LECTURE DE MYSTÈRE : PEUR SUR LA VILLE! / LECTURA DE MISTERIO: ¡MIEDO EN LA CIUDAD!

Salut mes chers  amis!  Aujourd'hui on va lire mais ça va être à propos d'un evenement très mystérieux et un peu inquiétant!!!  Si vous aimez le mystère, le suspense, même trembler de peur, commencez à lire sans vous arrêter à rien !!!


¡Saludos mis queridos amigos!  Hoy vamos a leer pero va a ser sobre  un hecho muy misterioso y un poco inquietante.  Si os gusta el misterio , el suspense o incluso temblar de miedo, ¡empezad a leer esto sin parar! 

photo à moi: La Lune.

PEUR SUR LA VILLE  d'Adam  Roy.  /  MIEDO EN LA CIUDAD DE Adam Roy.
Éditions Hachette /  adapté en Français Facile.  Editorial  HACHETTE (www.hachettefle.fr) 


"LA CHOSE DORT DEPUIS SI LONGTEMPS QU'ELLE A OUBLIÉ LE TEMPS".
CACHÉE SOUS TERRE,  ELLE ATTEND L'HEURE.
ELLE DORT, ELLE SE RÉVEILLERA UN JOUR.
QUAND LA FIN DES ÊTRES HUMAINS SERA PROCHE...

Chapitre 1  -   LA CHOSE   -

Mais, ces temps-ci, La Chose dort mal.  Des bruits la dérangent.  La terre bouge autour d'elle.  Le monde bouge.  Au fond de son sommeil, elle sent que l'Heure arrive...

Niedelbruck est une ville tranquille, au Nord de la France.  On y trouve des maisons fleuries, des jardins fleuris, des rues fleuries et sur la place la Mairie, des fleurs de toutes les couleurs.  Il ne se passe jamais rien ici.  Et, ce mercredi de septembre, tous les habitants regardent un camion noir... Il s'arrête devant la Mairie. Le chauffeur descend, un papier à la main, et entre dans le bâtiment.

OUI, L'HEURE ARRIVE.  LA CHOSE LE SAIT, ELLE LE SENT.  ET ELLE SE PRÉPARE À SORTIR.  ALORS, LE MONDE SERA À ELLE...

La secrétaire secoue la tête.
"Non, nous n'avons pas de monsieur Schuwert ici".
Le chauffeur du camion s'étonne:
"Mais, j'ai une caisse pour un certain René Schuwert, fleuriste à Niedelbruck. C'est bien ici?"

La femme réféchit un moment.
"Ah, oui! Je vois de qui vous voulez parler.  Un vieil homme bizarre qui adorait les orchidées.  Il est mort, l'année dernière.

-Alors, qu'est-ce que je vais faire, moi, avec ma caisse?  Il faut bien que je la laisse quelque part!"

La femme demande:
"Et qu'es-ce qu'il y a dans cette caisse?
-De la terre de Carpates.
-Ah?
-Oui, de la terre de cimetière.  C'est très bon pour les orchidées.  C'est aussi très, très cher!  Il y en a pour des milliers d'euros...
-Eh bien, mettez votre caisse ici, dans le sous-sol.  Je vais prévenir monsieur le maire.  Il téléphonera au fils de monsieur Schuwert.  Il viendra la chercher.
-D'accord.  J'y vais!"

Derrière leurs fenêtres, les habitants de Niedelbruck regardent le chauffeur descendre la caisse du camion. Une grande caisse de bois, très lourde.  Le camion repart et plus rien ne se passe.  La vie continue comme tous les jours, à Niedelbruck.

LA CHOSE SE RÉVEILLE ENFIN.  ELLE OUVRE LES YEUX.  AUTOUR D'ELLE, C'EST LA NUIT.  ELLE A DÛ DORMIR TRÈS LONGTEMPS.  ET MAINTENANT, ELLE A FAIM. TRÈS, TRÈS FAIM.  ELLE SOULÈVE LE COUVERCLE ET SORT DE  SA CAISSE.

Il est tard, Niedelbruck s'endort.  C'est une belle nuit d'automne, toutes les fenêtres sont ouvertes.

Dans sa chambre, Alex a allumé sa console de jeux.  Dans le jeu vidéo, il est Kane, le chasseur de vampires. Il avance dans des couloirs sombres, son épée à la main.  Quand un vampire l'attaque, il lui enfonce son épée dans le coeur.  Alex-Kane  s'amuse comme un fou!

Son père passe sa tête par la porte.
"Alex, il est tard!
-Encore cinq minutes, papa, s'il te plaît!  Après, je vais dormir, je te le promets.
-D'accord... Mais pas plus de cinq minutes!
-Promis, papa.  Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer!"

Stéphane Allard sourit.  Il referme la porte de la chambre.

LA CHOSE N'A PAS MANGÉ DEPUIS DE LONGUES ANNÉES.  ELLE SENT UNE ODEUR DE SANG, TOUT PRÈS D'ELLE.  COUCHÉ DEVANT UNE PORTE, UN CLOCHARD DORT.  LA CHOSE S'APPROCHE DE LUI, COMME UNE OMBRE...

Alex tue son dernier adversaire.  Il éteint la console et se tourne vers la fenêtre ouverte.  Il sursaute.  Il voit une ombre sortir doucement du sous-sol.  L'ombre traverse la place de la mairie.  Et puis, il entend un cri bizarre.

Alex secoue la tête.  Il murmure:
"Je ne jouerai plus aussi tard!  Je vois des vampires partout, maintenant!"

