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What are these things made of?

Winter gloves are made of wool.

T-Shirts are made of cotton.

Shoes are made of leather.

Spoons are made of metal.

Wellington boots are made of rubber.

Algunas palabras útiles para viajeros internacionales.

airport – aereopuerto

credit card – tarjeta  de crédito

briefcase – maletín

luggage – equipaje

destination- destino

flight number – número de vuelo

passport – pasaporte

air tickets – billetes de avión

money – dinero

Esta es una canción de John Lennon  a favor de la paz.

Es un karaoke para aprender a pronunciar en inglés.

https://youtu.be/f2bcREkpE0I

Peter was born in Manchester and lived in Chichester s a child. His best friend was Robert. He liked  playing football. He said that was his favourite thing! He stayed at school until he was 21 and then he started work in Madrid.

The rich and the poor.

There were many differences between the lives of poor people.

Rich people live in a very big house in the country. There were a lot of rooms in the house.They  had servants to look after the children,care for the horses and tend the gardens. Children go to boarding schools and only came  back for the holidays. Children are not allowed to play with other children in the village.

Poor people live in  small cottages.Parents  work on farms looking after animals and work on the fields. Mothers bake bread for the family.

There aren´t toys except  for things they make themselves. They have to walk to go anywhere,they have no horses to ride.

In 1858 British goverment took control of India. Many english families went lo live and work there.Because of the weather there was a lot of illness and many children were never really well.Children were often back to India to live with relatives or to boarding schools. Indians were servants and some English people were sometimes rude to them. India became independent from Britain in 1947. Their great leader Mahatma Ghandi  (1869-1948 )  led the Congress Party in a peaceful struggle to allow Indians to govern their own country. The country was divided into two parts: India and Pakistan after independence. Many people from Europe enjoy indian cooking and go to visit  The Taj Mahal  a wanderful mausoleum built by an Indian emperor to his wife.

How many es un pronombre interrogativo que se usa para

preguntar por una cantidad contable :  Cuántos ?

How many biscuits are there? Cuántas galletas hay?

Las posibles respuestas a la pregunta son varias dependiendo de lo que queramos expresar. Hay muchas,unas pocas, algunas,un montón o ninguna,bastantes.

There are a lot. Un montón.

There are a few biscuits. Hay unas pocas galletas.

There are some biscuits. Hay algunos.

There are  just a litte biscuits. Hay solo unas pocas

There are quite a lot. Hay bastantes.

There aren´t any. No hay ningunas galletas.

Las preposiciones más usadas en inglés son:

On . There is a shop on the corner.

Next to. There is a house next to the shop.

Near.  There is a girl near the shop.

In . There is a man in the shop.

At. The train is at  the train station.

Education in the United States During 1950’s

During this period schools were an integral part of the community, they were often the centre of people’s lives, outside the home.

The best thing about going to school was socializing with other people, because those who lived on ranches did not see anyone but their own family.

Schooling was voluntary. Depending on the weather and the work that had to be done at home on the ranch. Determined whether they went to school or not.

Education in Spain During the 1950’s

Education in the 50s in Spain was for rich families who could afford to attend school, and therefore, pay for higher education.

Those families who worked in the fields / agriculture needed their children to help them work the land and many of them could not attend school, which meant that they did not go on to attend higher education.

Generally, men were the ones who didn’t attend to school the most because they had to carry out the work on the land. On the other hand women who did not attend school were helping with domestic chores in the home.

Las question tag son preguntas con respuesta corta ya sea negativa o afirmativa.

Did you brush your teeth ? Yes, I did. / No, I didn´t.