try on clothes before buying them? It's the...... fitting room. Repeat. the fitting room - Excuse me, where's the fitting room? Can I try this on? Yes sir, the fitting room is over there. What does the shop assistant usually stand behind? A shop assistant usually stands behind the...... counter. Repeat: counter. If clothes are the correct size, we say that they.....fit you. If they look good on you, we say that they.....suit you. Repeat: It fits you. Does it fit you? Yes it fits me. - Does it suit me? - Yes, it suits you very well. What do we call the time of year when shops reduce the price of their goods? This time of year is known as the.... sales. Repeat: sales. The sales are on in Valencia at the moment. During this time you can very often find good ......bargains. Repeat: bargains. or gangas - bargains - Where did you find that bargain? Repeat: Where did you find that bargain? - I found it in the sales. Ok, which two things can you put

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

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, Merry Christmas! and a huge Christmas "thank you" to all of you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 56 recorded for December 2012. Este mes, por navidad, hemos practicado el vocabulario de navidad y también algunos verbos principales en el nivel básico. En el nivel intermedio hay una carta para Santa y una cancion de navidad con Michael Buble que se llama Let It Snow (dejelo nevar - o algo así). Etymology - the origins of words and expressions - was our focus 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. ¿Como se dice Santa Claus en el inglés britanico? - Father Christmas, y ¿Qué es un muñeco de nieve? - a snowman - repite - snowman. Christmas cards son tarjetas de navidad. Repite: Christmas cards - y regalos de navidad son.....Christmas presents. ¿Cómo se dice pastel de navidad en inglés? - Cristmas cake Repite: Christmas cake. Y ¿Cómo se dice arból de navidad? - Christmas tree. Repite: Christmas tree. ¿Te acuerdas como se dice reno en inglés? - reindeer - Repite - reindeer. ¿Cómo se dice papel de envolver/papel de regalo en ingles? - wrapping paper. Repite: Wrapping paper. To wrap es envolver - to wrap a present. Repite: wrap a present. We wrap presents for Christmas. - Please can you wrap it for me? Ahora escucha y repite las siguientes frases: Santa Claus speaks German. Santa Claus also plays the piano. Santa's son does his homework. He does his homework every day. Santa likes rice. Please write your name. Please write your address Please write your passport number Please write your Christmas list. Father Christmas uses Facebook. He also uses Twitter. Father Christmas likes sending messages. He goes skiing after work. Santa's girlfriend studies English. Santa wears a red coat. Santa drives a blue car. Where does Santa live? He lives at the North Pole - el polo norte - Repite: The North Pole. He lives at the North Pole. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! The 24th December is Christmas Eve. Repite: Christmas Eve. The 25th December is Christmas Day Repite: Christmas Day. The 26th December is Boxing Day. Repite: Boxing Day The 31st of December is New Year's Eve. Repite: New Year's Eve. and the 1st of January is New Year's Day. Repite: New Year's Day. Very good! In the intermediate section this month, there was a letter to Santa. Listen to the letter and answer the following questions. 1) What did the dog eat? 2) What does my sister Sally want for Christmas? 3) What does my mum want? Dear Santa Claus, I hope you are well and that your preparations for Christmas this year are coming along nicely. I'm writing to you because I'm really looking forward to Christmas and I want to tell you about the presents we’d all like to have this year. I’d really love to get two new cars. I broke my toy Ferrari and the Porsche fell off the table and now it's only got one wheel. I’d also like a lot of sweets and a big box of chocolates to share with my friends at school. Please don't put the chocolates in my Christmas stocking because the dog will probably eat them like she did last year. I would love to have two horses. Dad thinks this is silly because we live in a city and he says there's nowhere to put them and we won't be able to look after them. That's silly because we could easily keep them in the park around the corner and my brother John can feed them. He's nearly thirteen. By the way, John wants a new bike this year and my sister Sally would like an iPad. Please don't get her the old iPad because she says the camera's rubbish and the new model has a much better screen. Dad wants some new tools and a big flat-screen TV to watch the football on. I know that Mum thinks a new TV is a big waste of money and that's why I'm asking you. Mum wants a new dress and some perfume. She needs a new pair of slippers too, but don't worry about those because I think Dad's getting them. Granny says she wants new legs for Christmas so that she can get up and down the stairs easier, so I'll leave that with you. Oh, and my Granddad wants his luck to change so that he can win money betting on the horses. Can you do that for him

