Como puede verse, el verbo can solo tiene
dos formas, una para el presente y otra para el pasado; para los tiempos de los
que can carece puede usarse el verbo to be able(ser capaz, poder), que tiene conjugación completa:
- They won't be able to play - No podrán jugar
- I haven't been able to sell it - No he podido venderlo
Cannot se escribe en una sola palabra.
Usos mas importantes de can
1. Poder hacer algo:
- I can't open this bottle - No puedo abrir esta botella.
- This car can reach 220kmh. – Este coche puede llegar a 220km por hora.
2. Saber hacer algo:
- I can swim – Sé nadar.
- I can’t speak French – No sé hablar Francés.
- Can you dance Tango? – ¿Sabes bailar Tango?
Can significa saber solo en el sentido de tener habilidad para
hacer algo que se ha aprendido; en el sentido de tener conocimiento de algo se
emplea el verbo to know:
- We know you’re a vegetarian. – Sabemos que eres vegetariano.
El verbo to know también se puede emplear para expresar la habilidad de
hacer algo, construyéndose entonces con how to:
- He knows how to dance = He can dance - Sabe bailar.
- Para expresar habilidad en el futuro se emplea to be able to:
- I’ll never be able to buy a new car if I don’t save money. / Nunca podré
comprar un nuevo coche si no ahorro dinero.
3. Peticiones:
- Can you buy me a drink? - ¿Puedes comprarme una bebida?
- Can I ask you something? - ¿Puedo preguntarte algo?
4. Con los verbos de percepción como to feel (sentir) to see
(ver). to hear (oír), etc., se suele usar can + infinitivo sin
to:
- I can feel you close to me, but I can’t see you. / Puedo
sentirte cerca de mi, pero no puedo verte.
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Escucha el dictado y escribe el texto. Sigue las instrucciones.
1. Listen to the text read at normal speed. (Primero escucha el dictado a una
velocidad normal)
2. DICTATION – Listen and write. Use the pause button on your media player if
you need to.
(Escucha y escribe lo que oyes. Utiliza la pausa en tu reproductor si lo
necesitas)
3. Listen to the text again and check your dictation.
(Escucha el texto de Nuevo y comprueba lo escrito)
In a village in the mountains, a little old man with a beard and a young girl
set up a stall in the market place one day, selling bottles of homemade
medicine, labelled ‘The Elixir of Life’.
‘Come on, everyone!’ the old man called out. ‘Don’t miss your chance to beat
ageing. This is your opportunity to buy Archie’s miracle medicine. It’s the only
medicine that cures old age. You only have to look at me to see the proof. I’m
two hundred and five years old.’
A crowd quickly gathered around the market stall, and the old man and the girl
were kept busy handing out the bottle of medicine and taking the money.
There were two younger men in the crowd, and one of them said to the other, ‘You
don’t really think he’s genuine, do you?’
‘I don’t know. He might be telling the truth. He’s got an honest face.’
‘You’ve got to be kidding! said the man. ‘He must be lying. It
has to be a trick.’
‘Well, why not ask his assistant, then, if you don’t believe it?’ suggested his
friend. So the man approached the girl and asked. ‘He can’t really be
that old, can he? That’s completely ridiculous. Tell me the truth, is he really
two hundred and five years old?’
‘I’m sorry, sir, but I can’t really say.’ the girl replied, ‘I’ve only been
working for him for the past seventy five years.’
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Elige la opción correcta para completar las siguientes frases.
1. The thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
2. I want to live my life my nights are not full of regrets.
3. I can never decide my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of
my dreams.
4. The business of art is to reveal the relation man and his environment.
5. People always war when they say they love peace.
Before you read the text, read the following comprehension questions.
1. Why didn’t Tom lie to his teacher about being
late?
2. What was the girls initial reaction when Tom sat down next to her?
a) She was pleased, but said nothing.
b) She immediately started to talk to Tom.
c) She seemed annoyed.
d) She didn’t really react.
3. What did Tom place in front of the girl as a present?
4. What did Tom agree to do for the girl at noon?
5. What was the effect of Tom’s interaction with the girl on his studies?
Now read the text and answer the questions.
When Tom arrived at the little isolated
schoolhouse, he walked in quickly, giving the impression that he had come as
fast as he could.
He hung his hat on a peg and threw himself into his seat with businesslike
enthusiasm. The teacher, sitting high up on his large arm-chair, was sleeping.
The interruption disturbed him.
"Thomas Sawyer!"
