360. The apple of my eye

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• The apple of my eye

  
  

  When you feel hungry, eat an apple. There are so many varieties and colors to choose from.

  

  

  Before eating it, hold it in your hand and see how beautiful it is.

  Eating an apple will make you feel good, and it´s good for your health.

  You can eat one or two apples a day, and they won´t make you fat.

  Apples are considered the miracle food.The phytonutrients and antioxidants in applesmay help reduce the risk of developing cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease.

  Eating apples is also good for the brain. Studies show it can lower the risk of getting Alzheimer´s disease.

  Another study shows that eating apples together with raisins, pears and blueberries can also prevent you from getting diabetes.

  Other scientific studies show that it´s good to eat the apple seeds to kill cancer cells. 

  I enjoy eating “Fuji” apples. They are developed in Japan, and they are a cross of the American red delicious.

  Fuji apples are crisp, sweet and keep well.

  Another variety of apples I like eating are “Pink ladies”.

  Baking yellow apples in the oven and adding a little honey and cinnamon on top of them is a delicious dessert.

  There are curious sayings using the word "apple".

  Here are some:

  “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” = Una manzana diaria es cosa sana

  “She´s the apple of my eye”  = Ella es la niña de mis ojos

  “As American as apple pie” = Tipicamente americano
  

  “Be an apple polisher” = hacerle la pelota a alguien

  “One bad apple spoils the whole bunch” = Una manzana podrida echa ciento a perder

  So, take an apple with you when you go to work. Put it on your table in the morning and see how beautiful it is.

  It will make you feel happier, knowing that you will enjoy eating it when you start feeling hungry.

  
  

  Vocabulary 

  feel hungry = sientes hambriento

  so many = tantas

  choose = elegir

  hold = sostener

  make you feel good = te hace sentir bien

  health = salud

  may = puede que

  brain = cerebro

  lower = bajar

  raisans = pasas

  blueberries = arándanos

  getting = coger

  seeds = semillas

  crisp = cruijente

  keep well = se mantienen bien

  baking = hornear

  cinnamon = canela

  some = algunas

  dessert = postre

  sayings = dichos

  so = así que

  take = llevate

  
  

  James Brown canta " I feel good"  = Me siento bien

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

  
  
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359. Alan´s Translation 3

Prueba con esta traducción nivel intermedio B2. (Ver mi solución mas abajo)

Por fin compré el regalo de cumpleaños de Bea. Había estado casi un mes buscando el regalo perfecto para ella. No era fácil. Como es mi amiga desde que tenia los once años, quería que mi regalo fuese el mas bonito.
Se que le gusta los collares que cuelgan  por encima de un o jersey o una blusa.
Fuí a muchos sitios, pero no veía ningún collar que realmente me gustaba.
Faltaba una semana para el cumpleaños, y aún no tenia ningún regalo.

Un dia mi amigo Juan me llamó y me dijo si quería ir con unos amigos a un pueblo donde iban a tener un mercado medieval el fin de semana.
Juan tiene un amigo que vive alli y tiene una casa de campo bastante grande. Dice que nos podemos quedar a dormir alli. También dice que el mercado mola.

El sábado por la tarde cuando mis amigos estaban en el bar tomando algo, me hice un paseo por el mercado medieval.
Me parecía que realmente estaba en otro siglo porqué la gente y la música era de otra época.

Había por lo menos 150 puestos.
Mientras estaba comiendo algo en uno de ellos, vi una chica vestida de Romana en un puesto delante de mi. Ella estaba haciendo un collar que me gustaba.....así que me fui a echar un vistazo.
Vendía todo tipo de collares hechos a mano por ella. Por fin había encontrado un sitio donde tenia los collares que estaba buscando. Compré el mas bonito.

The Beatles sing "I saw her standing there"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrBMFZmQN3w

I finally bought Bea´s birthday present. I had been almost a month looking for the perfect gift for her.
It wasn´t easy. As she´s my friend since I was eleven years old, I wanted my gift to be the most beautiful.
I know she likes necklaces which hang over a sweater or a blouse.
I went to a lot of places, but I didn´t see any necklace which I really liked.
One week was left for her birthday, and I still didn´t have a present.

