Aprender ingles with Reza and Craig (Craig Wealand)
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| 13 Nov 2022 | Road Trips - AIRC441 | 00:39:20 | |
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| 02 Dec 2012 | November 2012 | 00:33:15 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello, hello, hello! A big "thank you" to all of you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 55 recorded for November 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico, hemos practicado las colacaciones de los verbos y habia un listening para practicar los sonidos vocales. In the intermediate section there was a translation exercise and an exercise to practise any, some, either, neither etc. which can be confusing. More idioms and a gap fill text in the advanced section. There's business vocabulary as usual, and many more ideas and resources to help you improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal.
Ok so, let's begin then as usual with el nivel básico. Escucha y repite las siguientes colocaciónes: Get dressed - I get dressed after my shower. - Repite: shower - after my shower - I get dressed - I get dressed after my shower. Take the dog for a walk - I take the dog for a walk every day. - Repite: every day - walk - fora - fora walk - the dog for a walk - I take - I take the dog for a walk - I take the dog for a walk every day. Have a shower - I have a shower after breakfast. ¡OJO! - Se dice "have a shower" no se dice X"Chave a shower"X. Repite: have - have a shower - breakfast - after breakfast - have a - have a shower - I have a shower after breakfast. Do your homework - Do your homework every day. - Please help me with my homework! Repite: homework -¡OJO! - homework. No se dice X"chomework"X - my homework - with my homework - please help me - please help me with my homework! Go shopping - I go shopping with my wife. Repite: my wife - with my wife - shopping with my wife - go shopping with my wife - I go shopping with my wife - husband - I go shopping with my husband - Children - I go shopping with my children - We go shopping together - hacemos la compra juntos. Repite: We go - We go shopping - We go shopping together. ¡Muy bien! - Very good! En el segundo ejercicio del nivel básico, hemos practicado un 'listening' con los vocales y los sonidos débiles en inglés. Por ejemplo la diferencia entre angry - enfadado/a y hungry - hambriento. Repite: /ӕ / angry I'm angry - /˄/ hungry - I'm hungry Where were you born? - Where were you born? es un poco difícil también. Escucha: Were - Where were - Repite: Were - Where were - Where were you - Where were you born? - La intonación sube y baja - Escucha: Where were you born? - Repite: Where were you born?- I was born in What time is it? - It's a quarter to twelve. - Repite: /ә/ - It's a - quarter - It's a quarter - to - It's a quarter to - It's a quarter to twelve. - It's a quarter to twelve. - It's a quarter to one. - It's a quarter to two. - It's a quarter to three. - It's a quarter to eleven. Escucha: It costs seventeen pounds - It costs seventy pounds - los números 13 hasta 19 llevan el estres en la segunda silaba: 13, 14, 15, 16 etc. y los números 20, 30, 40, 50 etc. tiene el estrés en la primera silaba. Repite: 13 - 30. 14 - 40, 15 - 50, 16 - 60, 17 - 70, 18 - 80, 19 - 90 Repite: It costs seventeen pounds - It costs seventy pounds She gets home at seven - to get home significa llegar a casa. Es más común en el inglés hablado decir 'get home' que 'arrive home'. Repite: seven - at seven - home at seven - gets home at seven. No olvides la 's' de la tercera persona - She gets home. Repite: She gets home - she gets home at seven - She gets home at seven. Escucha: The first of December - Repite: first - The first of December - second - The second of December - third - The third of December - forth - The forth of December - fifth - The fifth of December - sixth - The sixth of December - seventh - The seventh of December - eighth - The eighth of December - ninth - The ninth of December - tenth - The tenth of December. El último ejemplo de este ejercicio fue la diferencia entre el sonido /˄/ como en la palabra uncle - tío, y el sonido /ӕ / como en la palabra ankle - tobillo. Repite: /ӕ/ - ankle - My ankle hurts - me duele el tobillo Repite: My ankle hurts - I hurt my ankle. Repite: /˄/ - uncle - I love my uncle - Yo amo a mi tío - My uncle is wonderful. Good!
In the intermediate section this month, we translated some sentences from Spanish into English. I'm going to say the Spanish sentences with my terrible pronunciation, so please don't laugh! I want you to try to say the English sentence before I do. You can also pause this podcast if you need more time to think. Are you ready? Here's the first sentence for you to translate: En verano me gusta acostarme tarde. - I like going to bed late in summer. - I like going to bed late in summer. 2. No nos gusta jugar a las cartas. - We don’t like playing cards. - We don’t like playing cards. 3. Odian ir de compras. - They hate going shopping. - They hate going shopping. 4. ¿Os gusta ver peliculas en version original? - Do you like watching films in original version? - Do you like watching films in original version? 5. Le encanta (a ella) desayunar en la cama. She loves having breakfast in bed. - She loves having breakfast in bed. 6. Odia (el) trabajar con el ordenador. - He hates working with the computer. - He hates working with the computer. 7. No sé nadar muy bien pero me gusta. - I can’t swim very well but I like it. - I can’t swim very well but I like it. 8. ¿Que le gusta hacer a tu hermana? - What does your sister like doing? - What does your sister like doing? 9. Odio oir a los politicos! - I hate listening to politicians! - I hate listening to politicians! 10. Les encanta navegar por internet. - They love surfing the net. - They love surfing the net. 11. Odio probar me ropa. - I hate trying on clothes. - I hate trying on clothes. 12. ¿Les gusta viajar en avión? - Do they like travelling by plane? Do they like travelling by plane? Good! Ok, moving on then to the next exercise we practised confusing words like any, some, either and neither. So, listen and repeat the following sentences. Would you like some cake? I'll have some cheese. Is there any beer? I like some classical music, but not all. I'll listen to any hip hop music. I love it. We have Irish whisky and Scotch Whisky. Which would you prefer? I've got some money. Not much though. How much wine is there? All of you helped me. None of you complained. I don't know anyone who speaks German. There's someone at the door. No there isn't! There's no one there! Very good! - ¡Muy bien!
If you like these podcasts, if you are learning more English with these podcasts, you can buy full lessons for only 1 euro and 40 centimos from our online shop - nuestra tienda online. Las lecciones están a nivel intermedio (B1). Puedes encontrarlas en mansioninglesdescargas.wazala.com that's: mansioninglesdescargas - todo junto - punto . wazala.com. Cada leccion vale 1.40 euros y dura approx. 1 hora y 15 minutos y cada leccion está en el formato mp3 lleva su trascripcion en formato PDF. There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the Spanish equivalent. For example, De lo perdido saca lo que puedas. - in English it's Make the best of it. - Make the best of a bad situation. - Make the best of it. You can also say, "Make the most of it" - Repeat: make the most of it. The next idiom is: Poderoso caballero es don Dinero. - Money talks bullsh*t walks - It's common to hear only the first part. Money talks. Next was De I know that our friends in The next idiom was: En los nidos de antaño, no hay pajaros hogaño. - Time doesn't stand still. - Time stands still for no man. Desgraciado en el juego, afortunado en amores - is a direct translation to English. It's 'Unlucky in cards, lucky in love'. Unfortunately, I have always been both unlucky at cards and in love! The last one is A perro flaco, todo son pulgas. - Misery loves company. This is something that you say which means that people who are feeling sad usually want the people they are with to also feel sad, for example: "On a bad day, she isn't satisfied till the entire family is in tears. Misery loves company." Also in the advanced section this month there was a gap-fill text. I'm going to read the text twice. The first time, just listen. The second time I'll stop in different places. When I stop, try to say the next word before I do. Even if you can't remember, you can guess what the next word might be. Children and Convenience Foods Nowadays, parents often feel guilty if they don't give their children healthy food for every single meal. Packaged food is frequently known as 'junk food' but in many instances that simply isn't so. Of course children should eat well, but meals should also be relaxed, enthusiastic and compatible with family life today. And it's essential to remember that most parents of young children are by definition, extremely busy people. Convenience foods are here to stay and they can be a valuable aid to the pursuit of happiness. Parents must seek out the best and aim for a balance between real food and practicality. With all these convenience foods, you can balance out the meal by adding something fresh and home-made. When your children beg for ice-cream give them frozen yoghurt with fresh fruit. Indeed, a home where the fruit bowl needs refilling regularly is a home where people eat well. The crucial point is balance. What is at stake is your child's gastronomic happiness. Ok I'll read the test again. Remember, when I stop try to say the next word before I do. Even if you can't remember, you can guess what the next word might be. Children and Convenience Foods Nowadays, parents often feel....... guilty if they don't give their children healthy........ food for every single......... meal. Packaged food is frequently known as......... 'junk food' but in many instances that simply isn't so. Of course children should eat......... well, but meals should also be relaxed, enthusiastic and compatible with family......... life today. And it's essential to......... remember that most parents of young........ children are by definition, extremely......... busy people. Convenience foods are here to....... stay and they can be a valuable aid to the pursuit of...... happiness. Parents must seek out the best and aim for a balance between real........ food and practicality. With all these convenience foods, you can balance out the......... meal by adding something........ fresh and........ home-made. When your children beg for........ ice-cream give them frozen ........yoghurt with fresh........ fruit. Indeed, a home where the fruit........ bowl needs refilling regularly is a home where people eat........ well. The crucial point is......... balance. What is at stake is your child's gastronomic .........happiness. Very good! Well done! Moving on to Business English, let's practise some business vocabulary. Be careful of the difference between convenient and comfortable. A chair is comfortable, a bed is comfortable. You can be in a comfortable, or an uncomfortable, situation. Shoes and clothes are comfortable or uncomfortable. However, if something is convenient for you it suits you. For example. Let's meet tomorrow. Is 3 o'clock convenient? Is 3 o'clock a good time for you? I can't meet you before 3 o'clock, because I have to work. It's not convenient for me to meet you before 3. I would not use 'comfortable' in this context. If you pay money upfront, you pay before, at the beginning. When you pay someone to paint your flat, for example, the painter has to buy the paint before he or she starts. So when you agree a price, you might pay some money upfront so that the painter can buy the materials. Remember that you apply for a job and you apply to a company or a person. I'm applying to Microsoft for the position of software developer. I'm applying for a job at Microsoft. To switch means to make a change. We have recently switched from the telephone company to cable for out internet connection. I've switched to a different brand of tomato sauce because it's cheaper. If something sees the light of day, it means to be made available or to be known about. For example. The company agreed the ad was an embarrassment and promised it would never again see the light of day. Don't confuse remind with remember. Remind is hacerle acordar a alguien and remember is acordarse. Remind usually has a direct object. Remind me to buy fruit. Repeat: Remind me to buy fruit. Remind us to send a birthday card. Repeat: Remind us to send a birthday card. Did you remind her about the doctor's appointment? Repeat: Did you remind her about the doctor's appointment. Hmmm, that reminds me, I need to get back to working on the 4th eBook in our series for teachers on Teaching Conversation, but don't worry, we'll be back with you next month with another podcast from our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno de inglés mensual. Remember you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on iTunes. Si te gusta este podcast, puedes hacernos un gran favor y escribe una corta critíca en iTunes. ¿Como se dice crítica o reseña en inglés? - Review - to write a review. If you write a review on iTunes (si escibes una crítica en iTunes) más personas pueden escucharnos porque subimos en el 'ranking' de iTunes. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye for now!
The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.
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| 22 Feb 2011 | November 2010 | 00:32:29 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Podcast Transcription Hello and welcome to another Mansion Ingles Podcast from mansioningles.com. Recorded for November 2010. We started this month’s Newsletter with some more essential English expressions – Hemos empezado el cuaderno de este mes con más frases claves que vas a necesitar para defenderte en inglés- Escucha y repite las expresiones. Repite varios veces y intenta imitar la entonación. Buenos días - Good morning – good morning ¿Qué tal?- How are you? – howa – howa you? – howa you? Bien, gracias. - Fine, thanks. – fine thanks Hasta luego - See you later Hay 3 palabras SEE YOU LATER, pero el YOU se dice muy débil. Escucha y repite: ya – ya - seeya – later – later – seeya – seeya later – seeya later ¿Cómo te llamas? - What’s your name? Hay 4 palabras – WHAT IS YOUR NAME. – el WHAT y el IS se juntan escucha: WHAT IS = what’s repeat: what’s. YOUR se dice muy débil. Escucha: ye - repeat: ye. What’s ye – what’s ye name? Ahora con entonación. Repite: What’s ye name? - What’s ye name? Me llamo……… - My name’s….. Hay 3 palabras MY NAME IS…., pero normalmente el IS se junta con el NAME para hacer una contracción. Escucha y repite: My name is = my name’s – My name’s Craig. Hi, my name’s Juan. Hello, my name’s Luis. What’s your name? Mucho gusto. - Nice to meet you - Nice to meet you. Aquí hay 4 palabras NICE TO MEET YOU. El TO se dice como /te/. Escucha – Nicete - Nicete meet you. Escucha y repite: meet you – nicete – nicete meet you – nice to meet you. Good! – ¡bueno! - Let’s move on to our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a seguir con la lista de verbos irregulares. La última lista de los verbos irregulares comunes. ¿Qué es el verbo coger en inglés? Bueno, en America latino creo que tiene una significa vulgar como to fuck en ingles. Creo que se usa el verbo agarrar para no crear confusión. Pero en España, coger normalmente es To take Escucha y repite: take – took –taken– con ‘n’. Repeat: take – took –taken. Please take some cake. I took the last train home. – Have you taken your holiday yet? Dar y coger = give and take. Next is the verb enseñar – to teach repeat: teach – taught – taught. El sonido vocal es /au/ - taught. Repite: taught – como bought, caught and thought. I taught tennis years ago. Have you taught children? How many hours do you teach? El verbo decir is to tell. Listen; tell – told – told. Los verbos Tell y say tiene casi la misma significación. La diferencia es que un objeto directo sigue inmediatamente al verbo tell. Tell me – tell us etc. El verbo say nunca sigue un objeto. Es normalmente seguido por that (que) o el estilo indirecto. - I told him my name = Yo le conte a el mi nombre. - He told us your name = El nos contó tu nombre. - Then she said "I love you" = Entonces ella dijo "te amo". ¿Qué es el verbo pensar en ingles? - to think. Y qué es el pasado del verbo think? – It’s thought. El mismo sonido vocal del verbo taught. Repite: think – thought – thought - /au/ thought. I thought about you – Pensé en ti. – I don’t think so – no lo creo. Repite: I don’t think so. – Do you think so? I don’t think so. What are you thinking about? ¿Qué estas pensando? I’ve thought about you a lot. Next is the verb understand or entender in Spanish. Repeat: understand – understood - understood. I’m sorry I don’t understand – lo siento, no entiendo – I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Do you understand? – I understood you perfectly. Do you understand Spanish? Yes, I understand, but I can’t speak it. How do you say despertarse in English? To wake – aunque to wake es un verbo principal, es más común decir to wake up. Wake up es un verbo frasal - a phrasal verb – un verbo compuesto con dos partes. Repite: wake up – el pasado es woke up. What time did you wake up today? I woke up at 7. What time do you usually wake up? So, wake – woke – woken Repite: wake – woke – woken. Good! Now, llevar puesto in English is to wear. Repite: wear –wore–worn. Escucha y repite los sonido vocales: /ea/ wear – /or/ - wore - /or/ worn – con ‘N’. What do you wear for work? What did you wear yesterday? I wore my brown shirt. What are you wearing tonight? ¿Qué te vas a poner esta noche? – Have you worn your new shoes yet? Next is the verb ganar en ingles – to win. Repeat: win – won – won. He usually wins. Did you win the competition? Manchester United won yesterday. How much money have you won? ¡Ojo! Se utiliza el verbo ganar en español para hablar del trabajo y los sueldos. ¿Cuánto ganas al mes? Pero en inglés hay otro verbo – to earn. How much money do you earn? I earn a good salary – gano un buen sueldo. She earns a lot of money. So earn money and win a competition. Earn a good salary and win the lottery. And finally, the verb escribir – write – W-R-I-T-E. Repeat: write – wrote – written. Otra vez write – wrote – written. I write a lot of emails. How do you write your name? I wrote to my insurance company. How many words have you written? I’m thinking of writing a book. ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir la segunda y tercera forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo? take teach tell think understand wake wear win write took taught told thought understood woke wore won wrote taken taught told thought understood woken worn won written Very good! Well done! ¡Muy bien! – y con el verbo to write hemos terminado nuestra lista de los verbo irregulares en inglés. El mes que viene vamos hacer un pequeño ‘test’ de los verbos que hemos estudiado durante los últimos meses, así que si quieres repasar los verbos, consulta los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com hemos empezado estudiar los verbos irregulares en el mes de abril 2010. Ahora escucha y repite algunas frases con los verbos de este mes en un contexto. Si te resulta más fácil, utiliza el botón de pausa en tu reproductor de mp3. Primero, revisamos un poco de vocabulario ¿Como se dice despertar en inglés? – to wake up ¿Cómo se dice correo electronico? – email ¿Cómo se dice galleta en inglés? – biscuit – y en el inglés Americano? – cookie. ¿Cómo se dice el precio? – the price ¿Cómo se dice camisa? - shirt Ahora escucha y repite las frases: What time did you wake up this morning? - What time did you wake up this morning? Did Barcelona win yesterday? - Did Barcelona win yesterday? I don’t write many emails. - I don’t write many emails. Who took the last biscuit? - Who took the last biscuit? Have you taught Tai Chi before? - Have you taught Tai Chi before? Did she tell you the price? - Did she tell you the price? I’m sorry, I don’t understand - I’m sorry, I don’t understand I don’t think so. - I don’t think so. I can’t wear that shirt, I wore it yesterday. - I can’t wear that shirt, I wore it yesterday. Moving on to the intermediate section, and in last month’s podcast, in October, we looked at strong or extreme adjectives - freezing, filthy, enormous, exhausted etc. Remember? Now, this month, let’s look at the order of adjectives before a noun – el orden de los adjetivos. Remember, it’s the opposite to Spanish. Not the car red – el coche o carro rojo, but the red car. Not the girl beautiful – la chica guapa o linda, but the beautiful girl. And the order of adjectives before a noun in English is stricter – más estricto, riguroso – than in Spanish. The order is as follows: First, adjectives of opinion like nice, ugly, beautiful- your opinion. then size or weight (tamaño o peso): heavy, large, small, then age; young, old ancient etc. then shape like round square, rectangular. Followed by colour, then origin – where the noun is from, for example German or Canadian, then it’s the material of the thing; like metal, plastic, wooden etc. and finally the noun. One way to remember this is by using the acronym OSASHCORM. Repeat: OSASHCORM. The O is opinion, the S is size (or weight), the A is age, the SH is shape, the C is colour, the OR is origin and the M is material. OSASHCORM. Say it again with me after 3 one – two – three – OSASHCORM! Listen and repeat the sentences: An old blue sweater An expensive Japanese car. A sexy young lady. A boring English grammar book. The last two months. A heavy black laptop. A pretty French village. An ugly heavy Swiss watch. A terrible new film. A lovely white plastic table. A funny little man. Gorgeous big brown eyes. Also in the intermediate section, we looked at some more common collocations. Especially those words that like to collocate, or go together, with verbs make, take, do and have. So, let’s see what you remember. If you make an appointment you organise a meeting with other people. I need to make an appointment to see my doctor. You can’t see him without an appointment. To have an appointment means you are going to participate in a meeting with other people. First you make an appointment, then you have an appointment. Don’t confuse appointment with arrangement. To make an appointment is pedir una cita o hora. An arrangement is more un arreglo o un plan: What are your arrangements? - ¿cuáles son tus planes? Both go together with the verb make, so you make arrangements and you make appointments. Have you made arrangements for Friday afternoon? To have an argument with someone means to argue with that person. You can also say to have a row (with someone). To have a row is an informal British English expression. Quite common: “I had a row with my girlfriend and now we’re not speaking to each other.” Row, is a verb and a noun. “Listen to the neighbours rowing next door.” – to have a row with someone. – To have an argument. To make a breakthrough means to make an important discovery. “Scientists have made a breakthrough in regenerative medicine.” To take care means to be careful. I often say “take care” when I say goodbye to people I care about. Especially on the phone when I end a conversation. “Yeah, it was really great to talk to you. Speak to you soon. Take care. Bye.” Maybe in Spanish you say ¡Cuídate! Or ¡Que te vaya bien! – Take care! - Take care of someone or something means cuidar a. “My mum’s getting old now so my sister takes care of her.” - It’s similar to the phrasal verb to look after. To take care of can also mean ocuparse de algo. “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of all the emails and you make the coffee.” If you take charge of something you assume authority over it. Imagine the police arriving at an accident scene. “Ok, stand back. We’re taking charge now.” Who’s in charge?” ¿Quien manda aquí” – To take charge – encargarse o hacerse cargo. “Who’s going to take charge of the office when Pepito leaves?” To make conversation means to start a conversation with someone with no other aim than to talk and break the silence. To have a conversation means to converse, or to speak. To make a deal (in British English) or do a deal (in American English) means to make a contract with someone. The businessman took his partner out to lunch to make a deal. - Le citó con la idea de hacer un negocio con él. To make a decision, or take a decision, is to decide. “Have you made a decision about selling your flat?” To do an operation means to operate medically on someone. “Who’s doing the operation?” To take an opportunity is similar to taking advantage of a situation. To make an opportunity means to arrange things to your advantage. And to have an opportunity means to be at the right place at the right time to do something advantageous. In the business English section this month, we practised asking people to do things in the office. When you ask people to do things in English, the intonation is very important. We use rising and falling intonation to be more polite. Listen: Can I phone you later? Repeat: Can I phone you later? Listen: Would you mind phoning me later? Repeat: Would you mind phoning me later? Listen: Please make sure you phone me later. Repeat: Please make sure you phone me later. Listen: Could you phone me later? Repeat: Could you phone me later? Now you try… Listen: Please don’t forget to phone me later. Repeat: Please don’t forget to phone me later. Last month, in the advanced section, we practised animal idioms. This month we continue with the animal theme to look at collective nouns. Words used to describe groups of animals. Listen and repeat to practise pronunciation: a swarm of bees a litter of kittens / puppies a pride lions a pack of wolves a flock of birds or sheep a band of gorillas a colony of ants a bed of oysters a school of whales a swarm of insects a herd of cattle a shoal of fish Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. And remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com
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| 23 Oct 2016 | Alternative Medicine - AIRC126 | 00:57:54 | |
Alternative Medicine - AIRC126 In this episode we'll be speaking about alternative medicine (aromatherapy, acupuncture etc.) Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Listener Feedback: Salui Voice message from Pilar from Madrid Email from Carlos I´d like to tell you that not only are your podcasts really useful to improve my listening and grammar skills, but they are also very funny, I have a good time with them. (I really enjoy them). Does that happen to you Reza, when you’re reading on the bus or train? Alternative medicine Wikipedia: "Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as (presented as) having the healing effects of medicine, Examples include new and traditional medicine practices such as homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, energy medicine, various forms of acupuncture, acupressure, traditional Chinese medicine, cupping, Ayurvedic medicine, Sekkotsu, Reiki, Bach flowers remedies, aromatherapy, Alexander technique, crystal healing, Shiatsu, reflexology, chromotherapy/colour therapy and Christian faith healing. We don’t have time to speak about ALL the difference types, but we’re going to look at four kinds of alternative medicine and see if we believe that they actually work. We’ll look at HOMEOPATHY, ACUPUNCTURE, AROMATHERAPY and The ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Vocab: HOMEOPATHY The holistic nature of homeopathy means each person is treated as a unique individual and their body, mind, spirit and emotions are all considered in the management and prevention of disease. Taking all these factors into account a homeopath will select the most appropriate medicine based on the individual’s specific symptoms and personal level of health to stimulate their own healing ability. Homeopathic medicines are safe to use as they rarely cause side-effects. This means when used appropriately under the guidance of a qualified homeopath they can be taken by people of all ages, including babies, children and pregnant or breastfeeding women.” (source: The British Homeopathic Association) Homeopathy isn’t just taking herbal medicine. Caffeine is prescribed by homeopaths (under the name 'coffea') as a treatment for insomnia. Wikipedia: Homeopathic preparations are not effective for treating any condition; large-scale studies have found homeopathy to be no more effective than a placebo, suggesting that any positive feelings that follow treatment are only due to the placebo effect and normal recovery from illness. http://www.quackwatch.com/ - “Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions” ACUPUNCTURE The conclusions of many trials and numerous systematic reviews of acupuncture are largely inconsistent. Craig has tried acupuncture to alleviate a uric acid attack. AROMATHERAPY The inhaled aroma from these "essential" oils is widely believed to stimulate brain function. Essential oils can also be absorbed through the skin, where they travel through the bloodstream and can promote whole-body healing. (source: www.aromatherapy.com/ ) There is no good medical evidence that aromatherapy can either prevent or cure any disease, but it might help improve general well-being. (source: Wikipedia) THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE The effectiveness of the Alexander Technique is uncertain because of insufficient evidence. There is evidence suggesting the Alexander Technique is helpful for long-term back pain, long-term neck pain, and may help people cope with Parkinson's disease, but little evidence that it helps any other medical conditions. From http://www.alexandertechnique.com/ An Alexander Technique teacher helps you to identify and lose the harmful habits you have built up over a lifetime of stress and learn to move more freely. The Alexander Technique is for you if you are ready to feel more comfortable in your own body. You suffer from repetitive strain injury or carpal tunnel syndrome (trapped nerve). (strain = esfuerzo, estrés, esguince, presión, tensión) ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast Our 11 lovely sponsors are:
Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ On next week's episode: 10 Spanish words we need in English
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| 26 Jul 2015 | Adjectives of Character - AIRC61 | 00:39:12 | |
If you are a new listener to this podcast, welcome! I'm Craig. This is Reza, and we are going to help you grow your grammar, vocalize your vocabulary and perfect your pronunciation. With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level. Hello Mamen. This lesson's for you. In this episode: Adjectives of Character Listener Feedback: A huge thank you to Sara Jarabo for becoming a Patron of the show on Patreon. You can support us at www.patreon.com/inglespodcast In September there's a podcasting conference in Manchester, Uk (12th and 13th September) This year they are having the first UK podcasts awards there. Please nominate Aprender Ingles con Reza y Craig for an award in the education category. We would love to be nominated and maybe, with your help even win! go to inglespodcast.com/ and nominate us. Follow the link, give your name and email and then confirm the nomination in your inbox (if you don't see the email, check your spam folder). Thank you so much. I hope with your help we can get to the final of the awards.
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Character How would you describe Mamen? - cool, laid-back, generous and kind and friendly. Use 'a bit...' to moderate a negative adjective. "She's a bit unfriendly." 'Quite' before an adjective can mean 'very' or 'a little', depending on the stress adn intonation. "Reza's QUITE friendly." - He's very friendly. "Reza's QUITE friendly." (rising intonation) - He's a bit friendly, but not very.
despistado - forgetful, absent-minded ambicioso - ambitious pesado - annoying, irritating, boring, tiresome(a pain in the neck!) discutidor - argumentative malhumorado- bad-tempered creído - big-headed de mala leche, venenoso - bitchy valiente - brave descuidado, poco cuidadoso - careless prudente - cautious presumido - conceited, full of oneself cobarde - cowardly encantador - charming alegre, jovial - cheerful soso, aburrido - dull, boring coqueta - flirtatious amigable, simpático, agradable - friendly, amiable (formal) amable - kind tranquilo, relajado - laid-back perezoso, vago - lazy fiel - loyal tacaño - mean, tight, stingy de humor cambiante - moody ingenuo, inocentón - naive malo, travieso (niños) - naughty (children) de actitud abierta, sin prejuicios - open-minded, broad-minded de mentalidad cerrada, intolerante - narrow-minded cortés, educado - polite orgulloso - proud fiable, confiable - reliable, trustworthy seguro de sí mismo - self-confident egoísta - selfish sensato - sensible sensible - sensitive tímido, vergonzoso - shy estricto, severo, riguroso - strict terco, testarudo, tozudo - stubborn, obstinate ("as stuborn as a donkey") comprensivo - sympathetic (understanding) conversador, hablador - talkative, chatty digno de confianza - trustworthy raro, extraño - weird, strange, odd
Prefixes: ambitious - un - unambitious Careless - careful cheerful - cheerless friendly - unfriendly kind - unkind polite - impolite loyal - disloyal reliable - unreliable sensitive - insensitive selfish - unselfish, selfless sympathetic - unsympathetic talkative - shy, untalkative trustworthy - untrustworthy
Choose 3 positive and 3 negative that describe Reza and Craig. Reza thinks that Craig is friendly, kind and trustworthy. Craig thinks that he's laid-back, polite and kind. Reza thinks that Craig is also overgenerous and fanatical about Mickey Mouse. Reza thinks that he is also trustworthy, talkative and sensitive. Craig thinks that Reza is trustworthy, kind and cheerful. Reza thinks that he is annoying, selfish and unambitious. Craig doesn't think that Reza is lazy and stubborn, but he thinks that of himself. He thinks Reza can sometimes be naive, but in a good way. What's Craig's least favourite trait/characteristic in: a) a friend - untrustworthiness, dishonesty b) a lover - untrustworthiness, dishonesty c) a work colleague - selfishness, dishonesty
What's Reza's least favourite trait/characteristic in: a) a friend - untrustworthiness b) a lover - unfaithfulness c) a work colleague - reliablity What charateristics does Craig lack: consistency Reza would like to be irresistible to women What are the main characteristics of Martin Luther King - perserverance James Bond - irresistible, cool. cold-blooded Mickey Mouse - big-eared, humourous, funny, entertaining, magnetic, charming, friendly, laid-back Thanks to Manuel, Mamen, Sara, Corey, Armando and Noemí who are patrons of this show. Go to: Patreon.com/inglespodcast Send us an email, or record your voice and send us a sound file, with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. Please show us some iTunes love. Write a review, give us some stars on iTunes. If you do that, we become more visible and more people can find us. Show us some love. In next week's episode we'll be talking about Cinema vocabulary The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' You can find all of our podcasts at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 19 Sep 2021 | 10 TV Series to improve your English - AIRC382 | 00:44:27 | |
In this podcast, we’ll tell you our top 10 favourite TV shows and give you a long list of additional recommendations for you to try. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 10 Feb 2024 | Love and dating vocabulary - AIRC505 | 00:41:03 | |
In today’s podcast, you’ll learn vocabulary about love and dating so that you can take your English - and your romance - to the next level. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 31 Jul 2022 | Fixed expressions - AIRC426 | 00:43:03 | |
In this podcast, you'll learn 12 fixed expressions that will help you sound more like a native English speaker. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 16 Jan 2022 | Ireland - AIRC399 | 00:43:22 | |
Come with us as we take a virtual trip around Ireland. We'll give you some tips on places you might like to visit and places you should definitely not miss if you’re lucky enough to go to this beautiful country. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 27 Apr 2015 | Mansion Interviews Alex from Verbling | 00:20:03 | |
Puedes ver las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com
You can see the show notes of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 12 Feb 2017 | Cooking Vocabulary and Our Favourite Food - AIRC142 | 00:58:41 | |
Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 16 Sep 2015 | Mansion interviews Bob Yareham | 00:21:13 | |
Puedes contestar las preguntas de comprensión y obtener ayuda con el vocabulario difícil en esta entrevista en inglespodcast.com You can answer listening comprehension questions and get help with difficult vocabulary in this interview at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 20 Dec 2013 | Verb collocations, work vocabulary, Pronunciation: /i/ and /i:/, 'to take up'- AIRC9 | 00:32:13 | |
Las notas del episodio
Feedback/News: A question from Jóse in Madrid, Spain "¿Cómo puedo preguntar sobre el tiempo en inglés?" - The weather/La clima - What's the weather like? What's the ______ like? (hotel, food, party, new phone like?) What was the flight like? What was your weekend like? What was it like?
Gramática: Verb collocations (verb + adj./noun) Craig liked Argentina (el verbo 'to like' en el pasado) What's Argentina like? (¿Cómo es?) Does Buenos Aires looks like Paris? (se parece) What does it feel like? - It feels like Paris. Does it smell like Paris? - It smells like Buenos Aires.
Pronunciación: /i/ and /i:/ /i/ - hit, sit /i:/ - me, three
hit / heat ship / sheep sit / seat whip / weep sh*t / sheet
Phrasal verb: take up I'll take you up on that! (say yes, agree) - tomar/aceptar el reto Craig will take Reza up on his chess challenge, and on his offer to have a meal at his flat. Nelso Mandela took up the fight against racism. To take up a hobby/sport - Are you taking up anything in the new year? Reza's friend has recently taken up jogging (not footing!!) Reza is thinking of taking up aerobics. Bob took up his new role as director (to accept a role or task) To take up time (ocupar tiempo) Take up trousers, to take up clothes (to make shorter) Aquí hay una lista de los verbos compuestos (phrasal verbs): http://www.mansioningles.com/gram54.htm
Vocabulary Corner: Work - trabajo: What's the difference between work and job? Job is a noun. Work is a verb and a noun. When work is a noun, it's usually uncountable: I have two jobs. I have a lot of work. Reza has a lot of work. He has three jobs. Career is a false friend. - You study a degree or a subject at university. You begin your career when you start working. Reza has changed his careers. He used to be a musician. You boss sacks you (if you're a bad employee. - to get the sack / to be fired, to get fired. Reza got the sack in East Berlin. He got the sack from selling newspapers. to resign from your job (you decide to leave) / to hand in your notice or resignation (tell your employer in advance that you are going to leave. to be made redundant - redundancy money. Many people in Spain are being made redundant at the moment. to retire at the retirement age - to get a pension from the state (a state pension). You can also get a private pension. Puedes estudiar más sobre el tema de work en nuestro curso intermedio: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer21_1.htm
Reza's Top Tip: Brainstorm collocations. DRIVE - to drive a car, bus, taxi etc. to drive someone mad / crazy Reza's mum drives him up the walls (in Belfast) or up the wall (in London). She drives him mad, she drives him crazy. She drives him round the bend to drive a point home to drive a hard bargain - He drove a hard bargain to drive under the influence (of alcohol or drugs)
STONE - a stepping stone - I see this job as a stepping stone to reach my goal a stepping stone in a river The Rolling Stones A rolling stone - "a rolling stone gathers no moss" (musgo) A stones throw away. It's a stones throw away from here. To leave no stone unturned - The police left no stone unturned. To sink like a stone a headstone (lápida mortuoria, piedra sepulcral)
The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.
Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a mansionteachers@yahoo.es (Craig) o belfastreza@gmail.com (Reza). | |||
| 25 Jan 2015 | Modal verbs in the past with Special Guest Gill - Inbetween-a-sode | 00:28:16 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 17 Sep 2023 | It’s a waste of money - AIRC484 | 00:52:30 | |
Do you spend money on things that other people might consider to be a waste of money? In this podcast episode, we’ll speak about some things that we think are a waste or money so that you can widen your vocabulary and improve your listening skills. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 01 Jul 2014 | Must / have to, sport vocabulary, idioms - AIRC26 | 00:44:09 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 12 Mar 2014 | The passive, sport vocabulary, 'look up', 'get over' - AIRC17 | 00:22:13 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 23 Sep 2012 | August 2012 | 00:25:32 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios.
Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises.
Hello again. Welcome, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 52 recorded for August 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos hablando sobre la rutina diaria - Our daily routine And in the intermediate section, some gerunds and infinitives, and opposites. In the advanced section, some more idioms and more words which have multiple meanings. As usual there's a business English exercise and many more ways to improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. So come on! - ¡Vamos alla! - let's get started con el nivel básico y la rutina diaria - Daily Routine. Voy a decir algunas expresiones relacionado con la rutina diaria y tu tienes que decir la traducción en inglés antes que la digo yo. Luego, repitela para practicar la pronunciación. Are you ready? ¿Estas listo? despertarse - to wake up Repite: to wake up levantarse - to get up Repite: to get up desayunar - to have breakfast Repite: to have breakfast ducharse - to have a shower Repite: to have a shower vestirse - to get dressed Repite: to get dressed ir al trabajo - to go to work Repite: to go to work llegar al trabajo - to get to work Repite: to get to work empezar el trabajo - to start work Repite: to start work tomar un café - to have a coffee Repite: to have a coffee Repite: I wake up at 6.30. - I get up at 6.35! I get up late on Sundays. I have coffee and toast for breakfast. I have a shower before breakfast. I get dressed quickly (rápido) - I get dressed quickly. I go to work by bus. I get to work at 7.45. I start work at 8 o'clock. I have a coffee at 10.30. Very good! - ¡Muy bien!
