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- Visualiza
un
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- Este mes incluimos en nuestro Cuaderno en el apartado de audio un
Podcast para descargar que puedes llevar cualquier parte con tu
reproductor portátil de mp3. Por supuesto puedes también escucharlo
directamente desde tu PC.
· PRACTICA INGLÉS EN TU NIVEL. Nuevos ejercicios cada mes.
FURNITURE - MUEBLES
¿Qué son los siguientes muebles en inglés?. Elige la palabra correcta para
cada imagen. Consulta las respuestas correctas al final de la página
(Si estás empezando a aprender inglés nuestro
Pack de ahorro Básico puede ayudarte. Lleva un regalo incorporado y no
tiene gastos de envío.)
Choose the room in which you would normally find the following things. (Si quieres mejorar en tu inglés nuestro
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y no tiene gastos de envío.)
Choose the best answer to the following questions.
(Si quieres mejorar en tu inglés nuestro
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y no tiene gastos de envío.)
1. What do you open a bottle of wine with?
a) a screwdriver
b) pliers
c) a corkscrew
d) a hammer
2. What do you use to weigh food?
a) pots
b) scales
c) a whisk
d) plugs
3. Where would you find the chimney?
a) on the roof
b) in the garage
c) on the wall
d) in the toilet
4. Which of the following would you not usually find in the
kitchen?
a) grater
b) tin opener
c) spanner
d) kettle
5. What would you normally beat eggs or cream
with?
a) a whisk
b) a dimmer switch
c) a spirit level
d) a knob
El podcasting consiste en archivos de sonido (usualmente en formato mp3)
que pueden descargarse de Internet para escucharlos en el momento que se
quiera, generalmente en un reproductor portátil.
Puedes reproducir o descargar el podcast
directamente desde aquí.
In the podcast, you listen to a man talking about his bed. Try to answer
the following questions.
1.. What 3 things does the man do in bed?
2.. Which country does the man live in?
3.. What does the man say about his grandmother?
*(puedes encontrar
listenings
para practicar en varios niveles en nuestra web)
·
APRENDE UN POCO MÁS.
furniture
(nombre incontable) - muebles
a piece of furniture - un mueble
antique furniture - muebles antiguos
Compound Forms:
door furniture - accesorios para puertas
furniture designer - diseñador de mobiliario
furniture designer - diseñador de muebles
furniture maker - fabricante de muebles
furniture mover - compañía de mudanzas
furniture polish - pulimento para muebles
furniture store - almacén de muebles
furniture van - camión de mudanzas
kit furniture - muebles en kit
office furniture - muebles de oficina
garden/patio furniture - muebles para el jardín/patio
reproduction furniture - mobiliario antiguo de imitación
set of furniture - mobiliario
unit furniture - muebles combinados
DIY Do-It-Yourself
(bricolaje)
DIY is important to
the British. You will hear people talking about it much of the time in
the office, at the coffee morning, or in the pub.
"An Englishman's Home is his Castle", the saying goes. Other Europeans
prefer to rent a place to live, but the English buy theirs. Then they
make it into their castle, that reflects British character and tastes.
Every year Brits spend £170 each on DIY products, and there are now 1100
DIY stores compared to 175 in 1980.
For the British, doing DIY is a substitute for other things. Suppose an
office worker gets a surprise bonus. The Belgian would spend it on
restaurant meals; the British would still eat frozen pizza and chips,
but install some new kitchen units. The German would buy some classical
music CDs; the British would keep playing their pop cassettes, but put
up a lovely new shelf to put them on. The Italian would buy a smart new
suit; the British would wear the same old clothes, but construct a new
wardrobe to keep them in.
Holiday time is similar. The Frenchman spends his weekend with his
mistress. The British also spend the weekend in the bedroom – but,
sadly, only decorating it.
DIY - Do It Yourself - describes this process of home improvement. It can
mean anything from changing a light bulb to installing a swimming pool,
but the key thing is that you do it alone. Friends or family lend a
hand, but you can have no professional help.
Holidays doing DIY
Around one-fifth of a Brits holiday time is spent at home doing things
around the house. They would spend a week's holiday on fitting a new
garden gate, standing out in the rain. You can point out jokingly that
for the £200 they spent on the gate, they could have gone to Spain. But
be sympathetic, as if they had no choice; as if fitting the gate was a
duty for Queen and Country.
Sunday morning at the DIY store
If a Brit tells you they took the family to Texas for the weekend, this is
not an exciting holiday to the US. Texas is one of the big DIY chain
stores, like B&Q and Homebase (Leyroy Merlin in Spain and France). Every
Sunday morning you see the car parks full. Each car is full of lengths
of wood, rolls of wallpaper, and boxes of new tools. You see families
wandering round the store for hours. Perhaps they can't decide which
shade of cream to paint the bedroom wall. Or perhaps they just can't get
back into the car.
DIY widows
These are wives who have no time with their husband because he is always
doing something around the house. They like to complain about their
partner's incompetence. For example, he tried to fix a leaking tap, but
caused a flood, and had to call out the plumber anyway. (Plumbers are
very expensive on emergency call-outs.) Again, be sympathetic. To
reassure them, you can quote the example of David Page, 48, of
Southampton. One day in 1996 he knocked down his house's front porch.
That night, as the family slept, the entire house collapsed around them!
Flat-pack furniture
Every adult in Britain has, at some time, tried to put together a
flat-pack. (Usually, a student desk.) They are a national joke. It seems
such a bargain in the shop, but when you try to make it there are two
screws missing, you don't have the right size screwdriver, and the
instructions are in Polish. The assembled item has the strength of a
cardboard box, unable to hold more than two or three books. When you
move it, it collapses instantly back to its original flat state. Then
you find the two missing screws.
A philosophical question
If a builder works on his own house, is this DIY, or is it professional?
In fact the question is academic. Go to any builder's house and you'll
see it's full of unfinished jobs!
*(puedes encontrar
lecturas para practicar en nuestra web)
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The story starts in London October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy,
solitary, unmarried gentleman with regular habits. The source of his
wealth is unknown and he lives modestly. He fires his former valet,
James Forster, for bringing him shaving water two degrees too cold. He
hires as a replacement Passepartout, a Frenchman of around 30 years of
age.
Later that day in the Reform Club, he gets involved in an argument over an
article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new
railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world
in 80 days.
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