I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

Aerosmith es una banda que ha dado al panorama musical muchos de los temas que hoy son clásicos, pasando por alto barreras generacionales. Seas o no un seguidor de esta banda, te proponemos que te bajes esta canción y te damos la letra en Inglés y su traducción en español, tú solo debes modular tu voz al mejor estilo Tyler…Un toque de romanticismo rockero a nuestro Blog nunca está de más :)

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing

Watch you smile while you are sleeping

While you’re far away dreaming

I could spend my life in this sweet surrender

I could stay lost in this moment forever

Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

[Chorus]

Don’t want to close my eyes

I don’t want to fall asleep

Cause I’d miss you baby

And I don’t want to miss a thing

Cause even when I dream of you

The sweetest dream will never do

I’d still miss you baby

And I don’t want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating

And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming

Wondering if it’s me you’re seeing

Then I kiss your eyes

And thank God we’re together

I just want to stay with you in this moment forever

Forever and ever

[Chorus]

I don’t want to miss one smile

I don’t want to miss one kiss

I just want to be with you

Right here with you, just like this

I just want to hold you close

Feel your heart so close to mine

And just stay here in this moment

For all the rest of time

[Chorus]

Don’t want to close my eyes

I don’t want to fall asleep

I don’t want to miss a thing

No Quiero Perderme Nada

Podría estar despierto sólo para escucharte respirar

Ver tu sonrisa mientras duermes

Mientras estás lejos soñando

Podría emplear mi vida en esta dulce entrega

Me podría perder en este instante eternamente

Cada momento que paso contigo es muy preciado para mí

[Coro]

No quiero cerrar mis ojos 

No quiero quedarme dormido

Porque te echaría de menos

Y no quiero perderme nada

Ya que incluso cuando sueño contigo

El más dulce de los sueños no sería suficiente

Aún te echaría de menos cariño

Y no quiero perderme nada

 Tumbado junto a ti sintiendo tu corazón latir

Y me pregunto qué estás soñando

Me pregunto si soy yo el que ves

Entonces beso tus ojos

Y doy gracias a Dios de que estamos juntos

Tan solo quiero estar contigo en este momento eternamente

Por siempre y para siempre

[Coro]

No quiero perderme ni una sonrisa

No quiero perderme ni un beso

Tan solo quiero estar contigo

Justo aquí contigo así

Tan solo quiero tenerte cerca de mí

Sentir tu corazón tan cerca del mío

Y quedarme aquí en este momento

El resto de mis días

[Coro]

No quiero cerrar mis ojos

No quiero quedarme dormido

No quiero perderme nada

The Irregular Past Forms .(2)

Seguimos aprendiendo los famosos verbos irregulares. Esta semana es el turno de los verbos con pasado y participio iguales.

Son muchos los verbos irregulares que forman el pasado igual que el participio. Aunque no todos siguen un modelo, muchos de ellos sí que se parecen entre sí. Completa las tablas siguientes según el modelo.

Los siguientes verbos cambian la –d final por una –t.

lend	lent	lent	dejar
send			enviar
spend			gastar
bend			doblar

Los verbos que aparecen a continuación cambian el grupo –ee por una sola –e y añaden una –t 

al final.

feel	felt	felt	sentir
keep			mantener
sleep			dormir
sweep			barrer

Los verbos siguientes cambian la –y por una –i, y añaden una –d.

pay	paid	paid	pagar
say			decir
lay			tumbar, extender

Un grupo bastante numeroso es el de pasados y participios acabados en –ght. Muchos estudiantes suelen tener problemas a la hora de leerlos. Para pronunciar estos pasados correctamente hay que saber que el grupo –gh es siempre mudo en estos verbos, de manera que sólo se pronuncia la –t.

bring	brought /brot/	brought /brot/	traer
buy	bought /bot/	bought /bot/	comprar
think			pensar
fight			pelear

Algunos otros verbos que forman el pasado y el participio de la misma manera son más difíciles de agrupar según un modelo, aunque siguen teniendo entre sí un cierto “aire de familia”, así como un cierto parecido, también, con los grupos que te acabamos de describir. A continuación te presentamos una pequeña lista con algunos verbos muy usuales para que te familiarices con ellos y compruebes por ti mismo que algunos se parecen a otros verbos que ya hemos presentado.

find	found	found	encontrar
have	had	had	tener, haber, tomar
get	got	got	obtener
hear	heard	heard	oír
make	made	made	hacer
sit	sat	sat	estar sentado
stand	stood	stood	estar de pie
build	built	built	construir
catch	caught	caught	coger, atrapar
leave	left	left	marcharse
meet	met	met	conocer, reunirse

Cupcakes: a recipe

Given the increasing (creciente) number of shops that are opening in big cities lately (últimamente), it seems that cupcakes are now coming into vogue (ponerse de moda) in Spain . The name comes from the amount (cantidad) of ingredients used to make the cake: a cupful (una taza llena) of flour, a cupful of butter, cupful of sugar etc. and also from the fact that they were originally baked (horneados) in cups. Cupcakes are one of America’s first and finest (excellente) contributions to world cuisine. They became all the rage (se pusieron de moda) in the United States thanks to the TV series Sex and the City.


Because in Home English, we want you to prepare the best cupcakes in town, here you have a good recipe to make them in the old way. Enjoy them!

    

A Recipe for Cupcakes from 1828
Ingredients

• 5 eggs.

• Two large tea-cups full of molasses (melaza)

• The same of brown sugar, rolled fine.

• The same of fresh butter.

• One cup of rich milk.

• Five cups of flour, sifted (tamizado).