LA CHOSE BOIT LE SANG DU CLOCHARD JUSQU'À LA DERNIÈRE GOUTTE.  MAIS ELLE A ENCORE FAIM.  ALORS, ELLE CHERCHE UNE AUTRE VICTIME DANS LES RUES SOMBRES DE LA VILLE...

À SUIVRE...    /  Continuará...

Vocabulaire

-Bruit:  ruido.
-Bougir:  moverse.
-Sommeil:  sueño.
-Mairie:  ayuntamiento.
-Secouer: sacudir, mover.
-Le couvercle:  la tapa.
-Croix:  cruz.
-Clochard:  vagabundo.
-Ombre:  sombra.

À BIENTÔT MES AMIS!   LE CHÂPITRE  2  SERA LE PROCHAIN!

READING / THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT / EL REGALO DE CUMPLEAÑOS

Hi my dear friends, today we are going to read a fiction story!  It's a short tale but really interesting! It's about a teenager and her stepmother!!  On my own experience , I don't want to add  any more! and I'm sure that many of you won't think of it as a fiction story!

I hope you'll like it!!

Hola mis queridos amigos, hoy vamos a leer una historia de ficción. Se trata de un cuento corto pero realmente interesante Es sobre una adolescente y su madrastra. Por experiencia propia, no quiero añadir nada más  y estoy segura de que muchos de vosotros pensaréis que  NO es una historia de ficción   ¡Espero que os guste!

THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT   by  Rita  Mavis  Snelson.

Happy birthday, dear!  Lucy held the small package.  She was incredulous, a birthday present!  She couldn't remember ever having a present to open.

Lucy held the small package in her hand, wondering what a wonderful surprise awaited.  She shook it close to her ear, only a soft, thud , and turned it over and over.  The wrapping paper had the name of the shop:  H. SAMUEL.  She knew that it was a jeweller's.  She loved window shopping at H. Samuel', dreaming of being a star, wearing precious emerald stones around her neck and silver bangles around her tiny wrists.  H. Samuel was her stepmother's idea of Tiffany's!

Lucy couldn't believe how important she was to have a birthday present bought from  H. Samuel.  The best jeweller's in town.

She smiled at her stepmother.  Lucy had misjudged her;  here she was holding a little box, a dream!  She felt tears of joy well up in her eyes:  why had she held such bitter thoughts towards her steptmother?

Lucy's thirteen birthday was going to be special after all!  Only two events were celebrated with a gift: Christmas and her birthday  and she only ever received useful presents, either a pair of shoes or a dress, depending on how much she had grown.  She might have shoes for Christmas if she had outgrown her old ones, or sometimes a skirt and pullover, or viceversa, for her birthday.  She outgrew her clothes long before they were worn because she was only allowed to wear her "good" clothes if they went visiting on a Sunday. During the week she made do with clothes and shoes her stepmother bought at the local church jumble sale.

It wasn't that they were poor or anything;  her stepmother just didn't consider it necessary to spend money on new cothes and shoes for a growing child.  Why should she spend money on a child that wasn't even hers!  Her new outgrown clothes were given as presents to her stepmother's relatives'  daughters.  They couldn't be wasted, could they?

Her stepmother believed in giving Lucy a good housekeeping education.  She was strict and expeted Lucy to be obedient.  She had to be the first one up in the morning to prepare breakfast for the paying guests before setting off for school.  Her stepmother's motto  was "The Devil finds work for idle hands". If Lucy wasn't up by 7 o'clock, her stepmother would knock on her bedroom wall, disrupting her morning dream.  Lucy envied her friends who talked about their Sunday morning in bed sleeping till late.

On Sundays the knock on the wall was sounded at 6.30, reminding Lucy that she had to get up to attend the 7 o'clock Mass.  Lucy reluctantly got out of bed, she had to cycle three miles to the Catholic church, and winter time was the worst, the cold frosty mornings biting into her face and hands.

Her steptmother wanted her  to be a good obedient Christian,  and good Christians always went to early morning Mass.  Lucy had no say, she was obedient and, being an only child, she had nobody to seek comfort from.

She hated getting up early in the morning, she hated the ugly dresses and shoes her stepmother bought for her birthdays.  Perhaps, deep down, she hated her stepmother too.

However, a good Christian should not hate and Lucy tried to kid herself that she loved this woman.  Today, Lucy's birthday, her stepmother's redemption;  she hugged her and whispered, "Thank you, Mum."

Now here, at last, a small package -not the usual dress or shoes-  a tiny package with H. SAMUEL  printed on the wrapping paper.  Could it be a pair of earrings?  She had pointed to a pair when her stepmother was buying herself a gold bracelet, or maybe that beautiful brooch with the initial "L".

Lucy closed her eyes;  or a set of our bangles to make up her name.  She could feel the excitement of opening her first real birthday present!!!  Thirteen, a teenager!!  She felt so special!!

Slowly, she started unwrapping her gift.  Her stepmother stood  by her side with a smile, so sure that Lucy would just love her present.  So much thought had gone into choosing the right gift fo a teenager!

The wrapping paper revealed a square brown leather box and, inside the small box, a pink floral patterned case, just like Chinese boxes.  Lucy carefully took out the box and held it in her had.  It had a catch on one side and two small hinges on the other.  She cliked the catch and opened the  box.

A small ladies alarm clock ticked quietly away.  The alarm had already been set for  7 o'clock,

                                                               T H E     E N D 

VOCABULARY WORDS.

