176. REIKI - LIFE FORCE ENERGY

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also helps people feel much better. It is essentialy "laying one´s hands" on different places on the body and let, feel and believe that the energy flowing through your hands will indeed cure any pain or illness you or someone else may have.
It is based on the idea that every human being has "life force energy" (prana / chi) flowing through our bodies......which is the reason why we are alive. 
If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stressed, and if our life force energy is high, we can feel happier and healthier.
By breathing correctly, eating fruit and vegetables, walking in nature, you can harness your life force energy in your body and feel the spirit soul within you.

Watch this interesting video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMB-dt6DvJM

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."

A treatment with the hands feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. A lot of people have reported miraculous results.

It is so logical and easy to understand. Imagine the energy that flows through our body, and how that special energy could cure yourself or other people by simply believing that it is a perfectly natural power that human beings have.

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works together with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSVdSLvdLTk&feature=related

Enjoy this song by the The Doors called " Touch me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctTkNkPIoK0

175. Reading and listening exercise about María

Reading and listening Exercise

It´s four thirty in the afternoon and today is Saturday. 

María is having a green herbal tea with soya.

María is from Granada but now she´s living in Madrid. 

She lives in a small apartment with two other girls.

She likes living in Madrid because there are a lot of museums, 

theaters and especiallly many different bars where she can go with her friends. 1.) Of course, one 

thing thing she doesn´t like about Madrid is that there are 2.) too many cars in the center of the city.

María is working at a computer company because she can program and design web pages.

She likes her job 3.) very much because it´s interesting and her 4.) workmates are very nice.

Now she´s in her small room. She likes her room because it has a terrace where she can open

the door and see a park with a 5.) tall pine tree where it is always 6.) full of birds singing.

It´s a little 7.) cloudy but it´s not cold. The streets are 8.) empty at the moment, but later there 

will be a lot of people going for a walk.

She will 9.) also go for a walk to the center of the city to go to the 10.) movies. 

She likes to go and see a movie 11.) by herself Saturday afternoon and later 12. meeting her 

friends in her favorite coffee shop.

Vocabulary

1. Of course = desde luego

2. too many  = demasiados

3. very much = muchísimo

4. workmates = compañeros de trabajo

5. tall = alto

6. full = lleno

7. cloudy = nublado

8. empty = vacio

9. also = también

10. movies = cine

11. by herself = sola

12. meeting = reunión

Ahora contestar estas preguntas sobre el texto:

1. What time is it?........................................................................................................................

2. What is María doing? ...............................................................................................................

3. Where is María from?................................................................................................................

4. Where is she living now? ..........................................................................................................

5. Who is she living with?..............................................................................................................

6. Why does she like living in Madrid? ...........................................................................................

7. What doesn´t she like about Madrid? ........................................................................................

8. What are her workmates like?...................................................................................................

    (Como son sus compañeros del trabajo?)

9. Why does she like her room?....................................................................................................

10. What´s the weather like? ........................................................................................................

     (Que tiempo hace?)

11. What is she going to do today? ...............................................................................................

     (Que va a hacer hoy?)

12. Who is she going to meet later? ..............................................................................................

  (Con quien va a reunirse más tarde?)

174. Translation exercise 4 - Present Simple & Past Simple

Seguimos con los verbos irregulares

                              Wow! Somebody made some delicious muffins

Una manera para mejorar tu inglés es hacer estas traducciones

Traducir estas frases (ver mi traducción más abajo)