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, hello, hello! A big "thank you" to all of you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 55 recorded for November 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico, hemos practicado las colacaciones de los verbos y habia un listening para practicar los sonidos vocales. In the intermediate section there was a translation exercise and an exercise to practise any, some, either, neither etc. which can be confusing. More idioms and a gap fill text in the advanced section. There's business vocabulary as usual, and 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. Escucha y repite las siguientes colocaciónes: Get dressed - I get dressed after my shower. - Repite: shower - after my shower - I get dressed - I get dressed after my shower. Take the dog for a walk - I take the dog for a walk every day. - Repite: every day - walk - fora - fora walk - the dog for a walk - I take - I take the dog for a walk - I take the dog for a walk every day. Have a shower - I have a shower after breakfast. ¡OJO! - Se dice "have a shower" no se dice X"Chave a shower"X. Repite: have - have a shower - breakfast - after breakfast - have a - have a shower - I have a shower after breakfast. Do your homework - Do your homework every day. - Please help me with my homework! Repite: homework -¡OJO! - homework. No se dice X"chomework"X - my homework - with my homework - please help me - please help me with my homework! Go shopping - I go shopping with my wife. Repite: my wife - with my wife - shopping with my wife - go shopping with my wife - I go shopping with my wife - husband - I go shopping with my husband - Children - I go shopping with my children - We go shopping together - hacemos la compra juntos. Repite: We go - We go shopping - We go shopping together. ¡Muy bien! - Very good! En el segundo ejercicio del nivel básico, hemos practicado un 'listening' con los vocales y los sonidos débiles en inglés. Por ejemplo la diferencia entre angry - enfadado/a y hungry - hambriento. Repite: /ӕ / angry I'm angry - /˄/ hungry - I'm hungry Where were you born? - Where were you born? es un poco difícil también. Escucha: Were - Where were - Repite: Were - Where were - Where were you - Where were you born? - La intonación sube y baja - Escucha: Where were you born? - Repite: Where were you born?- I was born in London. Where were you born? What time is it? - It's a quarter to twelve. - Repite: /ә/ - It's a - quarter - It's a quarter - to - It's a quarter to - It's a quarter to twelve. - It's a quarter to twelve. - It's a quarter to one. - It's a quarter to two. - It's a quarter to three. - It's a quarter to eleven. Escucha: It costs seventeen pounds - It costs seventy pounds - los números 13 hasta 19 llevan el estres en la segunda silaba: 13, 14, 15, 16 etc. y los números 20, 30, 40, 50 etc. tiene el estrés en la primera silaba. Repite: 13 - 30. 14 - 40, 15 - 50, 16 - 60, 17 - 70, 18 - 80, 19 - 90 Repite: It costs seventeen pounds - It costs seventy pounds She gets home at seven - to get home significa llegar a casa. Es más común en el inglés hablado decir 'get home' que 'arrive home'. Repite: seven - at seven - home at seven - gets home at seven. No olvides la 's' de la tercera persona - She gets home. Repite: She gets home - she gets home at seven - She gets home at seven. Escucha: The first of December - Repite: first - The first of December - second - The second of December - third - The third of December - forth - The forth of December - fifth - The fifth of December - sixth - The sixth of December - seventh - The seventh of December - eighth - The eighth of December - ninth - The ninth of December - tenth - The tenth of December. El último ejemplo de este ejercicio fue la diferencia entre el sonido /˄/ como en la palabra uncle - tío, y el sonido /ӕ / como en la palabra ankle - tobillo. Repite: /ӕ/ - ankle - My ankle hurts - me duele el tobillo Repite: My ankle hurts - I hurt my ankle. Repite: /˄/ - uncle - I love my uncle - Yo amo a mi tío - My uncle is wonderful. Good! In the intermediate section this month, we translated some sentences from Spanish into English. I'm going to say the Spanish sentences with my terrible pronunciation, so

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 54 recorded for October 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico, hemos hablado de la runtina diaria y también como hacer las preguntas. In the intermediate section gerunds and infinitives and opposites and more idioms and words with multiple meanings in the advanced section. There's business vocabulary as usual this month, and 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. So let's get started con el nivel básico y algunas expresiones de la rutina diaria. Voy a decir las expresiones en español y tu dices la tradución en inglés antes que lo digo yo. Ready? - ¿Listo? ¿Cómo se dice "comer" en inglés? - to have lunch - Repite: to have lunch ir de compras - to go shopping Repite: to go shopping - We go shopping on Saturdays. ir en coche al trabajo - to go to work by car Repite: to go to work by car - I go to work by car every day. ir a clase - to go to class Repite: to go to class - What time do you go to class? ir a casa - to go home Repite: to go home - I go home after work. llegar a casa - to get home Repite: to get home - I get home at 7.30 hacer la cena - to make dinner Repite: to make dinner - My girlfriend usually makes dinner. cenar - to have dinner Repite: to have dinner - We have dinner at home. ir a la cama/acostarse - to go to bed Repite: to go to bed - I go to bed at about 12 o'clock. También hemos practicado las preguntas. Escucha y repite algunas preguntas conmigo. Fijarte en la entonación. What time do you get up? What time do you have dinner? What do you do after lunch? Who do you have lunch with? What time do you go to bed? What time do you get home after work? Very good! - ¡Muy bien! In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some gerunds and infinitives. I'm going to say some pairs of sentences with different grammar and I want you to say which is correct. Por ejemplo, ¿Qué es correcto? - I used to be good at playing the piano or I used to be good at play the piano? El correcto es: I used to be good at playing the piano. - Gerund - Repeat: I used to be good at playing the piano. I have difficulty to make myself understood. or I have difficulty making myself understood? - I have difficulty making myself understood. Repeat: I have difficulty making myself understood. She’s only interested in taking drugs or She’s only interested to take drugs? - She’s only interested in taking drugs. Repeat: She’s only interested in taking drugs. I don't know what do with her. or I don't know what to do with her? - I don't know what to do with her. Repeat: I don't know what to do with her. We had a fantastic time to travel around Spain. or We had a fantastic time travelling around Spain´- We had a fantastic time travelling around Spain. Repeat: We had a fantastic time travelling around Spain. I'm too tired for going out tonight. or I'm too tired to go out tonight? - I'm too tired to go out tonight. Repeat: I'm too tired to go out tonight. He’s unlikely to pass the exam. or He’s unlikely pass the exam? - He's unlikely to pass the exam. Repeat: He's unlikely to pass the exam. She was arrested for not to pay her taxes. or She was arrested for not paying her taxes? - She was arrested for not paying her taxes. Repeat: She was arrested for not paying her taxes. She’s quite likely for to lose her temper. or She’s quite likely to lose her temper. - She’s quite likely to lose her temper. Repeat: She’s quite likely to lose her temper. Moving on to vocabulary and opposites. Try to say the opposites of the following words before I do, then repeat them to practise pronunciation. Ready? success - failure valuable - worthless fresh - stale victory - defeat profit - loss calm - rough brave - coward well-paid - badly-paid Good. Now repeat the following example sentences. It wasn’t a SUCCESS. It was a total FAILURE. I thought it was VALUABLE but it was WORTHLESS. The bread isn’t FRESH, it’s STALE. We expected an easy VICTORY but we suffered a terrible DEFEAT. We didn't make a PROFIT, we made a LOSS. The sea was CALM in the morning, but ROUGH in the afternoon. He thinks he's really BRAVE but he's a COWARD. He's not WELL-PAID, he's very BADLY-PAID. If you like these podcasts, if

