Stand by me

This video clip is a cover version (1) of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding (2)their part to the song as it travelled the globe.

This song says ...no matter (3) who you are...no matter where you go in your life...at some point (4) you are going to need somebody to stand by you (5).

Vocabulary

1-cover version : canción versionada.

2-adding : añadiendo , sumando

3-no matter : no importa.

4-at some point : en algún momento .

5-stand by somebody (phrasal verb) : ayudar y dar apoyo a alguien que está atravesando momentos difíciles.

WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME cuando cae la noche

AND THE LAND IS DARK y la tierra está oscura

AND THE MOON IS THE ONLY LIGHT WE SEE y la luna es la única luz que vemos

NO I WON´T BE AFRAID no, no tendré miedo

NO I WON´T BE AFRAID,no no tendré miedo

JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAND, STAND BY ME siempre y cuando estés conmigo (a mi lado, dándome apoyo)

AND DARLING, DARLING STAND BY ME

OH, NOW, NOW, STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

IF THE SKY THAT WE LOOK UPON . si el cielo que vemos encima(nuestro)

SHOULD TUMBLE AND FALL se desmoronase y cayese

AND THE MOUNTAIN SHOULD CRUMBLE TO THE SEA y la montaña se derrumbase sobre el mar

I WON´T CRY, I WON´T CRY no lloraré

NO I WON´T SHED A TEAR no , no derramaré ni una lágrima

JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAND, STAND BY ME

AND DARLING, DARLING STAND BY ME

OH, STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

WHENEVER YOU´RE IN TROUBLE WON´T YOU STAND BY ME

OH, NOW, NOW, STAND BY ME

OH, STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

DARLING, DARLING STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME

OH STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

A Native American view of Thanksgiving

On the fourth Thursday in October, Americans celebrate their most important holiday, Thanksgiving. You probably have a general idea of how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated through movies. The origins of Thanksgiving have been romanticized. Pilgrims (peregrinos) fleeing religious persecution in the Old World come to the New World, where they are helped by the indigenous people to survive. To give thanks to the Native Americans, the pilgrims hold a big feast in their honor. The video below talks about the significance of Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective

Manuel's English

Manuel is the waiter at Fawlty Towers hotel and he is also learning English !! Watch this hilarious ( very funny) video of the famous BBC sitcom (situation comedy). Have fun !

Transcription

Manuel: You see, I speak English well.I learn it from a book.
Hello, I am English, hello. How are you Sir ? I can speak English.
Hello Major! How are you today ?
Major: AaaaaaaaaIIII I am fine, thank you.
Manuel: It's a beautiful day today.
Major: Is it ? Yes, yes, I suppose it is.
Manuel: I can speak English. I learn it from a book.
Major: Did you ? Did you really ? Oh. There you are, Fawlty !
Faulty: Yes, I am just going to open up , Major.
Major: Oh, fine. . I say , that’s a remarkable (1) animal you have there Fawlty. Where did you get (2) it ?
Fautly: Sampson’s in the town.
Major: Really ? Was it expensive (3) ?
Fawlty: 12 pounds I think.
Major: Good Lord. Japanese was it ?
Fawlty: Canadian , I think Major.
Major: I didn’t know Canadians were as clever as that.(4) My God.
Fawlty: He’s started early today….

Vocabulary

1- Remarkable = unusual, special.

2- Get = en este contexto, comprar. Where did you get it ? = Where did you buy it ?
3- Expensive= caro
4- I didn’t know Canadians were as clever as that = No sabía que los canadienses fuesen tan listos.

Verb! That's what's happenin'

Continuing with School House Rock series of educational cartoons, here's a groovy (genial) one about verbs that mixes motown with superheroes!

I get my thing in action (Verb!)
To be, to sing, to feel, to live (Verb!)
That's what's happenin'

I put my heart in action (Verb!)
To run, to go, to get, to give (Verb!)
(You're what's happenin')

That's where I find satisfaction, yeah! (Yeah!)
To search, to find, to have, to hold
(Verb! To be bold)
When I use my imagination (Verb!)
I think, I plot, I plan, I dream
Turning in towards creation (Verb!)
I make, I write, I dance, I sing
When I'm feeling really active (Verb!)
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy
(Oh!) I rest, I sleep, I sit, I lie.

(Verb! That's what's happenin')
I can take a noun and bend it,
Give me a noun -
(Bat, ball, rake, and plow)
Make it a verb and really send it!
(Show me how)
Oh, I don't know my own power. (Verb!)

I get my thing in action (Verb!)
In being, (Verb!) In doing, (Verb!)
In saying
A verb expresses action, being, or state of being. A verb makes a statement. Yeah, a verb tells it like it is!

(Verb! That's what's happenin'.)
I can tell you when it's happenin',
(Past, present, future tense)
Ooh! Tell you more about what's happenin',
(Say it so it makes some sense)
I can tell you who is happenin'!
(Verb, you're so intense)
Every sentence has a subject.
(Noun, person, place, or thing)
Find that subject: Where's the action?
(Verb can make a subject sing)
Take the subject: What is it? (What!)
What's done to it? (What!)
What does it say?
(Verb, you're what's happenin')

I can question like: What is it?
(Verb, you're so demanding.)
I can order like: Go get it!
(Verb, you're so commanding.)
When I hit I need an object
(Verb, hit! Hit the ball!)
When I see, I see the object
(Do you see that furthest wall?)

If you can see it there, put the ball over the fence, man!
Go ahead. Yeah, alright.
What?! He hit it. It's going, it's going, it's gone!
(What!)

I get my thing in action.
(Verb, that's what's happenin')
To work, (Verb!)
To play, (Verb!)
To live, (Verb!)
To love... (Verb!...)