One day, my friend Juan called me and told me if I wanted to go with some friends to a village where they were going to have a medieval market at the weekend.
Juan has a friend who lives there and has a rather big country house. He says we can stay there to sleep.
He also says that the market is really cool.

On Saturday night when my friends were in the bar having a drink, I had a walk around the medieval market.
I really felt like I was in another century because people and the music was of another time.

There were at least one hundred and fifty stands.
As I was eating something in one of them, I saw a girl dressed as a Roman in a stand in front of me.
She was making a necklace that I liked.....so I went to have a look.
She sold all kinds of hand-made necklaces made by her. 
At last I had found a place where they had the necklace I was looking for. I bought the most beautiful one.

357. The most important part of the body

The most important part of the body

One day when I was a child my mother asked me:

"My child, what do you think is the most important part of the body?"

In those years as I was so young, the sounds of nature fascinated me and

so I told her; "My ears, mother".

Then she answered me: "No, you´re wrong.

A lot of people are deaf, but they are able to manage themselves every day on their own

very well."

Some years later when I was a little older, she asked me the same question.

This time, I reflected on it before answering and I told myself that I knew the answer;

"Mother, I believe that the eyes are the most important part of the body".

Again she said no. "You still don´t know the answer my child".

"Just think how many blind people there are without the use of their sight, and yet they 

are able to manage very well too".

She often asked me the same question many years later when I was an adult, but I was

wrong every time.

A few months ago, my grandfather died. Everyone cried......even me, because he was very

loved and we were all very sad.

That day, my mother hugged me with great emotion and told me:

"Today I want you to know what the most important part of the body is.

"It´s your shoulder because it can support the head of a loved one when he or she cries.

I only want you to have love and friends; this way you will always have a shoulder to cry on

when you need to" 

Vocabulary

asked me = me preguntó

child = hijo

as = como

so = así que

ears = oidos

wrong = equivocado

deaf = sordos

able to manage = pueden desenvolverse

on their own = solitos

this time = esta vez

sight = vista

again = de nuevo

still = todavia

just = simplemente

blind = ciegos

yet = sin embargo

too = tambien

often = a menudo

loved = querido

hugged = abrazó

shoulder = hombro

Carole King sings: You´ve got a friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XGX98OW4Rc

356. 50 EXPRESIONES MAS

51. Hacerle la pelota a alguien  = Kiss up to someone / Brown-nose somebody

52. Vaya idiota!  =  What a dick! / What an asshole!

53. Faltar a alguien un tornillo  =  Have a loose screw

54. Hacer borrón y cuenta nueva  = Make a fresh start

55. Huele que apesta!  = It stinks to high heaven

56. Ir al grano  = Get to the point

57. Va de maravilla  = It works like a dream

58. Irse de juerga  = Paint the town red

59. Irse de la olla  = Flip one´s lid

60. La vida es como una tortilla; a veces estás arriba y otras abajo  = Life has its little ups and downs

61. Las noticias vuelan  = News travels fast

62. Le tengo entre ceja y ceja / No le aguanto  =  I can´t stand him

63. Llegar por los pelos  =  Arrive in the nick of time

64. Lo cagué  = I blew it / I fucked it up / I screwed it up

65. Lo dicho hecho  = No sooner said than done

66. Me importa un huevo / una mierda / un bledo  = I don´t give a fuck / I don´t give a shit

67. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos / En un periquete  =  In a jiffy

68. Mas vale prevenir que curar  =  Better safe  than sorry

69. Quien madruga Dios le ayuda  = Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy and wise

70. Dios mio! = Oh my gosh! / Oh my God!

71. Me cabrea  =  It pisses me off

72. Me da mal rollo  = It gives me a bad feeling

73. Me joroba  = It bugs me

74. Ni de coña  =  No way José

75. No es plato de mi gusto  = It´s not my cup of tea

76. No es para tanto  = It´s no big deal

77. No veo ni tres en un burro  =  I´m as blind as a bat

78. Parece un gallinero  = It´s like a mad house

79. Perder los estibos  =  Lose one´scool

80. Piensa un poco  =  Use your head

81. Que asco de sitio!  =  What a dump!

82. ¿Qué mosca te ha picado?  =  What´s bugging you?

