HEARTLY / HEARTILY

Buenos días, Damond me  pregunta cual es el significado de heartly o heartily.

Los más usuales son:
-de corazón
-fraternalmente
-cordialmente

Se utiliza para indicar que el hablante está diciendo algo sincero, que no es de compromiso

Ejemplos,

- They are heartly welcome!!!

- He heartly invited me

Espero que sea útil
Have a good day!!!!!

GAMES GAMES GAMES

Aquí he recogido algunos de los juegos tradicionales más conocidos.

Por supuesto espero comentarios y así aumentar la lista.

JUGAR A PILLAR:                                 PLAY TAG

JUGAR A LA PINTA:                             PLAY TAG

JUGAR A LA MANCHA:                       PLAY TAG

JUGAR A LA ROÑA :                            PLAY TAG

JUGAR AL ESCONDITE:                      PLAY HIDE AND SEEK

JUGAR A LA GALLINITA CIEGA:      PLAY BLIND MAN'S BUFF

JUGAR A LA RAYUELA:                     PLAY HOPSCOTCH

JUGAR A LA GOMA/ELÁSTICO:       PLAY FRENCH SKIPPING

                                                                 PLAY CHINESE JUMP ROPE

SALTAR A LA COMBA:                      SKIP ROPE

                                                                JUMP ROPE

EL JUEGO DEL PAÑUELO:                STEAL THE FLINGSOCK

                                                                STEAL THE BACON

JUGAR AL HUEVO PODRIDO:         DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF

PAYANA:                                               PLAY JACKSTONES

JUEGO DE LOS CANTILLOS :           PLAY JACKSTONES

JUGAR A LA MATATENA:                 PLAY JACKSTONES

JUGAR CON CANICAS:                     PLAY WITH MARBLES

PARQUE DE ATRACCIONES:            FUNFAIR

TOBOGÁN DE AGUA                          WATERSLIDE

CASTILLO INFLABLE                         BOUNCY CASTLE

TÍO VIVO / CALESITA:                       MERRY-GO-ROUND

MONTAÑA RUSA:                               ROLLER COASTER

COCHES DE CHOQUE:                       DODGEN CARS / BUMPER CARS

TREN DE BRUJAS:                             GHOST TRAIN

NORIA:                                                  BIG WHEEL (UK)

                                                                FERRIS WHEEL  (USA)

TOBOGÁN:                                         SLEDGE / TOBOGAN

SUBE Y BAJA:                                    TEETER- TOTTER / SEESAW

BALERO:                                             BALL AND STICK / CUP-AND-BALL

JUGAR CON EL TROMPO

/PEONZA:                                             PLAY WITH A TOP / SPIN A TOP

HAD BETTER

HAD BETTER

Usamos had better para dar consejos o recomendaciones en un tono más fuerte que el de should o must, casi como una amenaza.

We use had better to talk about actions we think people should do or which are desirable in a specific situation. The verb form is always had, not have. We normally shorten it to ’d better in informal situations.

Had better is followed by the infinitive without to: It’s five o’clock. I’d better go now before the traffic gets too bad.Not: I’d better to go now.The democratic movement had better concentrate on the immediate issues of the economy and security. (more formal)

Se puede traducir como, "Más te vale"

"HAVE SOMETHING DONE"

ESTRUCTURA CAUSATIVA

Esta estructura se utiliza para indicar que otra persona hace algo por nosotros

"to have something done"

“hacer hacer”
“mandar a hacer algo”

Se usa la estructura pasiva to have something + participio para expresar que le hemos encargado a alguien que nos haga algo, sin tener que especificar quién. Se puede emplear en cualquier tiempo verbal.

• I had my car painted. (Me pintaron el coche.)

La estructura básica es la siguiente: sujeto + to have en pasado, presente o futuro (según corresponda) + sujeto + participio pasado del verbo principal.

Observa estos otros ejemplos:

• She usually has her hair cut at that hairdresser´s.
• Ella se suele cortar el cabello en esa peluquería
• Will you have your eyes checked? (¿Te mirarán la vista?)

