viernes, 3 de abril de 2015
APRIL FOOL DAYS FACTS
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The exact origin of
April Fool’s Day is unknown however the most popular theory has to do with a
change of a calendar.
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It is believed that
April Fool’s Day may started in
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In
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Some of the people
there did not know about the change and continued to celebrate the new year on
April 1st. Those people were considered “April Fools.”
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Other people believe
that April Fools came from the Roman Festival of Hilaria, a celebration of the
god Attis. The Festival of Hilaria was held on March 25th and was a Roman
day of laughing and telling jokes.
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Some people believe
that April Fools came from Sizdah Be-dar.
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Sizadah Be-dar
has roots in Zoroastrian (an ancient Iranian religion) belief that
laughter and joy symbolize throwing away bad thoughts.
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Sizdah Be-dar began
around 536 BC.
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Iranians play jokes on
each other on Sizdah Be-dar the 13th day of the Persian New Year which is
celebrated on April 1st or 2nd.
April Fools Day Around the World
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April Fools is
celebrated in many countries.
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In Spanish speaking
counties such as
Here is a list of funny April Fools Day
jokes and pranks parents can play on their children:
1.
The night before April
Fools day put googey eyes on everything in the refrigerator. The kids
will open the refrigerator in the morning and be very surprised.
2.
Toilet paper
everything in their room while they are at school or if your real good you can
do it while their sleeping. If you don’t want to do the entire room
toilet paper their beds or dresser.
3.
The night before pour
some milk into a cereal bowl and put it in the freezer for the
night. In the morning take the bowl out of the freezer fill it with
cereal and more milk. When they put their spoon in they will notice it’s
half frozen!
4.
Do the cereal change
up. Take two boxes of cereal and change the contents inside. When they pour the
cereal it will be different.
5.
Weird Milk! Add
a couple of drops of food coloring in the milk. When the kids go to use
it, it will be green, blue pink or which ever color you use.
6.
Mash Potato Mix Up-
Add some food coloring to your children’s mash potatoes. They get a kick
out of some purple or green mash potatoes.
7.
Rising Pancakes!
This one requires kids help. Add quick acting dry yeast to the pancake
batter. Have the kids help make the pancakes. While they are
cooking the pancakes will rise and get bigger and rise and get bigger.
8.
This one is good for
little boys. Pour some baking soda in the toilet. When your little
guy goes to use the bathroom in the morning it will fuzz up.
9.
Underwear line!
Safety pin 7-10 pairs of your child’s underwear. Then put them back
in their drawer. When your child goes to get dressed in the morning and
pulls one pair of underwear out the rest will follow.
10.
Make a small hole in
an apple. Stick a gummy worm in it. While your kids are eating the
apple they will notice the wormy surprise.
jueves, 26 de marzo de 2015
PALM SUNDAY
PALM SUNDAY
What is Palm Sunday?
The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday. It celebrates Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover. Great crowds of people lined the streets waving palm branches to welcome him. The people were very excited. They spread branches on the road – and even laid down their clothes. They shouted 'Hosanna!' which means 'Save us Now!'
We wave our UK flags at parades. They waved palm branches.
Why is it called Palm Sunday?
The Sunday before Easter is called Palm Sunday because the crowds waved palm branches as they followed Jesus' procession into Jerusalem.
What happens on Palm Sunday in England?
On Palm Sunday, children are given crosses made from single palm leaves. Traditionally, many churches will have a procession in or around the church while people sing songs of praise and wave palm leaves.
Pax Cakes
In some English churches small buns called pax cakes (symbolic of peace and goodwill) are given to the congregation as they leave after a Palm Sunday service.
Palm Sunday also has the nick name 'Fig Sunday' because Christ had wanted to eat some when travelling to Jerusalem
Palm Sunday
Customs and Traditions in England
In some areas of the country Palm Sunday was a traditional day for visiting wells and leaving an offering for the spirit of the well. In some places pins were dropped in the wells whilst in other places rags were hung around the wells. It was thought by doing this the spirit of the well would keep the water fresh and clean.
Sallow, or pussy willow, was used in many places as a palm substitute, and was commonly known as English Palm amongst country folk. Box, yew, hazel, common willow and daffodils (Lent Lilies) were other alternatives in the days before palm was easily available as an import from Spain.
domingo, 15 de marzo de 2015
sábado, 14 de marzo de 2015
domingo, 22 de febrero de 2015
LENT
LENT
Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter. In Western Christianity, Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter(Sundays are not included in the count).
Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection.
ASH WEDNESDAY
ASH WEDNESDAY
The first day of Lent is known as Ash Wednesday. Ashes are something that are left when something is burned. Christians use them as a symbol of being sorry for things they have done wrong and want to get rid of forever. In many Christian churches there are special services where the vicar or priest makes the shape of a cross with ash on the forehead of each person. The ashes come from last year's palm crosses which are burned and mixed with holy water.
martes, 17 de febrero de 2015
lunes, 16 de febrero de 2015
sábado, 14 de febrero de 2015
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
THE LEGEND OF ST. VALENTINE
The history of Valentine’s Day–and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?
Did You Know?
Approximately 150 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas.
