Wednesday, March 13, 2013

nb1 13-14/3/13


Homework: p.137 Grammarbank 7B (a + b), p.56 ex. 1, reading and ex. 2, grammar.


however /haʊˈevə/ UK  US  adverbio
1 sin embargo

pain /peɪn/ UK  US  sustantivo
1 dolor
I've got a pain in my foot.
Me duele el pie
to be in pain
Are you in pain?
¿Te duele?
2 to be a pain (in the neck) (informal)
 (a)  ser un pesado/una pesada

distribución
Si es entre dos personas, se usa  between/bɪˈtwiːn/. Si es entre más,  among /əˈmʌŋ/
Repartíos la pizza entre los dos.
Share the pizza between you two.
Reparte las golosinas entre los niños.
Share the sweets among the children.

To be good/bad at sth
Ronaldo is good at football.
I’m bad at maths.


type /taɪp/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  verbo [transitivo/intransitivo]
escribir a máquina, mecanografiar


stadium /ˈsteɪdiəm/ UK  US  sustantivo (plural stadiums o stadia)
estadio

Lucky/ˈlʌki/ UK  US  adjetivo (-ckier, -ckiest)
afortunado -a
to be lucky tener suerte
We are very lucky with the weather.
Tenemos mucha suerte con el tiempo.

THE PAST WITH REGULAR VERBS

They called a taxi.

They didn’t (did not) talk_ to the taxi driver.

Did they go_ by taxi?

Where did you want_ to go?


PRONOUNCIATION OF THE PAST (-ED)
Needed – started /id/

-ed /t/
looked, cooked, worked, asked, liked...
relaxed
stopped, typed...
finished, crashed...
missed, kissed...
danced...
watched
surfed, laughed...





WORDS DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE.

they're /ðeə/ UK  US   contracción de they are
aren't /ɑːnt/ UK  US
 •   contracción de are not
were /wə, acentuado wɜː/ UK  US   pasado de be
weren't /wɜːnt/ UK  US   contracción de were not

FOR OR DURING

durante

Se traduce por  during cuando significa en el transcurso de algo:
durante las vacaciones
 during the holidays
No tengo tiempo durante la semana.
 I don't have time during the week.

Se traduce por  for cuando se refiere a una cantidad de tiempo:
Le esperé durante horas.
 I waited for him for hours.
Vivimos allí durante tres años.
 We lived there for three years.

He was a good sportsman, musician and poet.

He was good at sports, music and poetry.

poetry /ˈpəʊɪtri/
UK  US  sustantivo
poesía [el arte, el género]
poet /ˈpəʊɪt/

I have no clue.
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