Saturday, February 7, 2015

Are You Addicted to Your Phone?

Do you use your phone too much? Do you spend too much time looking at Twitter, Whatsapp, Email, and talking on your phone? How much time do you spend every day looking at your phone? When you walk down the street do you always have your phone in your hand? Do you look at your phone when you are with your friends? A radio program asks if we can be more creative if we spend less time on our phones.



5 Reasons You Want to be Bored (and Brilliant)

Would you be more creative if you didn't spend so much time with technology? 


Does an addiction to technology make us less creative?


Do we need more time to think?




The radio programs has 5 Challenges (desafíos) for listeners.



Bored and Brilliant Challenge 1: In Your Pocket



Your instructions: When you are in the street keep your phone in your pocket or in your bag.



How many devices do you have? What is your favorite device? What app do you use the most?
Devices / Gadgets



Computers: (desktop, laptop, netbook)
MP3 Player
Phones:
Landline - fijo
Cell phone or Mobile phone):  iPhone, Smartphone (I have a Stupidphone), Blackberry
iPod, iPad
Tablet
eBook
Camera



Addicted to Phones?



1.   How much time do you spend on your phone every day?



I spend one hour a day on my phone. I spend two hours every day on my phone.



2.   How many messages do you send every day?



I send one message a day. I send a lot of messages every day.



3.   Do you think you spend too much time on your phone?



No, I don’t think that I spend too much time on my phone.



4.   Does your mother think that you spend too much time on your phone?



No, my mother doesn’t think that I spend too much time on my phone.



Yes, she thinks that I spend too much time on my phone.



5.   When you walk down the street do you always have your phone in your hand? 



No, when I walk down the street I don’t always have my phone in my hand.



No, when I walk down the street I have my phone in my pocket, or in my purse, or in my pack.



6.   Do you look at your phone when you are with your friends?
No, I never look at my phone when I’m with my friends.



7.  Are you addicted to your phone?



No, I am not addicted to my phone.



8.  Could you live for a week without your phone?

9. Which is more dangerous: taking away a teenager's phone or taking the food out of the mouth of a crocodile?




Adicto a los Móviles



1.  ¿Cuánto tiempo pasas con el teléfono todos los días?


Me paso una hora al día con mi teléfono. Me paso dos horas cada día con mi teléfono.



2. ¿Cuántos mensajes envías cada día?



Envío un mensaje al día. Envío un montón de mensajes cada día.



3. ¿Crees que pasas demasiado tiempo con el teléfono?



No, no creo que pase mucho tiempo con mi teléfono.



4. ¿Piensa tu madre que pasas demasiado tiempo con el teléfono?



No, mi madre no cree que yo paso mucho tiempo en mi teléfono.


Sí, ella piensa que yo paso mucho tiempo en mi teléfono.



5. Cuando caminas por la calle siempre tienes el teléfono en la mano?



No, cuando camino por la calle no siempre tengo mi teléfono en mi mano.


No, cuando camino por la calle tengo mi teléfono en el bolsillo o en el bolso o en la mochila.



6. ¿Miras tu teléfono cuando estás con tus amigos?


No, nunca miro mi teléfono cuando estoy con mis amigos.



7. ¿Eres adicto a tu teléfono?



No, no soy adicta a mi teléfono.






8. ¿Podrías vivir durante una semana sin su teléfono?

9. ¿Qual es más peligroso: quitar el teléfono de un adolescente o tomar la comida de la boca de un cocodrilo?

