Essentials 14

• Listen to this short video everyday for a week and you'll learn all these structures and vocabulary without an effort.

Validation - An amazing story

"Validation" is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer - Kurt Kuenne. Winner - Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int'l Film Festival, Winner - Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Winner - Audience Award, Hawaii Int'l Film Festival, Winner - Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film, Winner - Crystal Heart Award, Best Short Film & Audience Award, Heartland Film Festival, Winner - Christopher & Dana Reeve Audience Award, Williamstown Film Festival, Winner - Best Comedy, Dam Short Film Festival, Winner - Best Short Film, Sedona Int'l Film Festival.
Don't miss it!!

Essentials 13

• Listen to this short video everyday for a week and you'll learn all these structures and vocabulary without an effort.

Speak vs Talk

Vaughan Lesson

Speak vs Talk 1. I would like to speak to you.Directo y formal. Según el tono empleado, podría intimidar un poco. 2. I would like to talk to you.Directo y menos formal.Hace falta forzar el tono bastante para que intimide. 3. I would like to speak with you. Da la idea de consultar formalmente con la otra persona. 4. I would like to talk with you. Da la idea de charlar informalmente. El verbo "to speak" significa "hablar" en el sentido de emitir sonidos inteligibles dentro de un lenguaje comprensible. El verbo "to talk" significa " hablar " en el sentido de mantener una conversación. I speak English. I talk English.  He speaks with authority. He talks with authority.  My wife talks a lot. My wife speaks a lot.  I tried to get her to stop talking. I tried to get her to stop speaking. Fíjate en las frases siguientes y cómo algunas suenan absurdas. You need to speak louder. - Necesitas hablar más alto. You need to talk louder. - Necesitas conversar más alto. I'm trying to teach dolphins how to speak. - Estoy intentando enseñar a los delfines a hablar. I'm trying to teach dolphins how to talk. - Estoy intentando enseñar a los delfines a conversar. Speak up please! - Hable más alto, por favor. Talk up please! - (Esta segunda expresión no existe en inglés.) Were you speaking to me? - ¿Se estaba dirigiendo usted a mí?  Were you talking to me? - ¿Me hablabas a mí? Los verbos "to speak" y "to talk" se solapan mucho. Existen muchos casos en los cuales son perfectamente intercambiables. Sin embargo, hay otros muchos casos en los cuales no. Como regla general, siempre considera que "speak" es formal y más en el sentido de "dirigir la palabra a una persona o grupo de personas". El verbo "to talk" evoca una sensación de menos formalidad, más en línea con conversar, charlar o hablar por hablar.

Podcast:Having Cash Flow Problems

Practice your listening skills with this ESL podcast



ESL Podcast 668 – Having Cash Flow Problems

Kylie: I’ve just crunched the numbers and we’re not going to be able to meet payroll next month because of cash flow problems.

Miguel: That can’t be. The cash flow projections from last month showed that we’d be fine.

Kylie: We didn’t anticipate a shortfall in income this month and didn’t set aside enough cash to hedge against a cash flow problem.

Miguel: What can we do? We need a stopgap solution now.

Kylie: Well, we could try to extend our line of credit at the bank.

Miguel: We’re already overextended at the bank. I don’t want to push our luck.

Kylie: The other option is to hold off on paying our suppliers and hope that our income goes up next month, as predicted.

Miguel: Do you really think we can hold them off for that long?

Kylie: I’ll have a talk with our biggest suppliers and give them assurances that they’ll get paid. Let’s just hope they’re not having cash flow problems of their own!


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Essentials 12

• Listen to this short video everyday for a week and you'll learn all these structures and vocabulary without an effort.

Essentials 11

• Listen to this short video everyday for a week and you'll learn all these structures and vocabulary without an effort.

THE ISLAND OF FEELINGS

This is the story that David told us in class last Tuesday. I hope you enjoy this beautiful reflection on love

WORD OF THE WEEK: NAG

Verb [intransitive/transitive] /næɡ/

1 to frequently ask someone to do something that they do not want to do
Stop nagging!
My mum keeps nagging me to tidy my room.
2 to frequently criticize someone, often for qualities or habits that are difficult to change
Larry was always nagging her about her weight.
3 if a doubt, worry, or fear nags you or nags at you, you cannot stop thinking about it for very long
nag at: The feeling that I shouldn’t have given up nagged at me.

SONG: I WILL SURVIVE

NOW YOU CAN SING AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AT A KARAOKE SESSION WITH THIS SONG.
COME ON YOU CAN DO IT!!!

I'll delete you form Facebook

In order to improve your English, you shouldn't miss this song concerning the most famous social network: FACEBOOK. We're expecting for your wise comments.