In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some gerunds and infinitives. After the verb surprise is it a gerund or an infinitive? - It's an infinitive. I was surprised to see or I was surprised to discover or I was surprised to hear etc. What about the adjective busy? Is busy followed by a gerund or infinitive? I was busy....doing the report (gerund) - Repeat: I was busy doing the report - She was busy answering her emails - They were busy getting ready for the party. What about 'Thank you for....' - It's the preposition 'for' you should focus on because you always put a gerund after any preposition. Thank you for helping me. Repeat: Thank you for helping me. - Thanks for giving me a lift. I can't thank you enough for letting me stay for the weekend. After the expression 'to be worth' (vale la pena) - What do you think, gerund or infinitive? It's worth.....+gerund - It's worth visiting the Louvre if you're in After 'be used to' which has the meaning of estar acostumbrado/a a is it gerund or infinitive? - 'be used to' - It's gerund - I'm not used to driving on the right. Repeat: I'm not used to driving on the right. - Are you used to eating so late? ¡OJO! - It's the used to that means soler, tener el hábito de that takes the infinitive - For example, I used to live in What about after the expression to be happy? - I'm happy......to see you. - Repeat: I'm happy to see you - - I'm happy to see you again - I was happy to learn that you're coming to visit. And after finish? - put a gerund. I've finished washing the car. I'll help you when I finish doing my homework. Listen and repeat some examples: He was surprised to discover the truth. She’s busy doing the housework. Thank you for giving me a hand. It might be worth taking it back to the shop. She’s not used to working late. I’ll be happy to help you. Have you finished doing the dishes? Don’t forget to send us a message on Facebook. We also looked at some opposites in the intermediate section. Listen and try to say the opposites before I do. The opposite of sharp is.......blunt. This knife isn't sharp, it's blunt. The opposite of tender meat is........ tough meat. Tender is soft and tough is hard. Be careful of the spelling of tough, it's really strange.T-O-U-G-H repeat. tough. - tough meat - this steak's really tough - How's the meat? It's a bit tough. - It's a bit tough. The opposite of to take off for a plane is to........land. Repeat: We take off at 7 and we land around 9.30. - What time does the flight take off? The opposite of agree is .........refuse. Well, it can also be to disagree. You agree with someone or you disagree with someone. But you can agree to do something or you can refuse to do something. Repeat: I agreed to take her to the station. She refused to lend me any money. The opposite of catch a train is........to.... miss a train, or a bus or a plane. In Spanish you say to lose (perder). That always makes me smile when my students make that mistake. "I'm sorry I'm late, I lost the bus." You lost the bus? Where did you put it? It must be here somewhere. It was in my pocket five minutes ago, then it disappeared! - What's the past of catch? - Caught. Repeat: caught. We caught the last train. We nearly missed it. The opposite of useful is.......useless. Repeat: useful - this new application is really useful. - useless - It's totally useless! Speaking about the weather, the opposite of severe weather is mild weather. Repeat: severe - And finally, the opposite of to admit is......to deny (admitir y negar - admit and deny Repeat: He admitted stealing the money. - I denied eating the chocolate. If you like these podcasts, and if you are learning more English with these podcasts, you can buy full lessons for only 1 euro and 40 centimos from our online shop - nuestra tienda online. Estas lecciones están diseñados como una continuación del curso de audio Mansión Auto 2, y están basados en nuestro curso básico interactivo que ha ayudado a más de 25 millones de personas a aprender inglés. Las lecciones están a nivel intermedio (B1) y estamos poniendo nuevas lecciones constantemente en mansioninglesdescargas.wazala.com (that's: mansioninglesdescargas - todo junto - punto . wazala - punto.com. Cada leccion vale 1.40 euros y dura approx. 1 hora 15 minutos y cada leccion está en formato mp3 y lleva su trascripcion en formato PDF. There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the Spanish equivalent. For example, what's the English idiom for Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito? gusto is taste and the idiom is - "There's no accounting for taste." What about No se oia ni (el vuelo de) una mosca? - "There wasn't a sound to be heard." The next one is Mas puede la pluma que la espada. This is a direct translation to English - “The pen is mightier than the sword.” What about, Hierba mala nunca muere. or is it, Mala hierba nunca muere? Think of good people for this translation not bad grass or bad weeds - “Only the good die young.” - Next: Nada mejor que un ladron para atrapar a otro ladron. translates to - “Set a thief to catch a thief.” And finally, En una hora ne se gano Now listen and repeat the idioms: “There's no accounting for taste.” “There wasn't a sound to be heard.” “The pen is mightier than the sword.” “Only the good die young.” “Set a thief to catch a thief.” "Rome wasn't built in a day." Also in the advanced section of this month's newsletter we looked at some more words with multiple meanings. For example, you probably know that drill means taladro you drill holes in the wall. The dentist uses a drill on your teeth - erghhhh! I hate that. And also we can have a fire drill at work. A practice, in case of a fire. A drill bit es una broca and in the army, un unstructor militar is a drill instructor. Bust was the next word. To go bust means ir(se) a la bancarrota, quebrar - during this recession many companies are going bust. And bust is also a ladies bosom or chest. What bust size are you? You may be asked ladies when you go to buy a bra in Marks and Spencers. In colloquial English to bust something means to break it. Who busted the remote control? Don't play with that, you'll bust it! The word file is carpeta - a paper file or a digital file - and it's also a tool (una Iron is hierro and we can say that something is as hard as iron. The ground is as hard as iron. It's also una plancha. And I try to see and use my iron as infrequently as possible. I hate ironing, God I hate ironing! the verb is to iron and there's a phrasal verb to iron out which means to resolve, (poner en orden, limar diferencias). We need to iron out a few minor differences before we begin. In English, to "strike while the iron is hot" means to take advantage of something while the moment is most appropriate. We shouldn't wait, we should strike while the iron is hot. Take action now! Bound as a verb means saltar - El perro iba dando saltos detrás de la bicicleta - The dog bounded along behind the bicycle. If you are bound (the adjective) you are tied up - literally, not figuratively - My hands were bound - tenía las manos atadas - bounds also means limits - Su generosidad no tiene límites - Her generosity knows no bounds - Another popular expression is "Within the bounds of possibility" - dentro de lo posible - Yes, of course we will do it if it's in the bounds of possibility. In the Business English section, we looked at some more business English vocabulary. Don't forget that we do business not make business, and we make money, not do money. So, we do business with people in order to make money. Repeat: do business, make money. Trendy means moderno - A trendy item of clothing or a trendy hairstyle. Iba vestida muy moderna or a la última moda.- She was wearing a very trendy outfit. Este barrio se está poniendo de moda - This part of town is getting very trendy. Repeat: trendy - a trendy shop - That's a very trendy shirt you're wearing. - It's a really trendy restaurant. Make often translates as hacer - it can also mean 'manage to attend'. Listen: I'm afraid I can't make Saturday - Me temo que el sábado no puedo. We just made the 3 o'clock train - llegamos justo a tiempo para el tren de las tres. Repeat: I can't make it - I'm sorry, I can't make it - Can you make it tomorrow? - Can you make it on Friday? If you have a hard time doing something, it's difficult for you to do it. It was a difficult experience - mal trago o mal rato - I had a hard time getting over my divorce. - They gave me a hard time at the interview. A great deal means a lot. - a great deal of money, a lot of money - Repeat: A great deal - We spent a great deal - We spent a great deal of money on the flat. The learning curve is la curva de aprendizaje. Repeat: the learning curve - What's the learning curve like on this software? Is it easy to use? Can I learn quickly? You can learn quickly with La Mansión del Inglés. Go to our website at mansioningles.com and improve your English. Well, that's just about all we have time for now. Remember you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on iTunes. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ También tenemos dos aplicaciones para el nivel principiante y el nivel básico a la venta en la tienda de iTunes. Para encontrarlas, busca imansionauto. El precio de cada aplicación es de 2,39 euros. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye for now! The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.
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| 23 Apr 2013 | March 2013 | 00:39:03 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 59 recorded for March 2013. Este mes, en el nivel básico y intermedio vamos a ver si sabes que tienes que decir en ciertas situaciones en inglés. Practicamos también los pronombres personales him, her and them en el nivel básico, y en el nivel intermedio hay más sentence transformations como las que se encuentra en el examen FCE de Cambridge. There are some more idioms to study in the advanced section along with some practice on collective nouns. There's business vocabulary as usual and we've included a translation exercise this month all to help you improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Ok, let's start with el nivel básico. En el primer ejercicio del nivel básico, hemos preguntado ¿Cómo tienes que responder? cuando te dicen algunas frases en inglés. Voy a decir las frases y quiero que tú repites la contestación de cada frase en voz alta. ¿Listo? 1. How's it going? Great! How are you doing? - Repite: doing - How are - How are you - How are you doing? - Great! How are you doing? - How are you doing? 2. What did you do at the weekend? Not much. What about you? - Repite: Not much. - Not much. - What about you? - What about you? - Not much. What about you? 3. Are you married? No, I'm single. - Repite: No, I'm single. - No, I'm single. 4. Sorry I'm late. That's OK. - Repite: That's OK. - That's OK. 5. Hi, how are you today? Fine thanks, and you? - Repite: Fine thanks, and you? Fíjate en la entonación. Escucha: Fine thanks, and you? - Repite: Fine thanks, and you? 6. I'm very sorry about that. Never mind. - Repite: Never mind. 7. What time is it, please? I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. - Repite: a watch. - I don't have - I don't have a watch. - I'm sorry, - I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. - I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. 8. Excuse me, where's the restroom? It's the first on the left. - Repite: the left. - on the left. - first on the left. - It's the first on the left. - It's the first on the left. 9. Can you help me. please? Of course! What can I do for you? - Repite: do for you? - can I do for you? - What can I do for you? - Of course! - Of course! What can I do for you? - Of course! What can I do for you? 10. I can't do this. What's the matter? - Repite: the matter? - the matter? - What's the matter? - What's the matter? Bueno, ahora que hemos practicado un poco la pronunciación, vamos a repasarlas expresiones otra vez. Digo yo la primera parte, y intentas tú contestar con las respuestas que hemos practicado. No te preocupes por que voy a ayudarte en voz baja. ¿Listo? How's it going? - Great! How are you doing? What did you do at the weekend? - Not much. What about you? Are you married? - No, I'm single. Sorry I'm late. - That's OK. Hi, how are you today? - Fine thanks, and you? I'm very sorry about that. - Never mind. What time is it, please? - I'm sorry, I don't have a watch. Excuse me, where's the restroom? - It's the first on the left. Can you help me. please? - Of course! What can I do for you? I can't do this. - What's the matter? Great! Fantastic! - Well done! Now, luego hemos practicado los pronombres personales him, her y them Escucha y repite: Do you like him? Do you like her? Do you like them? I like The Beatles. Do you like them? - Yes, I love them. Her - repite: her - do you know her? Who is she? - ¿Quién es ella? - repite: Who is she? Do you know her? No, I don't know her. I know him. I know him, but I don't know her. I'm not speaking to you. Repite: I'm not speaking to you. I'm speaking to her. I'm speaking to her. She's not speaking to me, but I'm speaking to her. Please give them to me. Repite: to me, give them to me - please give them to me. - Give it to me - Give them to me - please give them to me. She doesn't want to see him - Repite: see him - to see him - want to see him. - doesn't want to see him. - She doesn't want to see him. He wants to see her - but she doesn't want to see him. I never eat tomatoes - I hate them - I really hate them - and apples - I don't them - I really don't like them. Where’s your sister? I’d like to speak to her - Repite: speak to her - I'd like to - I'd like to speak to her. Ok, moving on to the intermediate section, we practised responding to certain expressions in English. For example, someone says to you, "What do you reckon?". What's a good response? Well, "What do you reckon?" means "What do you think?". Someone is asking for your opinion. So, depending on the situation, you could say "It's great" or "I don't like it" or I think we should wait etc. The correct answer in the question from the newsletter was, "I've got no idea." Repeat: What do you reckon? - I've got no idea. - Reckon is more common in British English than American English, but Americans use it to. "I reckon you'll make a good profit this year, buddy." I apologise for my terrible American accent. The next expression was "I'm afraid I haven't done it yet." and the response was "Don't worry, there's no rush." No te preocupes, no hay prisa - Repeat: I'm afraid I haven't done it yet - Don't worry, there's no rush. The expression "Who goes first?" is commonly used when you're playing a game or when there are turns involved. You go first, then you go second. Repeat: Who goes first? - I'll go first - It's your turn (toca a ti) Repeat: It's your turn - Who's turn is it? - It's mine - It's yours - It's hers. Who's go is it? - Who goes first? - You do - You go first. Next was "Sorry, I can't come next week." The reply was "Never mind, I'll text you." Repeat: come next week - I can't - I can't come next week - Sorry, I can't come next week - Never mind, I'll text you. Repeat. I'll text you - I'll send you a text - I'll text you - Never mind (no te preocupes) Never mind - Never mind, I'll text you. "Would you go along with that?" means "Do you agree with that?" Repeat: go along - go along with that - Would you? - Would you go along with that? - Not really - Would you go along with that? - Yes, I would. - Would you go along with that? - Yes. absolutely! Totally! Would you go along with that? - No I'm afraid I wouldn't, actually. Is that a new top? - A top could be a blouse, a T-shirt, a sweater. It's commonly used to talk about the clothes that girls and women wear on the top half of their body. Repeat: That's a nice top! Where did you get that top? - Is that a new top? - Yes, it is. - yes, I got it yesterday - Yes, I got it in the sales - Do you like it? - Is that a new top? _ Yes, it was only 15 euros. Listen: What time's the meeting? - It's been put off. Do you remember the meaning of the phrasal verb "put off"? It means to postpone - posponer - The meeting has been put off until next week. Repeat: put off - the meeting's been put off. "Alright mate?" is a British English greeting. It means "¿Qué tal tio?" - ¿Qué pasa hombre? - ¿Cómo te vas? - an appropriate response would be Alright? Repeat: Alright? - Alright mate? - alright? How's it going? - ¿Cómo vas? How's it going? "I'm a bit chilly" Tengo un poco de frio. Chilly - Repeat: chilly - I'm a bit chilly. Are you cold? - We'll, I'm a bit chilly - I'm a bit chilly, actually. Are you chilly? - A bit, can we turn off the air con? The air con is the air conditioning - Repeat: Air con - turn off the air con - can we turn off the air con? Very good! Also in the intermediate section there were some sentence transformation exercises. If you are studying for the exam, don't forget that we have a CD for sale that will help you study for the exam. It costs 34 euros + postage and you can see details of the CD and try some of the exercises at manioningles.com. Just click the CDs icon on the right side of the home page. In the sentence transformation part of the Use of English exam, you have to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it (write it again), using the word in bold so that the second sentence has the same, or a similar, meaning. You cannot change the word in bold. You can write between 3 and 5 words in the space including the word in bold. So, if you have 6 or 7 words in the space, or even 2 words, go back and think again because you've made a mistake. Listen and repeat the sentences to practice pronunciation. Remember, you can see the sentences, and do the exercises, in our monthly newsletter for March, el cuaderno inglés de marzo. What a shame. They drank all the beer.
WISH I wish they hadn't drunk all the beer. 1. He doesn't have enough money to buy the iPad. TOO The iPad is too expensive for him to buy.
2. "You should start doing a new sport, Pepito", the doctor said. TAKE The Doctor advised Pepito to take up a new sport.
3. Pepito suddenly realised that the neighbour was watching him. WATCHED Pepito suddenly realised that he was being watched by the neighbour.
4. I could never have passed that interview without your help. if I could never have passed that interview if you hadn't helped me.
5. We paid some people to paint the flat for us last Easter. HAD We had some people paint the flat last Easter.
6. Sandra hasn’t been to VISIT It is Sandra's first visit to
7. I last saw Pepito two months ago. FOR I haven't seen Pepito for two months.
8. We last went to YEARS It has been three years since we last went to
If you like these podcasts, and if you are learning more English with these podcasts, you can buy full lessons for only 1 euro and 40 centimos from our online shop - nuestra tienda online. Tenemos lecciones de nivel intermedio, pre-intermedio y nivel básico. Puedes encontrarlas en mansioninglesdescargas.wazala.com that's: mansioninglesdescargas - todo junto - punto . wazala.com. Cada leccion vale 1.40 euros y dura approx. 1 hora y cada leccion está en el formato mp3 y lleva su trascripcion en formato PDF. There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the Spanish equivalent. For example, Una golondrina no hace verano. - This is a direct translation... - "One swallow does not make a summer." Next was No todo Quien rie último, ríe mejor. - "He who laughs last laughs the longest." - That's not easy to say, actually. Repeat: laughs the longest - laughs last - He who laughs last, laughs the longest. The next idiom was, El hábito hace al monje. Do you remember the English equivalent?.... - "Clothes maketh the man." Dice más una imagen que mil palabras....... - "A picture is worth a thousand words." And finally, we had No se puede repicar y estar en la procesión. - "You can’t be in two places at once." - Listen to the idioms again and repeat them: One swallow does not make a summer. Life isn’t a bowl of cherries. He who laughs last laughs the longest. Clothes maketh the man. A picture is worth a thousand words. You can’t be in two places at once. Ok, moving on to collective nouns. What do you call a collection of tourists? (apart from noisy) a party of tourists - and a group of trees all in one place is a...clump of trees. C-L-U-M-P. We speak about a gang of terrorists and a fleet of ships F-L-E-E-T. a fleet of ships. Many reporters in one place is a crowd of reporters and a collection of monkeys together is a troop of monkeys T-R-O-O-P - a troop of monkeys. Steps are escaleras, and a lot of steps together are a flight of steps. "He ran up a flight of steps and into the building." Finally, if your cat has kittens, the collective name for them is a litter of kittens. Listen to the collective nouns again and repeat them. a clump of trees a party of tourists a gang of terrorists a fleet of ships a crowd of reporters a troop of monkeys a flight of steps a litter of kittens
In the Business English section we looked at some more business English vocabulary. If you travel on business, it's a business trip. Repeat: business trip. I went on a business trip to A core competency is something that a person, or a company, can do well. It's something that sets you apart from other people, or something that sets one company apart from another. To set apart means to distinguish or make different, distinguir in Spanish. The thing that sets our company apart is our customer service. The thing that sets you apart is your ability to listen. To hold something up means to delay something. What's holding up the product release? What's holding you up? - What's delaying you? - If you arrive late, you hold everyone up. In business, it's very important to have a positive attitude. I admire her positive attitude. A tag es una etiqueta. So, when you visit other companies it's not unusual to be given a name tag so that you can be identified as a visitor as you walk around. agenda and diary are often confused. A meeting has an agenda, a list of items to be discussed during the meeting. So, agenda is a false friend. No es 'agenda'. Agenda means orden The expression to drop the ball means to fail in some way, to make a mistake. For example, everything was going fine until our project manager dropped the ball. - Have you seen the new James Bond film? It's terrible. They've really dropped the ball with that. If you have a lot on your plate, you're very busy. Repeat: on my plate - I have a lot on my plate. I'm sorry, I've got too much on my plate at the moment. I'm really busy. We also gave you some sentences to translate in this months cuaderno. First, you had to translate from English to Spanish. So, I'll say the English sentences and you can say the Spanish translation. Then, repeat the English sentence after me to practise pronunciation. Ready? Better late than never. - Más vale tarde que nunca - Repeat: Better late than never. This is as good as it gets! - ¡Mejor imposible! - Repeat: This is as good as it gets! I can't stand him! - ¡No lo soporto! - Repeat: I can't stand him! I'm a happy-go-lucky person. - Soy una persona despreocupada. - Repeat: I'm a happy-go-lucky person. She/He always gets her/his own way. - Siempre se sale con la suya. - Repeat: She/He always gets her/his own way. Good, now I'll read some Spanish sentences and you translate to English. Then repeat the sentences after me to practise your pronunciation. OK? ¡Se ha acabado el tiempo! - Time's up! - Repeat: Time's up! ¿Cómo funciona? - How does it work? - Repeat: How does it work? Me está poniendo de los nervios. - He's getting on my nerves. - Repeat: He's getting on my nerves. ¡Déjame en paz! - Leave me alone! - Repeat: Leave me alone! ¡Tomátelo con calma! - Take it easy! (Also chill, chill out!, Keep your hair on and Relax, man) - Repeat: Take it easy! (Also chill, chill out!, Keep your hair on and Relax, man) Well, that's all we have time for on this podcast, so until the next one, take care, take it easy and relax or "chillax" which is a combination of chilling out and relaxing - "Chillax, man!" Anyway, we'll be back with you next month with another podcast based on our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno de inglés mensual. Remember, you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on iTunes. Si te gusta este podcast, puedes hacernos un gran favor y escribe por favor una corta critíca en iTunes. ¿Como se dice crítica o reseña en inglés? ¿Te acuerdas?- Review - to write a review. If you write a review on iTunes (si escibes una crítica en iTunes) más personas pueden escucharnos porque subimos en el 'ranking' de iTunes. y también puedes darnos algunas estrallas, si te gusta. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send me an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Take care and bye for now! The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.