1. Siempre les doy dinero a mis hijos para ir al cine
2. Te dí todas las viejas monedas que tenía
3. A veces nos gusta ir andando por el centro y ver las tiendas
4. La semana pasada nos fuimos fuera un par de semanas
5. Apenas tengo tiempo para salir con mis amigos
6. Tenía mucho más tiempo cuando no tenia que trabajar
7. A veces pienso que no oigo muy bien
8. Oí que no estás contento con tu trabaja
9. No se que hacer
10. Solamente sabía que el jefe estaba enfadado
11. Juan tiene que aprender hablar en inglés si quiere conseguir el trabajo
12. Siempre salgo de la oficina a las seis, pero ayer salí muy tarde 
13. ¿Me prestas 20 €? Ya te presté dinero el mes pasado
14. Mis padres aun no me dejan ir a las fiestas 
15. Cuando viajo al extranjero, siempre pierdo algo
16. El año pasado perdí las llaves del hotel
17. A Susan le gusta hacer pasteles. 
18. Yo le hice la cena anoche
19. Encantado conocerte. Creo que ya te conocí en una reunión hace seis meses
20. No queremos pagar tanto
21. Pagué demasiado para arreglar mi ordenador
22. Me gusta leer por la noche. 
23. Esta mañana leí el periódico tomando un café
24. No se que decirte. Siempre estás enfadado
25. Te dije que no quiero trabajar el domingo 
26. ¿Ves a esa mujer cruzando la calle?
27. Vi que estabas durmiendo y no quería despertarte
28. ¿Porqué quieres vender tu coche nuevo?
29. Por fin vendimos la casa de la playa
30. Envíame un correo antes del medio día
31. Ya te lo mandé hace media hora
32. Enséñanos como bailas
33. Me enseño todo lo que sabía
34. Si duermo más de una hora, despiertame
35. Dormí demasiado anoche y ahora me duele la cabeza
36. Háblame en inglés. Ya te hablé en inglés el otro día
37. Te gastas demasiado dinero en ropa
38. Pues tu te gastaste mucho dinero cuando te compraste tu deportivo
39. Nado en la piscina todo los días. Ayer nadé dos horas
40. Llévame a casa por favor. 
41. Al final, tomamos un taxi porqué era más barato
42. Me gusta como enseñas el inglés
43. Marta me enseño como tocar el piano
44. ¿Me puedes decir donde está el restaurante mejicano?
45. Te dije que estaba detrás de correos
46. No pienses tanto
47. Pensaba que querías venir conmigo
48. ¿Me entiendes cuando te hablo en inglés?
49.¿Llevas gafas cuando conduces?
50. Todos llevábamos chaquetas porqué hacía mucho frío por la noche
51. Escríbeme cuando llegues a Dublin
52. Te escribí pero no me contestaste


Marvin Gaye sings: "I heard it through the grapevine"  = Me lo dijo un pajarito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg

Translation solution

1. I always give money to my children to go to the movies
2. I gave you all the old coins I had
3. We sometimes like to go walking around the center and look at the shops
4. Last week we went away for a few weeks
5. I hardly have time to go out with my friends
6. I had a lot more time when I didn´t have to work
7. I sometime think I don´t hear very well
8. I heard you aren´t happy with your job
9. I don´t know what to do
10. I only knew that the boss was angry
11. Juan has to learn how to speak in English if he wants to find a job
12. I always leave the office at six o´clock, but yesterday I left very late
13. Can you lend me 20€? I already lent you some money last month 
14. My parents don´t let me go to parties yet
15. When I travel abroad, I always lose something
16. Last year I lost the hotel keys
17. Susan likes to make cakes
18. I made her dinner last night
19. Nice to meet you. I think I already met you in a meeting six months ago 
20. We don´t want to pay so much
21. I paid too much to repair my computer
22. I like to read at night
23. I read the newspaper this morning having a coffee 
24. I don´t know what to tell you. You´re always angry
25. I told you I don´t want to work on Sunday
26. Do you see that woman crossing the street?
27. I saw you were sleeping and I didn´t want to wake you up
28. Why do you want to sell your new car?
29. We finally sold the beach house 
30. Send me an email before midday
31. I already sent it to you half an hour ago
32. Show us how you dance
33. He showed me everything he knew
34. If I sleep more than an hour, wake me up
35. I slept too much last night, and now I have a headache
36. Speak / talk to me in English. I already spoke to you in English the other day