-TO HOLD:  sostener.                            
-TO WONDER: preguntarse.
-THUD: ruido sordo.                
-WRAPPING PAPER papel de envolver.
-JEWELLER'S:  joyería.

-SILVER BANGLE: pulsera de plata.      
-STEPMOTHER: madrastra.                                       

-WRIST: muñeca.                                    
-HAD NO SAY: no tenía ni voz ni voto.

-TO MISJUDGE: juzgar mal.                    
-DEEP DOWN: en lo más profundo. 

-TO WELL UP:  brotar.                          
-TO KID ONESELF: engañarse.

-IF SHE HAD OUTGROWN HER OLD ONES: si los viejos le quedaban pequeños.

-TO MAKE DO: apañárselas.                                    
-TO HUG:  abrazar.

-JUMBLE SALE:  mercadillo.                                    
-SQUARE: cuadrado.

-HOUSEKEEPING: trabajo doméstico.                    
-SET: un juego. 

-PAYING GUEST: huésped.

-IDLE HANDS: manos perezosas.                            
-PATTERNED:  con dibujos.

-TO DISRUPT: interrumpir.  
-BROOCH:  borche  
-LEATHER: piel. 

-TO SEEK: buscar.              
-TO HUG: abrazar.    
-CASE: funda.  
-CATCH: cierre

-HINGE: bisagra.                  
-TO TICK AWAY: marcar el tiempo.    
-TO SET: fijar.

SEE YOU SOO!!!

HAVE A NICE DAY!!!

BIKRAM YOGA : AN ALLY OF OUR HEALTH ! UN ALIADO DE LA SALUD

Hola otra vez mis queridos amigos, siempre es bueno  practicar algún deporte o hacer ejercicio físico aunque haga calor, frío, humedad.   Como en mi caso soy una amante de la actividad física, hoy os traigo una alternativa al ejercicio aeróbico,  EL YOGA y más concretamente el BIKRAM YOGA ya que podemos practicarlo con calor y cualquier otra condición  ¡ A ver qué os parece! 


Hi my dear friends, it's always good to  practice a sport or do  a physical activiy even it's hot, cold or humidity.  In my case I'm very fond of sport and so and now I would like to speak about  YOGA and more specifically BIKRAM YOGA because we can practise it in a hot weather or any other weather condition. Tell me your opinion after, please.

Info: www.mujerhoy.com

**BIKRAM YOGA
Bikram yoga has become a "must" nowadays but what is the secret of its success?
We could say that it is for everybody and with spectacular results!

Despite the fact that  Bikram Yoga is practised at about 40 centigrade Degrees and a lot of humidity (42%), there are more and more followers everyday.

"The Asanas" or "positions" that are practised in Traditional Yoga are the same than in Bikram Yoga or Hatha Yoga.  The difference is that Bikram Yoga is practised in a  hot atmosphere and so  you tone up all your body and the "Asanas" are designed for this purpose.  Your body eliminates toxines obtaining at the same time, healing results!


**MORE ADVANTAGES?
Only in three weeks you can see the results!

**HEALTH'S  ALLY

The "Asanas" practised in Yoga, balance our body functions, tone up our nerves and muscles and  carry blood to different parts of our body.

Our organs receive a massage too.

Our emotions keep calm.

Bikram Yoga treats anxiety and  makes us relax at once!

In Madrid, we can practise Bikram Yoga  at   "Californian Hot Yoga" and simply Yoga at a lot of gyms and sport centres!

Cheer up!!!  ¡Animáos!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR PRACTISING YOGA?
¿A qué esperáis para practicar Yoga?


HAVE A NICE DAY!!!

RECETAS: MILHOJAS DE BERENJENA Y COUSCOUS CON VENTRESCA

Muy buenos días mis queridos amigos, aquí os dejo una nueva entrada ya que  hace mucho tiempo que no publicaba nada debido al trabajo.  Ahora que ya estoy más relajada, me he decidido a escribir.  

Hoy es en Español y son dos recetas muy fáciles y agradables de comer que llevan ATÚN.

Se trata de  MILHOJAS DE BERENJENA Y ATÚN y  de COUSCOUS CON VENTRESCA.

Las dos son muy fáciles de hacer y en verano apetecen muchísimo.  Además si os habéis fijado, vamos a utilizar "latas" ,  tan socorridas , nutritivas y fáciles.

Si queréis saber más en www.mujerhoy.com  encontraréis todo lo necesario  acerca de estas dos recetas y de otras muchas más.

MILHOJAS DE BERENJENA

Ingredientes para 3 personas (si somos más aumentaremos las cantidades proporcionalmente):
-3 latas de atún claro en aceite (de la mejor calidad)
-1 berenjena (gordita).
-2 tomates.
-50 gr de queso parmesano (si nos gusta un Havarti o un semicurado también es perfecto).
-Cebollino.
-Mostaza tradicional.
-Aceite de oliva.
-Sal y pimienta.

PREPARACIÓN

1.- Abrimos las latas y escurrimos el atún.  Lo colocamos en un bol.

2.- Cortamos la berenjena y los tomates en rodajas.  Echamos sal y pimienta y los horneamos durante 20 minutos a 170 grados.

3.- Mezclamos el atún con la mostaza (una cucharadita rasa) y con el queso que habremos rallado previamente.

4.- Una vez horneadas la berenjena y los tomates, podemos empezar a montar las milhojas poniendo una capa de berenjena, queso, tomate y atún. Repetiremos la operación dos o tres veces.

5.- Una vez montadas las milhojas, rallamos un poco más de queso por encima y lo llevamos al horno a gratinar de 5 a 10 minutos.