Al tratarse de una variante de la voz pasiva, si se quisiera mencionar quién realiza la acción, se añadiría by seguido de la persona que realiza la acción.

Por ejemplo:

I had my kitchen painted by John.

"Carry the torch”

When someone  carries the torch, they hold onto a tradition. can be passed on by family members, teachers, people who do the same kind of work or hobby you do.

“My mom was a great singer, and I’m going to carry the torch of her great talent in my musical career.”

“We carry the torch of our parents’ traditions and values.”

“If someone is carrying the torch, they are working hard to make a tradition grow stronger.”

En español se puede traducir como “seguir con la tradición” o “tomar el relevo”

FRASES CONDICIONALES /CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

FRASES CONDICIONALES

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Estas frases se utilizan para indicar una condición.

Algo tiene que suceder para que otra acción se realice.

Se utiliza la conjunción IF (si). También podemos encontrar WHETHER (si)

Varía según el tiempo verbal.

Pueden ser de:

Tipo 0

Tipo 1

Tipo 2

Tipo 3

CONDICIONAL DE TIPO CERO

Se utilizan para describir verdades universales. Algo que siempre ocurre si la condición se cumple.

La estructura es:

IF + SUJETO + VERBO EN PRESENTE SIMPLE + SUJETO + VERBO EN PRESENTE SIMPLE

If you heat water to 100ºC it bloils.

(Si calientas agua a 100º esta hierve.)

CONDICIONAL DE TIPO UNO

Se utiliza para describir acciones que son muy probables que sucedan.

IF + SUJETO + VERBO EN PRESENTE SIMPLE + SUJETO + VERBO EN

 FUTURO SIMPLE

If you practise a lot you will play the piano well

(Si practicas mucho tocarás bien el piano)

CONDITIONAL DE TIPO DOS

Se utiliza para describir acciones que quisiéramos que ocurrieran pero que hay pocas posibilidades que sucedan.

Estructura

IF + SUJETO + VERBO EN PASADO SIMPLE + SUJETO + VERBO EN

 CONDICIONAL SIMPLE

If I won the lottery I would buy a new house

(Si ganara la lotería me compraría una casa nueva)

CONDICIONAL DE TIPO TRES

Se utiliza para describir acciones que no podemos cambiar.

ESTRUCTURA

IF + SUJETO + VERBO EN PASADO PERFECTO + SUJETO + VERBO

 EN CONDICIONAL PERFECTO

If I had been Napoleón I wouldn´t have gone to Waterloo

(Si hubiera sido Napoleón yo no hubiera ido a Waterloo)

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS

ADJETIVOS TERMINADOS EN "ING" O "ED"

ADJETIVOS TERMINADOS EN "ING" O "ED"

¿Sabes la diferencia entre los adjetivos terminados en ED o en ING.

Se utilizan para expresar sentimientos.

Hay adjetivos que tienen las dos terminaciones, -ed y -ing, por ejemplo bored y boring, que tienen significados diferentes y que por tanto, conviene conocer su diferencia:

– I am bored

Cuando digo “bored”, acabado en -ed, es la persona que está aburrida.

– The film was boring

Aquí, sin embargo, boring, con -ing, se refiere a “the film”, que no es una persona, sino una cosa.

Por tanto, podemos afirmar que -ed para personas y -ing para cosas o situaciones. Es cierto que a veces también utilizamos -ing para personas.

Debes tener en cuenta que la terminación -ing indica una cualidad permanente, mientras que -ed es temporal. Si yo digo: I’m a boring person significa que soy una persona aburrida, lo soy siempre, es permanente, por eso, ing. Pero si digo I’m bored indica que estoy aburrido, es temporal, es sólo ahora.