37. You spend too much money on clothes
38. Well, you spent a lot of money when you bought your sports car
39. I swim in the swimming pool everyday. I swam two hours yesterday
40. Take me home please
41. In the end, we took a taxi because it was cheaper
42. I like the way you teach English
43. Marta showed me how to play the piano
44. Can you tell me where the Mexican resturant is?
45. I told you it was behind the post office
46. Don´t think so much
47. I thought you wanted to come with me
48. Do you understand me when I speak in English to you?
49. Do you wear glasses when you drive?
50. We all wore jackets because it was very cold at night
51. Write to me when you get to Dublin
52. I wrote you but you didn´t answer me

173.) Translation Exercise 3. - Present Simple & Past Simple

Es importante aprender los verbos irregulares más importantes ...especialmente en Presente y el Pasado.

"The other day I took this photo when I went to the beach"






Ver lista de los verbos irregulares en el Tema 92 - Diciembre 2011

Traducir estas frases al inglés: (Ver mi solución más abajo)

1. Me gusta comprar ropa
2. Me compré mucha ropa el otro día
3. Siempre rompo mis tazas de café
4. Rompí una taza cuando estaba en un restaurante con mi amiga
5. Me puedes traer tu bici?
6. Te traje el libro que querías
7. Vamos a empezar a comer
8. Empezamos hacia la cima a las cinco de la mañana
9. Te quemarás si haces eso. Tienes razón. Me quemé la semana pasada
10. ¿Me puedes ayudar?
11. ¿Me podrías hacer un favor?
12. Salgo pronto para coger el autobus
13. Cogí el tren justo a tiempo
14. No se que que zapatos elegir
15. Mi novia me elogio unos zapatos negros para la fiesta
16. Juan no sabe si puede venir
17. Vinimos en tren porque era más barato
18. No puedo hacerlo
19. No pudimos entrar en la discoteca
20. Lo haré por ti
21. Hice todos mis deberes
22. ¿Sueñas en color?
22. Anoche soñé algo muy raro
23. Es bueno beber mucha agua
24. Susan bebió demasiado en la fiesta
25. No me gusta conducir por la noche
26. El otro día conduje por la noche y estaba muy cansado
27. Me gusta comer todo tipo de comida
28. El otro día comimos demasiada comida
29. Mi jefe no se encuentra muy bien
30. Se encontró mal anoche
31. No puedo encontrar mis llaves
32. Andando por la calle me encontré un billete de 20€
33. Siempre me olvido de los nombres
34. Ayer me olvidé que tenia que ir al dentista
35. No pude conseguirte el libro
36. Te conseguí otro

Yaki-da sings this nice song "I saw you dancing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qC1jToCyo

Translation solution
1. I like to buy clothes
2. I bought a lot of clothes the other day
3. I always break my coffee cups
4. I broke a cup when I was in a restaurant with my friend
5. Can you bring me your bike?
6. I brought you the book you wanted
7. Let´s begin / start to eat
8. We began to walk to the top at five o´clock in the morning
9. You will burn yourself if you do that. You´re right. I burnt myself last week
10.Can you help me?
11.Could you do me a favor?
12.I´m leaving early to catch the bus
13.I caught the train just in time
14.I don´t know what shoes to choose
15.My girlfriend chose some black shoes for me for the party
16.Juan doesn´t know if he can come
17.We came by train because it was cheaper
18.I can´t do it
19.We couldn´t go in the disco
20.I´ll do it for you
21.I did all my homework
22.Do you dream in color?
23.It´s good to drink a lot of water
24.Susan drank too much at the party
25.I don´t like to drive at night
26.The other day I drove at night and I was very tired
27.I like to eat all kinds of food
28.The other day we ate too much food
29.My boss doesn´t feel very well
30.He felt bad last night
31.I can´t find my keys
32.Walking in the street, I found a twenty euro bill
33.I always forget names
34.Yesterday I forgot to go to the dentist
35.I couldn´t get you the book
36.I got you another one