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Vídeo: Interview with Enrique Iglesias Posted by Adir on Aug 16, 2011
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer, whose father is world famous crooner Julio Iglesias. Let’s watch a little interview with Enrique where he talks about sucess and failure. Below you will see the translated script. If you’re reading this post in your e-mail, click here to watch the video. Entrevistador: ¿Cuáles son tus mayores éxitos…
Learning tip: Revisiting! Posted by Adir on Aug 15, 2011
Hey, how’s it going? There’s a saying in Portuguese: a river doesn’t go through the same place twice, meaning if you go to the same place more than once the water won’t be the same, obviously. The same happens with learning. You may have enrolled in language courses once or twice and then when the…
Canción: Imagíname sin ti, de Luis Fonsi Posted by Adir on Aug 12, 2011
Born in Puerto Rico, Fonsi and his family later moved to Orlando, Florida, during Fonsi’s early childhood. Around the time he was ten years old, Fonsi began to dream about becoming a member of Menudo, a Latin American boy band. While not being able to pursue that dream, he did, however, join many local boy…
Vocabulary: Kitchen furniture and objects Posted by Adir on Aug 9, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? Today let’s learn some useful vocabulary: kitchen furniture and objects! Shall we go for it? cupboard – armario / aparador mug – jarrita / tarro (México) Mamá, ¿dónde están las jarritas? – Están el en armario. Mom, where are the mugs? – They’re in the cupboard. spoon – cuchara fork…
Talking about the (heavy) traffic in Spanish Posted by Adir on Aug 4, 2011
Ah, the traffic! We’ve all had a bad time during rush hour and today we’re going to learn how to speak about this en español, ¿de acuerdo? So first check out this little dialog between two friends stuck in traffic. A: Odio conducir cuando el tránsito está congestionado. (I hate driving in such heavy traffic.)…
At the airport: the check-in Posted by Adir on Jul 30, 2011
Traveling is great, isn’t it? You get to meet people, be in places other than your regular city and learn a lot while traveling. So in this post I’m going to give you some useful expressions for when you’re at the check-in counter at the airport. Su pasaporte, por favor. Passport, please. ¿Cuántas maletas lleva?…
Learning tip: Attitude! Posted by Adir on Jul 29, 2011
Hi, everybody! How have you been? Well, I was thinking the other day and I came to the conclusion that one of the most important things when you set out to do something new is to have attitude. I mean, not a nasty attitude towards anything but a very positive and proactive attitude. You may…