The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured. According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl–possibly his jailor’s daughter–who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic and–most importantly–romantic figure. By the Middle Ages, perhaps thanks to this reputation, Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France.
martes, 6 de enero de 2015
GO ON A DIET
GO ON DIET
Esta expresión se utiliza para indicar que estamos a dieta, ideal aprenderla después de las celebraciones de Navidad y Año nuevoSHAKESPEARE'S PLAY "TWELFTH NIGHT"
SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY "TWELFTH NIGHT"
Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will was written to be performed as a Twelfth Night entertainment. The earliest known performance took place at Middle Temple Hall, one of the Inns of Court, on Candlemas night, 2 February 1602.[13] The play has many elements that are reversed, in the tradition of Twelfth Night, such as a woman Viola dressing as a man, and a servant Malvolio imagining that he can become a nobleman.Ben Jonson's The Masque of Blackness was performed on 6 January 1605 at the Banqueting House in Whitehall. It was originally entitled The Twelvth Nights Revells. The accompanying Masque, The Masque of Beauty was performed in the same court the Sunday night after the Twelfth Night in 1608.[14]
Robert Herrick's poem Twelfe-Night, or King and Queene, published in 1648, describes the election of king and queen by bean and pea in a plum cake, and the homage done to them by the draining of wassail bowls of "lamb's-wool", a drink of sugar, nutmeg, ginger and ale.
Charles Dickens' 1843 A Christmas Carol briefly mentions Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present visiting a children's Twelfth Night party.
In Chapter 6 of Harrison Ainsworth's 1858 novel Mervyn Clitheroe, the eponymous hero is elected King of festivities at the Twelfth Night celebrations held in Tom Shakeshaft's barn, by receiving the slice of plum cake containing the bean; his companion Cissy obtains the pea and becomes queen, and they are seated together in a high corner to view the proceedings. The distribution has been rigged to prevent another person gaining the role. The festivities include country dances, and the introduction of a "Fool Plough", a plough decked with ribands brought into the barn by a dozen mummers together with a grotesque "Old Bessie" (played by a man) and a Fool dressed in animal skins with a fool's hat. The mummers carry wooden swords and perform revelries. The scene in the novel is illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). In the course of the evening, the fool's antics cause a fight to break out, but Mervyn restores order. Three bowls of gin punch are disposed of, and at eleven o'clock the young men make the necessary arrangements to see the young ladies safely home across the fields.
TWELFTH NIGHT
TWELFTH NIGHT
Twelfth Night is a festival, in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany. Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night on either 5th January or 6th January; the Church of England, Mother Church of the Anglican Communion, celebrates Twelfth Night on the 5th and "refers to the night before Epiphany, the day when the nativity story tells us that the three wise men visited the infant Jesus".[1][2][3] In Western Church traditions the Twelfth Night concludes the Twelve Days of Christmas, although in others the Twelfth Night can precede the Twelfth Day.[4] Bruce Forbes wrote that " "In 567 the Council of Tours proclaimed that the entire period between Christmas and Epiphany should be considered part of the celebration, creating what became known as the twelve days of Christmas, or what the English called Christmastide. On the last of the twelve days, called Twelfth Night, various cultures developed a wide range of additional special festivities. The variation extends even to the issue of how to count the days. If Christmas Day is the first of the twelve days, then Twelfth Night would be on January 5, the eve of Epiphany. If December 26, the day after Christmas, is the first day, then Twelfth Night falls on January 6, the evening of Epiphany itself."[5]
A belief has arisen in modern times, in some English-speaking countries, that it is unlucky to leave Christmas decorations hanging after Twelfth Night, a tradition originally attached to the festival of Candlemas (2 February) which celebrates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
lunes, 5 de enero de 2015
SIMPLE PAST
Simple Past
En este ejercicio podrás practicar el uso correcto de los verbos.Lee atentamente las oraciones y completa los
recuadros con la forma de Simple Past de los verbos que se encuentran entre paréntesis.
1. Yesterday my father (go) to work by car.
2. This morning I (have) a shower.
3. My sister (not clean) her room on Saturday.
4. The birds (fly) over our heads.
5. Last week my family (not buy) a new table for the dining room.
6. The other day, I (lose) my math's book.
7. I (tell) my mother a lie.
8. We (hear) a terrible sound outside last night.
9. (you see) football match Tuesday night?
10. Pau (drink) a litre of Coke for lunch yesterday.
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VERBS IN PAST
WRITE THE VERBS IN PAST
1. He (write) his homework last Sunday.
2. Mary (not go) to school last week.
3. You (play) basketball two weeks ago?
4. I (study) French last year.
5. They (buy) a new flat last month.
6. John (take) his driving test yesterday but he (not pass) it.
7. Tim (go) to Paris last summer.
8. Your parents (meet) at university?
9. When I (be) a child, I (speak) German.
10. We (see) him yesterday but he (not see) us.
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domingo, 4 de enero de 2015
sábado, 3 de enero de 2015
SILVER LINING
SILVER LINING
La expresión "Silver Lining" significa el "lado bueno de las cosas". Se utiliza de forma más habitual diciendo "EVERY CLOUD HAS ITS SILVER LINING", algo así como: "Toda nube tiene su lado bueno"
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