Tom knew that when his name was pronounced in full, it meant trouble.
"Sir!"
"Come up here. Now, why are you late again, as usual?"
Tom was about to lie, when he saw two long tails of yellow hair hanging down a
back that he recognized with a feeling of love. It was THE ONLY VACANT PLACE on
the girls' side of the schoolhouse. He instantly said:
"I STOPPED TO TALK WITH HUCKLEBERRY FINN!"
The master's pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study
stopped. The pupils wondered if this silly boy had lost his mind. The master
said:
"You……you did what?"
"Stopped to talk with Huckleberry Finn."
There was no mistaking the words.
"Thomas Sawyer, this is the most amazing confession I have ever listened to. You
will pay for this offence. Take off your jacket."
The teacher's arm came down on Tom until it was tired and the number of hits
gradually decreased. Then came the order:
"Now, sir, go and sit with the girls! And let this be a warning to you."
The laughter that spread around the room appeared to embarrass Tom, but in
reality that result was caused more by his complete admiration of the unknown
girl and the frightening pleasure that this piece of good luck promised.
He sat down on the end of the bench and the girl moved herself away from him
with a toss of her head.
Nudges and winks and whispers ran around the room, but Tom sat still, with his
arms on the long, low desk in front of him, and seemed to study his book.
Eventually, attention moved away from Tom, and familiar classroom sounds filled
the air once more.
Soon the boy began to look over at the girl. She noticed it, "made a mouth" at
him and showed him the back of her head for the space of a minute.
When she cautiously turned around again, a peach was in front of her. She pushed
it away. Tom gently put it back. She pushed it away again, but with less
animosity.
Tom patiently returned it to its place. Then she let it remain. Tom wrote
quickly in his book, "Please take it. I’ve got more."
The girl looked at the words, but made no sign. Now the boy began to draw
something, hiding his work with his left hand. For a time the girl refused to
notice, but her human curiosity soon got the better of her.
The boy continued working. The girl made a sort of noncommittal attempt to see,
but the boy did not show that he was aware of it.
At last she gave in and hesitatingly whispered: "Let me see it."
Tom partly uncovered a bad cartoon of a house with a corkscrew of smoke coming
from the chimney. Then the girl's interest began to focus itself on the work and
she forgot everything else.
When it was finished, she looked for a moment, then whispered: "It's nice, make
a man."
The artist put a man in the front garden, that looked like an oil rig. He could
have stepped over the house, but the girl was not critical. She was satisfied
with the monster, and whispered:
"It's a beautiful man. Now make me coming along."
Tom drew a matchstick figure with a moon-shaped head and put a fan in its
fingers. The girl said: "It's ever so nice, I wish I could draw."
"It's easy," whispered Tom, "I'll teach you."
"Oh, will you? When?"
"At noon. Do you go home to dinner?"
"I'll stay if you will."
"Good! that's a deal. What's your name?"
"Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer."
"That's the name they call me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will
you?"
"Yes."
Now Tom began to write something on the paper, hiding the words from the girl.
But she was not shy this time. She begged to see. Tom said: "Oh, it’s nothing
really."
"Yes it is."
"No it’s not. You don't want to see."
"Yes I do, indeed I do. Please let me."
"You'll tell."
"No I won't. I promise. Honestly I won’t"
"You won't tell anybody at all? Ever, as long as you live?"
"No, I won't ever tell ANYbody. Now let me see."
"Oh, YOU don't want to see!"
"If you behave like that, I WILL see." And she put her small hand upon his and a
little fight followed. Tom pretending to resist but letting his hand move slowly
until these words were revealed:
"I LOVE YOU."
"Oh, you bad thing!" And she hit his hand, but blushed and looked pleased,
nevertheless.
Suddenly, the boy felt a slow, fateful grip closing on his ear, and a steady
lifting motion. He was pulled across the room in this position and placed in his
own seat, under a wave of laughter from the whole class.
Then the teacher stood over him during a few awful moments, and finally moved
away to his huge chair without saying a word.
But although Tom's ear hurt, his heart was happy.
As the class quieted down Tom made an honest effort to study, but the feelings
inside him was too great.
Later, he took his place in the reading class and made a mess of it. Then in the
geography class and turned lakes into mountains, mountains into rivers, and
rivers into continents, until chaos was back again.
Then in the spelling class, and got fooled by a succession of baby words.
Eventually, he had to give up the medal which he had worn with such pride for
months.
... to be continued!
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of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
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