Good morning everyone! 👋
Para combatir el bajón de los domingos y preparanos para otra semana aprendiendo inglés en La hora del té, te traemos un pequeño ejercicio que pondrá a prueba tus ‘listening skills’. Este ejercicio está recomendado si tienes un nivel intermedio – alto de inglés (B2 o superior). Si no hablas inglés, pero has llegado hasta aquí en busca del secreto de la felicidad, el vídeo está subtitulado en español.
Rellena las palabras que faltan en el texto debajo del vídeo. Hacer el ejercicio te llevará un pelín más de 60 segundos, pero merecerá la pena. Trust me! Asegúrate de que los subtítulos están desactivados antes de empezar. Are you ready? Let’s begin!
Rellena los huecos 👇
Stop being so 1. _______ expect that most things are going to go wrong: 2. _______, job, holidays, kids.
Look at the glass half- empty and then feel grateful whenever things aren’t an 3. _______ catastrophe.
Stop 4. _______ about how awful other people are most annoying people aren’t 5. _______ they’re just anxious or sad forgive them they didn’t set out to hurt you, they’re just under a lot of pressure.
Think of death a lot keep a 6. _______ on your table you probably only got about four hundred thousand hours yeah.
Laugh at yourself stop thinking of yourself as a stupid idiot, do something 7. ___ nicer, a lovable fool.
Make regular appointments to talk with someone you don’t spend enough time with.
You ask yourself what you really want and are anxious about stop trying to make yourself happy it’s impossible for concentrate on 8. _______ up other people.
Look at yourself as if from the ISS 240 miles above the earth from this 9. _______ lots of things that are 10. _______ you, look the size they should always have been.
Throw your phone off a cliff for a bit so you can finally notice 11. _______ especially your partner and your mum give up on the idea that you should be normal the only normal people are people you don’t know yet everyone is 12. _______ and that’s totally okay.
Feeling happier already? Te he dejado las respuestas aquí debajo:
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Respuestas: 1.hopeful , 2. marriage, 3. outright, 4. ranting , 5. evil, 6. skull, 7. far, 8. cheering, 9. height, 10. bothering, 11. stuff, 12. weird.
Phew! That was tough! Vamos a repasar el vocabulario que hemos aprendido y ver algunos ejemplos más.
Hopeful 👉 esperanzado, optimista.
«I’m hopeful I’ll be able to publish the book by April next year.»
Marriage 👉 matrimonio.
«Their marriage was a total failure, they got divorced after 6 months.» «Goodness gracious me, that was quick!»
Outright 👉 totalmente.
«She outright refused to cooperate with the police!»
To rant 👉 despotricar, echar pestes. «Stop ranting about how unfair you were treated and do something about it!»
Evil 👉 malvado, maléfico.
«The teacher gave me an evil look when she saw me using my phone in class.»
Skull 👉 cráneo, calavera.
Cuidado con la pronunciación, no se pronuncia como ‘school’ (colegio). Puedes escucharlo aquí haciendo clic en 🔊.
«The skull found in the forest is said to be over a thousand years old.»
Far 👉 significa lejos, pero también puede significar ‘mucho más’.
«My English is far better than it used to be.»
To cheer up 👉 alegrar, levantar el ánimo
«I’m so sorry to hear about your cat passing away. Is there anything I can do to cheer you up?»
Height 👉 altura
«What’s your height and weight and age?»
To bother 👉 molestar, fastidiar
«Sorry to bother you but could you put some suncream on my back please.»
Stuff 👉cosas
«There’s so much boring stuff I need to do this week. I’m not looking forwared to it. »
Weird 👉 raro, extraño.
«You put honey in your coffee? That’s weird!»
Esperamos que te haya gustado la ‘mini lesson’ de hoy. Te aconsejamos descargarte alguna aplicación para incluir el vocabulario que has aprendido y poder repasarlo durante los próximos días. Hay un montón disponibles, como Memrise, Wokabulary, etc.
Happy Sunday from Amigos Ingleses!