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 53 recorded for September 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico un poco de gramática con el presente y la formación de las preguntas. En el nivel intermedio los superlativos - superlatives and also some expresiones with GET. There are some idioms and words with multiple meanings in the advanced section and, as always, some useful business English vocabulary. 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 con el nivel básico en lo que hemos practicado un poco de la gramática básica. Escucha y repite las frases. The film finishes at 1am. Escucha la pronunciación del verbo to finish en la tercera persona - finishes - Repite: finishes - it finishes - the film finishes at 1am. He usually works on Saturdays - Repite: Saturdays - on Saturdays - works on Saturdays - He works on Saturdays - He usually works on Saturdays. His parents live near the shopping centre. - shopping centre es el centro comercial - Repeat - shopping centre - near the shopping centre - His parents live - His parents live neat the shopping centre. We go to the gym three times a week. - tres veces a la semana - three times a week - Repite: three times a week - to the gym - we go to the gym - we go to the gym three times a week. My dad doesn't work now. He’s retired. - retired significa jubilado -Repite: retired - My dad's retired - He doesn't work. He's retired That restaurant doesn't open on Mondays. Repite: doesn't open - it doesn't open - It doesn't open on Mondays - The restaurant doesn't open on Mondays. My friends play football every Saturday. Repite: play football - every Saturday - They play football every Saturday - My friends play football every Saturday. Sandra does her homework in the evenings. Repite: does her homework - She does her homework - in the evenings - She does her homework in the evenings My mum doesn't cook very well. To cook es cocinar - Repite: cook - doesn't cook - she doesn't cook - she doesn't cook very well - my mum doesn't cook very well - my wife doesn't cook very well. My brother wears a suit for work. Suit es traje y to wear significa llevar puesto - Repite: suit - I wear a suit - he wears a suit - He wears a suit for work - my brother wears a suit for work. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! También hemos practicado la formación de las preguntas en el nivel básico. Escucha algunas respuestas y intenta decir las preguntas antes que las digo yo. Luego, repítelas para practicar la pronunciación. Habla despues del tono. Are you ready? - Listo? I get up at 7 o'clock - What time.......... do you get up? He's is from Germany - Where ...........is he from? The shops open at 9am - What time ..........do the shops open? His address is 79 Harris Avenue - What's........ his address? He plays football on Saturday mornings - What does..........he do on Saturday mornings? My husband is an architect - What does.......... your husband do? / What does........... your husband do for a living? My doctor's appointment is on Tuesday 2nd. - When is (When's) your doctor's appointment? In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some superlatives. Remember to always use the with superlatives - The greatest - the best - the least expensive - the most beautiful etc. Listen: It's the most exciting thing I've ever done. Repeat: the most exciting thing - It's the most exciting thing - I've ever done - It's the most exciting thing I've ever done. What's the most exciting thing you've ever done? What's the most exciting place you've ever been to? Listen: My worst subject at school was maths. Repeat: It's the worst - Maths is the worst. It's the worst subject - It's the most boring - No, physics is the most boring. English is the most interesting. Listen: I like it the most. Repeat: I like it the most - I like it the least - The thing I like the least - The thing I like the least is the weather - It's the weather I like the least - I like the food the most. - The thing I like the most is the food. What do you like the most? Listen: It's the most difficult thing. Repeat: the most difficult - the most difficult thing - It's the most difficult thing. Pronunciation is the most difficult thing - The most difficult thing is pronunciation. What's the most difficult thing for you

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 52 recorded for August 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos hablando sobre la rutina diaria - Our daily routine And in the intermediate section, some gerunds and infinitives, and opposites. In the advanced section, some more idioms and more words which have multiple meanings. 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 come on! - ¡Vamos alla! - let's get started con el nivel básico y la rutina diaria - Daily Routine. Voy a decir algunas expresiones relacionado con la rutina diaria y tu tienes que decir la traducción en inglés antes que la digo yo. Luego, repitela para practicar la pronunciación. Are you ready? ¿Estas listo? despertarse - to wake up Repite: to wake up levantarse - to get up Repite: to get up desayunar - to have breakfast Repite: to have breakfast ducharse - to have a shower Repite: to have a shower vestirse - to get dressed Repite: to get dressed ir al trabajo - to go to work Repite: to go to work llegar al trabajo - to get to work Repite: to get to work empezar el trabajo - to start work Repite: to start work tomar un café - to have a coffee Repite: to have a coffee Repite: I wake up at 6.30. - I get up at 6.35! I get up late on Sundays. I have coffee and toast for breakfast. I have a shower before breakfast. I get dressed quickly (rápido) - I get dressed quickly. I go to work by bus. I get to work at 7.45. I start work at 8 o'clock. I have a coffee at 10.30. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some gerunds and infinitives. After the verb surprise is it a gerund or an infinitive? - It's an infinitive. I was surprised to see or I was surprised to discover or I was surprised to hear etc. What about the adjective busy? Is busy followed by a gerund or infinitive? I was busy....doing the report (gerund) - Repeat: I was busy doing the report - She was busy answering her emails - They were busy getting ready for the party. What about 'Thank you for....' - It's the preposition 'for' you should focus on because you always put a gerund after any preposition. Thank you for helping me. Repeat: Thank you for helping me. - Thanks for giving me a lift. I can't thank you enough for letting me stay for the weekend. After the expression 'to be worth' (vale la pena) - What do you think, gerund or infinitive? It's worth.....+gerund - It's worth visiting the Louvre if you're in Paris. It might be worth trying different software - Are you sure it's worth going by car? After 'be used to' which has the meaning of estar acostumbrado/a a is it gerund or infinitive? - 'be used to' - It's gerund - I'm not used to driving on the right. Repeat: I'm not used to driving on the right. - Are you used to eating so late? ¡OJO! - It's the used to that means soler, tener el hábito de that takes the infinitive - For example, I used to live in London. I used to drive on the left. I used to have dinner at 6 o'clock. What about after the expression to be happy? - I'm happy......to see you. - Repeat: I'm happy to see you - - I'm happy to see you again - I was happy to learn that you're coming to visit. And after finish? - put a gerund. I've finished washing the car. I'll help you when I finish doing my homework. Listen and repeat some examples: He was surprised to discover the truth. She’s busy doing the housework. Thank you for giving me a hand. It might be worth taking it back to the shop. She’s not used to working late. I’ll be happy to help you. Have you finished doing the dishes? Don’t forget to send us a message on Facebook. We also looked at some opposites in the intermediate section. Listen and try to say the opposites before I do. The opposite of sharp is.......blunt. This knife isn't sharp, it's blunt. The opposite of tender meat is........ tough meat. Tender is soft and tough is hard. Be careful of the spelling of tough, it's really strange.T-O-U-G-H repeat. tough. - tough meat - this steak's really tough - How's the meat? It's a bit tough. - It's a bit tough. The opposite of to take off for a plane is to........land. Repeat: We take off at 7 and we land around 9.30. - What time does the flight