Un truco, para que os resulte más fácil, si lo traducimos por “estar”, necesitamos -ed, y si lo traducimos por “ser”, entonces -ing. Hagamos la prueba:

– I am bored

Yo estoy aburrido

– The film was boring

La película fue aburrida

Otro ejemplo:

– My friend is bored

Mi amigo/a está aburrido/a.

– My friend is boring

Mi amigo/a es aburrido/a.

OBESITY IN THE USA

OBESITY IN THE USA

Adapted from www.nytimes.com

Last Tuesday federal health authorities reported a 43 percent drop in the obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade. The drop emerged from a major federal health survey that experts say is the gold standard for evidence on what Americans weigh. The trend came as a welcome surprise to researchers. New evidence has shown that obesity takes hold young: children who are overweight or obese at 3 to 5 years old are five times as likely to be overweight or obese as adults. This is the first broad decline in an epidemic that often leads to lifelong struggles with weight and higher risks for cancer, heart disease and stroke. A smattering of states have reported modest progress in reducing childhood obesity in recent years, and last year the federal authorities noted a slight decline in the obesity rate among lowincome children. But the figures on Tuesday showed a sharp fall in obesity rates among all 2- to 5- year-olds, offering the first clear evidence that America’s youngest children have turned a corner in the obesity epidemic. There was little consensus on why the decline might be happening, but many theories. Children now consume fewer calories from sugary beverages than they did in 1999. More women are breast-feeding, which can lead to a healthier range of weight gain for young children. Federal researchers have also chronicled a drop in overall calories for children in the past decade, down by 7 percent for boys and 4 percent for girls, but health experts said those declines were too small to make much difference. Barry M. Popkin, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has tracked American food purchases in a large data project, said families with children had been buying lowercalorie foods over the past decade, a pattern he said was unrelated to the economic downturn. He credited those habits, and changes in the federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, for the decline in obesity among young children. The program, which subsidizes food for low-income women, reduced funding for fruit juices, cheese and eggs and increased it for whole fruits and vegetables. Another possible explanation is that some combination of state, local and federal policies aimed at reducing obesity is starting to make a difference. Michelle Obama, the first lady, has led a push to change young children’s eating and exercise habits and 10,000 child care centers across the country have signed on. The news announcement from the C.D.C. included a remark from Mrs. Obama: “I am thrilled at the progress we’ve made over the last few years in obesity rates among our youngest Americans.

PRACTISE CONVERSATION

PRACTISE CONVERSATION

HOLY SATURDAY

HOLY SATURDAY

What is Holy Saturday?

Holy Saturday or the Black Saturday, is the final day of the Holy Week just before Easter.

It takes place right after Good Friday and marks the day Jesus’ body was placed into his tomb after dying on the cross.

It is also the third day of the Easter Triduum which begins with the Lord’s Supper on Maundy 

Holy Saturday is also the day of the Easter Vigil, when Christians all across the world will wait in the late evening hours for the resurrection of Christ.

Liturgically Holy Saturday only lasts till 6pm or dusk, after which the Easter Vigil takes over and the Easter season starts.

EASTER VOCABULARY

EASTER VOCABULARY

ASH WEDNESDAY                                    MIÉRCOLES DE CENIZA

LENT                                                           CUARESMA

LENTEN SEASON                                     CUARESMA

EASTER                                                      PASCUA

EASTER BREAK                                        VACACIONES DE SEMANA SANTA

HAPPY EASTER                                         FELIZ SEMANA SANTA

HOLY WEEK                                               SEMANA SANTA

PALM SUNDAY                                          DOMINGO DE RAMOS

MAUNDY THURSDAY                              JUEVES SANTO

HOLY THURSDAY                                     JUEVES SANTO

GOOD FRIDAY                                           VIERNES SANTO

HOLY SATURDAY                                     SÁBADO SANTO O SÁBADO DE GLORIA

EASTER SUNDAY                                     DOMINGO DE PASCUA

EASTER MASS                                          MISA DE PASCUA

PALM                                                          PALMA

EASTER BUNNY                                       CONEJITO DE PASCUA

GOD FATHER                                            PADRINO

GOD MOTHER                                          MADRINA

GODSON                                                    AHIJADO

GODDAUGTHER                                      AHIJADA

BUN                                                            BOLLO

ROLL                                                          ROSCA DE PASCUA

GOOD FRIDAY

GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday is a Christian tradition to mark the day when Jesus Christ, the son of God, was nailed to the cross. This is often known as crucification of Lord Jesus.
If this is the day Jesus died, why is it called Good Friday?