Friday, February 6, 2015

The Present and Past Perfect



La estructura del present perfect en inglés:
El verbo “To Have” en el presente sirve como auxiliar + el participio

I have played
yo he jugado
you have played
tú has jugado
he has played
él ha jugado
we have played
nosotros hemos jugado
you have played
vosotros habéis jugado
they have played
ellos han jugado

En muchos casos el uso es iqual que en español:

Have you been to London?
Yes, I have been to London.
No, I haven’t been to London.
Have you talked to John?  (¿Has hablado con John?)
Has she gone to work?  (¿Ha ido a su trabajo?)
Have you been to London?  (¿Has ido a Londres?)
Have they learned English?  (¿Han aprendido inglés?)
Have you seen 8 Apellidos Vascos? (¿Has visto 8 Apellidos Vascos?)
Yes, I have. Yes, I have seen it.
I haven’t been to the cinema in a long time.
Have you visited the Louvre?
Have you seen the Mona Lisa?
Did you see the Mona Lisa?
The plane hasn't arrived yet. (El avión no ha llegado todavía.)
Our team still hasn't won a championship. (Nuestro equipo aún no ha ganado un campeonato.)
You haven't finished your homework yet? (¿No has acabado todavía los deberes?)
He comido con unos amigos hoy. I had lunch with friends today.
I have just finished my exams. I just finished my exams.

Cuando el Uso Es Completamente Diferente
Para describir sucesos que empezaron en el pasado y continúan hasta el presente. En español usamos el presente en estos casos:
 
I have lived in Valencia for 8 years. (Vivo en VLC desde hace 8 años)
How long have you known Carla?  (¿Desde cuándo conoces a Carla?)
I have known her for a long time.  (La conozco desde hace mucho tiempo.)

Ves la diferencia:

I lived in Seattle for 8 years. (Viví en Seattle por 8 años)

Generalmente no usamos el presente perfecto en inglés para el recién pasado como en español; usamos el pasado simple casi exclusivamente:

Me he levantado hoy a las 7. (I woke up at 7 today.)

Inglés americano y británico 

Británico:
-I've just had breakfast. Acabo de desayunar.
-I've already seen that film. Ya he visto esa película.
-Have you finished your homework yet? ¿Has terminado ya tus deberes?

Aquí las reglas del uso y colocación en la frase de "already" "just" y "yet" se aplican tajantemente (se usan con el present perfect- no past simple, y se colocan entre el auxiliar have y el participio pasado)

Americano:
-I just had breakfast or I've just had breakfast.
-I've already seen that film or I already saw that film.
-Have you finished your homework yet? or Did you finish your homework yet?

Monday, February 2, 2015

Best Friends



Ana and Sara are best friends. Ana and Sara have a lot in common. They have many, many things in common. Ana has one brother and Sara has one brother, too. Sara has a sister and Ana has a sister, too. Ana lives in Valencia and Sara also lives in Valencia. Ana is seven years old. Sara is seven years old.



Ana and Sara are different, too. Ana likes pizza but Sara doesn’t like pizza. Sara likes Justin Bieber but Ana doesn’t like him. Ana says that Justin Bieber is stupid. Ana can cook but Sara can’t cook. Ana’s favorite color is yellow and Sara’s favorite color is purple.



Ana and Sara go to the pool. They both can swim but Ana goes to the pool on Monday and Sara goes on Tuesday. Sara and Ana like to swim. 

They go to the same school. They are in the same class. They have the same teacher. Sara and Ana have a lot in common. Ana's favorite teacher is Lidia. Sara's favorite teacher is Susana. They aren't sisters but they are almost sisters. 

Ana and Sara have a lot of toys. They have many toys. They have a lot of dolls. Ana has three dolls and Sara has four dolls. They like dolls. They like to play. Do you have a lot of dolls? How many dolls do you have? Do you have more dolls than Sara?

Whales are big.
The two girls have pets. Ana has two turtles and Sara has a lot of fish.  She has nine fish. The fish can swim. Can turtles swim? Can whales swim? Can sharks swim? Whales are bigger than sharks. Whales are the biggest animals in the world.
A Shark



Ana likes to listen to the radio.
Sara likes to watch TV. Sara watches The Simpsons every day. The Simpsons is a funny TV program.
Nelson laughs.
Sara laughs a lot.


Ana likes to read. Ana has lots of books in her bedroom. What is in your bedroom?

Sara likes to write stories. She writes stories every day. What is your favorite story?

Ana reads the stories. Can you read? Can you write? Can you write in Valenciano?