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 51 recorded for July 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos las formas básicas de los verbos y la formación de las preguntas en inglés. In the intermediate section, the superlative (el superlativo) y expresiones con GET. In the advanced section, some more idioms and some words which have multiple meanings. 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. Escucha y repite las frases correctas conmigo. Escucha: My sister wears glasses. - Mi hermana lleva gafas - No olvides la 's' de la tercera persona. - she wears - I wear, you wear, she wears - repite: she wears - she wears glasses. Alejandro studies law. - he studies - repite: he studies - he studies law. (derecho) law - he's a lawyer - he studies law. My brother has two children. Mi hermano tiene 2 hijos - I have. you have, he has, she has - Repite: My brother has two children. The shops close at 5.30. - las tiendas cierran a las cinco y media - Repite: five thirty - close - close at five thirty - The shops - The shops close at five thirty - They close at five thirty. ¿Es pronto no? En ingleterra, the shops close at five thirty. When do they close in Spain. At 8 o'clock? More or less - más o menos - more or less. In Spain, the shops close at 8 o'clock. I don't do the housework. No hago yo la tareas domésticas - the housework (work es trabajo, house es casa - the housework - Las tareas domésticas) I Repite: housework - do the housework - I don't - I don't do the housework. She loves computers. - Repite: computers - She loves - She loves computers. In Spain people drive on the right. - Conducen a la derecha - ¡A la derecha! ¿Por que? Why? Why do you drive on the right in Spain? Why? In the UK we drive on the left. Repite: left - on the left - they drive on the left. In the UK they drive on the left - on the right - we drive on the right. In Spain, we drive on the right. Pepito doesn't have coffee for breakfast. Es el negativo del presente - se forma con doesn't en la tercera persona. He doesn't - He doesn't have - repite: He doesn't have - he doesn't have coffee - He doesn't have coffee for breakfast - He doesn't have coffee, he has tea. Martin and Maria study with La Mansión del Inglés. - They study - Ellos estudian. Repite; they study - they study with us - they study with La Mansión del Inglés. Good! - ¡Bien! También en el nivel básico hemos praticado la formación de las preguntas. Escucha y repite: What time do you get up? When do they do the shopping? When does the film start? Where does she work? How many hours does hework? What food does she like? How do you go to work? Very good! - ¡Muy bien! In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some superlatives. Listen and repeat: It's the most expensive car in the world. It's the most beautiful place I’ve ever visited. It's the season I like the least. It's the best website on the internet. It's the longest distance I’ve ever travelled. She's the most intelligent person I know. It's the worst day of the week. We studied vocabulary this month by focusing on expressions with GET. For example; get fit, get married, get dressed etc. One use of GET is to become. If you get fit you become fit - en forma - I'm going to the gym because I want to get fit. I want to be fit, to become fit. I'm not fit now, but I want to get fit. to get in shape. Repeat: I want to get fit - I want to get in shape. When the sun goes down it gets dark - it becomes dark. Repeat - to get dark - I turned the lights off and it suddenly got dark - Well yes......er...of course. If you turn off the lights of course it's going to get dark. Get rich quick with this fantastic new system. Send me $20 euros and I'll tell you all about it. Get rich quick. GET can also mean to obtain - obtener, conseguir o comprar. - I'm going into town to get a new dvd. I need to get a new credit card. Can you get some milk on your way home. Repeat: get some milk - get a new phone - I need to get anew office chair. to get worse means empeorar - to deteriorate - the weather's getting worse. Repeat: the weather's getting w

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 fa

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 exc

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 48 recorded for April 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 los grupos de palabras. Primero los verbos irregulares. ¿Qué es el pasado del verbo make? - made, y el pasado del verbo speak? - spoke - y el pasado del verbo buy? - bought. Muy bien! - Repite: make - made - speak - spoke - buy - bought A person who teaches is called a teacher - That's me! I'm a teacher - a person who works in science is called a scientist, and a person who acts is called an actor (for a man) or an actress (for a woman, pero he dado cuanta que muchas actizes hoy prefieren que las llaman actor aunque son mujeres.) - Repite: teacher, scientist, actor, actress. oranges are fruit - Fruit es un sustantivo incontable. Decimos some fruit. - tennis is a sport - and tables are furniture. Furniture también es un sustantivo incontable. Decimos some furniture o a piece of furniture. No se dice X a furniture X. Repite: oranges - oranges, apples, bananas and pears are fruit. - Would you like some fruit? - I'd like an orange. - tennis - Do you do any sport? - Yes, I play tennis - I like your furniture. - furniture - That's a nice piece of furniture - You've got some nice furniture. Forty - sixty - eighty - Repite: Forty - sixty - eighty - 14 - 16 - 18 nota como cambia el estrés de la primera sílaba al segunda: - 40 - 14 - 60 - 16 - 80 - 18 - Repite: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 ¡Muy bien! Spain es un sustantivo, Spanish es el adjetivo. Repite: Spain, I live in Spain - Spanish . I'm Spanish - I like Spanish music - It's Spanish food - ¿Qué es el adjectivo de France? - French ¿y Italy? - Italian - Repite: French - French food is wonderful - Italian - Do you like Italian cars? ¿Sabes como decir las siguientes palabras en inglés? Si las sabes, di las antes que yo: padre - father hijo - son madre - mother hija - daughter padres - parents abuelo - grandfather nieto - grandson Good! first - second and third son números ordenales - repite: first - second - third - The first floor - la primera planta - the first floor, the second floor. I live on the second floor - It's on the second floor. - It's on the third floor. ¿Qué es el contrario de old (viejo)? - new (nuevo) o young (joven) - contrario en inglés es opposite - repite: opposite? What's the opposite? - What's the opposite of old? - young or new What's the opposite of cheap? - expensive - What's the opposite of easy? - difficult - Repite: difficult - The opposite of easy is difficult. January, February, August, September, May and June are all months of the year - Repite: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Intenta aprender las colocaciones en inglés - las palabras que van juntas muy a menudo - por ejemplo Football and play - to play football - We play many sports - We play tennis, play rugby, play basketball and play baseball - love (el amor) ¿Qué verbo va con love?- make - to make love - make war - make peace (la paz) - make mistakes - make friends and make coffee - exercise we do - Repite: to do exercise - If you play tennis you're doing exercise - You also do English exercises - If you do homework, you do exercises. - But don't make mistakes! En el segundo ejercicio - In the second exercise there were more collocations - habían más colocaciones con los verbos. Escucha y repite: make a noise - hacer un ruido - to make a noise - Shhhhhh! Don't make a noise - Why are you making a noise? stay in a hotel - Which hotel did you stay in? - Are you going to stay in a hotel? - We stayed in a nice hotel. ¿Cómo se dice hacer fotos en inglés? - take photos - Repite: take photos - Do you like taking photos? Reservar en inglés es to reserve - repite: to reserve - reserve a room - reserve a table