6.- Sacamos las milhojas del horno, decoramos con cebollino picado por encima y servimos.

¡QUE APROVECHE!


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COUSCOUS  CON  VENTRESCA

Ingredientes para 3 personas (si somos más aumentaremos las cantidades proporcionalmente).
-1 lata de ventresca de atún  (de la mejor calidad)
-200 gr. de couscous.
-1 tomate.
-1 pepino (si no gusta, no lo pongáis)
-1 manzana.
-130 gr. de frambuesas.
-15 gr de jenjibre.
-Aceite de oliva.
-Vinagre.
-Almendras  (unas  8 unidades o las que queráis).


PREPARACIÓN

1.- Cocéis el couscous como se indique en el paquete y lo dejáis enfriar.

2.- Picáis en dados el pepino, la manzana y el tomate.

3.- Mezcláis todos estos ingredientes con el couscous  ya cocido más las frambuesas, las almendras en trocitos y el jenjibre fresco rallado (si no os gusta , no lo pongáis).

4.- Aliñad con aceite, sal  y vinagre al gusto.

5.- Colocad la mezcla en un molde rectangular o redondo y poned encima láminas de ventresca.


¡A DISFRUTAR!

ALASKA, A MARVELLOUS LAND! ALASKA, ¡Una tierra maravillosa!

Hi my dear friends, I'm here again and to speak about Alaska today.  And you will be wondering WHY ALASKA? It's very simple, I've got a lot of followers there so, they worth it! And the most important thing is that Alaska is, as the title says, a MARVELLOUS LAND!

Hola queridos amigos, ya estoy aquí otra vez y para hablar sobre Alaska hoy.  Y os estaréis preguntando ¿POR QUÉ ALASKA?  Es muy sencillo, tengo un montón de seguidores allí así que ¡ellos se lo merecen! Y lo más importante es que Alaska, como dice el título, es UNA TIERRA MARAVILLOSA.

ALASKA
It's the 49th and the  largest state in the USA.  Separated from the rest of the country by Canada, Alaska lies on the Arctic Circle.
Alaska is also home of the highest point in North America and all of the top ten highest mountains in the USA.

THE REGIONS OF ALASKA

**Southwestern Alaska >  Alaskan Peninsula and Aleutian Islands.

**Southeastern Alaska > Panhandle and Inland Passage.

**Southcentral Alaska > Anchorage and Kenai Peninsula.

**The name "Alaska" had been introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used to refer to the peninsula.  It was derived from an Aleut idiom, which refers to the mainland of Alaska.

**Although Alaska had been occupied for thousands of years by indigenous people, from the 18th century, European powers considered the territory of Alaska ripe for exploitations.  The United States purchased Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867 for $7.2 million and after several administrative changes, it was admitted as the 49th state of the USA on January, 3, 1959.

**According to a 1998 report, approximately 65% of Alaska is owned and managed by the U.S. federal government as public lands, including a multitude of national forests, national parks, and national wildlife refuges.

ALASKA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Alaska was occupied by numerous indigenous peoples for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans to the area.

The Tingit people developed a society in  the  today southeast Alaska .  The Haida are well known for their arts.  The Tsimshian came to Alaska from British Columbia.  The Aleutian Islands are home to the Aleut people's society.  Western and Southwestern Alaska are home to the Yup'ik while the Alutii lived in which is now Southcentral Alaska.
The Gwich'in people are known today for their dependence on the caribou and live in the northern Interior and the North Slope and Little Diomede Island are occupied by the Inuit people.

ENERGY RESOURCES

**Alaska has got vast energy resources.  Oil and gas reserves are found in the Alaska North Slope.

AGRICULTURE

**The Tanana Valley is a notable agricultural area with a big concentration of farms growing crops.  Alaskan agriculture has experienced a surge of growth of market gardeners.

STATE SYMBOLS

** The Forget-me-not is the state's official flower and bears the same blue and gold as the state flag.

**Alaska is known with the nicknames : "The last frontier" or "the Land of the Midnight Sun".

**The state fish is the King salmon, and the state bird is the Willow Ptarmigan, an Arctic grouse that lives among willows.

CITIES

** JUNEAU:  this is the state capital and third largest city.
**ANCHORAGE:  Alaska's largest city
**DEADHORSE:  Alaska's oil centre.
**DUTCH HARBOR - UNALASKA: largest community in the Aleutian Islands.
**FAIRBANKS: Alaska's second largest city.
**HOMER: Halibut fishing capital of the world.
**KETCHICKAN: Alaska's suthernmost city and the first Alaska port for northbound cruise-ship travelers.
**KODIAK: The Island Town.

OTHER DESTINATIONS

**DENALI NATIONAL PARK.
**CAPE KRUNSTERN NATIONAL MONUMENT.

THINGS TO DO IN ALASKA

There are many things to do when you travel to Alaska.  If you are an adventurous type, Alaska will be a great place to you.  You can go hiking, kayaking, fishing, and expeditions to see the wildlife of Alaska like wolves, whales and bears.  There are month-long expeditions to the top of Mt. McKinley.

A journey on the Dalton Highway provides a unique experience because it crosses mountains, the Arctic Circle and 414 miles of pristine wilderness.

Stay up late to see the midnight sun, it's fascinating to watch in the summer!!!!

Try fishing in Alaska too!  If you are in the right spot, you'll catch fish very quickly!  Alaskan salmons can be caught but with a daily limit !  If you want to get a fantastic experience, pay a local to bring you on their boat and fish for the day.

