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jueves, 24 de diciembre de 2015

SANTA CLAUS MAIN POST OFFICE

Santa Claus Main Post Office







Welcome to the colourful Christmas world of beautiful cards, stamps and unique gifts. Sit by the fireplace and write to your friends all over the world. The cheerful Postal Elves will post your greetings for you, whether it’s Christmas or the middle of summer.
Make friends and relatives happy by ordering a Santa Claus Letter, which will be sent by Santa Claus before Christmas. All post will be stamped by hand using the special postmark of the Santa Claus Post Office.
P.S. The secret behind the red post box; all letters put through here will be sent for Christmas.
You can send a letter to Santa Claus using this address:
Santa Claus
Santa Claus Main Post Office
FI-96930 Arctic Circle
FINLAND

miércoles, 23 de diciembre de 2015

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a male reindeer, usually depicted as a young calf who barely has antlers, with a glowing red nose, popularly known as "Santa's Ninth Reindeer." When depicted, he is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through inclement winter weather.
Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward.
 Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore.  




domingo, 20 de diciembre de 2015

ELECTION VOCABULARY

ELECTION VOCABULARY

ballot: votación
bill: proyecto de ley
cabinet: gabinete
campaign: campaña
candidate :candidato
capitalist: capitalista
centrist: del centro
citizen: ciudadano
coalition:coalición
communist: comunista
congress: congreso
congressman: congresista
Conservative Party: partido conservador
democracy: democracia
democrat: demócrata
democratic: democrático
Democratic Party: partido demócrata
electoral roll: padrón electoral
electorate: electorado

government: gobierno
ideology: ideología



Labour Party: partido laborista
law: ley
left-wing: de izquierda
legislature: legislatura



liberal: liberal
minister: ministro
ministry: ministerio
monarchy:monarquía
nationalist (náshonalist) - nacionalista
opposition (oposíshon) - oposición
parliament (párlament) - parlamento
party:partido
policy: política, plan de acción
political: político (adjetivo)
politician: político (persona)
politics: política
poll: encuesta, votación
president: presidente
referendum: referendum
republic: república
republican: republicano
Republican Party: partido republicano
right-wing: de derecha
rights: derechos
senate: senado
senator: senador
social pressure: presión social
socialist: socialista
suffrage:sufragio
supreme court: corte suprema
to elect: elegir
to govern:gobernar
to run for president: ser candidato a presidente
to vote: votar
voter: votante

jueves, 17 de diciembre de 2015

CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY

Christmas expressions
  • Merry Christmas!
  • Happy Christmas
  • Happy New Year!
  • Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  • Wishing you a prosperous New Year
  • All the best for the coming year
  • Seasons Greetings!
advent
the arrival of someone or something important
Advent
the coming (or second coming) of Jesus Christ; the month leading up to Christmas
angel
a spiritual being acting as a messenger of God (usually shown as a human being with wings)
berry
a small round fruit
Bethlehem
the small town in the Middle East believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ
candle
a cylinder of wax with a central wick (like string) which burns to produce light
chimney
a vertical pipe in a house that allows smoke and gases to escape from a fireplace (Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through its chimney)
Christ
the title of Jesus (also used as His name)
Christian
a person who believes in Christianity; also an adjective
Christianity
the religion based on the teachings and person of Jesus Christ
Christmas
the annual Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas Day is on 25 December)
Christmas cake
a rich fruit cake covered with white icing, eaten at Christmas
Christmas card
a greetings card that people send to friends and family at Christmas
Christmas carol
a religious song or popular hymn that people sing at Christmas
Christmas Day
25 December, the birthday of Jesus Christ
Christmas Eve
the evening or day before Christmas Day (24 December)
Christmas holidays
the holiday period for about a week before and after Christmas Day
Christmas present
a gift or present given at Christmas
Christmas tree
an evergreen tree (often a spruce) that people decorate with lights and ornaments at Christmas
cracker
a decorated paper tube that makes a sharp noise ("crack!") and releases a small toy when two people pull it apart
decoration
something that adds beauty; ornament
egg-nog
a traditional Christmas drink made of alcohol with beaten eggs and milk
Father Christmas
an imaginary being who brings presents for children on the night before Christmas Day (also known as Santa Claus) - traditionally an old man with a red suit and white beard
fireplace
a partly enclosed space in a house where people light a fire for warmth
frankincense
a gum used for incense, one of the gifts that the three wise men gave to Jesus
gold
a yellow precious metal, one of the gifts that the three wise men gave to Jesus
holly
an evergreen plant with prickly dark green leaves and red berries
Jesus
the name of Christ, the central figure of Christianity (believed by Christians to be the Son of God)
Joseph
the husband of Mary (the mother of Jesus)
magi
the wise men from the East who brought gifts for the baby Jesus
manger
a trough for food for horses or cattle (used by Mary as a cradle or bed for Jesus)
Mary
the mother of Jesus
mistletoe
a parasitic plant with white berries, traditionally used as a Christmas decoration
myrrh
a gum used for perfume or incense, one of the gifts that the three wise men gave to Jesus
nativity
the birth of a person
the Nativity
the birth of Jesus Christ
nativity play
a play that people perform at Christmas based on the birth of Jesus
new year
the start of a year; the period just before and after 1 January
New Year's Day
1 January
New Year's Eve
31 December
ornament
an object that adds beauty to something; a decoration
present
a thing given to somebody as a gift.
reindeer
a deer with large antlers found in some cold climates (believed to pull the sleigh for Santa Claus or Father Christmas)
Santa Claus
an imaginary being who brings presents for children on the night before Christmas Day (also known as Father Christmas) - traditionally an old man with a red suit and white beard (Santa Claus may be based in part on the historical figure of Saint Nicholas.)
shepherd
a person who looks after sheep
sleigh
a sledge or light cart on runners pulled by horses or reindeer over snow and ice
snow
water vapour from the sky that falls as white flakes and covers the ground
star
a bright point in the night sky which is a large, distant incandescent body like the sun
the star of Bethlehem
the star that announced the birth of Jesus and guided the wise men to find Him
tinsel
a decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil, traditionally used at Christmas
turkey
a bird like a large chicken, traditionally eaten at Christmas
white Christmas
a Christmas with snow on the ground
Xmas
abbreviation or informal term for Christmas


martes, 15 de diciembre de 2015

HAVE BEEN AND HAVE GONE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "HAVE BEEN" AND "HAVE GONE"

Mike has been to Paris.

Significa que Mike fue a París y volvió.

Mike has gone to Paris.

Significa que fue a París y que todavía está allí

Been: Ha estado en París y ha vuelto 

Gone: Ha ido y no ha vuelto