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| 28 Apr 2019 | Expressions About Age - AIRC257 | 00:36:12 | |
We talk about age in this episode. You'll learn expressions like 'over the hill', 'to come of age', 'in your prime' and what it's like to have 'a senior moment'.
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| 23 May 2012 | May 2012 | 00:22:00 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios.
Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises.
Hello again. Welcome, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 49 recorded for May 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos vocabulario y colocaciones de los verbos. In the intermediate section holiday vocabulary and question words and in the advanced section, some more idioms for you and advanced vocabulary. There's business English as usual this month and, of course, an activity for you to do with your kids and many more ways to improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. So, let's get started - vamos a empezar con el nivel básico y el repaso de gramática. She can't speak English - Ella no puede hablar inglés. Repite: English - speak English - She can't - she can't speak English. - she can't speak English Do you like shopping? - ¿Te gusta ir de compras? - Yes, I love it - Si, me encanta. No olvides el it - el objeto. Escucha: I love it - I lovit. - Repite: I love it - I hate it - I like it - I like it very much - very much - mucho - repite: very much - I like it very much. Is that Juan and Cristina's car? - No, theirs is the Ford Fiesta. - theirs - suya - repite: theirs - it's their car - it's theirs - theirs is the Ford Fiesta - Repite: theirs is the blue car - theirs is the Ford Fiesta Sarah didn’t work yesterday - Sarah no trabajó ayer Escucha: Sarah didn’t work yesterday. Repite: yesterday - work yesterday - didn't work - Sarah didn't work yesterday. How many people were there at the meeting yesterday? - yesterday - ayer - people - gente (one person - two people - three people - how many people?) - How many people were there - were there - pasado plural - repite: How many - how many people were there? - How many people were there at the meeting? Pepito usually walks to work - He usually walks - Repite: He usually walks - He usually walks to work - He sometimes takes the train - He usually walks - He occasionally drives to work - He never takes the bus Good! También hemos practicado cambiando algunas frases al negativo. Escucha: Emma is a teacher (afirmativo) - Emma isn't a teacher (negativo) Escucha y repite las siguientes frases: I like Japanese food. - I don’t like Japanese food. She's married. - She's not married. I like vegetables. - I don’t like vegetables. He likes video games. - He doesn’t like video games. They live near the beach. - They don’t live near the beach. My parents smoke. - My parents don't smoke. Today is Tuesday. - Today isn’t Tuesday. I like horror films. - I don’t like horror films. He swims very well. - He doesn't swim very well. She's a doctor. - She isn't a doctor.
In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some common collocations with the verbs have, make, take and do. Listen and repeat: to make a mistake - Try not to make any mistakes. hacer una foto - To take a photo - Would you mind taking a photo of us? - Could you take a photo of me and my wife? To make progress is to advance, to go forward - We're making progress - We're making progress on the web site design. hacer un descanso - To have a rest - you look tired. Why don't you have a rest? - Repeat: Have a - have a rest - Have a rest for a few minutes. tener sentido - To make sense - It doesn't make sense - no tiene sentido. Repeat: It doesn't make sense - This doesn't make any sense. hacer la compra/las compras - To do the shopping. Repeat: do the shopping - Did you do the shopping today? - Who's going to do the do the shopping? to have a talk with someone means to speak with them seriously. - to have a talk - I need to have a talk with you about the sales promotion. fregar/lavar los platos - To do the washing-up - I usually do the washing up in the evening. - I usually do the washing up in our house. My wife does the cooking and I do the washing up. reprender - To have words - To have words with someone is to tell them off or to argue with them. Repeat: to have words - to have words with - My boss had words with me. - I'm going to have words with my secretary about her negative attitude. Do homework/housework ('work' usually collocates with ‘do’, so you do homework (deberes) and you do housework (trabajo de la casa). Most things in the house you do (do the washing, do the washing-up, do the cleaning, do the ironing, do the shopping etc. The bed is an exception. You make the bed! - Did you make the bed?) Now, if you’re thinking of taking the Cambridge First Certificate exam in June this year, or in May, you will need to study at home, in your time, outside of the classroom. We can help you to prepare for the exam with the Mansion Ingles FCE preparation course. El curso lleva 60 horas de prácticas y estudio y ha sido desarrollado por profesores especializados en la formación práctica para la preparación a FCE. For more information, go to mansioningles.com and click the CD icon on the right of the home page. Click on MansionFirst para ver el contenido There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the Spanish equivalent. For example, what's the English idiom for Amor a primera vista? - Love.. at first sight. Repeat: Love at first sight. When I saw her it was love at first sight. The Spanish idiom "No solo de pan vive el hombre" in English is.... Man cannot live by bread alone. - Repeat: Man cannot live by bread alone. Do you remember the translation of " El trabajo compartido es más llevadero."? - Many hands make light work. Repeat: Many hands make light work. - Come on, let's do it together. Many hands make light work. Vístanme despacio que estoy de afán. (I'm sorry about my Spanish pronounciation.) Vístanme despacio que estoy de afán. In English it is.... More haste, less speed - Do it faster but do it well. Repeat: More haste, less speed La necesidad hace maestros. in English is... Do you remember this one? - Necessity is the mother of invention. - Repeat: Necessity is the mother of invention. And finally, No hay miel sin hiel. translates to.... No pain, no gain. - Repeat: No pain, no gain.” We also looked at some vocabulary connected to lying and deception this month. We all tell lies occasionally, some of us more than others, but it sounds better, we feel better, if we call a lie a fib - a fib is a small lie - a white lie. This word is used often with children. Are you telling fibs? Repeat: fib - to tell fibs - Are you telling fibs? He lied so convincingly that I was completely taken in and believed everything he said. If you are taken in you are deceived by someone or something. Repeat: I was taken in. I was completely taken in by the email and sent 10,000 euros to A hoax is an act intended to deceive or trick someone. - Un engaño - Repeat: The whole situation turned out to be a hoax. In the end, it was all a hoax. A conman is estafador o timador in Spanish. Repeat: conman - A number of conmen are known to be operating in the area. I'm sure her boyfriend is a conman. A fabrication es una invención o una mentira. Repeat: fabrication - to fabricate is the verb. She was accused of fabricating information. Repeat: She was accused of fabricating information. The story was fabricated to sell magazines. The phrasal verb to put on can mean to fake or affect. The player wasn't injured but he was putting it on to get a free kick. - I don't think he's really sick. He's just putting it on because he doesn't want to go to school. In the Business English section, we looked at some business English vocabulary. If you expand your business you increase the size of it. You take on more staff or move into a bigger office or factory. Repeat: to expand - we expanded our business - we're growing and we need to expand. If you are on first name terms with someone you use their first name and not their family name. If you are introduced to someone in a formal business situation, you should use their family name until they tell you to use their first name. So for a man you say "Mr." Would you like to take a seat Mr. Smith? For a woman use Mrs. (if she's married) - Repeat: Mrs. - Can I take your coat Mrs. Jones? and use Miss if she is single - Repeat: Miss - Would you like some water Miss Harvey? If you don't know if she's married or not (or if she doesn't want you to know!) the term is Ms. Repeat: Ms. - "May I introduce Ms. Jenkins." Very often they will invite you to use their first name. "Please, call me Steven" - "Please, call me Juan." Repeat: "Please call me Juan." "Please, call me Julia." North Americans, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders are usually more informal in business, and will prefer to be on first name terms immediately. Many British people however, especially the older generation, may prefer the more formal Mr. and Mrs. He is the head of the accounting department means that he's in charge of the accounting department. Repeat: the head of - He's the head of accounting - She's the head of personnel - In charge of - I'm in charge of security - She's in charge of marketing If someone tells you that they are tied up, it doesn't mean that someone physically tied them up with rope (una cuerda), although to tie up does mean atar in Spanish, but it also means to be occupied - estar ocupado - Repeat: I'm tied up - I'm sorry, I'm tied up - I'm tied up right now. - She's tied up with a client at the moment. Would it be convenient for you if we met on Friday morning? - No confundas comfortable and convenient. Los dos se puede traducir como cómodo. Pero convienient es conveniente o oportuno/a. Listen: This sofa is lovely and soft. It's really comfortable. I'm sorry, but 3 o'clock isn't a very convenient time for me. Can we meet at 5.30? Repeat: It's a comfortable sofa - It's a comfortable bed. - It's not convenient for me. Is it convenient for you to come in the morning? I'm a very positive and optimistic person. I always look on the bright side. - Always look on the bright side of life (said Monty Python) Always look on the bright side of life - el lado bueno de la vida. Repeat: on the bright side - Look on the bright side. Unfortunately, we have to finish there for this episode. We hope you are looking on the bright side and we wish you all the best. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ También tenemos dos aplicaciones para el nivel principiante y el nivel básico a la venta en la tienda de iTunes. Para encontrarlas, busca imansionauto. El precio de cada aplicación es de 2,39 euros. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye for now!
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| 09 Apr 2023 | Pet Peeves - AIRC461 | 00:47:45 | |
What are pet peeves? They’re nothing to do with dogs, cats or other domesticated animals. A pet peeve is something that a particular person finds especially annoying. And we have a whole podcast full of them!
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| 25 Oct 2015 | Adjectives, adverbs, verbs, nouns and proverbs - AIRC74 | 00:27:53 | |
Adjectives, adverbs, verbs, nouns and proverbs - AIRC74
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Whoever / whomever - It doesn't matter who. "I will give my clothes to whoever needs them." "Whosoever" is old fashioned and not used very often, especially in spoken English. "Whosoever" is used in formal English, like in the bible, for example:
NOUN - Reza drank his coffee (coffee is a noun) VERB - Reza drank his coffee (drank is the verb) ADVERB - Reza drank his coffee slowly (adverb - slowly, quickly, noisily, beautifully) ADJECTIVE - Reza drank his hot coffee slowly (adjective describes the noun - strong, weak coffee)
sly - astuto, taimado/a (a sly fox)
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB economy economize economical/economic economically analysis analyse analytical analytically apology apologise apologetic apologetically
There is a table and exercises about this in our MansionFirst cd for the First Certificate exam ( http://www.mansioningles.com/cd_first.htm ) We want to thank our sponsor iTalki. ¡Compra una lección de inglés y consigue la segunda gratis! http://promos.italki.com/ingles-podcast/
"A stitch in time saves nine." "Two wrongs don't make a right." "When in Rome, do as the Romans." "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." "No man is an island." "Two heads are better than one." "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
...and now it's your turn to practise your English. We want you to send us a proverb. Send us a voice message and try to use as many words in their different forms. inglespodcast.com - speakpipe or Send us an email to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. What's your favourite proverb?
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| 30 Oct 2013 | Present perfect, phrasal verb 'get off', pronunciation: /s/ and /je/ - AIRC4 | 00:18:27 | |
Gramática: Present Perfect What have you done today so far? I've had breakfast How long have you been working on this video? You haven't finished yet. He has been working on his video for two weeks.
Have you ever been to Disneyland? - No, I haven't. Have you been to America? - I have. I've been to Maine. Where have you been to in Spain? - I've been to Sevilla. I've been to Bilbao.
Oneupmanship: Have you ever been to China? No, I haven't. Have you ever tried my mum's scones? Yes, I have. to go over = repasar Estudiar más sobre el 'present perfect' here: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer06_9.htm
Pronunciación: /s/ in words like slippers, Spain, Spanish, special, stop, spelling, stomach, (stomache ache = dolor de estómago) /je/ sound in words like pleasure, television, leisure, measure (medir) Like the French / treasure (tesoro)
Phrasal verb: GET OFF (bajar) - to get off the bus. I got off the bus. Get on or off a motorbike, train, camel, horse, bicycle etc. To GET OFF WITH something - (escaparse sin castigo) The corrupt politicians get off without punishment. TO GET WITH someone (ligar) - Reza did not get off with the girl in the cafe. She told him to get lost :-(
Facebook page question: Thank you to Calixto Joao Vivas Prado from Monóvar - (to be off = I'm off/I must be off = tengo que marcharme / to be off=caducado "This milk's off"/to go off = "That fish'll go off if you don't put it in the fridge." (estropearse) Mandar sus preguntas a: mansionteachers@yahoo.es
Reza's Top tips: Think of question words before conversation. Where...? Why...? When...? How...? Who...? etc Where do you work? Where is your office? What do you do in a typical day? Who do you work with? How many people work in your office?
The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org. Si quieres mandarnos un comentario sobre este podcast o una pregunta sobre la gramática, la pronunciación or el vocabulario de inglés, Mandenos un email a mansionteachers@yahoo.es.
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| 05 Jun 2022 | Pirates and Pirate vocabulary - AIRC419 | 00:32:40 | |
Ahoy there, friends! Well, shiver me timbers! I can’t believe we haven’t yet spoken about pirates! Come and learn some pirate vocabulary with us in this podcast. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 18 Sep 2016 | Common Collocations with KEEP, SAVE and GO - AIRC121 | 00:27:22 | |
In this episode we're going to help you improve your collocations with the verbs keep, save and go. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Listener Feedback: Adriana Salazar KEEP (guardar, conservar) “Don't drink all the water. We need to keep some for tomorrow.” keep a promise (make and break) Italki ad read: SAVE GO ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast
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| 25 Feb 2018 | Chatting with your friends in English - AIRC196 | 00:44:47 | |
Do you know what to say when you’re hanging out with friends socially? What does ‘hanging out mean? Learn how to chat with your friends in English in this episode. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 24 Sep 2017 | Aliens and UFOs - AIRC174 | 00:39:48 | |
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| 06 May 2018 | Onomatopoeia - AIRC206 | 00:31:44 | |
In this episode we look at onomatopoeia and sound words that you can use in English to widen your vocabulary. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 07 Jun 2020 | Reza’s Story - AIRC315 | 00:45:28 | |
We pull back the curtain on Reza’s background in this episode. What are his roots? Why did he come to Spain and how did he become interested in teaching English? Find out more about Reza in this episode. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 18 Aug 2019 | Tea - AIRC273 | 00:43:04 | |
Which country drinks the most tea and why do the British love it so much? Also, why do so many Brits drink tea with milk? Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 23 Jun 2019 | Why do the British drive on the left? - AIRC265 | 00:40:23 | |
Why do some countries drive on the left and some on the right? We’ll answer that for you and we’ll quiz you on which countries are left-handed when it comes to traffic. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 04 Dec 2013 | Can /can't, clothes vocabulary, phrasal verb 'to set off' - AIRC7 | 00:30:04 | |
Las notas del episodio
Let's get cracking! = ¡Vamos a empezar!
Gramática: Can / can't Can I ask you a question? You can speak Spanish. Reza can speak a bit of Valencian. Can you play any musical instruments? - Yes, I can. Can, like could, should, would, may etc son modal verbs (verbos modales). El can se puede emplear para hablar de la habilidad y también para pedir las cosas "Can I have....?) Can I have a biscuit? Can I have a cup ñof tea? Can I help you?
John can be quite cold sometimes. (possibility) It can be wet in Valncia sometimes. (possibility) This postcard can't be from Bob. (impossibility)
Practicar el 'can' para pedir las cosas aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/nc_lec04_3.htm
Vocabulay Corner: Clothes Reza is wearing jeans and a very nice striped short. Craig is wearing nice linen shorts. trousers (UK) / pants (US). pants (UK) / shorts (US), waistcoat (UK) / vest (US), panties (US) / knickers (UK), tights (UK) / pantyhose (US), to wear (llevar puesto) "He's wearing a blue coat" / to put on clothes / to get dressed / To take off clothes (quitar la ropa) training shoes (UK) / sneakers (US) - zapatillas deportivas
Practicar el vocabulario de la ropa en inglés aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/nc_lec15_2.htm Hay una lista de ropa en nuestra seccion de vocabulario: http://www.mansioningles.com/vocabulario10.htm
Phrasal verb: to set off SET has many uses in English. Set off means: to begin a journey - "We set off at 6 o'clock." to set off also means to activate something: "I set off the alarm." "Young children sometimes set off car alarms in the street." Set off can also mean to start an emotion. "The picture sets her off crying." Set off also means (destacarse) "The white background really sets off the person in the picture."
Pronunciación: clothes /cloves/, a suit /soot/ - traje = suit (noun) "it suits you" (Te va bien) "It fits you" (it's the correct size) - Does this fit me? tracksuit (chandal), slippers - "Where are my slippers?", (a pair of) shoes - high-heeled shoes, striped (con rayas), blouse - "Your a big girl's blouse!" (You're too soft).
Reza's Top Tip: use the negative (adj/adverb) to be indirect/polite "Well, it isn't the best thing I've seen", "It doesn't look that great." "I've seen you looking better." "It wouldn't be my first choice.", "It's not bad." The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.
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| 28 Feb 2015 | The difference between like and as and the pronunciation of can and can't - AIRC44 | 00:29:51 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com
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| 09 Oct 2022 | Cosmetic Surgery - AIRC436 | 00:42:46 | |
Are you ready to go under the knife? You’ll learn vocabulary connected to cosmetic surgery in this podcast episode. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 31 Jan 2014 | For / during / while, travel vocabulary, 'to pick up', job interviews - AIRC13 | 00:26:19 | |
Feedback/News: Thank you to Enrique (Colombia) for his comment that Craig's Spanish is improving.