A cruise might be a great experience too!

EAT

Alaskans love their food and the portions that they serve are really huge!!

Try the reindeer sausage with eggs and hash (picadillo) in the morning and you'll feel like a true Alaskan!!!

Seafood,  is delicious!  Many local restaurants serve fresh halibut  and salmon right off the boats!

However, prices are expensive! It's very difficult to transport goods and food to Alaska but if you want to eat cheaper always order seafood, fish or meat, not pasta or other type of food difficult to find in Alaska. The local products and food are cheaper than the ones they have to be  transported until there. Don't forget it!

DRINK

Beer is perfect in Alaska with 7 breweries in Anchorage !
Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau is the best known brewery in the state !
Other towns with local Breweries include Homer, Haines, Kodiak, Fox and Wasilla.

NATURE

When you visit a natural area, do not pick flowers or collect natural features, especially in a national park or a forest.  These are protected areas and if everyone took something away, it would spoil it for everyone else!

Respect the land and don't litter!

Bears live in many areas of the state and are best avoided.  Moose (alces) are common and just as dangerous and attack humans more frequently than bears.

Alaska is a wonderful land!!!  That's sure!

IF FINALLY YOU VISIT ALASKA, ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE !!!


SEE YOU and thank you for being there !!!

ENGLISH EXERCISES AND PHRASES / Ejercicios de Inglés y Frases

Hi my dear friends, a new post is already here!  Today about English exercises and some sentences!
Here we go!

Hola queridos amigos, ya está aquí una nueva publicación.  Hoy va sobre ejercicios de inglés y algunas frases.
¡Vamos allá!

1.- WRITE IN ENGLISH.
*El hombre apareció  de repente.
*El profesor me miró con enfado.
*Una furgoneta blanca estaba aparcada delante de mi casa.
*¡Esa sopa huele horrible!
*Ayer parecías enferma.
*Cogió (él) un trozo de pastel y lo probó.
*El niño me miró tristemente.
*Investigaré el tema.
*Ese piano suena terrible.

2.-WRITE,  some /  any.
*There is _____ cheese in the fridge.
*There aren't _____ biscuits in the kitchen.
*Have you bought  ____ potatoes?
*Can you give me ______ sugar?
*No, I can't, I don't have ______.
*There aren't ______ boys in the class.

3.-WRITE THE INTERROGATIVE WORDS:  what/how/when/where/who.
*_____ is your favourite singer?
*_____ is your birthday?
*_____do you spell your name?
*_____ is your favourite colour?
*_____ many tables are there?
*_____ much is it?
*_____ is the nearest shop?
*_____ long are you going to stay at the hotel?
*_____ far is it to the city centre?
*_____ often do you go to the gym?
*_____ kind of films do you like?
*_____ time do you usually get up?

4.- WRITE COMPARATIVE  OR  SUPERLATIVE.
*A plane is ________(big) than a car.
*Lucy is _________(pretty) girl in the class.
*I'm ________(intelligent) than him.
*Peter is _______ (tall) than George.
*The Lord of the Rings is _______(interesting) book I have ever read.
*Today it's _____ (cold) day.
*Summer is ______(hot) than spring.
*London is _____(large) than Madrid,

5.- COMPLETE THE BLANKS WITH POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES, POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND OBJECT  PERSONAL  PRONOUNS.

Example:  I have a cottage;  it's my cottage;  it belongs to me.  It's mine.

*The farmer has got a farm; it's _____farm; it belongs to ______; it is _____.
*The village has a filling station;  it's _____ filling station;  it belongs to ______.
*You have got a car;  it's _____ car;  it belongs to ____; it's _______.
*We have a fine library;  it's _____library;  it belongs to _____; it's _______.

6.- WRITE IN THE GAPS THE CORRECT PREPOSITIONS.
*When you go ____  _____ the room, shut the door.
*He took the bus at the Town Hall and got _______ at the Post Office.
*Does the milkman come _______ your house?
*He asked the owner _____ some more furniture.
*Mary looked ____ the tyre and saw that it had a puncture.
*Is Mr Jones at home? No, I'm afraid he is not _____.
*Shall we go ____ foot or _____ bus?
*The boys started ____ six o'clock  ____ the morning and came ____ at ten o'clock _____ night.
*Hurry ____, Peter!  We are all waiting _____ you!
*_____ Saturday I heard a good concert _____ the radio.

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photo of my own: Oak tree in Retiro Park - Madrid- 

AND NOW THE SOLUTIONS.

1.- In English.
*The man suddenly appeared !
*The teacher looked at me angrily.
*A white van was parked opposite my house.
*That soup smells terrible!
*You looked ill yesterday.
*He took a piece of cake and tasted it.
*The child looked at me sadly.
*I'll investigate the matter.
*That piano sounds terrible!
2.- SOME /ANY.
*some
*any
*any
*some  (aunque en preguntas ponemos ANY, si preguntamos con el verbo CAN, usamos some)
*any
*any
3.-Write the interrogative words.
*what
*when
*how
*what
*how
*how
*where
*how
*how
*how
*what
*what
4.- Comparative or superlative.
*bigger
*the prettiest
*more intelligent
*taller
*the most interesting
*the coldest
*hotter
*larger

5.-Complete with possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and personal object pronouns.
*his  /   him  /  his
*its  /  it  /
*your  /  you  /  yours
*our  /  us  /  ours

6.- Write the correct prepositions.
*out  of
*off
*to
*for
*at
*in
*on  /  by
*at  /  in  /  back  /  at
*up  /  for
*on  /  on

HAVE A NICE DAY MY FRIENDS!!!