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 47 recorded for March 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico un pequeño repaso de gramática. Verb collocations and two-word vocabulary expressions at intermediate level. And at advanced level, some more idioms and key-word transformations from the Cambridge CAE exam. There's telephone vocabulary in business English this month, and there's also a dictation, an activity for your children 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 las frases básicas en el repaso de gramática. Escucha y repite las frases conmigo: Where is he from? Te acuerdas la contración? - Where is - where's - repite: where's - where's he from? - intenta copiar la intonación: Where's he from? - Where's she from? - What’s that? - ¿Qué es esto? - repite: What's that? - Intonación - What's that? - It’s an iPod. We go to the cinema every Saturday. Repite: We go to the cinema every Saturday - go to = /gote/ - /We gote/ - We go to the cinema every Saturday. Was your dad born in Madrid? Escucha: /wez/ - /ye/ - /wezye/ - Was your dad born in Madrid? Repite: Was your dad born in Madrid? Is Juan Maria’s husband? Repite: Is Juan Maria’s husband? Today's hotter than yesterday. - Today's hotter than yesterday. Repite: hotter - hotter than - hotter than yesterday - Today's hotter than yesterday. - What do they do? - cuatro palabras: What - do - they - do: Escucha: What do they do? - What do they do? - What's their job? - They’re office workers. What do they do? Repite: What do they do? I really like reggae music - Repite: I really like - I really like reggae - I really like jazz - I really like rock music. I’m always late - I am = I'm - I'm always. Las dos palabras se juntan. No se dice: I'm always, se dice I'malways. Repite: I'm always - I'm always late - I'm never early, I'm always late. - How much coffee do you drink? - quite a lot (mucho) - /kwaita/ - Quite a = /kwaita/ - Quite a lot. I drink quite a lot of coffee - I drink quite a lot of beer - I drink quite a lot of wine. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! Vamos a continuar con más frases: Do your parents drive? - ¿Tus padres conducen? - Acuerdate que padres en inglés es parents y no fathers - Repite: Do your parents drive? Do they drive? Who's that boy over there? - Who's - who is - ¿Quién es? _ Who's that boy over there? - over there - allá - Repite: Who's that boy over there? Whose is this phone? - Whose - de quién - Whose is this phone?. ¡Ojo! la pronunciación de la contracción who's (who is) y el pronombre whose W-H-O-S-E es lo mismo Who's y whose - suena igual. Solo el contexto te ayuda distinguir entre los dos. Repite: Whose is this phone? - It's mine! (es mio) Repite: It's mine! I don't want any cake - I don't want any cake - any se utiliza muchas veces en las frases negativas. Repite: I don't want any cake - There isn't any beer - I don't have any money. My dad's 65 years old - ¡Ojo! - no dicemos XMy dad has 65 years.X El verbo en español para hablar de las edades es tener - I have - pero no en inglés. En inglés se emplea el verbo to be. I am - I'm 34 or I'm 34 years old. He's 65 or he's 65 years old. Repite: He's 65 - I'm 34. My sister's 28. I'm hardly ever ill - Te acuerdas el adverbio de frecuencia hardly ever? Hemos practicado los adverbios de frecuencia en el cuaderno del mes pasado. Si los quieres repasarlos o ver todos los cuadernos anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y pulse en Consulta nuestros cuadernos de inglés en la página principal. hardly ever - casi nunca - Repite: I´m hardly ever ill - I´m hardly ever ill - I hardly ever watch TV - We hardly ever speak English - I hardly ever see you! What would you like to drink? - What would you like? ¿Qué quería? - ¿Qué quería usted para beber? - What would you like to drink? Repite: What would you like? What would you like to drink? Paris is more expensive than Lisbon. more expensive than es un comparativo. Repite: more expensive than - It's more expensive than I thought. Paris is more expensive than Lisbon. New York is more expensive than Valencia. Rome is more expensive than Cairo. What did you do? - ¿Qué hiciste? - What did you do last Saturday? Repite: W