83. Que putada!  =  What a bummer!

84. Que fastidio!  =  What a hassle!

85. Retiro lo dicho  = I take back what I said

86. Se armó la marimorena  =  All hell broke lose / The shit hit the fan

87. ¿Se te ha comido la lengua el gato?  = Cat got your tongue?

88. Ser cabezota  = Be pig-headed / Be hard-headed

89. Ser un llorón  = Be a crybaby

90. Ser un entrometido  =  Be a busybody

91. Soy un patoso  =  I´m all thumbs / I´m so clumsy

92. Ser una persona seca  =  Be a coldfish

93. Te lo juro  = Cross my heart and hope to die  / I swear it

94. Tener agallas  =  Have guts

95. Tiene que haber una pega!  = There´s gotta be a catch!

96. Tienes muy mala cara  =  You look awful

97. Tienes un morro que te lo pisas!  = How cheeky can you get!  / You really have a lot of nerve!

98. Tómalo con calma  =  Take it easy

99. Trabajar por una miseria  =  Work for peanuts
100. No pegué ojo  = I didn´t sleep a wink 

355. SHOPPING

SHOPPING

La palabra “Shopping” = ir de compras, viene de la palabra británica “Shop” = tienda

En inglés americano, se dice “Store” para decir tienda, y no “shop”….pero si que dicen “Shopping”; y de la palabra “store” viene la palabra “Drugstore”

It´s nice and sometimes necessary to go shopping.  As life can be stressing, going shopping makes you feel good…providing you have a job and a decent salary.

The problem is that when there are bargains, usually after Christmas or in Spring, where one can buy things; mainly clothes up to a 50 % discount or more, people have a tendency to go on a shopping spree and perhaps buy things they really don´t need.

To go on a shopping spree is go to a lot of shops and go crazy buying things, as long as 
it´s cheaper than before.

Of course, shopping can also be fun, if you aren´t in a hurry. You can spend the whole day in a shopping center where there are all kinds of shops to choose from.

The other day I went shopping in the city center with my wife. The streets were very crowded and the shops were jam-packed with people.

This shop is jam-packed with people

What I hate the most about going bargain shopping is that many shops have the music really loud which makes you want to scream, and also there is no fucking place to sit down, as your spouse is trying on clothes or going around the shop looking for articles to buy.

Other problems about going bargain shopping is that one needs to wait in very long lines up to an hour in some cases and it can be too hot in the shop.

So, the loud music, being too hot and waiting in line really turn me off.

If I see long lines of people waiting to pay, I don´t bother going into the shop.

I ask myself if I really need these pants or shirts because I already have a lot at home.

If I get tired of standing and the loud music, I will sit outisde on a bench and watch all the different people walking by.

Vocabulary

Go shopping = ir de compras

Feel good = siente bien

Providing = (dos maneras de decir “con tal que”

Bargains = gangas

Mainly = principalmente

Shopping spree = de compras a lo bestia

Perhaps = quizás

As long as = “con tal que”

Cheaper = mas barato

Fun = divertido

Aren´t in a hurry = no tienes prisa

Whole = entero

Kinds = clases

Crowded = abarrotado

Jam – packed = atiborrado

What I hate the most = lo que mas odio

Loud = fuerte (sonido)

Scream = gritar

Fucking = maldito

Sit down = sentarse

Spouse = cónyuge

Trying on = probandose

Going around = llendo por

Looking for = buscando

Lines = colas

Too hot = demasiado calor

Turn me off =  desagrada

Bother = molesto

Already = ya

Get tired = me canso

Bench  = banco

Here´s a song called "I wanna buy these shoes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS4_b2LbLW4