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Christmas stories

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:54:00 +0000

TWO CHRISTMAS STORIES

THE MIRACLE OF THE POINSETTIA. The poinsettia or "Flower of the Holy Night" brings bright red flowers at Christmas. The legend is about a poor young girl who wanted to take a gift to baby Jesus at midnight mass on Christmas Eve. She had nothing. Angels appeared to her on the way to church and told her to pick a bunch of weeds. As she walked into church everyone laughed at her but suddenly the weeds became beautiful red flowers and everyone was amazed.

FATHER CHRISTMAS. Nicholas was the son of wealthy parents who died while he was still young. Nicholas decided to dedicate his life to God. He eventually became a bishop and was very kind and generous. Where he lived there was a family who were poor. The father could not provide a dowry for his three daughters and they couldn’t marry. One day the daughters found bags of gold into their stockings, which were hanging near the chimney to get dry. This meant that the girls could marry respectably and their father didn’t have to worry any more.

When Dutch settlers arrived in New York (New Amsterdam) they brought the traditions of St. Nicholas with them. The Dutch name for him was Sinter Klaas.

Carols lyrics

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:45:00 +0000

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Chorus

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year!

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin.

Good tidings for Christmas

And a Happy New Year!

Oh bring us a figgy pudding,

And a cup of good cheer.

We won’t go until we get some,

So bring some out here!

Chorus

JINGLE BELLS

Chorus

Jingle bells, Jingle bells,

Jingle all the way.

Oh, what fun it is to ride in a

One horse open sleigh.

Jingle bells, Jingle bells,

Jingle all the way.

Oh, what fun it is to ride in a

One horse open sleigh.

Dashing through the snow,

In a one horse open sleigh,

Over fields we go,

Laughing all the way.

Bells on bobtails ring,

Making spirits bright.

What fun it is to laugh

and sing a sleighing song tonight.

Chorus

A day or two ago,

I thought I’d take a ride.

And soon Miss Fanny Bright,

Was seated by my side.

The horse was lean and lank,

Misfortune seemed his lot

We got into a drifted bank,

And then we got upsot.

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

Had a very shiny nose,

And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names.

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came to say,

“Rudolph, with your nose so bright,

Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Then how the reindeer loved him,

As they shouted out with glee,

“Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

You’ll go down in history!”

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas

From the bottom of my heart!

Learn to be happy

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:37:00 +0000

Welcome to this new school year 2011/2012. Are you ready?

We should see this video from time to time, since it makes you realise what is really important in life and how we should pamper ourselves. It's great!

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Have you ever paid attention to how many English words we use in our daily life? Sometimes people use English to look trendier. On most occasions we use English without realising it. Its influence is so important that we find it everywhere. That’s why we use English more and more. If we want to understand songs, make the most of the internet or meet foreigners, having a proficiency of English is a must. Have a look at this article and tell me if you agree.

ENGLISH VS ESPAÑOL

Desde que las insignias se llaman pins, los homosexuales gays, las comidas frías lunchs, y los repartos de cine castings, este país no es el mismo. Ahora es mucho, muchísimo más moderno.

Antaño los niños leían tebeos en vez de comics, los estudiantes pegaban posters creyendo que eran carteles, los empresarios hacían negocios en vez de business, y los obreros, tan ordinarios ellos, sacaban la fiambrera al mediodía en vez del tupper-ware. Yo en el colegio hice aerobic muchas veces, pero tonta de mí, creía que hacía gimnasia.

Nadie es realmente moderno si no dice cada día cien palabras en inglés. Las cosas, en otro idioma, nos suenan mucho mejor. Evidentemente, no es lo mismo decir bacon que panceta, aunque tengan la misma grasa, ni vestíbulo que hall, ni inconveniente que handicap… Desde ese punto de vista, los españoles somos modernísimos. Ya no decimos bizcocho, sino plumcake, ni tenemos sentimientos, sino feelings. Sacamos tickets, compramos compacts, comemos sándwiches, vamos al pub, practicamos el rappel y el rafting, en lugar de acampar hacemos camping y cuando vienen los fríos, nos limpiamos los mocos con kleenex.