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 and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 46 recorded for February 2012. Este mes, en el nivel, básico los adverbios y las expresiones de frecuencia. At intermediate level some more common collocations, and at advanced level idioms and advanced collocations. There's business vocabulary, dictation and many more activities 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. Ok, en el nivel básico este mes, hemos estudiado los adverbios de frecuencia - Adverbs of frequency, y hemos dicho que los adverbios de frecuencia indican la frecuencia con que se realiza la acción. Vamos a ver si te acuerdas los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés. Primero voy a decirlos en español y quiero que los dices en inglés antes que los digo yo. Luego, repítelos para practicar la pronunciación. ¿Listo? Are you ready? OK. siempre - always casi siempre - almost always normalmente - usually, normally a menudo - often a veces - sometimes raremente - rarely casi nunca - hardly ever nunca - never ¡Muy bien! Very good. Now, Remember - acuerdate que los adverbios estos generalmente, se colocan los adverbios de frecuencia antes del verbo principal: ¿Cómo se dice en inglés "Usualmente me levanto a las 8."? - I usually get up at 8. - repite: I usually get up at 8. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés "Siempre me levanto temprano."? - I always get up early. - repite: I always get up early. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés "Nunca me levanto tarde."? - I never get up late. - repite: I never get up late. Nota que los adverbios de frecuencia se ponen después del verbo "to be": I am never late - nunca llego tarde. Con la contracción; I am cambia a I'm - I'm never late. Repíte: I'm never late. I'm always late. I'm sometimes late. También se puede encontrar en posición final o inicial: Normally, I get up at 8. Repíte: Normally, I get up at 8. I get up at 8, normally. Repíte: I get up at 8, normally. I'm late sometimes. Repíte: I'm late sometimes. Sometimes I'm early. Repíte: Sometimes I'm early. Good. OK. Ahora vamos a repasar algunas expresiones de frecuencia - y como antes, voy a decirlos en español y quiero que los dices en inglés antes que los digo yo. Luego, repítelos para practicar la pronunciación. OK. Ready? - ¿Listo? una vez a la semana - once a week - once a week dos veces al día - twice a day - twice a day tres o cuatro veces al mes - three or four times a month - three or four times a month todos los viernes - every Friday - every Friday cada dos horas - every two hours - every two hours todos los días - every day - every day Muchas veces utilizamos los adverbios y las expresiones de frecuencia para contestar a la pregunta "How often........?" - ¿Con qué frecuencia.....? Por ejemplo: How often do you see her? - ¿Con qué frecuencia la ves? / ¿cada cuánto la ves? - How often do you see her? Para contestar se puede decir: - I see her three or four times a month. - I see her every day. - I often see her. - I hardly ever see her. Escucha y repite algunos ejemplos con estas expresiones en un contexto: I always have toast for breakfast I never drink beer. Do you usually go by bus? She doesn’t often go to discos. I rarely listen to music. She hardly ever watches TV. How often do you go out? I rarely buy clothes. They’re sometimes late. He's never happy. I’m always late for work. I never have breakfast in bed. I almost always use public transport. We hardly ever go out. What time do you usually finish work? I’m never hungry in the morning. I don’t often read the newspaper. The food here is usually very good. I always take sugar in my coffee. Very good. Well done! - ¡Bien hecho! In the intermediate section this month we looked at some common collocations in English. Let's see - vamos a ver - let's see what you remember. A party. Do we say take, do or have a party? - Have a party. Repeat: I'm having a party next Saturday. So, do we make an example of somebody, take an example of somebody or do an example of some one? - The collocation is make an example of somebody or some one. The judge made an example of the graffiti artist and sent him to prison for three months. What about a favour - un favor? Is it do a favour, make a favour, take a favour or have a favour? - Do a favour. Repeat: Can you do me a favour? Hey, do me

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 and Happy New Year! Thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 45 recorded for January 2012. I hope that together we can improve your English and take it to the next level. This month we have más verbos y vocabulario en el nivel básico. At intermediate level some grammar - the causative have - and some cinema vocabulary. There's a video to watch on YouTube about applying for a job in the business section. Idioms and expressions for advanced students and much much more. 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. En el nivel básico hemos practicado algunos verbos que gastamos con mucha frecuencia en ingles. Escucha y repite las frases siguientes. to speak - hablar - My friend Jimmy speaks French, he speaks German and he speaks Japanese. to play - tocar - Paula plays the piano. - Denis plays the drums - Gordon plays the guitar and Barry plays the bass. to do - hacer - Roberto does his homework. to like - gustar - Spanish people like rice. I like fish and chips to write - escribir - Please write your name, Can you write your address? Please write your passport number. to use - utilizar - Pepito uses Facebook I use Twitter - Do you use Twitter? Follow us on Twitter - Siguenos en Twitter to go - ir - Dave goes swimming after work. to study - estudiar - My girlfriend studies business to wear - llevar - My dad wears socks and sandals - in the summer! to drive - conducir - Gary drives a blue car. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha y repite los grupos de vocabulario. Monday Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Friday Saturday May, June, July, August, September Summer, autumn (UK) Fall (US), winter, spring England-English, Spain-Spanish, Germany-German, France-French, Italy-Italian. go-went-gone, speak-spoke, spoken, fly-flew-flown, see-saw. seen, have-had, had, drive-drove-driven. Fantastic! In the intermediate section this month there is a grammar point that may be a bit difficult for some listeners, so I'll repeat it here. It's the causative have and we use it when someone does something for us and we don't so it ourselves. For example. most people do not cut their hair themselves. Do you cut your hair by yourself? In the bathroom in front of the mirror? Well maybe, but probably not. You probably go to a hairdresser (una peluquería), don't you? So, you don't cut your hair. You personally don't cut your hair, you have your hair cut. You have your hair cut by a hairdresser. Many years ago when I was young, and poor, I painted my flat myself, I actually worked as a painter for a few months. So I know how to paint and so I painted my flat. Now I'm older, I have a little more money and I pay someone to paint my flat. I have my flat painted. I had may flat painted about 6 months ago, actually. I can say I have my flat painted or I get my flat painted. I had my flat painted or I got my flat painted. Tiene la misma significado pero el get es un poco más informal. Entonces el causative es el verbo have (or get) + el objecto + el participio pasado - I had (el verbo have) my flat (el objeto) painted (el participio) Repeat: I have my flat painted - You should get your teeth checked - I must have my back examined - We had air-conditioning installed - Where did you get your hair cut? - I'm having my car serviced (a car service is una revisión del coche) Repeat: - I'm having my car serviced - Where does he have his suits made? - You should get this carpet cleaned - I'm getting my eyes checked - Why don't you have this TV fixed? - I got my ears pierced - I want to get my nose pierced. Ok, moving on to cinema vocabulary. Now, I'll say some words in Spanish, in my bad pronunciation, that are connected to the cinema, and I want you to say the English translation before I do. Then, repeat the word to practise pronunciation. Ready? banda sonora - soundtrack papel - role guión - script ensayo - rehearsal - the verb is to rehearse - ensayar - to rehearse for a play, concert or film público, espectadores - audience (remember it's audience for the cinema, for music concerts, plays etc and spectators for football matches and other sports events.) critica - review (remember, critic is a false friend, un amigo falso - critic is the person and review is the thing the critic writes or says about the film, book or play.) reparto - cast Ok, let’s se

