Jose the Baker… Basic Reading Comprehension‏

Publicado por telephoneteacher ⋅ mayo 6, 2013

By; Ernie Os            

 

Jose lives in the city of Madrid.

He has a little sister, her name is Jane.

Jose’s Dad is from Spain, and his Mom is from The United States.

Jose loves to play football with his friends.

Jane likes to bake cookies with Mom.

One rainy day  Jose helped Jane and Mom  bake cookies, playing football was impossible in the rain.

Cookies? Asked Jose, I don’t like to bake cookies!

That’s for girls! said Jose.

That’s not true, said Mom, Some of the best bakers are men, baking is for everyone!

So Jose tried.  He watched Mom and Jane bake the first time and then it was his turn.

He used chocolate. 

He used butter. 

He used everything Mom had in the kitchen.

Jose was surprised, it was fun to bake!

Jose’s cookies would be done in the morning.

The next morning Dad woke up early for work.

Dad smelled something in the air.

He opened the oven door, …  MMMMMMMMMM!

His favorite, chocolate chip cookies!

Later that day, Dad called Mom, from work.

It’s been a wonderful day today!

Get everyone ready, tonight were going to the football match,

It’s Madrid against Barcelona!

QUESTIONS…

1. Jose’s Mom was a ………………  .

a. football player

b. foreigner

c. professional baker

2. Jose learned to …………….  .

a. eat butter in the morning

b. play football with his friends

c. bake cookies

3.  We should never be afraid to…………….  .

a.  eat chocolate

b.  try something new

c.  play football in the rain

4.  Dad’s day began ……………..   .

a. in a good way

b. smelling Jose’s cookies

c. early in the morning

d. all of the above,   a., b., c 

5. It is always good to …………   .

a.  spend rainy days indoors

b. learn new things

c. play football in the rain

6. Why was Dad happy that day?

Dad was happy that day because…

 

Ernie’s New Vocabulary Key…

bake -    prepare with dry heat in an oven; “bake a cake”

Pronunciación: Béik

Castellano: Hornear

Butter: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by
churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

Pronunciación: Bater o bárer

Castellano: mantequilla

 

Woke Up: stop sleeping; “She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock”

Pronunciación: uók ap

Castellano: Despertó

Smell - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors
in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; “she loved the smell of roses”

Pronunciation: smél

Castellano: oler

 

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Mejorar pronunciación en inglés - Palabras diferentes misma pronunciación

Pronunciación inglés – palabras diferentes misma pronunciación      

Palabras en inglés con diferente significado pero con pronunciación sino idéntica pero si igual.
Existe una ligera diferencia de pronunciación casi imperceptible.
Las palabras son:
-Flower—–>pc/flauer  (flor)
-Flour ——> pc/fláuer ( harína)
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Como pronunciar - Comfortable - en inglés Pronunciación en inglés

How to pronounce comfortable
Muy bien hagamos un pequeño ejercicio para corrregir la pronunciación de esta palabra tan difícil:
Recuerde no es: comfor téibol ni tampoco comfór tobol
La pronunciación correcta es: Kómftertbol 
Separemos  la palabra para practicar: komf-ter-bol
Ahora unamos la pronunciación: kómfterbol
¿Donde va el acento? El acento debe de ir en la primera sílaba: Kómfterbol
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Así opinan exitosos hombres de negocios e inclusive líderes espirituales.

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Por: David Pilling - http://www.ft.com/ (read full interview)

´´ Now younger people know they need to speak English´´.
´´ If all the employees of  Panasonic or Sony could communicate in English, they could be far better than Samsung.....A language will open your eyes to the ´global´, and you will break free from this conventional wisdom of a pure Japan.´´
´´ English is a tool to globalise you, to make you change´´.
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´´ I´m reminded of something the writer Pico Iyer told me about the Dalai Lama. Whenever the head of Tibetan Budhism visits Japan he is asked how the country can improve..... according to Iyer the Dalai Lama consistently deflates his audience with the practical admonition: ´´Learn English´´

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"Google", One baby that is here to stay...

By Ernie Os

San Diego, CA., April 8, 2012- English, like any language, like anything in life, is always evolving.

There are many examples of phrases that have almost inexplicable rules in grammar and the way they are read, spoken and understood.

One great example is the word "google".

How many of you know what the word "google" means?

Well whatever the definition of this word is, it definitely is a very important word for the majority of the world's modern day working class.  

If I were to ask any person on the streets about the definition of this word today, they would probably have a clear meaning of what this powerful word means to them in their everyday life.

The reality is a simple one, here's a bit of history about this iconic company:

Here are the founders of the mega search engine looking "cool"......

Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in 1995. By 1996, they had built a search engine (initially called BackRub) that used links to determine the importance of a individual webpages.

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1995-1997

1995

• Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. (Larry, 22, a U Michigan grad, is considering the school; Sergey, 21, is assigned to show him around.) According to some accounts, they disagree about almost everything during this first meeting.

1996

• Larry and Sergey, now Stanford computer science grad students, begin collaborating on a search engine called BackRub.
• BackRub operates on Stanford servers for more than a year—eventually taking up too much bandwidth to suit the university.

1997

• Larry and Sergey decide that the BackRub search engine needs a new name. After some brainstorming, they go with Google —a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.

So as we know, the word "google" (sometimes a verb, and sometimes a noun), was actually born around 15 years ago somewhere in the Stanford area of California.

This is just a brief story about a word that has recently been given life by its mother tongue, but without a doubt, will be in the palates of many throughout the course of history. 

We should always remember that any language has it's own life, and this is what intrigues us and attracts many scholars to its wonder.

So next time you ask your English teacher a question about a strange word or verse, remember that the answer can really be unpredictable,

Thanks,

Ernie Os. 

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