SEE YOU!!!

EASY ENGLISH / FREE HUGS. ABRAZOS GRATIS.

Hi my dear friends.  We have just started a new year and for this reason I wish you all the best and only the best! I would like us to be positive so this post is about "HUGS". Let's begin hugging people!!!  Why not? And, hugs are free!!!

Saludos mis queridos amigos.  Acabamos de empezar un nuevo año y por esta razón os deseo todo lo mejor y solo lo mejor.  Me gustaría que fuéramos positivos así que esta publicación es sobre "ABRAZOS" . ¿Por qué no?  Y , ¡los abrazos son gratis además!

HUGGERS DAY  in London.

**It is demonstrated that a hug puts a smile on your face and turns your day into a marvellous experience!
So, all you need is a hug!

**RANDOM HUGGERS DAY was started  in London by Mayella Reynolds because one day, when she was listening to the radio, a DJ commented that if you could find random criminals on the streets, why not to find random huggers?
At once, Mayella loved the idea and she decided to make it reality.

**The first RANDOM HUGGERS DAY was in May 2004 when Mayella and her friends met at London's Covent Garden and started hugging people.

**First reactions were typically English!  People walked quickly away with their eyes down!  But at a moment, some people stopped and accepted hugs!!!  And so, by the end of that first day 3,000 people had enjoyed a hug!

**RANDOM HUGGERS DAY is now an annual event and Mayella hopes to inspire Random Huggers Days all over the world!



HUGGERS DAY   in Australia.

**Great ideas often appear in more than one place.  On the other side of the world, in Australia, a man returned to his hometown and discovered that his family and friends no longer lived there.  He knew no one.  So, at a moment, he made a sign that read: FREE HUGS.  He stood in the street for some time before somebody accepted his offer but finally he felt so good that he went on to organise the FREE HUG CAMPAIGN.

**The campaign started in 2004 and became famous in 2006.

**An Australian group called "Sick Puppies" made a video with film from a Free Hugs event and 72 million people watched the video.

**Right now, there are Free Hug Campaigns all around the world with events in China, Korea , Europe and America.

HUGGING IS GOOD FOR YOU:  IT'S OFFICIAL.

**Research studies have shown that human contact offers many health benefits.

**A hug is essential for healthy social, psychological and physical development.

**A hug helps build a good immune system, decreases the risk of heart disease and decreases stress.

**Studies showed people who were deprived of human contact had higher blood pressure.

MORE INFORMATION

**The next websites provide all details on future hugging events and campaigns:

www.randomhuggers.com

www.freehugscampaign.org

**And here you will find the Free Hugs Campaign video from "Sick Puppies":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4


VOCABULARY WORDS FROM THE TEXT

-TO TURN INTO: convertir en.
-RANDOM: al azar, fortuito.
-TO MISS OUT: perderse.
-INSPIRATIONAL:  motivador.
-NO LONGER:  ya no.
-RISK:  riesgo.
-HEART DISEASE:  cardiopatía.
-BLOOD PRESSURE:  tensión arterial.


SO, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM NOW ON!!!  
¡ASÍ QUE YA SABÉIS QUÉ HACER DE AHORA EN ADELANTE!.

LET'S PRACTISE !  YOU'LL FIND MUCH BETTER!
¡VAMOS A PRACTICAR!  OS SENTIRÉIS MUCHO MEJOR.

SEE YOU SOON MY FRIENDS!!
HASTA PRONTO AMIGOS.

MACY'S NEW YORK . SHOP IN STYLE. / MACY'S Nueva York. Tienda con estilo.

Hi again my dear friends.  Today, we will know much more about an American Icon, a typical American store, "MACY'S" in New York City.  We will see its history from the beginning until nowadays! If I were you, I wouldn't miss this post!

Hola otra vez queridos amigos.  Hoy, conoceremos mucho más sobre un icono americano, unos típicos almacenes americanos, "MACY'S" en la ciudad de Nueva York.  Veremos su historia desde el principio hasta nuestros días. ¡Yo que vosotros, no me perdería esta publicación!

**SHOP IN STYLE

Macy's is being renovated nowadays.  It's the famous New York department store and the project will cost about $ 400 million and should be completed in 2015.

However, tourists and shoppers mustn't be worried!  Macy's will stay open because the work is being done on a rotational basis, one floor at a time.  When the project is complete, Macy's will have an entire floor's shoe department, with over 300,000 pairs in an area that will cover 39,000 square feet! (3,600 square metres)

The renovation project's plans also include new bars and restaurants, which will help Macy's become a meeting point, and not just a place to go shopping.

New Yorkers have shopped at Macy's in Herald Square for 110 years.  The Macy's story is even older than that!  The original Macy's,  a retail dry goods store for local workers,  was opened in Haverhill, Massachusetts by ROWLAND HUSSEY MACY  in 1851.  It wasn't a success and for this reason Macy tried his luck in New York.  He opened "R.H. Macy Dry Goods"  on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th streets.  On the Company's first day of business, October 28th, 1858, it took only  $11.08.

Before that, Rowland Hussey Macy worked on board a Nantucket whaling ship, The Emily Morgan and, like most sailors, he had a tatoo.  His was the shape of a star and that is why there is a star in the Macy's logo.

Even if the shop took a few dollars on its first day of business, Macy's did well and a few years later it moved to 18th Street on Broadway, en elite shopping district known as "Ladies Mile".