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 to all of you and welcome to Mansión Inglés Christmas podcast. A very merry Christmas to all of you! This is podcast number 44, recorded for December 2011. Taking your English to the next level and into the year 2012. 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 o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Bueno, en el cuaderno este mes tenemos mucho vocabulario de navidad, por supuesto - of course! -y algunas hechos interesantes de la historia de navidad. La canción de navidad este año es "Do They know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid. We also have some commonly confused words for advanced students, and in the business section I tell you a true story about a Company Christmas party I had when I worked in the UK many years ago. Pero vamos a empezar en el nivel básico con la pronunciacóon del vocabulario en el primer ejercicio del cuaderno. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés pastel de navidad? - Christmas cake - repeat Christmas cake. ¿cómo se dice arból de navidad? - Christmas tree y muñeco de nieve? - a snowman - repeat - snowman. Papa Noel es Father Christmas y también Santa Claus ¿Como se dice regalo? - present. So Christmas presents son....regalos de Navidad. Repeat: Christmas presents. Cartas de navidad son Christmas cards y un reno es reindeer - repeat: reindeer. How many reindeer does Santa have? Hmmm there's Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. That's 8. So Santa has 8 reindeer. Santa goes down the chimney. Chimney is similar in Spanish - chimenea. Repeat: Santa goes down the chimney. He takes presents down the chimney. Children put a Christmas stocking, or calcetin de navidad, above the chimney. Santa puts presents in the stocking. Sweets are caramelos, dulces. Repeat: sweets. Se dice sweets in British English y candy in American English. Sometimes Santa puts sweets in the Christmas stocking. Listen and repeat - escucha y repite: Father Christmas is too fat. There's a reindeer in the chimney. There aren't many presents this year. Where are the presents? The presents are under the tree. There are some sweets in the Christmas stocking. Look, it's snowing! Let's make a snowman. The 25th of December is Christmas Day. The 24th of December is Christmas Eve. What's the 26th of December? - Boxing Day. Boxing Day es un día festivo en Gran Bretaña. Repeat Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day. January the 1st is New Year's Day and December the 31st is New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is the last day of the year. Listen and repeat some more Christmas expressions from the intermediate section: Christmas decorations Christmas pudding the three wise men Christmas crackers carol singers Christmas stocking Can you believe that the English parliament once passed a law that made Christmas illegal? Well yes, In 1647 all festivities were banned (prohibido) by Oliver Cromwell. He thought that it was immoral to celebrate and have fun on a holy day (un día santo=a holy day). The ban was lifted only when Cromwell lost power in 1660. So it's not only these days that governments are stupid. Another interesting Christmas fact is that in Russia it was forbidden to celebrate Christmas until 1992. This is because Christmas celebrations were banned after the Russian Revolution in 1917. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint (el patrón) of sailors (marineros), merchants (comerciantes), archers (arqueros), thieves (ladrónes), children (niños), and students. On average, only 13 per cent of British families attend church on Christmas Day. Only 13% in Britain go to church. The first Christmas tree with lights was in 1882. It was made by a friend of Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, and it was displayed on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The very first Christmas tree. And the film Bad Santa starring Billy Bob Thornton, the ex-husband of Angelina Jolie, holds the record for the most swearwords (tacos) in a Christmas film. But it's in the uncut version which may not be easy to find. I've already tried. Now listen to some words and expressions from this exercise in Spanish, and try to say the English translation before I do. Ready? aprobar una ley - to pass a law prohibir - to ban - Christmas was banned - smoking is banned (prohibido). quitar una prohibición - to lift a ban - the ban was lifted. sabio - wise - He's a wise man. los Reyes Magos - The Three Wise men un par de medias - a pair of stockings calcetín navideño - Christmas stocking prohibi

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 to all of you and welcome to Mansión Inglés podcast number 43, recorded for November 2011. Taking your English to the next level. En el nivel básico este mes hemos practicado los verbos en el presente. Vamos a comprobar el significado de los verbos. ¿Cómo se dice fumar en inglés? – to smoke. Do you smoke? Repite: Do you smoke? I smoke, she smokes, he…smokes. He smokes 2 packs a day. – 2 paquetes al día. Repite: He smokes 2 packs a day. ¿Cómo se dice trabajar? – to work. I work, you work, he….works, she?....works. She works hard –trabaja duro – Repite: She works hard - she works in a café – Repite: - she works in a café - she works at home. ¿Qué es el verbo beber en ingles? – to drink – He drinks a lot of beer. Repite: He drinks a lot of beer. I don’t drink wine – I don’t drink tea or coffee – Do you drink tea? ¿Cómo se dice “Ir al cine” en ingles?: go to the cinema. Go to – go to - go to work – Repite: go to work - go to school – go to university – El pasado de go es…. went – I went to New York - I went to New York last year - Repite: I went to New York last year – We went to Paris on Holiday. Where did you go last weekend? – Last weekend – go last weekend - Where did you go last weekend? Escuchar en ingles es: to listen. No olvides que normalmente listen lleva la preposición ‘to’. I listen to music every day. Repite: I listen to music every day. Do you listen to the BBC? You should listen to your mum. – Un significado del verbo tener es have. – I have - I have a new car. El uso de ‘got' - `I've got a new car' está mucho más extendido en el inglés británico que en el inglés americano. Los americanos prefieren la forma `I have’. Entonces, “I’ve got” en el ingles británico, “I have” en el ingles americano. Repite: I have a new car' – I have, you have, we have, he….has, she….has, it…..has, they….have. They have five children – Repite: They have five children or They’ve got five children. Repite: They’ve got five children. - They’ve got five children. El verbo To watch es mirar o ver – Watch me! – mirame – repite: Watch me! - My mum watches TV in the morning. Fichate en la pronunciación de la tercera persona he watches, she watches - Repite: he watches – he watches TV - she watches - she watches - she watches TV in the morning. ¿Cómo se dice leer en ingles? – to read – I read photography magazines. Repite: I read photography magazines. – magazines = revistas - I can’t read French. Repite: I can’t read French. - Do you read newspapers? Repite: Do you read newspapers? El verbo vivir es to live. Where do you live? Repite: Where do you live? - I live in Valencia. My family lives in Spain. Very good! - ¡Muy bién! También hemos practicado him, her, it and them. Listen and repeat - Escucha y repite: Do you like Swimming? Yes, I love it. What do you think of Lady Gaga? I don’t like her Do I like chocolate cookies? Yes I love them What do I think about golf? I hate it Monday mornings? I hate them Do you like shopping for clothes? Yes, I love it Do you like Colin Farrell? Yes, I really like him What’s your opinion of classical music? I don’t really like it What do you think about cats? I don’t like them Do I like getting up early? I don’t mind it Do you like horror films? No, I hate them Jennifer Lopez? I love her Escucha de nuevo y contesta las preguntas usando him, her, it o them. Do you like Swimming? What do you think of Lady Gaga? Do you like chocolate cookies? What do you think about golf? Do you like Monday mornings? Do you like shopping for clothes? Do you like Colin Farrell? What’s your opinion of classical music? What do you think about cats? Do you like getting up early? Do you like horror films? Do you like Jennifer Lopez? Great! – Now, moving on to our intermediate section this month we looked at Comparatives and Superlatives But before that I want to talk to you about our PACK COMPLETO. The Mansion Ingles Pack ahorro complete. It’s a special offer of ALL of our cds at a great price. All 9 Mansion Ingles cds. There’s a business English cd, a cd for the Cambridge FCE exam. There’s Mansion Travel and many more. 9 cds for only 99 Euros. You save 112 Euros, and we pay the postage wherever you are in the world. Now that’s a good deal. Es una oferta muy buena. For more details, and to order the cds, just click the cd icon on the right side of the home page at mansioningles.com. Ok, back to the English and comparatives and superlatives. Superlatives have the definite article the in front of them. For example: The fastest – lo más rápido - The fastest - the oldest, the smallest, the most expensive. If the word is quite long, say 3 syllables or more, use most an

