384. Reading text:The Arrogant Lion

The mighty Lion woke up and felt like walking across his territory to have a look and see what was happening on his land.

He walked with his head held up high and roared very loudly so that everyone would know that the king and sole owner of the land had arrived to claim allegiance from everyone.

As the heat was rather stifling, the lion made its way to a nearby river to quench his thirst and of course not worrying at all that anyone would ever think of defying him.

While heading to the river, the lion came across a huge deadly cobra and asked it: 
“Tell me, who is the king of the jungle?”

“You without any doubt my master” answered the cobra as it began to flee as fast as it could in order to escape from the lion´s anger.

On arriving to the river, the lion saw a powerful twenty foot crocodile who was sleeping in a pool of muddy water.

The lion sacred the shit out of the crocodile and asked it: “Who is the king of the jungle?”.

“Why the hell are you asking me that? You know very well that it´s you, my king”

The lion continued on his journey and saw that up ahead under a tree was the biggest elephant the lion had ever seen.

And of course the lion asked the elephant the same question.

Instead of pleasing the lion as the other animals had, the magnificent elephant wound its trunk around the mighty lion and threw him against a tree with a loud thump.

More surprised than hurt, the lion said; “Okay, I understand why you did that, but there´s no need to get so angry simply because you don´t know the answer”

The moral is that this often happens in everyday life.

There are people who are very arrogant. They think they are the cream of the crop and they believe that they are always right, but if someone thinks differently….. it´s always the other people who are wrong.

Vocabulary

Mighty  = poderoso

Woke up  = se despertó

Felt like  = le apetecia

Have a look = echar un vistazo

Head held up high  = cabeza bien alta

Roared = rugió

Allegiance  = lealtad

As = como

Rather stifling  = bastante sofocante

Quench  = saciar

At all  = en absoluto

Defying  = desafiar

Heading  = yendo hacia

Came across  = se cruzó

Flee  = huir

In order to  = para poder

Scared the hill = le pegó un susto de muerte

Why the hell = porque diablos

Wound = enroscó

Trunk = trompa

Threw him = lo lanzó

Thump = golpe

No need  = no hay necesidad

Get so angry  = enfadarse tanto

They are always right = siempre tienes la razón

Wrong   = equivocados

Moral  = moraleja

Cream of the crop  = creme de la creme 

The Tokens sing " The Lion sleeps tonight"

383.ESCUCHAR INGLÉS

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382. REMEMBER OR REMIND

Si tu primer idioma es español, entonces tendrás dificultades al usar "REMEMBER O REMIND"

Cuando dices: "TE ACUERDAS?" (DE ALGO), ENTONCES SE DICE: "DO YOU REMEMBER?"
Cuando dices: "RECORDAR A ALGUIEN QUE TIENEN QUE HACER ALGO, SE USA: 
REMIND + OBJECT PRONOUN
REMIND ME = RECUERDAME  / REMIND HIM = RECUERDALE / REMIND THEM

TAMBIÉN SE USA "REMIND" CUANDO UNA PERSONA TE RECUERDA DE ALGUIEN
- You remind me of someone  =  Me recuerdas de alguien
- Your mother reminds me of my mother  = Tu madre me recuerda a mi madre
- Susana reminds me of a girl I knew at school  = Susana me recuerda a una chica que conocía en el colegio
- Doesn´t he remind you of Pablo?  = ¿No te recuerda a Pablo?
-You forgot to remind me to set the alarm  = Te olvidaste de de recordarme de poner la alarma

REMEMBER ES MAS UN VERBO DE ACTIVIDAD MENTAL PORQUE TIENES QUE RECORDAR ALGO QUE TIENES QUE HACER O ALGO DEL PASADO

El OPUESTO DE "REMEMBER" ES "FORGET"

*WILL YOU REMEMBER TO BUY SOME WINE?  DON´T WORRY, I WON´T FORGET
-I still remember when we went to Dublin  = Aún me acuerdo cuando fuimos a Dublin
-Do you remember Susan? We met her in Italy  = Te acuerdas de Susan? La conocimos en Italia
-Do you remember me?  =  Te acuerdas de mi?
-I don´t remember where I parked my car. I forgot where I parked it  =  No me acuerdo donde aparqué mi coche. Me olvidé donde lo aparqué
-My mother rememebers everything. She never forgets anything  =  Mi madre se acuerda de todo. Nunca se olvida de nada
-When I finished work, I remembered that I had to buy some eggs  = Cuando terminé el trabajo, Me acordé que tenia que comprar huevos
-Remember to call your mother  =  Accuerdate de llamar a tu madre
-Don´t you remember you have a dentist appointment?  Thanks for REMINDING me. I nearly forgot =  ¿No te acuerdas que tienes una cita con el dentista? Gracias por recordarmelo. Casi me olvido.