Esos cambios de lenguaje han influido en nuestras costumbres y han mejorado mucho nuestro aspecto. Las mujeres no usan medias, sino panties y los hombres no utilizan calzoncillos, sino slips, y después de afeitarse se echan aftershave, que deja la cara mucho más fresca que el tónico.

El español moderno ya no corre, porque correr es de cobardes, sino que hace footing; no estudia, sino que hace masters; y nunca consigue aparcar, pero siempre encuentra un parking. El mercado ahora es el marketing; el autoservicio, el self-service; la escala el ranking; y el representante, el manager. Los importantes son vips, los auriculares walkman, los puestos de venta stands, los ejecutivos yuppies, las niñeras baby-sitters, y hasta nannies, cuando el hablante es además un pijo irredento.

En la oficina, el jefe está siempre en meetings o brain storms, casi siempre con la public-relations, mientras la assistant envía mailings y organiza trainings; luego se irá al gimnasio a hacer gym-jazz y se encontrará con todas las de la jet, que vienen de hacerse liftings, y con alguna top-model amante del yogurt light y el body-fitness.

El arcaico aperitivo ha dado paso a los cocktails, donde se jartan a bitter y a roast-beef que, aunque parezca lo mismo, engorda mucho menos que la carne.

En la tele ahora hay magazines, no programas. Cuando el presentador dice varias veces la palabra OK y baila como un trompo la cosa se llama show, y no espectáculo, que suena a anticuado. Si el show es heavy es que contiene carnaza y si es reality parece el difunto diario El Caso pero en moderno. Entre medias, por supuesto, ya no ponen anuncios sino spots que, aparte de ser mejores, te permiten hacer zapping. Estas cosas enriquecen mucho.

Para ser ricos del todo, y quitarnos el complejo tercermundista que tuvimos en otros tiempos, sólo queda decir con acento americano la única palabra que el español ha exportado al mundo: SIESTA.

Hello to my students of English at IES 8 de Marzo

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:20:00 +0000

Hello and welcome to this new site I’ve created for you. I hope you enjoy it and learn at the same time. Here’s my first present: the famous song by the Black Eyed Peas. Sonia Blaya Albert.

I Got A Feeling by Black Eyed Peas, Music Video and Lyrics

I Got A Feeling is the second single by the Black Eyed Peas from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies). It was produced by David Guetta himself.
The video features guest appearances by David Guetta, Kid Cudi, and a few well known personalities of the GLBT community, including Ongina of RuPaul's Drag Race fame.
The song peaked at #2 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

It's good that BEP are always innovating their music. Here you can listen the studio version of the song, this is the official video.

Black Eyed Peas - I Got A Feeling Lyrics

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good good night (x4)

Tonight's the night night
Let's live it up
I got my money
Let's spend it up

Go out and smash it
like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let's get get OFF

I know that we'll have a ball
if we get down
and go out
and just loose it all

I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Lets go way out spaced out
and loosing all control

Fill up my cup
Mazal tov
Look at her dancing
just take it off

Lets paint the town
We'll shut it down
Let's burn the roof
and then we'll do it again

Lets Do it (x3)
and live it up

i gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good good night (x2)
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Tonight's the night
let's live it up
I got my money
Lets spend it up

Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Lets get get OFF

Fill up my cup (Drink)
Mazal Tov (L'chaim)
Look at her dancing (Move it Move it)
Just take it off

Lets paint the town
We'll shut it down
Lets burn the roof
and then we'll do it again

lets do it (x3)
let's live it up

Here we come
here we go
we gotta rock

Easy come
easy go
now we on top

Feel the shot
body rock
Rock it don't stop

Round and round
up and down
around the clock

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Friday, Saturday, Saturday and Sunday

we keep keep keep keep on going
we know what we say
party everyday
party everyday

got a feeling
that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good good nighte