Macy's stayed there for another 40 years, before moving uptown to Herald Square (at 34th street) in 1902. In those days this was a long way north of the New York retail area and the store had to operate a special steam wagonette to take customers there.

**A SYMBOL

Macy's department store in Herald Square is a New York institution:  its Thanksgiving Day parade and 4th of July fireworks are major events.

TRaditionally, Macy's was the world's largest department store,  although it lost that title in 2009 when the SHINSEGAE COMPANY opened new premises (locales)  in South Korea.  But New Yorkers still love Macy's!

If you are from New York, as a child, surely your parents remember Macy's as a place to go. It is the place to shop. The building is like a museum, being America's largest department store, with its wooden escalators (escaleras mecánicas de madera) still today.  Macy's has Santa, the one and only Santa!  and people always remember its holiday windows and its iconic flowe show!  Macy's is a family store!

**NEW CUSTOMERS

The economy has been shaky since the crash of 2008 and this has much affected Macy's too.

But at the same time, Macy's is now very promotional, it is known for its "one-day sales", the international and domestic saving pass (bonos descuento)  for travelers and much more!

The UK and some of the European markets spend less right now than in the past but the business is growing from the Brazilians and the Chinese.

Anyway, Macy's has become one of the most famous department store in the world!  It's a chain of shops with more than 800 locations (locales) in USA though Herald Square is considered the flagship store (la tienda insignia)

It's a tourist attraction like the Empire State Building or Times Square.

It's a fact that tourism has helped Macy's to survive the economical crisis!

The company research shows that the average customer spends $100 during a travel!

You can find at Macy's everything!  From jeans and underwear until towels or bedspred!  You can find low prices but brands (marcas)  too!

Macy's has become a New York symbol like Harrods in London!

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INFORMATION FROM:   Speak Up   magazine.

If you are planning a travel to New York, visit Macy's, it will be a very pleasant experience!

HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!

PARIS TOUJOURS PARIS / París siempre París.

Salut à tous.  Avez-vous pensé  à voyager  à Paris? Si la reponse est affirmative ou si vous êtes en train de penser où aller pendant un weekend ou quelques jours,   alors, aujourd'hui nous allons voir quelques informations à propos de la ville de Paris pour vous donner des idées des lieux à voir et visiter. Allons-y!
Paris est toujours Paris et l'une des villes les plus romantiques et attractives du monde!

Hola a todos. ¿Habéis pensado en viajar a París? Si la respuesta es afirmativa o si estáis pensando dónde ir durante un fin de semana o algunos días , entonces, hoy vamos a ver algunos datos sobre la ciudad de París para daros ideas de lugares para ver y visitar.¡Venga, vamos!
París es siempre París y una de las ciudades más románticas y atractivas del mundo.

PARIS

**L'AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES  est considérée par beaucoup  comme la plus belle avenue de la capitale.  En haut de cette avenue mythique, se trouve la place de l'Étoile.

**LES BOUQUINISTES DE PARIS  sont des librairies de livres anciens et d'occasion présents sur une grande partie des quais de Seine.

**LA SEINE est un fleuve français, long de 777 kilomètres, qui coule dans le Bassin parisien et arrose Troyes, Paris, Rouen et le Havre.  Sa source se situe à 446 mètres d'altitude à Source-Seine, en Côte d'Or.

**LA BUTTE AUX CAILLES  est un quartier de Paris situé dans la partie occidentale du 13ème arrondissement de Paris.  La Butte aux Cailles était à l'origine une colline recouverte de prairies et de bois et tire son nom de Pierre Caille qui en fait l'acquisition en 1543.

**LE PONT DES ARTS.  C'est un pont reliant l'Institut de France dans le 6ème arrondisement et la cour carré du palais du Louvre (qui s'appelait "palais des ARts" sous le Premier Empire) , dans le 1er arrondissement.  Le pont des Arts est monument historique depuis 1975.

**LE CIMETIÈRE DU PÈRE LACHAISE.  C'est le plus grand cimetière de Paris intra-muros et l'un des plus célèbres dans le monde.  Situé dans le 20ème arrondissement, de nombreuses personnes célèbres y son enterrées.  Il a été classé monument historique en 1993.

**PARIS PLAGES.  C'est une opération menée par la mairie de Paris depuis 2002.  Chaque année entre juillet et mi-août, les quais de Seine accueillent des activités sportives et ludiques, des plages de sable, des palmiers, etc.

**LE MÉTRO.  Datant de 1900, le métro de Paris comporte 14 lignes essentiellement souterraines et totalisant 215 km.  Devenu un des symboles de Paris, il se caractérise par la densité de son réseau et par son style architectural influencé par l'Art nouveau.

**LE QUARTIER DE MONTMARTRE  est où se trouve la basilique du Sacré Coeur,

**NOTRE DAME  DE PARIS   (XII-XIV siècles)  est la cathédrale de l'archidiocèse catholique de Paris.  Elle est située à l'extrémité de la Cité dans le 4ème arrondissement.  Elle fut, lors de son achèvement, l'une des plus grandes cathédrales d'occident.

**LE CANAL SAINT MARTIN  est un canal de 4,55 mètres de long situé entièrement dans le 10ème et 11ème arrondissement.  Il rélie le bassin de la Villette au port de l'Arsenal.  Inauguré en 1825, il comporte neufs écluses et deux paonts tournants.  Le canal Saint Martin est monument historique depuis 1993.