Gramática: For, During and While A question on Facebook from David Blanco Vargas from Sevilla How to use during During is a preposition which is used before a noun (during + noun) to say when something happens. It does not tell us how long it happened. For example: "Nobody spoke during the meeting." "We don't get any snow here in Valencia during the winter." "During my childhood I lived on a farm." How to use while When is used to talk about two things that are happening at the same time. The length of time is not important. Remember that while is used with a subject and a verb (while + subject + verb). For example: "The phone rang while (or when) I was having a shower." "I met my girlfriend while (or when) we were travelling in South America." "I'll speak to you when (not XwhileX) I finish my work." How to use for For is a preposition which is used with a period to say how long something goes on: "We've been podcasting for 2 months." "I've been living in Valencia for 16 years." Reza has been teaching English for 20 years." "Craig has know Reza for a while" (un rato)
Vocabulary Corner: Travel words Trip (countable noun) / travel (is an uncountable noun and a verb) To go on a trip to go on a business trip Journey - The journey from Madrid to Valencia takes about 3 and a half hours Flight (noun) / Fly (verb) Reza's flight to Belfast was about two and half hours. He took a flight from Alicante. Voyage - travelling by ship or in space Cruise - Reza has never been on a cruise. He'd like to cruise around the Mediterranean. The titanic wasn't a cruise. It didn't stop at many different places.
Learn and revise travel vocabulary in our holiday lesson: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer11_1.htm
Phrasal verb: To pick up Can you pick up that box for me, it’s very heavy. (literal) I'll pick you up tomorrow morning and take you to the airport. (Idiomatic) - to drop off "Pick me up at my hotel and drop me off at the airport." I'll give you a lift - Can you give me a lift to the supermarket? Give me a ride (American English) A gin and tonic is a 'pick me up'. I picked up a girl at a party yesterday, but she wouldn’t give me her phone number. (Idiomatic) to pick up/to chat up = ligar to get off with (a girl/boy) = to kiss etc......
Pronunciación: Greetings How are you? - I'm fine How's it going? - Fine, what about you? How're you doing? - I'm great, and you? What's up? Alright? Whatcha! G'day! (Australia) good morning (in Ireland) NOT X"Top of the morning to you!"X
Reza's Top Tip: Job Interviews Search on YouTube.com for "job interviews" Record yourself with a camcorder or with your mobile phone. Use video to improve your body language and pronunciation.
Listen to a job interview and practise work vocabulary: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer22_6.htm
If you need help with interviews and translatons, contact Reza at belfastreza@gmail.com
Send us an email, or a sound file (mensaje de voz en mp3) with a comment or question to mansionteachers@yahoo.es or belfastreza@gmail.com.
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| 01 Aug 2021 | 8 common colloquial expressions - Part 3 - AIRC375 | 00:24:29 | |
You’ll learn 8 more common colloquial expressions so that you can speak English in a more natural way. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 03 Sep 2017 | Josep’s True English Story - AIRC171 | 00:39:28 | |
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| 06 Oct 2019 | How to improve your reading skills - AIRC280 | 00:39:55 | |
In this episode, we’ll give you some advice on how to improve your reading skills in English. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or for academic purposes, we’ll give you some tips on how to do it better. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 20 Apr 2012 | February 2012 | 00:32:24 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello again and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 46 recorded for February 2012. Este mes, en el nivel, básico los adverbios y las expresiones de frecuencia. At intermediate level some more common collocations, and at advanced level idioms and advanced collocations. There's business vocabulary, dictation and many more activities to improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Ok, en el nivel básico este mes, hemos estudiado los adverbios de frecuencia - Adverbs of frequency, y hemos dicho que los adverbios de frecuencia indican la frecuencia con que se realiza la acción. Vamos a ver si te acuerdas los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés. Primero voy a decirlos en español y quiero que los dices en inglés antes que los digo yo. Luego, repítelos para practicar la pronunciación. ¿Listo? Are you ready? OK. siempre - always casi siempre - almost always normalmente - usually, normally a menudo - often a veces - sometimes raremente - rarely casi nunca - hardly ever nunca - never ¡Muy bien! Very good. Now, Remember - acuerdate que los adverbios estos generalmente, se colocan los adverbios de frecuencia antes del verbo principal: ¿Cómo se dice en inglés "Usualmente me levanto a las 8."? - I usually get up at 8. - repite: I usually get up at 8. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés "Siempre me levanto temprano."? - I always get up early. - repite: I always get up early. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés "Nunca me levanto tarde."? - I never get up late. - repite: I never get up late. Nota que los adverbios de frecuencia se ponen después del verbo "to be": I am never late - nunca llego tarde. Con la contracción; I am cambia a I'm - I'm never late. Repíte: I'm never late. I'm always late. I'm sometimes late. También se puede encontrar en posición final o inicial: Normally, I get up at 8. Repíte: Normally, I get up at 8. I get up at 8, normally. Repíte: I get up at 8, normally. I'm late sometimes. Repíte: I'm late sometimes. Sometimes I'm early. Repíte: Sometimes I'm early. Good. OK. Ahora vamos a repasar algunas expresiones de frecuencia - y como antes, voy a decirlos en español y quiero que los dices en inglés antes que los digo yo. Luego, repítelos para practicar la pronunciación. OK. Ready? - ¿Listo? una vez a la semana - once a week - once a week dos veces al día - twice a day - twice a day tres o cuatro veces al mes - three or four times a month - three or four times a month todos los viernes - every Friday - every Friday cada dos horas - every two hours - every two hours todos los días - every day - every day Muchas veces utilizamos los adverbios y las expresiones de frecuencia para contestar a la pregunta "How often........?" - ¿Con qué frecuencia.....? Por ejemplo: How often do you see her? - ¿Con qué frecuencia la ves? / ¿cada cuánto la ves? - How often do you see her? Para contestar se puede decir: - I see her three or four times a month. - I see her every day. - I often see her. - I hardly ever see her. Escucha y repite algunos ejemplos con estas expresiones en un contexto: I always have toast for breakfast I never drink beer. Do you usually go by bus? She doesn’t often go to discos. I rarely listen to music. She hardly ever watches TV. How often do you go out? I rarely buy clothes. They’re sometimes late. He's never happy. I’m always late for work. I never have breakfast in bed. I almost always use public transport. We hardly ever go out. What time do you usually finish work? I’m never hungry in the morning. I don’t often read the newspaper. The food here is usually very good. I always take sugar in my coffee. Very good. Well done! - ¡Bien hecho! In the intermediate section this month we looked at some common collocations in English. Let's see - vamos a ver - let's see what you remember. A party. Do we say take, do or have a party? - Have a party. Repeat: I'm having a party next Saturday. So, do we make an example of somebody, take an example of somebody or do an example of some one? - The collocation is make an example of somebody or some one. The judge made an example of the graffiti artist and sent him to prison for three months. What about a favour - un favor? Is it do a favour, make a favour, take a favour or have a favour? - Do a favour. Repeat: Can you do me a favour? Hey, do me a favour and hold this for me. Now, do we say have friends, do friends or make friends with someone? - we say make friends with. Repeat: I made a lot of friends in What about investment? do an investment, take an investment or make an investment? - It's to make an investment. Repeat: That's a good investment to make. ¿y las listas? Do we do lists or make lists? Make lists. Repeat. I need to make a shopping list. Make a list of things to do tomorrow. Make a list of new vocabulary. A mistake - do or make or take? Make. We make mistakes. We do our best not to make mistakes. Repeat: Do your best - Don't make mistakes. What's the worst mistake you've ever made? Money? do we make or do money? Make money. We do business to make money. And finally, a noise - un ruido - do, make, take, have a noise? We say make a noise. Shhhhh! Don't make a noise. You're dad's asleep. Repeat: He makes a lot of noise. - He's very noisy. Why are you making so much noise? Ahora un anuncio, así que puedes hacer fast forward si no quieres escuchar. Pero no lo hagas. You should know about a special offer we have on our product page at mansioningles.com. The Complete Pack, el pack ahorro completo, de La Mansión del Inglés. ALL of our cds at a fanstastic price. All 8 of our CDs plus a free cd of 100 software programs to help you learn English. All this for only 99 Euros. You save 112 Euros, and we pay the postage wherever you are in the world. Now that’s a good deal. Es una oferta muy buena. Para ver más detalles, haz click on the cd icon on the right side of the home page at mansioningles.com. There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the translation in Spanish. For example, what's the English idiom for Lo que fácil viene, fácil se va. - Easy come, easy go. - Repeat: Easy come, easy go. What about, No hay mas de temer que una mujer despechada - It's quite difficult this one, and it has the words hell and the verb to scorn, which means desdeñar o despreciar. Do you remember? Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. Fury is ira or furia. - Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. What about this one, Procura lo mejor, espera lo peor y toma lo que viniere. - Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Now that's what I call bloody good advice; Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Next is an idiom that my dad uses very often: Si vale la pena hacerlo, vale la pena hacerlo bien. - But my Dad is English of course and he says; Son, If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well. Repeat: If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well. This next idiom is quite common, it's El que la sigue la consigue. Do you remember? If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Repeat: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Ya que estamos en el baile, bailemos. - The English equivalent has the words penny and pound in it. - In for a penny, in for a pound. Repeat: In for a penny, in for a pound. El mundo es un panuelo. - No! we don't say the world is a handkerchief. Yes, I know panuelo is handkerchief in English, but the idiom translates as "It's a small world!" or "What a small world!" I met my next door neighbour when I was on holiday in And finally we have the idiom that my mum always used when she asked me to tidy up my bedroom, put my clothes away and my games in the cupboard. Of course I didn't do it and she said; Es Listen and repeat the idioms again: Easy come, easy go. Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In for a penny, in for a pound. It's a small world! It's like talking to a brick wall. Also in the advanced section we had some common collocations. For example to take someone hostage. To take someone hostage means to keep, or retain a person or group of people until a specific demand is met (hostage in Spanish is rehén). Repeat: They robbed the bank and took 23 people hostage. To a have a grudge against someone means tenerle/guardarle rencilla/rencor a algn. We also say to bear a grudge or hold a grudge against someone. Repeat: Why are you holding a grudge against her. You should forgive her. If you make a mockery of something you ridiculizar algo He made a mockery of the meeting by dressing up as a clown. Do you remember how to say hacer daño in English? To do harm. Repeat: Those spiders won't do you any harm. They are completely harmless. To make a stop means to have a break in the middle of a journey. Repeat: Can we make a stop soon I'm dying to go to the toilet. How do we say hacer una fortuna en ingés? To make a fortune. So we make money and if we make a lot of money we can make a fortune. Repeat: He made a fortune out of re-selling old coat hangers. To take the lead means llevar/tomar la delantera Repeat: Alonso has taken the lead in the last lap of the race. We need to take the lead in the software market. To do well means tener éxito (opposite = to do badly). Repeat: He's doing very well in I'm so sorry to hear your company's doing badly. ¿Como se dice hacer un modelo? - to make a model. Repeat: Can you make me a plastic model of the project? What about research - investigar, hacer investigaciones. Do we say do research or make research? - do research. Repeat: I'm doing scientific research for my degree. - Which web sites do you use when you do research? In the Business English section this month we looked at some business English vocabulary. Do you remember what you have to fill out or complete when you apply for a job or a course? It's a special kind of form - an application form. Repeat: Application form. To fill out an application form. The phrasal verb to fill out means rellenar. Sometimes you hear fill in. Fill in a form or fill out a form. You usually send your CV with an application form. How do you say 'puesto de trabajo' in English? - a post or a position. You apply for a post or a position in a company. Repeat. I'm applying for the post of office manager. Another word for company (empresa) is firm - F-I-R-M. The Firm was a good film starring Tom Cruise in which he was a young lawyer. Tom Cruise joined a successful law firm and Gene Hackman was his boss. It was a good film. The Firm - The company. Repeat: How much is your firm paying you? What's the name of your firm? What does your firm do? What firm do you work for? Do you work for a large firm? If your application is successful. If your CV is impressive, you may be asked to attend an interview - una entrevista - Repeat: to attend an interview. Can you attend an interview next Thursday? When can you come in for an interview? Another way to say “Why did you hand in your notice?” is “Why did you resign?” When you hand in your notice or give notice you formally tell your company that you intend to leave. Some firms ask you to give 2 weeks notice, some firms require you to tell them one month before you leave. They require one months notice. Job candidates are often asked to provide references from previous teachers or employers. A reference is written by a person who can write about the skills and qualifications that you have for the job you are applying for. A person who lives outside a city and travels into the centre to work every day is called a commuter. It's sometimes quite expensive to live in the city centre, so many people live in the suburbs outside the city and travel in to work. They commute to work on a daily basis. When I lived in Regular annual increases in your salary are called increments - increments. and another way to say “What’s your job?” is "What do you do for a living?” or just "What do you do?" Repeat: What do you do? - What do you do for a living?” If an American asks you "What do you make?" He or she is asking about your salary - How much do you earn? What do you make? but this question is not very polite unless you know someone quite well. The extra things you receive in addition to your salary, such as a company car, health benefits and travel expenses, are called fringe benefits or perks. Repeat: What perks do you get with your job? What are the fringe benefits? Some companies offer such perks as a company car, dental treatment, travel costs and they pay for you to stay in the best 5 star hotels. As a teacher, my perks include a free pen! Well, that’s it for this month, so thank you very much for your time, and thank you for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. También tenemos dos aplicaciones para el nivel principiante y el nivel básico a la venta en la tienda de iTunes. Para encontrarlas, busca imansionauto. El precio de cada aplicación es de 2,39 euros. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye for now! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit.
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| 21 May 2023 | Intelligence - AIRC467 | 00:50:54 | |
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| 12 Oct 2013 | Present simple, make and do, the schwa - AIRC1 | 00:19:45 | |
Las notas del episodio 001 Octobre 12, 2013: Gramática: present simple (el presente simple) Pronunciación: the schwa: When you wake up Monday morning - a - a pen, a book a teacher, a computer, mother sister, father, brother, banana los sonidos debiles: los articulos, los pronombres, las preposiciones etc (of - for - glass of beer, a cup of tea/for - is this for me? It's for you) cat / cut hat / hut cap / cup sack (saco, despidir) / suck Reza's Hot Tip (consejo de Reza) : Write a sentence with a gap, wait a few days then try to remember the word and write it in the gap. Colocar con Craig: Las colaciones con make and do make: food and drink / do business and make money (US English How much money do you make? /Earn? - profit/loss? - make a loss / profit create / physically make: table, furniture, Do: in the house (except bed) Did you make your bed this morning? Phrasal verb : take up - Reza explica los distintos significados del phrasal verb to take up.
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| 27 Aug 2017 | How to Begin a Presentation in English - AIRC170 | 00:39:47 | |
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| 24 Oct 2021 | Is it too late to save the planet? - AIRC387 | 00:33:49 | |
We speak a lot about travel on this podcast. Flying around the world to visit other countries can be a wonderful adventure.
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| 08 Jul 2018 | Phrasal Verbs You Can Separate - AIRC215 | 00:30:38 | |
Some phrasal verbs can be separated, we can put the object after the verb, and some cannot. In this episode, we look at 10 phrasal verbs that you can separate and put the object in the middle.
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| 17 Dec 2017 | 8 Self-study Tips and Advice with Anna - AIRC186 | 00:39:14 | |
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| 10 Sep 2023 | Tips and advice for the Cambridge B2 First, C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency Speaking tests - AIRC483 | 00:40:29 | |
How can you perform well in a speaking test and what can you do to give yourself the best chance possible of getting a high mark? In this podcast episode, we’ll give you some tips and advice on how to do speaking tests in English. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 05 Aug 2018 | Modal Verbs in the Past - AIRC219 | 00:35:28 | |
‘Can’t have been’, ‘must have been’, 'might have been'. We explain how to use modal verbs in the past in this episode of Aprender Ingles con Reza and Craig.
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| 02 Oct 2022 | Funfair and circus vocabulary - AIRC435 | 00:34:52 | |
Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen! Come join us at the funfair and the circus and improve your English vocabulary. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 08 May 2016 | Lifestyles and classroom language - AIRC102 | 00:36:22 | |
Lifestyles and classroom language- AIRC102 If you are a new listener to this award-winning podcast, welcome!
Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ In this episode: Lifestyles and classroom language (we're going to help you with useful classroom expressions and talk about different lifestyles and ways of living, social groups etc) Listener Feedback: Manuel - Paterna (Valencia) to thank (verb) - agradecer a alguien por algo (thank you for the coffee) Ironic use: Who do we have to thank for this mess? - ¿A quién debemos dar las gracias por este desastre? / Thanks a lot! Thank you so much. (Many thanks) - muchísimas gracias Classroom language – What does this mean?
Italki gives 100 italki credits (ITC) to each paying student that registers. LIFESTYLE Nuclear family - A nuclear family or elementary family is a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children. Modern family - When my parents were married, the ideal family consisted of a mother, father, two kids and a house in the suburbs. Jet setter - The definition of a jet setter is a person who travels frequently - Someone in high society with a glamorous life. Millennials – Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation or Generation Y) follow Generation X. Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Yuppies - A yuppie - short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional") is defined by one source as being "a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a large city". Dot-commer - a person who owns or works for a dot-com Nouveau riche - people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste. Social climber - a person who is anxious to gain a higher social status. Social misfit - A social misfit is generally thought of as someone who has different views on culture and doesn't fit in with most others in society. Benefits, dole, scrounger/sponger - a person who borrows from or lives off others. Jailbird - a person who often ends up in prison A good for nothing - un gandul Opportunist - a person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle. happy-go-lucky - not worried about anything, laid back, easy going A traditionalist - Adherence to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practice. hipster - Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters, and the word hipster is often used as a pejorative to describe someone who is pretentious and overly trendy. ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. Please show us some iTunes love. Write a review, give us some stars on iTunes.
More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ On next week's episode: Urban slang and more mispronounced words The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' | |||
| 31 Jan 2014 | Coffee with Craig and Anne | 00:28:03 | |
The full audio interview with Craig and Anne. Watch the video and answer comprension questions here: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles08.htm Ver el video y contesta las preguntas de comprensión aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/practica/practicar_ingles08.htm | |||
| 29 Jan 2017 | Quantifiers | ‘some’ ‘lots of’ ‘a few of’ ‘most’ 'loads of' etc - AIRC140 | 00:33:42 | |
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| 06 Mar 2016 | Starting and Ending Emails, El Subjuntivo en inglés, Avoid and Prevent and more of your questions answered - AIRC93 | 00:54:20 | |
If you are a new listener to this award-winning podcast, welcome! In this episode: Your questions answered: How to start and finish emails, the English ‘subjuntivo’, the difference between ‘avoid’ and ‘prevent’ and more of your questions and comments.
Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Thanks to our good friend Javier for the olive oil. How to start and finish emails Reza responds to emails using a similar level of formality (or informality) as the person who sends the email.
Beginning a formal email: Dear John, Mr. Smith (Mrs/Miss/Ms) - Yours Sincerely, miss - single Dear Sir/Madam - Yours Faithfully, Hi, Good morning/afternoon/evening (Reza would not choose these greetings for formal emails unless the other person used them first) Reza is a bit of a stickler (stickler - rigorista, insistente) Ending a formal email: Best wishes, All the best, Warm regards, Best regards, Kind regards, I look forward to/I'm looking forward to + (verb) + ing (Reza would choose not to use contractions, like "I'm", in a formal email). Reza and Craig both agree that it's better to be more formal in exam emails and letters. It's always better to be more formal than to risk offending someone by being too informal.
Beginning an informal email: Hi, Hello, How's it going? What's up? Hey there! G'day (Australian greeting) Ending an informal email: Love, Lots of love, hugs, Cheers! kisses, see you soon!
Javier found us around episode 44 and went back to Nº1. Now he needs more than one episode per week because he's listened to all of them! A doubt I sometimes have is trouble translating our Spanish "subjuntivo" into English. Certain expressions are clear to me, such as the typical "verb + pronoun + to inf" (I told you to come earlier), and some others such as using certain verbs with the bare infinitive (recommend, suggest): My doubt is with other examples apart from the aforementioned, such as: "No creo que vaya a la fiesta" = I don't think I go / will go to the party. Which one is correct? Both? Besides, concerning the examples with the bare infinitive, I think that with some verbs there is only that possibility, I mean: "I recommend that you go the party" is OK but you can't say "I recommend you to go to the party". But with other verbs, are both possibilities allowed?. For instance: "I asked that Mark submit his assignment" MAYBE YOU ASKED MARK’S TUTOR TO ASK MARK TO SUBMIT IT and "I asked Mark to submit his assignment". YOU ASKED MARK DIRECTLY So, my enquiry is: which verbs are only used with the bare infinitive and which verbs can be used with both structures?. Best regards from Burgos, Nobody really agrees what the subjunctive is and when it should be used. Many grammar books and English teachers disagree. The past subjunctive is the same as the past indicative. The exception is the verb TO BE: I were, you were, he/sh/it were (for example, as used in the second conditional "If I WERE you, I would.....") The present subjunctive is the same as the past subjunctive, except for the 3rd person 's' which is sometimes (but not always) removed: "I recommend he TRAVEL without any luggage." The present subjunctive is more common in American English than British English. The present subjunctive of the verb TO BE is 'BE' for all forms of the verb (I BE, you BE, he/she/it BE etc). Example, "If there be any reason why this man and woman should not be married....." Some verbs which can take the subjunctive include: advise - "Passengers are advised that the 5:15 train to Swindon has been cancelled." / "I advise that he NOT go there." (negative subjunctive) ask - "I ask that he accompany us." / I ask that you put the gun down on the floor, sir." demand - "I demand that you give back the money." insist - "We insist that all passengers check in before 6pm." propose - "I propose we meet after dinner for a cocktail." recommend - "I recommend that students not write on their question paper." request - "We request that all guests remove their muddy boots before entering the lobby." suggest - "I suggest that we have a break for coffee after this podcast."
It's a good idea....... - "It's a good idea that she stay (subjunctive) / stays (indictative) behind." "God save the Queen." / "Long live the Queen."
Audio feedback: Antonio Prieto from Cadiz (thank you for your podcast) - XI've been hearing youX - listening to you.
Another question we have been asked, and I'm sorry, I can't remember who asked us this, but it's about the two verbs 'avoid' and 'prevent'. What’s the difference between to avoid (evitar, esquivar) and to prevent (prevenir, evitar)? To prevent is to take action to stop something before it starts. To avoid is to just stay away from something. (more active / engagement/deployment to stop something happening???) Listener Feedback: Javier G from the Basque country - audio feedback - not because he says how much he likes the podcast, but because he is practising his English. Italki ad read: Feedback from Mamen from our sponsor italki ITALKI READ Paloma from Segovia
Emilia - Email 1."I turn 16 this Sunday." or "I am turning 16 this Sunday." (Present simple is better - (used here for timetabled events and schedules in the future. Another example; "The train leaves at 6pm" - fixed future time). (“I will turn…” is also possible. Future simple for a future fact) 2."The festival starts in the evening." (Present simple - fixed future time) or "The festival is starting in the evening." (Present continuous - Future plan/arrangement)
Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. On next week's episode: Commonly mispronounced words The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'
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| 26 Feb 2023 | Stories from School - AIRC455 | 00:42:55 | |
You’ll improve your listening today because we’re going back to our school days to remember some of the great, and not so great, times we had when we were at school. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 07 Oct 2018 | Nature vocabulary with Monica Stocker from el blog para aprender ingles - AIRC228 | 00:39:06 | |
Learn all about nature vocabulary with special guest Monica Stocker. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 10 Nov 2019 | Baseball and Cricket Idioms - AIRC285 | 00:32:29 | |
What’s the difference between baseball, softball and cricket? We’ll answer that question and you’ll learn some common cricket and baseball idioms in this episode. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 19 Sep 2011 | September 2011 | 00:16:31 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello everyone! How are you? Welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast, recorded for September 2011. En el nivel básico este mes hemos practicado un poco de pronunciación con los sonidos vocales. No voy a repetir lo mismo porque los sonidos están en el cuaderno de septiembre. Pero si podemos practicar los plurales. Yo voy a decir los sustantivos en singular, y tú dices el plural antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listos? One photo - two photos One glass – two glasses One city – two cities One key (una llave) – two keys One man – two men One party – two parties One baby – two babies One week – two weeks One child – two children Very good! ¡Muy bien! In the intermediate section this month we practised the past continuous tense. The past continuous, sometimes called the past progressive, is used to say that something was happening around a particular time in the past Repeat the examples: I was having lunch at 2 o’clock. What were you doing when I phoned? They weren’t sitting in the restaurant when we arrived. We can use the past continuous and past simple together. When this happens, the past continuous is used for the longer action and to provide background. The past simple is used for the shorter action. Listen to the examples: We were driving along when suddenly a dog ran out in front of the car. The driving was the long action and the dog ran out was the short action in the middle. She sent me a text message while I was waiting for her. Listen and repeat the following examples of the past continuous: Sofia broke her arm shile she was skiing. When I arived, they were talking about football. This time last week we were walking along 5th avenue in New York eating a hot dog. When I left home, the sun was shining, the birds were singing. It felt good to be alive. I looked out of the car window and I saw that we were driving past Big Ben. When I saw Sandra she was drinking Guinness! I met my girlfriend while I was travelling around When I got home my son was drinking my whisky. He told me that his wife was having an affair. While I was waiting for the train, someone stole my iPod. Next we practiced So am I and Neither am I So am I significa yo también. We can also say “I am too”. So does she means “she does too”. So has he means “he has too” etc. Neither am I and nor am I significan yo tampoco. We can also say “I’m not either”. Listen and repeat the examples: He’s Spanish, and so am I. She’s from I was angry, and so was my wife. I can’t speak French, and neither can he. I hate swimming, and so does she. ‘I’ve forgotten his name.’ – ‘So have I!’ 'She's learning Chinese, and so is her husband." ‘I’ve decided to lose weight, and so has my wife.’ I can’t drive, and neither can my wife. ‘I love travelling.’ – ‘So do I.’ Julie won’t be at the meeting, and nor will Stuart. ‘I bought an iPhone.’ – ‘So did ‘He’s tall and really attractive.’ – ‘So is his brother.’ ‘You look tired.’ – ‘So do you.’ ‘We weren’t surprised.’ – ‘Neither were we.’ The hotel was terrible, and so was the food. In the advanced section this month we practised some more phrasal nouns. Many people say that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster. Onset here means at the beginning. – el comienzo – Yu sometimes hear people speaking about the onset of an illness, when the illness first started. Outbreak can be translated as brote - The World Health Organization website is a useful resource for tracking the outbreak of diseases worldwide. You should take precautions against the outbreak of flu. Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals with the arrangement and style treatment of elements (or content) on a page. Layout often means deseño and it’s common when talking about web page design, the page layout. It can also be used when talking about the inside of a house, for example. What’s the layout of the living room? I like the way the flat is laid out. – Me gusta la distribución The word outlet can mean salida, mercado, punto de venta and válvula de escape. - An outlet store is a brick and mortar or online retail store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public. Playing tennis was a good outlet for her. - Jugar al tenis le servía para relajarse Take-off is the phase of flight in which an aircraft goes through a transition from moving along the ground, or taxiing, to flying in the air, usually starting on a runway. To take off is the phrasal verb – What time does the flight take off? And also the phrasal noun – Please get ready for take-off. Warm up is another example of phrasal verb and phrasal noun. Don’t forget to warm up before the match. A good warm up before exercise can help prevent injury. Now I’m going to read the Student Banking text from the monthly newsletter, el cuaderno mensual, and I want you to guess the word when I pause. Now, this is quite difficult so you may want to do the gap fill exercise in the newsletter before you listen, read it again now or just listen to the text two or three times. Try to remember the vocabulary and repeat it after me. Ready? Here we go! Nowadays there is a wide…… choice of financial packages on offer for students, and it is……. advisable to talk to someone about the best….. deals available. Many banks have employees who specialize in student finances, they are called…… consultants, and they can advise you on how to make provisions for your needs during your…. course. Now is the time to work out your probable… spending on food, accommodation and…. books; and if you have any… savings, you should decide whether to draw them out. Credits cards are a mixed…. blessing. It’s easy to misuse them and find yourself unable to keep up with…. payments. However, don’t be disheartened with all this. Your earnings as a…. graduate should enable you to clear your…. debts with in a few years. In the Business English section, we practised vocabulary of office stationary and equipment. Listen to the words in Spanish and try to say the English translation before I do. Then repeat the words to practise pronunciation. sujetapapeles - paper clips papelera - wastepaper basket tijeras - scissors archivos/carpetas - files/folders maletín - briefcase goma - rubber ( perforadora - hole punch archivador - filing cabinet grapadora - stapler sacapuntos - pencil sharpener Mansion Business is our complete business course in Mansion Business contains business expressions and vocabulary, listenings and dialogues, reading texts and business functions like making presentations, speaking in meetings, describing market trends and lots more. There are 4 review tests to maximise learning, and over 120 hours of lesson time. The course level in Mansion Business is intermediate to upper intermediate, and you can buy this CD only from La Mansión del Inglés for 34 euros plus postage. So, if you need English for Business, you need Mansion Business. To order your CD, go to mansioningles.com, click on the CDs icon on the right side of the home page. Allí puedes ver todo el contenido del CD y bajar la primera lección gratis para probar sin compromiso. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks to all of you for listening. If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to mansionteachers@yahoo.es. And you can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Until next month then, take care and keep practising English! Bye! Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de septiembre aquí. Puedes ver todos los cuadernos anteriores aquí. Puedes recibir gratis nuestro Cuaderno mensual de Inglés aquí. The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. | |||
| 18 Dec 2016 | Feelings Vocabulary in English - AIRC134 | 00:42:43 | |
How are you feeling? How do you feel? Are you in the mood to practise English with us? Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Hello Craig, this is Alberto, again. (Luis Alberto Diaz Garcia - email) In this episode we're going to help you talk about your feelings. commute is a verb. I commute to work every day. Feelings Voice message from Ana from Mexico: How does Ana feel and why?
Episode 43 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/02/21/how-to-have-a-job-interview-in-english-and-work-vocabulary-airc43/ ) My job interview ebook and audio. Are the following positive or negative feelings? Anxious - ansioso/a How did you feel when we won the podcasting award in 2015? ‘THE WHEEL OF FEELINGS’ AT INGLESPDCAST.COM/134 ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode?
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| 09 Mar 2016 | Mansion interviews Elsie Escobar from Libsyn.com and shepodcasts.com | 00:48:54 | |
Remember, you can improve your listening with comprehension questions and find some help with difficult words from this interview at inglespodcast.com/elsie And there's some rich vocabulary in this interview. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
1. Where does Elsie live now? LA (los Angeles) 2. Which of the following does Elsie NOT say she heard while she was growing up in El Salvador? helicopters 3. How would you describe Elsie's current view on acting? she wishes she was back in Hollywood staring in films 4. What is Libsyn? an internet bandwidth company 5. Why doesn't Elsie teach yoga classes anymore? It's too far to drive
there was something negative in her life that she couldn't ignore
a podcast that talks about men 8. When was Elsie in Barcelona? 2016 9. Which of the following does Elsie NOT mention as a possible filling for 'pupusas' bacon Answers
Vocabulary to immerse yourself in [sth] - sumergirse en
Elsie's interview on lasunnecracia.com: http://www.lasunnecracia.com/2016/01/la-sunnecracia-93-libsyn-y-el.html She Podcasts: https://www.shepodcasts.com/ The Feed: http://thefeed.libsyn.com/ Elsi's Yoga Kula: http://elsiesyogakula.com/
She Podcasts: https://www.shepodcasts.com/ The Feed: http://thefeed.libsyn.com/ http://elsiesyogakula.com/ Twitter: @YoGeek If you want to hear Elsie speaking more about her role as Happiness Community Manager at Libsyn, you can find her Spanish interview on lasunnecracia.com. A link to that interview, together with links to other things we spoke about, can be found at www.inglespodcast.com/elsie
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| 21 Dec 2014 | Must, ought to and should, Vocabulary in the home 'the kitchen' and pronunciation of difficult words - AIRC38 | 00:47:17 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 19 Feb 2017 | Immigrants and Immigration - AIRC143 | 00:38:41 | |
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| 10 Dec 2014 | How to Improve your Speaking. An overview of the Oral Test - PassFCE-5 | 00:11:30 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 21 Jun 2015 | Either and Neither, Parts of the body - AIRC56 | 00:32:15 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com
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| 05 Mar 2023 | The Amazon Rainforest - AIRC456 | 00:33:30 | |
We’re talking about The Amazon today. Not the online retailer where you can buy things online, but the Amazon rainforest where 10% of the world’s wildlife can be found. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 11 Jun 2017 | Jose’s True Story - AIRC159 | 00:36:22 | |
Jose nearly died! How did that happen? Today we’ve got Jose’s True English Story and much, much more in…….Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ A voice message from Eugeni from Barcelona Email from Antonio from Badajoz Hi Reza and Craig! It's Antonio again with another question for you. Thanks in advance! hugs from Badajoz! 1. For offering someone something that you think they will enjoy. 2. For telling someone to consider how they would feel if something bad happened to them, especially if it has already happened to you. Comment on the blog about the farming episode 155 from Nayabet who’s on a farm in New Zealand ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2017/05/14/farming-and-agriculture-airc155/ ) Voice message from Lyan from Panama Jose’s True English Story Marcelo’s Story - Episode 157 Mamen’s story - Episode 148 http://www.inglespodcast.com/2017/03/26/mamens-true-english-story-and-more-idioms-airc148/ Jose’s Story Vocabulary Comprehension questions Now listen to Jose’s story and answer the questions 1. How old was Jose when the story happened - 10 Corrections Transcript I was living in the outskirts of Valencia, in the same city where I've always lived. Close to my home flowed one of the seven main channels in this city. Its water was used by a big paper factory, therefore the channel passed into the factory by a tunnel where there were two enormous wood blades rolling constantly in order to break up the things that the water dragged. Recap - What makes a good story, like Jose’s? ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a true English story to tell us? If you would like more detailed show notes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast Nikolay Dimitrov We want to thank Arminda from Madrid and Alberto from Granada for continuing to transcribe full transcriptions. Alberto has transcribed episodes 132 and 133, so we now have full transcriptions for episodes 131 to 141. On next week's episode: Vocabulary: The Environment The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 10 May 2020 | Chile - AIRC311 | 00:37:18 | |
What do you know about Chile? What’s Chile famous for and what can you see if you go there? You’ll learn all about Chile in this episode and improve your listening comprehension.
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| 07 Jul 2019 | Business Vocabulary in Sales - AIRC267 | 00:44:42 | |
Learn about faulty goods, leads, pitches and cold calls on this episode about sales. Welcome to the podcast that does not have a money back guarantee! Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 28 May 2017 | Marcelo’s True English Story and Adjective Prefixes - AIRC157 | 00:37:30 | |
In this episode we're going to help you with adjective prefixes like UNbelievable and IMpossible, and Marcelo tells us his true story. Welcome to…..Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Voice message from Josep from Barcelona Are there rules for prefixes? - not really, but there are common patterns! PREFIXES SUFFIXES - at the end PREFIXES - at the start
Email from Marcelo from Buenos Aires Vocabulary Questions Answers Feedback ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. We want to hear your true stories. Tell us anything, but it must be true! How to Tell a Story in English - Episode 137 ( https://www.inglespodcast.com/2017/01/08/how-to-tell-a-story-in-english-airc137/ ) If you would like more detailed show notes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast Nikolay Dimitrov If you are a sponsor and have a job interview in English soon, there’s a free pdf and mp3 of our How To Pass a Job Interview e-book on the Patreon page Patreon.com/inglespodcast We want to thank Arminda from Madrid and Alberto from Granada for continuing to transcribe full transcriptions. Alberto has transcribed episodes 132 and 133, so we now have full transcriptions for episodes 131 to 141.
On next week's episode: Famous Last Words The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 19 May 2024 | Virtues and Vices - AIRC518 | 00:28:56 | |
In today’s podcast, we talk about vices and virtues. You’ll learn vocabulary connected to the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues. Can you name all of them in English? Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 17 Jun 2018 | Still, Yet, No longer & No more - AIRC212 | 00:38:43 | |
Are you still listening to this podcast? Aren’t you bored yet? - We're looking at still, yet, no longer and no more in this episode. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 28 Oct 2018 | Basic Legal English - AIRC231 | 00:41:38 | |
You'll learn the basics of legal English in this episode.
