Weekly Links 2º ESO —5

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As we are studying SHOULD to give advice, here is a song by The Clash, a punk rock band, "Should I stay, or should I go?".

Puesto que estamos estudiando cómo expresar consejos, aquí va una canción de The Clash  ('el estruendo, conflicto'), un grupo de punk, "¿Debería quedarme o irme?".

Curiously, there are backing vocals in ...Spanish. Joe Strummer (the singer of the band) explains:

On the spur of the moment I said 'I'm going to do the backing vocals in Spanish,'...We needed a translator so Eddie Garcia, the tape operator, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and read her the lyrics over the phone and she translated them. But Eddie and his mum are Ecuadorian, so it's Ecuadorian Spanish that me and Joe Ely are singing on the backing vocals.

Curiosamente, hay coros en... español. Joe Strummer (el cantante de la banda) cuenta: "Sin pensar dije 'Voy a hacer los coros en español,' ... Necesitábamos un traductor así que Eddie García, el ingeniero de sonido, llamó a su madre en Brooklyn Heights y le leyó las letras al teléfono y ella las tradujo. Pero Eddie y su madre son ecuatorianos, por lo que es español ecuatoriano lo que yo y Ely Guerra cantamos en los coros."

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
(Mick Jones / Joe Strummer)

Darling you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I’ll be here ’til the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?

It's always tease tease tease
You’re happy when I’m on my knees
One day is fine, next day is black
So if you want me off your back
Well come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go?

Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An’ if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know!

This indecision’s bugging me
Esta indecision me molesta
If you don’t want me, set me free
Si no me quieres, librame
Exactly whom I’m supposed to be
Dime que tengo que ser
Don’t you know which clothes even fit me?
¿sabes que ropas me quedan?
Come on and let me know
Me tienes que decir
Should I cool it or should I blow?
¿me debo ir o quedarme?

Split!
Yo me enfrio o lo soplo  [sufro]
[¿Me tranquilizo o me enfado?]

Should I stay or should I go now?
yo me enfrio o lo soplo
Should I stay or should I go now?
yo me enfrio o lo soplo
If I go there will be trouble
Si me voy - va a haber peligro
And if I stay it will be double
Si me quedo es doble
So you gotta let me know
Pero me tienes que decir
Should I cool it or should I go?
yo me enfrio o lo soplo

Should I stay or should I go now?
yo me enfrio o lo soplo
If I go there will be trouble
Si me voy - va a haber peligro
And if I stay it will be double
Si me quedo es doble
So you gotta let me know
Pero me tienes que decir
Should I stay or should I go?

Enjoy.
Pasadlo bien.

Weekly Links 4º ESO —5

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As we are with modals, I thought of an old song by Eric Clapton —from 1983, twenty- nine years old already!—, Everybody Oughta Make A Change.

Puesto que estamos con los verbos modales, me he acordado de una vieja canción de Eric Clapton —de 1983, ¡veintinueve años ya!—, Todo el mundo debería cambiar algo.

Everybody Oughta Make A Change

Change in the weather, change in the sea,
Come back baby, you'll find a change in me.
Everybody, they ought to change sometime,
Because sooner or later we have to go down in that lonesome ground.

I changed suits, I changed shirts,
I changed, baby, just to get shed of the dirt.
Everybody, we ought to change sometime,
Because sooner or later we're going down in that lonesome ground.

I changed honey, I changed money,
I changed, people, just to keep from being funny.
Everybody, they ought to change sometime,
Because sooner or later we're going down in that lonesome ground.

Change in the ocean, change in the sea,
Come back baby, you'll find a change in me.
Everybody, we ought to change sometime,
Because sooner or later we're going down in that lonesome ground.

Enjoy.
Pasadlo bien.

Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen

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I have been the whole weekend listening to the last Bruce Springsteen's album, Wrecking Ball, and ...I had to share the joy and energy it gives me. Furthermore, in this song, we can still listen to the unmistakable saxo of Clarence Clemons, departed in June 2011.

He estado este fin de semana escuchando el último álbum de Bruce Springsteen, Bola de derribo, y ... tenía que compartir la alegría y la energía que me da. Además, en esta canción, todavía se puede escuchar el inconfundible sonido del saxófono de Clarence Clemons, fallecido en Junio de 2011.

This song must have been written around Aug-Sep 2009, about the 2010 demolition of Giants Stadium but also about our situation nowadays. On the opening night of his 2009 stand at Giants Stadium, Springsteen took the stage and told the crowd: "Join us tonight to shut the old lady down! We've had a lot of great nights here, let's make this another one. This is something I wrote for tonight."