• Half a cup of powdered allspice (pimienta inglesa) and cloves (dientes de ajo).

• Half a cup of ginger (gengibre).

Preparation

Cut up the butter in the milk, and warm them slightly (ligeramente). Warm also the molasses, and stir it (remueve) into the milk and butter: then stir in, gradually, the sugar, and set it away to get cool. Beat (bate) the eggs very light, and stir them into the mixture alternately with the flour. Add the ginger and other spice, and stir the whole very hard. Butter small tins (moldes de hojalata), nearly fill them (llénalos casi del todo) with the mixture, and bake the cakes in a moderate oven (horno).

Valentine's Day

What is the origin of Valentine's Day? Valentine was a Christian priest who lived in Rome in the third century. The emperor, Claudius II, believed that single soldiers would be better than married soldiers so he did not allow(1) his soldiers to marry. Valentine celebrated marriages in secret but, one day, he was caught(2) and sent to prison. In prison, he became friends with the jailer’s(3) daughter and, before his execution, sent her a farewell note(4) signed “From Your Valentine”. Cards still say this today.

So how did the “Day of Love” start? There are two main theories. The first is that it was connected with the Roman feast of Lupercalia. This was a fertility celebration in honour of Juno, the Roman goddess of women and marriage. The day before the festival, each woman wrote a love letter and left it in a large urn(5). Then each man took one of the letters... and the woman who wrote the letter became his companion for a year. The other theory dates back to(6) the Middle Ages, when people realised(7) that birds started tomate(8) on the 14th of February.

The custom of sending cards on the 14th February started in 1415 with a Frenchman, Charles Duke of Orleans. He was in prison in the Tower of London and sent a love letter to his wife on that day. Nowadays, Valentine’s Day cards (or “Valentines”), which are often marked with an X instead of the sender’s name. The X represents a kiss. Many years ago, when people could not write, they signed documents with an X and then kissed the X symbol, in front of witnesses,(9) to show sincerity. In the past, people also used to writeSWAK on the outside of their letters to their lovers. It meant “Sealed With A Kiss”.

Now you know everything you need to know to send an English Valentine to your sweetheart.(10) Don’t miss your chance;(11) it’ll be a nice touch!(12).

Here’s a typical Valentine rhyme:

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Sugar is sweet,

And so are you.

Happy St. Valentine’s Day !

(1) permitir, (2) ser pillado con las manos en la masa, (3) carcelero, (4) carta de despedida,(5) urna, (6) remontarse, (7) darse cuenta, (8) aparearse, (9) testigo, (10) enamorado, (11)perder la oportunidad, (12) todo un detalle

Aphrodisiac Food

Valentine’s Day is here once again (una vez más) and it is time to buy some red roses for our loved ones. And, of course it is the night for a romantic dinner for two, and some time alone… But to ensure (asegurarte) that you and your beloved (amado/a) are feeling sexy, choose the menu carefully. It is a good idea to include some of the various foods that are renowned (famoso/célebre) for being aphrodisiacs. If you follow our advice (consejo) this month, you will definitely have a fantastic Valentine’s night.

Champagne
Any romantic menu has to begin with champagne, the perfect drink for any special occasion. The bubbles (burbujas) tickle (cosquillean) the tongue and excite our palate. If two people are drinking champagne they will look deep into each other’s eyes and say sweet words as the glasses gently touch. On a more practical level, because we usually drink champagne on an empty stomach, it makes us feel silly. We will probably say and do certain things we would be reluctant to say and do without a few glasses of ‘bubbly’(nombre coloquial para champán) inside us.

    
   
Caviar
And what is the ideal accompaniment to champagne? Caviar, of course. Try not to feel guilty (culpable) about eating it. Your caviar consumption will be an extremely expensive few minutes, but remember that they will prove (demostrará) to your lover how much you care for (te preocupas) him or her. And you can close your eyes and think of that special person as you feel the eggs melt (derretirse) on your tongue.

Oysters
The oyster, with its soft, sensual texture, is the quintessential sexy food. Eating them raw (cruda) is the best way to appreciate their subtle flavours.(sutiles sabores) They contain a lot of zinc, an essential mineral for creating testosterone. Scientists do not agree on how many you need to eat for them to have an aphrodisiac effect, but a dozen will probably be sufficient. You will have definitely lost your inhibitions if you are capable of swallowing (tragar) twelve raw oysters!
       

Foie Gras
Like caviar, foie can make us feel guilty. In this case, not only for the money we have spent on it, but also for the fate of the unfortunate ducks that died for our pleasures. After a few glasses of champagne, however,(Sin embargo) you will probably be enjoying the smooth (suave), creamy taste of this delicacy. Any guilt, as in several other contexts, can wait until the morning.

Truffles
Greek philosophers were fascinated by it, the Popes in Avignon were addicted to it, and Brillat-Savarin called it “the diamond of the kitchen”. He wrote that “the truffle is a positive aphrodisiac, and under certain circumstances makes women kinder, and men more amiable”. A tiny quantity of it in any food gives it that distinctive truffle aroma and flavour and will surely contribute to making your meal deliciously sexy.
       

Chocolate
The dessert is the climax of the meal, and you have to ensure (asegurarte) that you choose it carefully. The best option is something that contains lots and lots of chocolate. A chocolate cake with a warm chocolate sauce (salsa) would be a good suggestion. Chocolate gives us a lot of pleasure because it melts in the mouth. It also makes our brains (cerebros) release (liberar) serotonin, making us feel happy. And what better way to end the meal than with a passionate, inviting, chocolaty kiss?