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| 03 Jul 2016 | Customer Service - AIRC110 | 00:24:00 | |
Customer Service - AIRC110
Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Feedback from Sonia Nieves We have an audio podcast about gym and fitness vocabulary. You can find it here: http://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/11/01/gym-and-exercise-vocabulary-proverbs-airc75/ to register - hacer un alta
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Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast We need $100 Lara Arlem Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
On next week's episode: Asking For, Giving and Understanding Directions The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' | |||
| 21 Jan 2018 | Stationery Addiction - AIRC191 | 00:45:24 | |
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| 29 Mar 2020 | Costa Rica - AIRC305 | 00:33:41 | |
Come to beautiful Costa Rica with us as we explore the wonderful things this country has to offer and improve your listening skills as well! Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 09 Jun 2015 | Mansion interviews Kevin Chen from iTalki.com | 00:27:30 | |
You can answer comprehension questions about this interview at inglespodcast.com Puede responder a preguntas de comprensión sobre esta entrevista en inglespodcast.com | |||
| 08 Dec 2016 | Mansion Interviews Jack Askew from tofluency.com and teachingeslonline.com | 00:48:09 | |
Puedes contestar las preguntas de comprensión y obtener ayuda con el vocabulario difícil en esta entrevista en inglespodcast.com
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| 24 Mar 2014 | Present perfect simple and continuous with special guest Bea - AIRC18 | 00:30:10 | |
Puedes ver las trascripciones y las notas de los episodios de nuestros podcasts en inglespodcast.com You can see the show notes and transcriptions of all our podcasts at inglespodcast.com | |||
| 06 Sep 2015 | Common mistakes made by Spanish speakers - AIRC67 | 00:21:20 | |
If you are a new listener to this podcast, welcome! I'm Craig. This is Reza, and we are going to help you take it to the next level. With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. In this episode: Common mistakes made by Spanish speakers Listener Feedback: A huge thank you to sara Jarabo for becoming a Patron of the show on Patreon. You can support us at www.patreon.com/inglespodcast. And thank you to all our sponsors on Patreon, Mamen, Corey, Sara and Manuel. Olga (Sevilla) Una duda que tengo es el significado de "QUE". Normalmente significa 'What', pero en la frase ¡que barato¡ se escribe con 'that´s' "that´s cheap". ¿Porque? You're right, Olga - "Qué" is often translated to "what" (¿Qué hora es? - What time is it? ¿Qué es eso? - What's that?), but 'what' can also be translated as "How" or "That" in some specific expressions. ¡Qué cara! - What a cheek! How cheeky! 'He's taking a liberty!' Así que "¡Qué barato!" en inglés es "That's cheap" o "How cheap!". How fantastic! How wonderful! That's amazing! That's terrible! How frustrating! It's true that quite often you'll get into problems if you try to translate directly from Spanish to English. It isn't always possible. What's 'Tengo 20 años' - I'm 20 'Vamos a tomar una cerveza. - Let's go for a beer / Let's have a beer Tengo hambre / sueño - I'm hungry / sleepy Perdí el autobus - I missed the bus It's normal to translate when you first start learning a language, but try to stop doing it as soon as possible and start thinking in English. Common mistakes made by Spanish speakers: I like you - tu me gustas cocky, big-headed - arrogante, creído, engreído 'tener' is a problem, isn't it? - it doesn't necessarily translate to 'I have' tengo calor - I'm hot tengo sed - I'm thirsty (pronunciation /thirstee) ¡Ten cuidado! - Be careful! (Take care? - Cuídate) tienes suerte - you're lucky tengo frío - I'm cold tengo prisa - I'm in a hurry tengo miedo de/a - I'm afraid of... What are you afraid of? tienes razón - you're right (the 3 most useful words in any marriage!) Yes dear, you're right! I'm bored / I'm boring The film is boring - I am bored (by the film) - 'ed' adjectives are passive. 'ing' adjectives are active. This podcast is interested or interesting? You are interested by the podcast. XThe people is very kind.X - a person IS... / people ARE.... 'people' is the plural noun. 'person' is the singular noun. 'I brought my books here to help you.' NOT....Xto helpingX NOT Xfor to helpX It's the 'infinitive of purpose' (WHY?) : I brought my books here. - Why? to help you. I took a pen - Why? to write something. I took a chair. - Why? to sit down. I opened the door. - Why? to go out. Why did you listen to Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig? to improve my English Why did Reza go there today? To podcast with Craig. TAKE and LAST It TAKES Reza 40 minutes to get to Craig's house. A podcast LASTS about 30 minutes. (the duration of the podcast is about 30 minutes) X"Can you explain me how to use the verb get?X Can you explain how to use... OR Can you explain TO ME how to use....OR Can you TELL ME how to use... TELL and SAY You usually SAY SOMETHING but you TELL SOMEONE ...but there are exceptions: TELL the truth TELL a lie TELL a story TELL a joke etc. "I SAID TO my boss..." OR "I TOLD my boss." XThere are much differents things to do in my town.X - There are many different things to do in my town. Adjectives do not agree with the noun in English. - No 'S'!! XI didn’t write nothing.X - "I didn't write anything." or "I wrote nothing." Can you think of more common mistakes? Send us an email to craig@inglespodcast.com or to Reza at belfastreza@gmail.com, or send us a voice message through our website. Just click the orange button on the home page. The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' There are more podcasts to improve your English on our website at http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 17 Aug 2023 | Compound Adjectives - AIRC480 | 00:39:35 | |
In this week’s well-known and well-balanced podcast about the English language, you’ll learn how to use compound adjectives from your easy-going and good-tempered hosts, Reza and Craig. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 13 Dec 2020 | Brexit - AIRC342 | 00:57:55 | |
What is Brexit and what does it potentially mean for us in Spain, and for you if you’re living and working in the UK? Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 13 Nov 2016 | Time Clauses and Time Expressions - AIRC129 | 00:31:13 | |
In this episode we're going to help you with your time clauses Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Feedback: Email from Rafael alba garcia We spoke about time clauses with the present perfect in Episode 18 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/03/24/present-perfect-fig-rolls-with-special-guest-bea-airc18/ ) Specifically STILL / ALREADY / JUST / YET / SO FAR (often used with the present perfect) More time expressions AFTER - I made coffee after Reza arrived. / After Reza arrived, I made coffee. More uses of after: behind Looking for in view of - después de BEFORE - we had lunch before we started recording. We taught classes before we had lunch. Different uses of before anteriormente rather than in front of por delante antes que ante WHEN (cuando) - I was making coffee when Reza arrived. WHILE (mientras) - I was making coffee while Reza was testing the microphone. (during the time that) While/When Reza was living in Salamanca, he met Patricia. BY THE TIME - What do you hope to have done by the time you’ve retired? (future perfect) AS SOON AS - (tan pronto como) I will pay for your ticket as soon as you make the reservation. - Tan pronto como hagan la reserva pagaré la factura. ASAP (AS SOON AS POSSIBLE) Lo antes posible. We must record some more podcasts as soon as possible!
IN THE END (al fin y al cabo, al final) We had some technical problems with the podcast today, but we recorded all of it in the end.
AT LAST (al fin, por fin) - we managed to meet this. Week, at last. Finally! DURING (durante) How many times have I hit the pause button during this podcast? I've been living in Valencia FOR 15 years. during the war for a year EVER (alguna vez) / NEVER (nunca) Have you ever been to Florence? "Reza has never eaten crocodile meat" or "Reza hasn't ever eaten crocodile meat."
Lara Arlem On next week's episode: Marketing and market research (In episode 131 we're going to speak about ghosts and the supernatural. Please send us your ghost stories and any supernatural experiences you’ve had (Jose’s Vampire story Episode 96 - http://www.inglespodcast.com/2016/03/28/nature-and-the-environment-airc96/ The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' and from Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
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| 12 Aug 2018 | Idioms Connected to House & Home - AIRC220 | 00:28:20 | |
When was the last time you 'got lead down the garden path' or 'got on with someone like a house on fire'?
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| 10 Jun 2018 | Pregnancy and Babies with Special Guest Lynne - AIRC211 | 00:45:04 | |
All about pregnancy, giving birth and having babies with Craig, Reza and Lynne.
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| 21 Aug 2022 | Table Manners - AIRC429 | 00:43:33 | |
In this podcast, we’ll be talking about how we eat different kinds of food. We also discuss the question, how important are table manners? Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 19 Nov 2010 | September 2010 | 00:26:06 | |
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Podcast Transcription Hi and welcome to another Mansión Inglés podcast from mansioningles.com, recorded for September 2010. For most of you, September means back to work, back to school and back to the routine. That’s what it means for us here at La Mansión del Inglés. We hope you’ve had a good summer. Esperamos que hubieras pasado muy bien el verano y que estéis listos para practicar ingles de nuevo con nosotros. The first exercise in this month’s Newsletter – el primero ejercicio en el cuaderno este mes – was about the difference between job and work. – la diferencia entre el nombre contable job – “I have 2 jobs”, y el nombre incontable work .” I have a lot of work”. Work puede ser contable en el caso de una obra de arte. The works of William Shakespeare o the works of Pablo Picasso. Listen and repeat some example sentences. Escucha y repite algunas frases de ejemplo. I’ve got a new job. The mechanic did a fantastic job. He’s got a lot of work this weekend. Nota la pronunciación de a lot of - /e/ /lot/ /ev/ repeat: a lot of – a lot of work – got a lot of work – he’s got a lot of work. Learning English is hard work. Do a good job. Work well. He’s a good worker – es buen trabajador – He works well.- trabaja bien. You’ve never done a hard day’s work in your life! Es lo dice mi padre. Hard work? Hard work? You don’t know what hard work is! You’ve never done a day’s work in your life! She’s always changing jobs. Does your new computer work with Windows 7? – Does it work? Yes, it works. It works very well. - Is it working now? How long does it take you to get to work? Let’s move on to our list of irregular verbs. Vamos a seguir con la lista de verbos irregulares. ¿Qué es el verbo leer en inglés? To read Escucha y repite: read – read – read. The spelling is the same. Se escribe las tres formas igual, pero no se pronuncia igual. Escucha y repite: read – read – read. How often do you read the newspaper? I read a good book last week. Have you read the report yet? Next is the verb montar – to ride repeat: ride – rode – ridden. Have you ever ridden a horse? Can you ride a motorbike? I rode home in the rain. Repeat: ride – rode – ridden. Llamar is to ring. Listen; ring – rang – rung. Hay algunos verbos irregulars que siguen estas mismas sonido vocals en las tres formas del verbo. Repite: /I/ /a/ /u/ - ring – rang – rung. El sonido /a/ puede ser difícil por hablantes españoles /a/ - cat – hat – sat. Comparar el sonido con /u/ up – cup / cat – cut – my cat is black – cut (cortar) cut and paste / hat – (sombrero) – hut – cabaña – Pizza Hut. Repite: ring – rang – rung / drink – drank – drunk / swim – swam – swum El verbo leventarse in English is to rise. Repeat: rise – rose – risen. The sun always rises. Rise es un verbo intransitivo - no va con un objecto directo. No se puede decir: “Rise the sun” o “Rise the table”. The sun rises in the morning. What time did it rise yesterday? It rose at 6:38. How much has the dollar risen this month? It hasn’t risen, it’s fallen. Next is the verb to run or correr in Spanish. Repeat: run – ran – run. I run marathons. I ran the New York marathon in 3 hours and 14 minutes. I’ve run 13 marathons. Repeat: run – ran – run How do you say decir in English? ¿Como se dice to say? – That’s it! Say – said – said S-A-I-D said. Repeat: say – said – said. What did you say? I said “hello”. I’ve said all I want to say. What did she say to you? - She said she loves me! El verbo ver is to see. See – saw – seen. Repeat: see – saw – seen. Have you seen Brad Pitt’s new film? Yes, I saw it last weekend. I see you. Do you see me? Next is the verb vender – to sell. Sell – sold – sold. Repeat: sell –sold – sold. What does he sell? ¿Qué vende él? I sold my car yesterday. How many have you sold? The verb to send means enviar. Repeat: send – sent – sent. Please send the email today. I sent it yesterday. Have you sent mum a birthday card? And finally, the verb disparar – to shoot. Repeat: Shoot – shot – shot. Who shot John F. Kennedy? También se dice to shoot a film – rodar una pelicula. – How many films have you shot? John Lennon was shot in New York. ¡Muy bien! Ahora escucha de nuevo y intenta decir la segunda y tercera forma del verbo antes que lo digo yo. Ready? ¿Listo? read read – read ride rode – ridden ring rang – rung rise rose – risen run ran – run say said – said see saw – seen sell sold – sold send sent – sent shoot shot – shot We also studied Time expressions this month– Los expresiones del tiempo Listen and repeat – escucha y repite: This month is September. Last month was August. Next month is October Today’s Thursday. Yesterday was Wednesday. What day is tomorrow? Tomorrow’s Friday. I saw her yesterday morning. I sent the email yesterday afternoon. two weeks ago – I rang you two weeks ago – hace dos semanas last Friday – el viernes pasado – I saw the film last Friday. last weekend – I didn’t go out last weekend. the day before yesterday – anteayer – I read the report the day before yesterday. the day after tomorrow – pasado mañana – I’ll see you the day after tomorrow. next weekend next Wednesday – el proximo miercoles – see you next Wednesday! in three weeks time – dentro de 3 semanas - We’re gong on holiday in three weeks time. In the intermediate section this month we looked at countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns are nouns you can count. Hmm that’s obvious; people, dogs, mountains, hamburgers etc.. Of course, uncountable nouns are impossible, or at least really difficult, to count. Liquids like, water, beer, oil, petrol. Salt, sand, rice etc., are all uncountable nouns. So, using the examples of peanuts (for countable nouns) and beer (for uncountable nouns), repeat the following sentences and practise expressions of quantity. There’s a lot of peanuts – There’s a lot of beer There aren’t many peanuts - There isn’t much beer Are there many peanuts? - Is there much beer? There are too many peanuts – There’s too much beer There are far too many peanuts – There’s far too much beer There are few peanuts - There is little beer There are a few peanuts – There’s a little beer There are very few peanuts - There is very little beer There are too few peanuts - There is too little beer There are far too few peanuts - There is far too little beer There are many more peanuts - There is much more beer There are fewer peanuts - There is less beer We also looked at more common uncountable nouns, such as information - I’d like some information. Pasta – Don’t give me too much pasta. Travel – Travel is a wonderful way to meet new people. News – I’ve got some bad news for you. Furniture – I don’t have much furniture in my flat. Advice – Can you give me some advice? and luggage – Why did you bring so much luggage? In the advanced section this month, we studied some idioms. Listen and repeat: To beat about the bush. Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you think. It’s a blessing in disguise. I didn’t want to go anyway. Do you think you can get your hands on a free mobile phone for me? I don’t like be the centre of attention. I generally keep myself to myself We need to clarify the situation. We have no idea where we stand at the moment. I don’t believe you. You’re pulling my leg. We need to put all these problems behind us darling. What’s on your mind? In the business section we looked at 10 more common collocations that are typically found in business English. Listen and repeat: To interview an applicant – we interviewed many applicants for the job. You were the most suitable. If you set up a business you start a business. La Mansión del Inglés was set up about 9 years ago. Another phrasal verb that collocates often with business is to take off. We usually speak about planes taking off - going up. Similarly, if a business takes off it becomes successful. The business took off very soon after we had set it up. Now we employ 12 employees and we’re thinking of taking on more staff. To attend a conference means to go to a conference. He attended a conference on climate change. I’m afraid I can’t meet with you next week, I’m attending a conference. To hold a meeting means tener una reunion – We hold staff meetings once a month. The union is going to hold a meeting to discuss the annual pay increase. To provide a service – ofrecer algo – They provide an excellent catering service. To hire a new employee – to take on a new employee. – to employ a new person – We’ve hired a new secretary. If you ask for a raise you ask for more money. A raise in salary - Una subida/aumento de sueldo – I’m going to ask for a raise at the end of the year. I think I deserve it. – to deserve – merecer develop a product - To develop is desarrollar. He’s a software devoloper - Es un desarrollador de software. Apple are developing a new product. To deal with a problem resolver/ocuparse de/hacer frente a/abordar – Can you deal with this problem, please. I’m very busy. I’ll deal with this problem as soon as possible.- How should we deal with this problem? - ¿Qué hemos de hacer con este promlema? To run a business – is to manage a business. – dirigir a una empresa – Who runs the business? Who runs the marketing side? I’ve been running this company for 47 years. Next month we’ll look at 10 more common business collocations. Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for listening. Remember to visit our online shop where you can find our business English cd, our First Certificate cd for the Cambridge FCE exam, our audio cds and many more. Just go to the mansioningles.com webpage and click on the cds on the right side of the home page. You can also follow us on Twitter, just search for MansionTwit, and don’t forget to join our growing community of students and teachers on our Facebook fan page. See you next time! The music in this month’s podcast was by Revolution Void, the album was The Politics of Desire and the track was Outer Orbit. Also by Azhrak, the track was Below the Arctic Circle. Creative Commons licence from Jamendo.com
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| 01 Jan 2017 | Giving Advice and Using recommend and suggest in English - AIRC136 | 00:43:35 | |
In this episode we're going to help you to make recommendations and suggestions correctly in English. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Audio feedback: Gabriel from Tijuana Mexico says Hi Hi Reza and Craig, Audio Feedback: Adrian sent us an audio message on speakpipe.com/inglespodcast from Costa Rica - "can we talk about the word THE and when to use it" We spoke about The definite and indefinite article, A, AN, THE, ZERO with Bea in Episode 41 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/01/15/the-definite-and-indefinite-article-a-an-the-zero-with-special-guest-bea-airc41/ ) Email Feedback: Francisco Espínola Sanchez from Úbeda, Jaen By the way, do you know Úbeda?? It´s an UNESCO world heritage city in the province of Jaén (I am consciously promoting tourism for my hometown :) Francisco recommends (listening to) Luke’s podcast. He suggests we listen to it. Luke's English Podcast: http://teacherluke.co.uk/ I hear a lot of mistakes with the verbs to recommend and to suggest from my Spanish students You CANNOT say: With SUGGEST (proponer/sugerir) we can say: I suggest (that) he listens to our podcast. There are 2 more formal and less common constructions that may be tested in an advanced exam: With RECOMMEND (aconsejar, recomendar) we can say: I recommended him to listen to our podcast. (XYou can't say "I suggested him to listen....X) I recommend hiring a builder to do up your flat rather than trying to do it up yourself. I’d like to recommend some YouTube channels to you:
Other ways of making suggestions and giving advice Why don’t you…….? (+infinitive without ‘to’) Giving strong advice: Asking for advice What should I do? What problems are you facing at the moment? Craig: Reza: ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast
On next week's episode: How to Tell a Story in English Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'
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| 15 Jan 2023 | How to Prepare for Cambridge English Exams | 00:29:21 | |
Ben Gill from To the Point English joins me this week to talk about Cambridge exams and how you can prepare for them.
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| 30 Sep 2018 | The Dynamic Duo is Back! - AIRC227 | 00:41:01 | |
How to improve your listening at conferences, reading aloud with Heinrich Schliemann and your questions answered. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 08 Mar 2020 | Bed and Breakfast Tourism - AIRC302 | 00:38:02 | |
Learn some bed and breakfast vocabulary that you can use to speak with your guests or your hosts. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 14 Mar 2021 | Your Comments and Questions - AIRC355 | 00:35:15 | |
In this podcast episode, you’ll hear thoughts, comments and questions from Guatemala, Italy, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 13 May 2018 | Biscuits - AIRC207 | 00:53:27 | |
Sit back with a nice cup of tea and enjoy this episode about biscuits and cookies.
