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UNIT 27 1
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Carmelo Mangano
UNIT 27 1
A Funny St or y
Tom - Ha ha ha ha!
M arg. - Hel lo, T om ! W hat are you la ug hing about ?
Tom - Ha ha ha! W hile I was ha vi ng a dr ink at t he bar ,
som ebody t old m e a j ok e, t he f unnies t j ok e I ’ve e ver
hear d!
M arg. - Real l y?
Tom - Yes, r eall y. I ’ve ne ver laug hed so m uch in m y l if e!
M arg. - W ho t old you t he j oke?
Tom - A m an t hat I j ust m et downst air s in t he b ar .
M arg. - And you ha ve com e upst air s t o t ell m e t he j ok e! How
sweet of you!
Tom - W ell … no, dar ling . I don’t t hink you woul d lik e it .
M arg. - But you sa y t hat yo u ha ve ne ver laug hed so m uch i n your
lif e!
Tom - I t ’s t r ue. But … you see, dear … er … you and I ha ven ’t
q uit e t he sam e sense of hum our. Your s is r ef ined and
delic at e. You say t hat m ine is vulg ar .
M arg. - Ver y wel l! As yo u lik e! But you used to t ell me
ever yt hing .
Tom - T hat was som e t im e ag o, m y dear . W e k now each ot her
bet t er now. I k now t hat you ar e r ef in ed and sensit i ve.
You say t hat I am coar se and vulg ar .
M arg. - O h, T om! I ’ve never said t hat !
Tom - You said so yest er day!
M arg. - Did I r ea ll y sa y so ? I ’m sur e I didn ’t m ean it ! My po or
T om! Did I hur t your f eeling s ver y m uch ?
Tom - You hur t t hem a lit t l e, of cour se. But never m ind! I of t en
hur t your f eeling s t oo, I k now. W hen I t ease you, f or
exam p le.
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Not e
My son N ino sa ys, “W hat is r eall y f unny about t he j ok e is that
t her e’s not hing f unny about it ! ”
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prepositions
Cuando “who, what , whi ch and wher e” s on el obj et o de una
pr epos i ci ón, muy a menudo di cha pr epos i ción s e pone al f i nal de l a f r as e.
• W ho ar e you phoni n g t o?
W hat ar e you t hink ing about ?
W hat ar e you look ing at ?
W hi ch air line is he f l ying w i t h?
W her e ar e you com ing fr om ?
En un i ngl és f or mal se di r í a:
Rober t and M i ll i e
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1. t o see = ver
I can’t see. I t ’s t oo dar k. T ur n on t he lig ht , please.
A per son t hat cannot see is blind.
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Rober t and M i ll i e
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as
1. as = como
2. as = ya que
3. as = mi ent r as
4. as = cuando
as
Abel
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to use = us ar
Mar g ar et uses only Fr ench perf um e.
I used to … = s ol í a
“Us ed” s egui do de un i nf i ni t i vo, s e usa par a expr es ar una acci ón
r epet i da vari as veces en el pas ado.
Bef or e m eet ing Richar d, Vio let H ilt on used t o spen d her
even ing s at hom e r eading hist or ical no vels.
M il li e
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Love an d Hat e
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here
En l os ej empl os que s i guen ver emos l os us os más comunes de “her e”.
Up her e = aquí ar r i ba
Do wn her e = aquí abaj o
I n her e = aquí dent r o
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against = cont r a
Abel
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meal = comi da
W ARNING
I n G r eat Br it ain
1 di nner or l unch
2 di nner or supper
I n t he Unit ed St at es
Los nor t eamer i canos us an “l unch ” par a l a comi da del medi odí a,
y “di nner ” par a l a comi da de l a t ar de.
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traducción de “como ”
1. how
2. li ke - as
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Se us a “as ” ant es de una f r as e.
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regla general
like
as
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W ARNING
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Abel
I have r ead lot s of his int er vie ws. T hey ar e f ant ast ic! O ne
day I ’ ll be ab le t o wr it e lik e him . I ’m sur e.
I spend m ost of m y f r ee t im e r eading and wr it ing . I don’t
m ind if I m ust g o on st udying lik e a sl ave f or m any year s.
But one da y I ’l l wr it e beaut if ul and int er est ing ar t icles as he
did.
As I ha ve a lr ead y t old you, Mr W ilson’s st udio is f ull of
book s, it ’s lik e a lit tle libr ar y, so I of t en g o t o him t o bor r ow
book s.
T wo da ys ag o, whe n I went t o his hou se t o g ive back a
book and bor r ow anot her , he sm iled sweet l y, put his ar m
ar ound m y should er s and said, “ Abel, I’m speak ing t o you
lik e a f at her , g o on lik e t his, r eading and wr it i ng as m uch as
you can, and I ’l l he lp you t o becom e a g ood r epor t er as I
was. ”
I couldn' t belie ve my ear s. I st ar ted t r em bling wit h
em ot ion, and wit hou t saying a wor d, I hugg ed him and r an
hom e.
Ma ybe I beha ve d l i k e a child, but wh en I hear d t hose
m ag ic wor ds: “ I ’ll help you t o becom e a r epor t er as I was. ”
- I didn’t k now wh at t o say; I was so em bar r assed. M y
G od! It was lik e a dr eam com e tr ue.
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Lydi a
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O n t he Top of a M ountai n
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Tr ansl at i on
1. Tr aduce or al m ente.
2. Copi a t oda l a pági na.
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Vocabul ar y
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