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. Well hello again everyone and welcome to this Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for October 2011. En el nivel básico este mes hemos practicado el pasado del verbo To be (ser o estar). To be or not to be. That is the question! ¿Te acuerdas como se dice el verbo To be en el presente? I… am, you…. are, he….. is, she…. is, it….. is, we…… are, they…… are. Good. El pasado del verbo to be tiene dos formas. Was W-A-S y were W-E-R-E. I was, he was, she was, it was – we were, you were, they were. La pronunciación del were puede ser un poco difícil. El sonido vocal es /ɜː/ repite: were. We were – Cuando were esta colocada en medio de una frase normalmente se pronuncia débil con el sonido /ə/ Repite: /ə/ - cambia a /wə/. Repite:/wə/- we were happy – we were late – we were early – we were excited – we were going to work – we were living in Madrid! – We were there – Very good. Muy bien! Ahora escucha y repite algunas frases del cuaderno de este mes. Where were you born? - ¿Dondé naciste? – Where were you born? – you born – were you born – Where were you born? I was born in London – Where were you born? -I was born in London – Where were you born? I was born in a hospital! Of course! – ¡por supuesto! - of couse - I was born in hospital! Were you born in Argentina? – in Argentina? Were you – Were you born in Argentina? Where was your sister born? – your sister born – Where was your sister born? Where were you yesterday? – Where were you? – I phoned you – Where were you at 11 o’clock? – I was looking for you. Where were you all morning? – Where were you on Saturday night? – on Saturday night – Where were you on Saturday night? Who were you with? - Who - were - you - with? Who were you with on Saturday? Were you with him? Were you with Paul on Saturday? Where were you last night? Were you sick last week? Sick significa enfermo. Repite. Were you sick last week? – Last week - la semana pasada – last week – Were you sick last week? What was the date yesterday? The date – la fecha – What was the date yesterday? o What was yesterday’s date? Repite: What was yesterday’s date? Was it the 16th? Was it the 17th? What was it? Este mes también hemos repasado los opuestos de algunos adjetivos. Ahora voy a decir los adjetivos y tu tienes que decir el opuesto en ingles antes que lo digo yo. ¿Listos? Ready? High (alto) high – el opuesto es….low (bajo) low hot – cold empty – full – F-U-L-L- full dry (seco) dry – wet interesting – boring dangerous – safe the opposite of weak W-E-A-K weak – strong healthy – unhealthy o sick beautiful – ugly fat – thin ¡Estupendo! – That’s great! Los verbos en inglés, como en otros idiomas, se juntan con palabras y frases específicas. Esto se llama collocation – la colocación. Por ejemplo. Se dice do the washing up (lavar los platos) y no X make the washing up X. Se dice ‘do the washing up’, con el verbo ‘to do’. Se dice ‘have a coffee’ (tomar un café) y no X take a coffee. X, como se dice en español. ’Have a coffee’ – tomar un café. Escucha y repite algunas frases del ejercicio en el cuaderno de octubre. Have a beer, have a coffee, have breakfast, have a sandwich, have some pizza, have some wine, have a drink, have lunch with my family, Let’s have dinner on Saturday. Listen - Listen to music, listen to a song, listen to the Beatles, listen to Snow Patrol, listen to the radio, Listen to me! Listen to me! Please listen! El verbo ‘to do’. Do the ironing (the ironing - la plancha). Do the ironing - Do the washing up, do the shopping The verb ‘to watch’ W-A-T-C-H - Watch a film, watch the TV, watch a film at the cinema, watch a football match, watch basketball (baloncesto) – watch basketball. Go for a walk (pasear) Go for a walk - I’m going for a walk. Go to bed, go to the beach, go shopping, I’m going shopping, go on holiday, When are you going on holiday? - go to the cinema – Let’s go to the cinema! - go to a restaurant, to go out is salir. I’m going out – Where are you going? – I’m going out. Great! – Now, moving on to our intermediate section this month we looked at some word families and some confusing vocabulary. But before that I want to talk to you about our PACK COMPLETO. The Mansion Ingles Pack ahorro completo is a special offer of ALL of our cds at a great price. All 9 Mansion Ingles cds. So, that’s our complete web site on Mansion CD, Mansion Business for Business English at intermediate level, There’s Mansion First for the Cambridge FCE exam. There’s Mansion Travel with dialogues and useful conversations and expressions for travelling abroad. There’s Mansion Listen for advanced listenings, Mansion Books for lovers of literature, and Mansion Auto 1 and 2 in MP