Esta canción debió de escribirse por agosto-septiembre de 2009, y trata de la demolición del estadio de los Gigantes en el año 2010 pero también de nuestra situación. En la noche de la inauguración de su gira de 2009 en el Giants Stadium, Springsteen subió al escenario y dijo a la multitud: "¡Uníos a nosotros esta noche para derribar a esta vieja dama! Hemos tenido un montón de noches magníficas aquí, vamos a hacer de esta otra más. Esto es algo que compuse para esta noche".

WRECKING BALL

I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey, some misty years ago

Through the mud and the beer, and the blood and the cheers, I've seen champions come and go

So if you got the guts mister, yeah, if you got the balls

If you think it's your time, then step to the line, and bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got

Bring on your wrecking ball

Now my home's here in these meadowlands where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes

Here where the blood is spilled, the arena's filled, and giants played their games

So raise up your glasses and let me hear your voices call

Because tonight all the dead are here, so bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got

Bring on your wrecking ball

Yeah, we know that come tomorrow, none of this will be here

So hold tight on your anger, you hold tight on your anger

Hold tight to your anger, don't fall to your fears

Now when all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust

And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust

When the game has been decided and we're burning down the clock

And all our little victories and glories have turned into parking lots

When your best hopes and desires are scattered through the wind

And hard times come, and hard times go

And hard times come, and hard times go
...

Yeah just to come again

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball (bring on your wrecking ball)

Bring on your wrecking ball (bring on your wrecking ball)

Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got

Bring on your wrecking ball...

Enjoy!

¡Disfrutad!

"Si no fracasan, ni siquiera están intentando."

Denzel Washington gave a commencement speech at his son’s school, the University of Pennsylvania.

Denzel Washington pronuncia estas palabras en el discurso de la ceremonia de graduación de su hijo en la Universidad de Pennsylvania.

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Scoring tests / Corrigiendo exámenes

Pasa el ratón por la imagen para ver la traducción.
(Hover over the picture to see Spanish translation.)

This week you still have to take some exams and your teachers have to score them. Little time to spare. We'll make up for it.

Esta semana todavía tenéis que hacer unos cuantos exámenes y vuestros profesores corregirlos. Poco tiempo libre. Nos resarciremos.

Did You Know? Building a bus

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As the classic double-decker Routemaster bus is back in the streets of London, let's see how they are built up. You also would like  to refresh some vocabulary about Taking the bus and listening about some useful expressions on transport.

Aprovechando que han vuelto los autobuses de dos pisos tan típicos de Londres, ved cómo se construyó uno. Y dos enlaces para refrescar el vocabulario para coger el autobús, así como un 'listening' con algunas expresiones útiles para viajar en autobús o en taxi.

Enjoy.
Pasadlo bien.

La tabla periódica cantada

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As I told some of you this morning, the ones who were going to take a cemistry test, Daniel Radcliffe can sing the whole periodic table. This song, "The Elements" was written by Tom Lehrer, an American mathematician,singer-songwriter, satirist, and pianist.

Como les he contado a algunos de vosotros esta mañana, los que teníais examen de química, Daniel Radcliffe puede cantar la tabla periódica completa. Esa canción, "Los elementos" es de Tom Lehrer, un matemático, cantautor satírico, y pianista.

Tom Lehrer entered Harvard at the age of 15 where he majored in mathematic at 19, Magna Cum Laude (the second best grades), Phi Beta Kappa (an academic honor society). In the 50s he became popular for his parodies and songs and performed in some television shows but in 1960 he stopped performing and devoted to his academic work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and in 1972 he also joined the University of California, Santa Cruz. Today, retired from academia, he lives in both Cambridge and Santa Cruz where he still teaches math.

Tom Lehrer ingresó en la universidad de Harvard a los 15 años y a los 19 se licenció en matemáticas magna cum laude (la segunda mejor nota) y se convirtió en miembro de Phi beta Kappa (una sociedad de honor académica). En los años 50 se hizo famoso por sus parodia y canciones y actuó en algunos programas de televisión pero en 1960 dejó de actuar y se dedicó a su trabajo académico en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), y en 1972 también en La Universidad de California, Santa Cruz. Hoy día, jubilado, vive entre Cambridge y Santa Cruz donde todavía imparte matemáticas.

Here are both versions: Tom Lehrer's and Daniel Radcliffe's.
Aquí tenéis las dos versiones: la de Tom Lehrer y la de Daniel Radcliffe.

And for those who are fond of chemistry, you may already know this site but just in case here it is: Periodic table, an intereactive periodic table with thousands of pictures of elements samples and a lot of information about them.

Y para aquellos que les gusta la química, quizá ya conozcáis esta página, pero por si acaso aquí os la dejo: Periodic table, una tabla periódica interactiva con miles de fotografías de muestras de elementos y muchísima información sobre cada uno de ellos.

Enjoy.
Pasadlo bien.