**LE MUSÉE D'ORSAY  est un musée national sur la rive gauche de la Seine.  Aménagé dans l'ancienne gare d'Orsay datant de 1898, il présente la peinture et la sculpture occidentale de 1848 à 1914, ainsi que les arts décoratifs, la photographie et l'architecture.

**LES HALLES  de Paris était le nom donné aux halles centrales, marché de vente en gros de produits alimentaires frais, situé dans le 1er arrondissement.  Ce vaste marché qui s'y tenait jusqu'au début des années 1970 a été remplacé aujourd'hui par un espace vert (le jardin des Halles)  et un centre commercial souterrain (le forum des Halles).

**LE CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU. C'est un centre national d'art et de culture situé dans le quartier de Beaubourg, dans le 4ème arrondissement.

**LES BATOBUS  (compagnie des Bateaux Parisiens)  assurent le transport des passagers sur la Seine.

**LA TOUR EIFFEL  mesure 324 mètres de hauteur et se situe à l'extrémité nord-ouest du parc du Camp-de-Mars, en bordure de la Seine.  Construite par Gustave Eiffel pour l'exposition universelle de 1889, ce monument est dévenu le symbole de la capitale française.

**LE JARDIN LUXEMBOURG.  Crée en 1612 à la demande de Marie de Médicis, il s'étend sur 23 hectares et est agrémenté de parterres de fleurs et de sculptures.

**LA GARE DU NORD.  Ouverte en 1846, cette gare dessert le Nord de la France ainsi que les pays limitrophes (Allemagne, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Royaume-Uni).  En termes de trafic voyageurs, c'est la plus importante gare ferroviaire avec 190 millions de voyageurs en 2008.  La gare du Nord est monument historique depuis 1975.

**LA GARE DE LYON.  Ouverte en 1849, cette gare se distingue des 6 autres gares parisiennes par son beffrois, tour carré haute de 67 mètres et portant ses quatre faces des cadrans d'horloge de 6,5 mètres de diamètre.

**LE MUSÉE DU LOUVRE.  C'est une visite obligatoire parce que Le Louvre est l'un des musées les plus importants du monde.

GASTRONOMIE PARISIENNE

On connaît tous Paris pour la variété de son patrimoine architectural et sa richesse. Pour ses musées et ses salles de spectacles.  Quand on pense à Paris, on a aussi en tête la mode, les parfums...

Cependant, on pense moins à la gastronomie  parce que la cuisine française évoque un ensemble de plats en provenance des quatre coins du  pays mais Paris et sa région ont de nombreux trésors culinaires en allant du croissant parisien jusqu'au champignon de Paris en passant par le fromage tel que le Brie de Meaux ou la prune Reine Claude.


AMUSEZ-VOUS BIEN À PARIS!  ET À BIENTÔT!

PASADLO MUY BIEN EN PARÍS Y HASTA PRONTO.

GRACIAS / THANK YOU / MERCI BEAUCOUP.

Hi my dear friends, today I want this post to be about saying thank you !  
Thank you for being there, visiting this blog !
Thank you for being worried  about learning languages!
Thank you for choosing this blog to get informed about languages!
Thank you for doing the exercises!
Thank you for reading, writing and looking at my travel advices!
And thank you for your comments!

WITHOUT YOU, THIS BLOG WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE!

photo of my own. Cueva Valiente Mountain - San Rafael -
Segovia - Spain

                                         
Mis queridos amigos, hoy quiero que esta publicación sea para dar las gracias.
¡Gracias por estar ahí, visitando este blog!
¡Gracias por preocuparos por aprender idiomas!
¡Gracias por elegir este blog para informaros sobre idiomas!
¡Gracias por hacer los ejercicios!
¡Gracias por leer, escribir y ver los consejos de viajes!
¡Y gracias por vuestros comentarios!

¡SIN VOSOTROS, ESTE BLOG NO SERÍA POSIBLE!

Mes chers amis, aujourd'hui je voudrais dédier cette publication à vous dire Merci.
Merci d'être là et regarder ce blog!
Merci de  vous intéresser à apprendre des langues!
Merci de  choisir ce blog pour vous informer sur des langues!
Merci de  faire les exercices!
Merci de  lire, écrire et voir les conseils à propos de  voyages!
Et merci bien de  vos commentaires!

SANS VOUS, CE BLOG NE SERAIT PAS POSSIBLE!

**Thank you, Gracias, Merci :

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                                                USA / Estados Unidos / Les États-Unis 
                                                Mexico/ Méjico  / le Mexique 
                                                Colombia
                                                Ecuador
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                                                France  /  Francia  / la France
                                                Germany  /  Alemania  / l'Allemagne
                                                Great Britain / Reino Unido/ Rôyaume Uni
                                                Canada  / Canadá  / le Canada
                                                Rusia /  Russia  /  la Russie
                                                China  /  China  /  la Chine
                                                Japan  /  Japón/   le Japon   
                                                Arabia Saudí
                                                Ucraine  / Ucrania
                                                India


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**It's really difficult to learn a foreign language so for this reason, once again THANK YOU!

**Es muy difícil aprender un idioma extranjero así que por esta razón, una vez más ¡GRACIAS!

**C'est bien difficile d'apprendre una langue étrangère, alors et pour cette raison, une fois de plus  MERCI!

** I'm just preparing a new post!  Don't miss it!

** Ya estoy preparando una nueva publicación. ¡No os la perdáis!

** Je suis en train de préparer une autre publication. N'oubliez pas d'en jeter un coup d'oeil!

HAVE A NICE DAY!

¡QUE TENGÁIS BUEN DÍA!

BONNE JOURNÉE À TOUS!