Some believe that Good Friday evolved from God Friday, which is what the day was called initially. Some believe that  the good about Good Friday is that Jesus gave up his life for his people and then came back on Easter, proving that he indeed was son of God.

Did you know?

It is a tradition to eat hot cross buns with cross icing this day.

Some people believe that bread baked on Good Friday will never rot.

There are some that say, eggs laid on Good Friday will never go bad.

PALM SUNDAY

PALM SUNDAY

Palm Sunday begins today, marking the first day of Holy Week in the Christian calendar. Millions of Christians around the world will take part in church services today, as well as completing activities and singing songs to observe the day and pay their respects to Jesus. What is Palm Sunday?

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/20/palm-sunday-2016-what-is-it-facts-songs-and-activities-for-kids-5762096/?ito=cbshare

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Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey, just a few days before he was betrayed by his friend Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 apostles, put on trial and sentenced to death by crucifixion. The day is called ‘Palm Sunday’ because the people of Jerusalem threw palm leaves to the floor as a greeting when he arrived. Nowadays Palm Sunday is commemorated by a ritual procession of people carrying palm branches, or if these are not available, branches from yew, willow and olive trees into church. For this reason Palm Sunday is sometimes called Branch Sunday. These palms are then blessed, and sometimes fashioned into crosses. Palm Sunday is always the Sunday before Easter and is also the final day of lent.

THE MOTTO OF EUROPEAN UNION

The motto of the European Union is, "united in diversity."

The motto of the Union is ‘united in diversity’. Like the other symbols, the motto clearly highlights the sense of European identity that is the birthright of every citizen of the Union, over and above the actual European Union. The preamble to the Treaty, in which the term ‘united in diversity’ is used in the fifth recital, goes some way towards interpreting the meaning of the motto set out in Article I-8 of the Constitutional Treaty. Let us consider the two words used in the European Union motto: ‘united’ and ‘diversity’.

The term 'united in diversity' refers to Europe, its values and its cultural, religious and humanist heritage. These are values that place two protagonists at the centre of social life: on the one hand, man and his rights and, on the other, the respect for law. For the purposes of interpreting the motto, the most illuminating passage of the preamble is to be found in the fourth recital, which states that the peoples of Europe, while remaining proud of their own national identities and history, are determined to transcend their former divisions and, united ever more closely, to forge a common destiny.

This phrase clearly explains both the notion of unity and the notion of diversity. The concepts expressing unity are not new. They recall, and appropriately take up, the formula of ‘ever closer union’ included in the preamble to the Treaty on European Union. The path towards ever closer ties is gradual and proceeds — as heralded right from the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 — from concrete achievements that create actual solidarity. However, ‘unity’ is not an end in itself but has a specific goal: forging a ‘common destiny’. The notion of ‘diversity’ is nevertheless also explained. It lies in the strong call for peoples to be proud of their national identities and history and for the respect of everyone’s rights.

SAINT PATRICK

SAINT PATRICK

 

Lego Professor of Play hired by Cambridge University.

One of the world's best universities is planning to hire a professor - of Lego.

The lucky candidate will be the head of their own research department at prestigious University of Cambridge.

Officials say the role is expected to be created within the Faculty of Education after the university received £4 million of donations from the Lego Foundation.

Cambridge's general board has recommended for the Lego professorship "of play in education, development and learning"

The professor will be director of the Research Centre on Play in Education, Development and Learning.

A board of electors will be selected to chose from the candidates for the post whose work must fall "within the general field of the title of the office."