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Sesion Dos
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Hola y bienvenido a Tu Ingles. This is a program for people who want to learn English.
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Me llamo Brian y vivo en los Estados Unidos. Pero no soy tu profesor de ingles.
Nooooo en absoluto.
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Empezamos Tu Ingles Sesion Dos con un pequeo pasaje en ingles. El Tema del dia: Las
Elecciones Presidentiales aqu en los estados unidos.
But first, lets practice some vocabulary and verbs that you will hear in the selection.
Vamos a practicar de nuevo hoy con Cecile. Ella vive en Mexico y esta estudiando el
ingles.
Hello, Brian!
Estas lista?
Sure, I am ready
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PRACTICAR
Ready. Ready.
Old. Old.
Favorite. Favorite.
Complicated. Complicated.
Voter. Voter.
Black. Black.
Choose. Choose.
Choosing. Choosing.
To think.
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They think.
Yo pienso?
I think.
Tu piensas?
You think.
SELECCION DE HOY
Is America ready for a Black president? Is America ready for a woman president? Is
America ready for an old man president?
In America, we have two big political groups. The democrats. And the republicans.
Right now, the democrats are choosing their favorite candidate. And the republicans are
choosing their favorite candidate. This is called the primary election. Later, in the final
election, voters will choose either the top democrat or the top republican to be the next
president.
If you are not American, this process probably is complicated. In fact, many Americans
think it is very complicated. Many people do not vote.
The democrats are choosing between a woman, Hillary Clinton, and a black man, Barack
Obama. In America, we have never had a woman or a black man as president.
The republicans have chosen John McCain as their candidate. He is 71 years old.
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I do not know who will win the final election in November. But I believe that Obama, or
Clinton, or McCain, will be a better president than President Bush.
ENTREVISTA
Yeah Brian, go on
Interesante
Yes! Ok, entonces, es diferente que la palabra interested, no? Que signifca
interested?
Interesado.
Right. Por ejemplo, el libro the book is interesting. Es diferente que decir, I am
interested in the book. Estoy interesado en el libro.
Por cierto, Cecile, cual es tu libro favorito en ingles? Do you have a favorite English
book? Harry Potter?
I enjoy reading Stephen Kings books, but I read his books translated to Spanish.
So, I think it doesnt count. I am not used to reading novels or short stories in
English. I do read, and I read a lot of English articles or news on the Internet. Oh,
and I have to be very honest I dont like Harry Potter!
Por cierto, en el sesin anterior de Tu Ingles, Cecile ha dicho que ella intenta estar
surrounded by English. Recuerdas? Surrounded by English.
THATS ENGLISH
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Yo s que tu, querido oyente, eres una persona muy generosa que quiere hacer favores a
todo el mundo.
Claro que si! Pero, en ingles, sabes lo que deberas decir cuando alguien ha dado las
gracias a ti por tu generosidad?
Pero en ingles, usamos una expresin un poco extrao responder a alguien quien dice
gracias.
Lo sabes?
In English, if someone says Thank you (gracias), we say You are welcome.
Pero en este contexto, cuando tu has recibido las gracias, es educado decir, Youre
welcome!
A veces, puedes decir, You are VERY welcome o You are QUITE welcome!
A veces, en ingles la gente dice, No problem No problem o tal vez, Sure Sure.
Usamos estas expresiones cuando hemos dado solo un pequeo detalle para alguien
por ejemplo, abrir una puerta.
Pero tengo que admitir algo. La verdad, no me gusta de nada. En mi opinin. hay
que ser cortez en recibir las gracias, no solo en dar ellas.
Entonces, la proxima vez eres muy generoso, como es tu costumbre, y alguien te dice
Thank you!, contesta como la persona muy educada eres con un sonrisa y las
palabras, Youre welcome!
Thats English!!
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La seleccin era tan avanzada pero Susana en Espaa contest correctamente The
man was John F. Kennedy, JFK. Felicidades Susana!
Ok, ahora, escuchamos a una entrevista con Barack Obama. Fue hecho en dos mil y seis,
despus un gran manifestacin en este pas sobre inmigracin. En el pasaje, Obama
critic la idea de deportacin de los once millones de indocumentados actualmente en los
estados unidos.
Por cierto, Obama es del estado de Illinois, en el mediooeste de los estados unidos. En
comparicin que Boston, la gente de esta regin no tiene un fuerte acento.
El habla rpidamente he talks fast -- pero, procura entender tantas palabras como
puedas!
That kind of approach just isn't realistic. We're not going to deport 11 to 12
million people; many of them have been here for many years, many of them have
strong roots, many of them have children who were born here and are therefore
United States citizens. It's hard to imagine that we want to live in a country where
we would have police and immigration officials coming into people's homes and
taking away the father of a family, sending him back to Mexico, leaving a mother
and child behind. This is going to be an emotional issue. It's not going to go away
any time soon. But I think what we saw in those marches is the face of a new
America. America is changing and we can't be threatened by it.
I hope you understood some of what he said. Por lo menos, unas palabras, s?
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Gracias por escucharme. Thanks for listening. Si tengas comentarios o sugerencias, por
favor envame un email.
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