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| 29 Jan 2014 | Mansion Ingles Podcast December 2013 - Aprende gramática y vocabulario inglés | 00:45:54 | |
Hello once again and welcome to another Mansion Ingles podcast. This is podcast number 68 recorded for December 2013. En el nivel básico practicamos el gerundio, las palabras que terminan en ing y también los grupos o familias de palabras - Word families. Tenemos un poco de gramática en el nivel intermedio y también algunas colocaciones con los verbos. We practise some collective nouns at advanced level, and also we help you with what to say in English in certain social situations There's also business vocabulary, as usual, and a translation exercise, all to help you improve your English and take it to the next level. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podéis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, ve a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. Ok, vamos a empezar con el nivel básico y el gerundio - The gerund, en inglés. ¿cómo se dice el verbo gustar en inglés? - to like; I like, he likes, she likes, we like etc. Cuando empleas otro verbo después del verbo like, puede ser de forma gerundio o de forma infinitive, pero normalmente, cuando hablamos de las actividades y no del resultado de las actividades, usamos el gerundio. Eschucha y repite: jugar - to play - playing - playing video games. Do you like? Do you like playing video games. I don't like playing video games. Ver - to watch - repite - to watch - Watching TV. I like watching TV. I like watching sport on TV. I like watching football on TV. Do you like watching TV? - Do you like watching football on TV? Do you like studying? - to study - estudiar - repite: studying - I don't like studying - Do you like studying? ¿Cómo se dice comprar? - to buy - repite: buy - buying - Do you like buying books? - Do you like buying clothes - Do you like buying shoes? To camp - acampar - camping. to go camping - Do you like going camping? ¿Cómo se dice leer en inglés? to read - Repite: to read. reading - reading books - Do you like reading books? - I like reading - I like reading books - My girlfriend likes reading - she likes reading books - she likes reading detective books. Ducharte - to have a shower - Repite: to have a shower. - having a shower - I like having a shower. I like having a shower in the morning. It wakes me up. Me despierta - It wakes me up. - Repite: It wakes me up. A shower wakes me up. A shower in the morning wakes me up. I like having a hot shower in the morning. Board games son juegos de mesa. Repite: board games - to play - to play board games - playing board games - I like playing board games. Do you like playing board games? ¿Cómo se dice acostarte? - to go to bed. Repite: to go to bed - going to bed - I like going to bed. I like going to bed early - Do you like going to bed early? I always go to bed early during the week. Well done! - !Muy bien! También en el nivel básico este mes hemos estudiado algunas palabras en grupo. Las familias de palabras o Word Families. Por ejemplo, si digo short y tall, tal vez das cuenta que tall (o sea, alto) es el antónimo de short - bajo: alto-bajo, tall-short. Entonces, si digo easy, ¿Qué me vas a decir? ¿Cuál es el antónimo de easy? Pues, difficult. ¿y cheap? - expensive. A ver si puedes identificar la familia de las siguientes palabras y decir qué palabra en inglés viene despues de las palabras que voy a decir. Luego, repite las palabras conmigo para practicar la pronunciación. ¿Listos? Ready? football - play work - do TV - watch father - son mother - daughter brother - sister apples, oranges, bananas - fruit shirts, socks, dresses - clothes chairs, tables, sofas - furniture 1st - first 2nd - second 3rd - third Ok good, now moving on to the intermediate section, and in this month's cuaderno we looked at some general grammar. For example, the word 'yet' with the present perfect when it means todavía o aún - She isn't here yet. - Todavía no llega. o Aún no llega. Repeat: She isn't here yet. I haven't done it yet. Have you finished yet? - ‘Has the film finished?’ ‘No, not yet.’ ¡Ojo! - Don't confuse yet with already. Both these words are often used with the present perfect. Already means 'so soon' or ya, in Spanish. For example, Have you eaten your dinner already? - ¿Ya has cenado? - I have already been to Repeat: I've already been to Phrases like so do I and neither do I are used as responses to show a similar attitude or opinion. You can show that you agree or disagree with someone by using So do I neither do I , me too, me neither etc. Listen and repeat: I'm a student- So am I. I'm not married - neither am I - I like football - So do I - I don't like golf - neither do I. I'm not very hungry - Neither am También puedes decir me too (yo también) y me neither (yo tampoco). Repeat: I really like Science fiction - me too! - but I don't like horror films - Me neither. Escucha mi opinión sobre algunas cosas y responde con So do I y Neither do I or Me too y me neither. I love chocolate I don't like negative people I really enjoy going to the beach. I think Brad Pitt is a very good actor. I like Tom Cruise But I don't like Kevin Costner very much I think Keira Knightly is really sexy. Many students of English, including my students here in When you talk about future plans and arrangements, you can use the present continuous tense. Repeat, I'm going shopping tomorrow, I'm flying to In the vocabulary section, we looked at verbs that go together with several words and expressions. Yo voy a decir las palabras y las expresiones y tú tienes que decir el verbo que puede ir con ellas. Por ejemplo, si digo : money, someone's life y energy, ¿sabes qué verbo puede ir con las tres palabras? - Pues el verbo save. Podemos decir save money, save energy and save someone's life. He saved my life. Vamos a intentar con otras tres palabras: the bill (la cuenta) the bill, a compliment y attention. ¿Cuál es el verbo? - PAY. Repeat: to pay a compliment. She paid me a lovely compliment; attention - to pay attention. Are you paying attention? Pay attention in class! Pay attention when I'm speaking to you! and to pay the bill. Have you paid the bill? Please, let me pay the bill. Ok, what about these three: your best, the shopping, some work - Es el verbo do. Repeat: do the shopping, do some work, do your best. I must do some shopping this afternoon. I need to do some work this weekend. Don't worry about the test. Just do your best. Here are three more: a game, the guitar, chess (ajedrez). PLAY. Repeat; play chess. Can you play chess? Play a game - Let's play a video game! Play the guitar. I've been playing the guitar for five years. I wish I could play the guitar. Actually, I wish I could play any musical instrument, but I'm too lazy to learn. Three more: your clothes, planes, a 500 euro note. - Change, because you change planes during a long flight. You change a 500 euro or a 100 euro note, or a $100 dollar bill for smaller money (nota que se dice bill for dollars and note for euros - a $50 dollar bill and a 50 euros note, or a 50 pound note) and you change your clothes. Try these three: a law, the biscuits, a driving test or an exam - pass. They passed a law/a law was passed, Can you pass the biscuits, please? How do you say biscuits in American English? Cookies. Repeat: Can you pass the cookies, please? And you can pass a driving test, pass an exam, pass a test. What's the opposite of pass a test? fail. to fail a test. Repeat: Did you pass? Did you pass or fail? Ok, three more: the truth, a story, him to come in - TELL. Repeat; tell the truth. It's important to tell the truth, You must tell the truth. i hate people who don't tell the truth. Tell a story, let me tell you a story. My granddad was always telling stories. Tell him to come in. Can you tell him to come in, please? Tell her to come in. Tell them to come in.
In the advanced section this month, we looked at some collective nouns. These are expressions we use to describe a group of animals, or several things together. For example, if there are a lot of people together in one place, we can say a crowd of people. Repeat: A crowd of people. There was a crowd of people outside the Apple store. But when there are a group of actors together, we can say a company of actors. Repeat. A company of actors. WAD is used to describe many banknotes. We can say there's a wad of 50 pound notes or He took a huge wad of euros out of his pocket.. A team of experts - many experts together. Repeat: a team of experts. A team of experts advised the governmnent. Moving on to fruit and we can say a bunch of grapes or a bunch of bananas. Repeat: a bunch of grapes. I've brought you a bunch of grapes. Many thieves together are called a pack of thieves. Similar to a pack of dogs or a pack of wolves, and we also use pack when we talk about playing cards - las cartas - a pack of cards. I'm taking a pack of cards on holiday. Finally, a group of lions together is called a pride of lions. pride usually means orgullo, but we also use it for a group of lions (una manada), a pride of lions. Moving on to the next exercise in which you had to choose the best answer in certain situations. For example, someone says to you - "Do you really think the government will cut back even more on the health service and education?" - I wouldn't put it past them. This means, no me sorprendería. Repeat: I wouldn't put it past them. Will they reduce my salary? I wouldn't put it past them. Do you think they'll make more health and education cuts? . I wouldn't put it past them! The next expression was "That makes a change" - Imagine you live in the The price of tomatoes has gone down. Oh, that makes a change. This cake I made is really nice - That makes a change! The manager has been really nice lately. - That makes a change. I'd rather not if you don't mind. Preferiría que no te importase. Repeat: I'd rather not if you don't mind. Would you like some more dessert? I'd rather not if you don't mind. Can you lend me your camera? I'd rather not if you don't mind. Can you work this weekend? I'd rather not if you don't mind. Serves you right, or it serves you right means te lo mereces. Repeat: It serves you right! I was fined for speeding - Serves you right! I lost 600 euros playing poker - It serves you right! She was arrested for stealing - Serves her right! If you haven't got the foggiest about something you have no idea - ni idea - you haven't got a clue. Repeat: I haven't the foggiest, I haven't got the foggiest. What time does the train leave' Haven't go the foggiest - How much does it cost? I haven't got the foggiest. When will they be here? Haven't the foggiest. And finally, there was an expression with I bet. to bet means apostar. I bet you will, for example, means I'm sure you will. Someone says "If they offer me the job, I'll take it" you could say "I bet you will" -¡Claro!, Tiene un cierto significado sarcástico, irónico. "I always dispose of my rubbish in an ecologically responsible way." - I bet you do! If he asks for my phone number, I won't give it to him." - i bet you won't! In the Business English section this month we looked at some more business English vocabulary. Red tape is bureaucracy, papeleo. Repeat, red tape. There's a lot of red tape involved in getting your residency in this country. I couldn't believe all the red tape I had to go through. By the time I'm 55, I'll have retired. That's the future perfect. I will have retired. It's similar to the present perfect, but with will for the future. Will + have + participle of the verb - will have retired. By the time I'm 55 means when I'm 55 or before. El tiempo hasta que comple 55 años. By next Thursday means next Thursday or before. Repeat. I'll have finished this by next Thursday. I'll have seen you before next week. We'll have painted the flat by the time you come. Listen: Our business has really taken off. If a business takes off it becomes successful. imagine a plane taking off. It goes up into the sky. A business or company can also take off. Since we started advertising, the business has really taken off. To implement a change means to make a change. To put a change into action. Repeat: to implement a change - to implement changes. Have you implemented those changes we talked about? When are you going to implement the changes?. We also gave you some more sentences to translate in this month's cuaderno. First, you had to translate from English to Spanish. So, I'll say the English sentences and you say the Spanish translation before I do. Then, repeat the English sentence after me to practise pronunciation. Ready? I told you I was going to do it. - Te dije que lo iba a hacer. Repite: I told you I was going to do it. I lost the only friend I had. - Perdí el único amigo que tenía. Repite: I lost the only friend I had They travelled all over/all around/throughout It has to be signed. - Tiene que ser firmado. Repite: It has to be signed. The plant grew quickly. - La planta creció rápidamente. Repite: The plant grew quickly. Good, now I'll read some Spanish sentences with my terrible Spanish accent, and you translate to English before I do. Then repeat the sentences after me to practise your pronunciation. OK? Su cara es muy expresiva (ella). - Her face is very expressive. Repite: Her face is very expressive. ¿Por qué no están listos los niños? - Why aren’t the children ready? Repite: Why aren’t the children ready? ¿Quién la plantó? - Who planted it? Repite: Who planted it? ¿Por qué no intentaste pararme? - Why didn’t you try to stop me? Repite: Why didn’t you try to stop me? La vida es corta, ¿no? - Life’s short, isn’t it? Repite: Life’s short, isn’t it? Wonderful! Well done! Well, we've reached the end of this podcast, but we will of course be back next month with another podcast based on our monthly newsletter, our cuaderno de inglés mensual. Remember, you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and of course on iTunes. And don't forget to check out - check out=mirar, echar un vistazo - check out our new podcast called Aprender inglés con Reza y Craig en lo que hablo con mi amigo Reza sobre el vocabulario, la gramática y la pronunciación de inglés. Puedes encontrarlo también en iTunes.
Si te gustan nuestros podcasts, puedes ayudarnos con una corta reseña en iTunes contribuyendo así a que más personas puedan conocernos y escucharnos. Gracias a todos los que ya han escrito algún comentario. Thank you to all of you who are writing reviews. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés where you can ask questions, make comments and do exercises and practise your listening. Or you can send me an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter where we tweet useful links to improve your English, English slang vocabulary, quotations and much more. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Until next month then, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Take care and bye for now!
The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.
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| 26 Aug 2018 | Cheese - AIRC222 | 00:36:10 | |
We spoke about wine in episode 210 and what better podcast to go with wine than cheese.
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| 02 Jun 2024 | How to describe bad food - AIRC520 | 00:45:03 | |
In today’s podcast, you’ll learn useful vocabulary to describe bad food. We’ll explore words and phrases that describe when food goes from fabulous to foul. Whether it’s a stale slice of bread or a rancid piece of cheese, You’ll learn how to talk about these less-than-appetizing experiences in English. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 19 Jan 2020 | The most difficult things about learning Spanish - AIRC295 | 00:45:00 | |
What are the most difficult things about learning Spanish? Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 13 Mar 2016 | Commonly Mispronounced Words - AIRC94 | 00:46:11 | |
If you are a new listener to this award-winning podcast, welcome! In this episode: Commonly mispronounced words
Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Listener Feedback: Juan Gabriel 1) ¿Por qué en la frase- estos son vuestros vaqueros"are these your jeans?" se pone antes la palabra "are" que la de "these" por que seria son estos vuestros vaqueros. Explicamelo por que el intercambio de palabras no me aclaro. -Because the order in a question is: TO BE(Are) + SUBJECT(these) +.....? 2) Otra duda que tengo es el significado de "QUE" si es what por que en la frase ¡Que baratos¡ se escribe con that´s "that´s cheap" (OR “How cheap!”) que significado tiene la palabra 'that´s'? - It can be dangerous to try to translate directly from Spanish to English. In this example, the translation of ¡Qué barato! is "That's cheap!" or "How cheap!". 3) Otra duda de las que tengo es por que cuando le preguntas a alguien tienes que poner al principio "do you". Por ejemplo - "Do you work in an office?" que significado tienen las palabras "do you"? - "Do you..." is used to indicate the question form in present simple.
Commonly mispronounced words muscle - músculo (mussel - mejillón)
Juan Sheet The Italian Man Who Went To Malta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFQFvSPhQ8 A Real Italian Man Who Went to Malta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F4qw1jNazc
For our 100th episode please send us your 'wins'. How has English helped you. "Because of my English............." (I got a better job or a promotion, I ordered a pizza in London, Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com.
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The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'
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| 17 Oct 2021 | How long does it take to learn a language? - AIRC386 | 00:38:54 | |
Find out how long it takes to learn a language as we comment on your recent feedback and answer your questions. Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 16 Dec 2013 | Could / couldn't, collocations with 'have', pronunciation: consonants and vowels, phrasal verb 'to set up' - AIRC8 | 00:28:13 | |
LAS NOTAS DEL EPISODIO
Gramática: Could and Couldn't I could swim when I was young.(habilidad en el pasado) - podia Tomorrow we could swim in the sea.(condicional) - podría Craig can't play a musical instrument (now) Craig couldn't play a musical instrument when he was younger (past) Craig, could/can I ask you a question? (permission) Estudia más sobre los verbos modales aquí: http://www.mansioningles.com/cursointer/cursointer20_6.htm
Pronunciación: consonantes + vocales "Have a" cuando un vocal va después de un consonante en inglés, los sonidos se juntan. "Have a cup of tea" - "have a cuppa", "have a coffee", "have a can of beer" "Got to get a lot of it".
Phrasal verb: to set up to set up a tent, to set up equipment (montar) to set up a meeting (arrange, organize) to set up a business, an organization, a foundation, a charity (fundar, montar) to set up a person (to trick them - hacer trampas, engañar) "The murderer set me up", "It was a set up".
Vocabulay Corner: collocations with HAVE "to have fun", "to have a ball, (fun v funny) - a funny joke, a funny film, a funny person (gracioso) - a fun person (divertido) to have a good time To have st in common with so What do we have in common? Craig and Reza have jazz music and houseproud mothers in common. To have time (to do things) What would you like to have more time to do? Reza doesn't have time to surf the Internet. Reza has a new phone. He's got (he has got) a new phone.
Reza's Top Tip: Use polite language with strangers "Where's the bus staion?" (direct) - "Could you tell me where the bus station is?" (indirect and more polite) "Do you like paella?" - "Can you tell me if you like paella?" "Can I smoke? - Do you mind if I smoke?" "Would you mind telling me where the bus station is?" "I'd like to know where the bus station is?" "I wonder if you wouldn't mind telling me where the bus station is?"
The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called See You Later - licensed by creative commons under a by-nc license at ccmixter.org.
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| 08 Oct 2023 | Common English Metaphors - AIRC487 | 00:26:56 | |
When we compare English to a road, a journey, a mountain or a rollercoaster we’re using metaphors. Let’s learn some more metaphors so that you can take your English to the top of the ladder. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ | |||
| 29 Nov 2015 | What to write in Greeting cards - AIRC79 | 00:26:26 | |
If you are a new listener to this podcast, welcome! I'm Craig. This is Reza. With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
Hi Craig, I'm Javier Alberola from Valencia again. I never imagined I would be capable of doing a review about a podcast such as 'Aprender Inglés.com'. 'Aprender Inglés con Craig y Reza' has become my favourite podcast for various reasons: Secondly, the experience of the protagonists is their most important attribute. On the other side (On the other hand), I think the success of the podcast is based on the way they transmit information to the audience. In conclusion, 'Aprender Inglés con Craig y Reza' is the best way of learning English: cheap, top quality and easy to use (especially on a smartphone). Kind regards, Greeting Cards Why do the British, and the Americians, love to send them? birthday cards
corny = cursi Christmas Cards - You could write: Anniversary cards - You could write: Valentine Day cards - You could write: killjoy = aguafiestas New job cards - You could write: Promotion cards - You could write: Retirement cards - You could write: Easter Cards - You could write: New Baby cards - You could write: get well soon cards - You could write: Christening (bautismo) A Wedding Invitation: RSVP = répondez, s'il vous plaît (please reply)
Send us a voice message and tell us what you think. inglespodcast.com - speakpipe Send us an email, or record your voice and send us a sound file, with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/
The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' | |||