SI DETRÁS DE REMEMBER VA OTRO VERBO, EL VERBO VA EN GERUNDIO
-I don´t remember hitting my head on the table when I was young  = No me acuerdo pegarme de golpearme con la cabeza en la mesa cuando era joven
-Do you remember going to London when we were children?  = Te acuerdas haber ido a Londres cuando eramos niños?
-Susan doesn´t remember receiving the report  =  Susan no se acuerda haber recibido el informe
- I don´t remember telling you that  = No me acuerdo haberte dicho eso

CON REMEMEBER TAMBIEN SE USA "WHAT / WHO / WHERE / HOW / WHEN  + EL VERBO EN INFINITIVO O CON EL VERBO EN PASADO
-I don´t remember what I have to say  = No me acuerdo lo que tengo que decir
-Do you remember who to ask about the car?  = ¿Te acuerdas a quien preguntar sobre el coche?
-We don´t remember to go for the meeting  =  No recordamos done ir para la reunión
-Do you remember how to go to Juan´s house?  = ¿Te acuerdas como ir a la casa de Juan?
-I never remember when to keep my mouth shut  = Nunca me acuerdo cuando mantener mi boca cerrada
-I don´t remember where I left my car = No me acuerdo donde dejé mi coche
-I don´t remember who bought me this sweater  = No se quien me compró este jersé
-I don´t remember who called  = No me acuerdo quien llamó
-She can´t remember where she bought the shoes = No se acuerda donde compró los zapatos
-Will you remember where you parked the car?  = ¿Te acordarás donde aparcaste el coche?

REMIND SE USA PARA RECORDAR QUE TIENES QUE HACER ALGO Y SIEMPRE SE USA REMIND + OBJETO
-Remind me to close all the windows  =  Recuérdame que cierre todas las ventanas
-Why didn´t you remind me to call my boss?  = Porque no me has recordado de llamar a mi jefe?
-Don´t worry. I´ll remind you later  = No te preocupes. Te lo recordaré mas tarde
-You remind me of someone  = Me recuerdas de alguien
-Susan reminded me to bring the tickets  =  Susan me recordó de traer las entradas

EXERCISE (See answers below)
Poner REMEMBER O REMIND según el contexto de la frase

1. I don´t ............................what day I spoke to Susan.
2. I´m surprised you don´t ........................me!
3. Did you................Marta to come early to work tomorrow?
4. You..................me of someone I know
5. My aunt doesn´t...................... us
6. Why didn´t you ..............................to buy some wine? I´m sorry. I completely forgot
7. That girl................me of a girl I knew in highschool
8. Do you.....................that you have to take me to the airport next Monday?
9. Can you....................John to set the alarm before he leaves?
10. .........................to bring me the book.
11. I don´t ..........................receiving any message
12. Do you ......................the time we got lost in the mountain?
13. My boss doesn´t.....................what I told him.
14. She didn´t.....................us to call Aunt Mary.

Translation exercise (see solution below)

1. Después del accidente, no se acuerda de nada
2. Recuerdame que coja las otras llaves
3. No me acuerdo como te llamas. Siempre me olvido de los nombres
4. ¿Te acordaste de llamarles?
5. No me acuerdo de cerrar las ventanas
6.¿ Le recordaste a tu madre que tiene una cita con el dentista?
7. Gracias por recordarme
8. ¿Te acuerdas cuando fuimos a Roma? Claro, como puedo olvidar eso!
9. Mi jefe me recordó que habia una reunion mañana por la mañana
10. ¿Te acuerdes de mi? Si, me recuerdas a alguien
11. No me acuerdo de nada
12. Si no me lo recuerdas, me olvidaré
13. Me recuerdas a mi hermana
14. No me acuerdo donde dejé el coche

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbLpSquq84

Michael Jackson sings "Remember the time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq8xG6yAZ1Q

EXERSISE ANSWERS

1. remember  2. remember  3. remind  4. remind  5. remember  6. remember  7. reminds  8. remember
9. remind  10.  Remember  12. remember  13. remember  14. remind


Jason Grey sings "Remind me who I am"

TRANSLATION SOLUTION

1. After the accident he doesn´t remember anything.
2. Remind me to take the other keys
3. I don´t remember what your name is. I always forget names
4. Did you remember to call them?
5. I don´t remember closing the windows
6. Did you remind your mother that she has a dentist appointment?
7. Thanks for reminding me
8. Do you remember when we went to Rome? Of course, how can I forget that
9. My boss reminded me that there was a meeting tomorrow morning
10.Do you remember me? Yes, you remind me of someone
11.I don´t remember anything
12.If you don´t remind me, I´ll forget
13.You remind me of my sister
14. I don´t remember where I left the car