Phrasal Verbs

to look – ver, mirar

1. 'to look up to'

We have always looked up to John – Siempre hemos admirado a John

2. 'to look down on'

My father-in-law has always looked down on me – Mi suegro siempre me ha mirado con desprecio

3. 'to look for'

We have looked for our cat everywhere – Hemos buscado nuestro gato en todas partes

4. 'to look around'

We have one day in this town to look around – Tenemos un día en este pueblo para echar un vistazo

5. 'to look into'

The police are looking into the case – La policía está investigando el caso

6. 'to look up'

You should look up this word in the dictionary – Deberías buscar esta palabra en el diccionario

7. 'to look after' (to take care of)

Could you look after my cat while I’m on vacation? – ¿Podrías cuidar mi gato mientras estoy de vacaciones?

8. 'to look forward to'

I look forward to your visit next week – Espero con ilusión tu visita la semana que viene

ESL Café #90 State Fairs and Spiderman

By Richard Rodgers And Oscar Hammerstein

Our State Fair is a great state fair
Don't Miss it don't even be late
(our state fair is great)
It's dollars to doughnuts at our state fair
It's the best state fair in the state
OUR STATE FAIR IS A GREAT STATE FAIR IS A GREAT IS A GREAT IS A GREAT STATE FAIR Our State Fair is a great state fair
Don't Miss it don't even be late
(state fair is great)
It's dollars to doughnuts at our state fair
It's the best state fair.. in our state

I think this is a very easy lesson. There is very little new vocabulary and he explains most of the new words in the program. The two topics, or subjects, or themes for this episode are states fairs and the man who created the comic book Spiderman. We still have state fairs in the United States, at least I think we still have them. I haven’t been to a state fair since I was about nine years old. I have never read a Spiderman comic book.

Vocabulary:

Livestock – ganado

Ribbon – lazo, cinta

Pie – tarta

Roller coaster – montaña rusa

Ferris Wheel - noria

Merry-go-round – tiovivo, caballitos

Verbs:

To display – Inform visualizar
2   mostrar
     (mercancías) exponer
     (emociones) manifestar: he didn't ever display his emotions, nunca manifestaba sus emociones

To Entertain – entretener

To bloom - florecer

Seattle

Seattle is in the northwest state of Washington in the United States of America.  It is on the Puget Sound which is a fjord, or a little like a fjord. Seattle has two lakes: Lake Union and Lake Washington.  The city is surrounded by mountains and the great Mount Rainier volcano can be seen towering above the city. 

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