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Las mujeres japonesas son las mas longevas_Noticias en Español_ Learn Spanish by reading and listening to news - www.albalearning.com Noticias en Español. News in Spanish. Lea, escuche y haga los ejercicios interactivos para afianzar su conocimiento de la lengua española. Las mujeres japonesas son las más longevas. Ejercicios interacitivos. http://albalearning.com/ejercicios/noticias/index-longevas.htm Siempre disponible en la página web www.albalearning.com. ¡Gratis! No hay necesidad de registrarse. Always available at www.albalearning.com. Free! No registration needed! You can now ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noticias en Español - News in Spanish - Practicar el ciclismo de manera intensiva disminuye la fertilidad masculina - www.albalearning.com - Learn Spanish Noticias en Español. News in Spanish. Lea, escuche y haga los ejercicios interactivos para afianzar su conocimiento de la lengua española. Practicar el ciclismo de manera intensiva disminuye la fertilidad masculina. Ejercicios interacitivos. http://albalearning.com./ejercicios/noticias/index-ciclismo.htm Siempre disponible en la página web www.albalearning.com. ¡Gratis! No hay necesidad de registrarse. Always available at www.albalearning.com. Free! No registr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alma, corazón y vida_Los Panchos y Alba :-) (lyrics and quizzes online) Alma, corazón y vida_Soul, heart and life I've tried to sing along with Los Panchos this beautiful song just to prove you that we can sing and learn by doing it even if we do not sing well, even if we have no voice. It doesn't matter. Just try! Sing with me while reading the lyrics and check the translation into English. Do the quizzes online to learn the vocabulary and play with the words. http://albalearning.com/almacorazonyvida.html http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Love letters in the sand _ Dizzy :-) (lyrics and quizzes online) Love letters in the sand_Cartas de amor en la arena (Pat Boone lyrics. Sung by Dizzy) Listen and read the lyrics in both languages, Spanish and English. Do the quizzes visiting: http://albalearning.com/lovelettersinthesand.html Other stuff at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Do you want to listen to more songs by Dizzy?. Visit http://www.esnips.com/user/DizzyDizzy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A million to one_Ed Bogus :-) A million to one (Un millón a uno) a Philip Medley'song made famous by Jimmy Charles, now sung by Ed Bogus. You can find the lyrics in both Spanish and English and quizzes online and a dictation to learn the vocabulary at (Puede encontrar la letra en ambas lenguas, Español e Ingles, junto con ejercicios y un dictado en lína para aprender el vocabulario visitando: http://albalearning.com/amilliontoone.html http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Do you want to listen to more songs by Ed Bogus? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You are so beautiful_Don Belter You are so beautiful_Tú eres tan hermosa, by Don Belter Lyrics from Joe Cocker, sung by Don Belter. You can find the lyrics in both languages, Spanish and English, together with quizzes online and a dictation related to the song vocabulary, at: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/you-are-so-beautiful_don-belter/ http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When you tell me that you love me_Frederic White :- ) This is a beautiful song sung by Frederic White. You can find the lyrics in both languages, English and Spanish, visiting the blog page http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/when-you-tell-me-that-you-love-me_frederic-white/ (I'll build some quizzes based on the vocabulary of the song) Do you want to listen to more songs by Frederic White? Visit his eSnips folder: http://www.esnips.com/user/FredEricWhite Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amar-To love_Simple Present (Quizzes-online) Amar-To love ( Presente Simple) You can find the text and quizzes online at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/quiz-grammar_simple-present_to-love-amar/ How to conjugate verbs ending AR. Learn by doing the quiz http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/quiz_present-simple_regular-verbs-ending-ar/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website La niña que no quería comer_Lesson+quizzes-online Había una vez una niña que no quería comer. Su mamá le decía: Si quieres crecer y bella ser tienes que comer. La niña lloraba y lloraba porque no quería nada. Un día la boca abrió y todo se comió. Colorín colorado este cuento se ha acabado. You can find all the quizzes online (vocabulary, dictations...etc) visiting: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/quizzes_la-nina-que-no-queria-comer/ http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/category/lessonslecciones/quizzesejercicios/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The months of the year in Spanish You can listen and do some quizzes online and a dictation visiting: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/quizzes-5_meses-del-ano-months-of-the-year/ Other quizzes at: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/category/lessonslecciones/quizzesejercicios/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dictation_El astronomo1(quizzes-online at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com) Try this dictation online at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/quizzes_dictado_el-astronomo/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ele-01_Saying "Hello" in Spanish (Informal) Learn how to say "hello" in Spanish (Informal) Read and listen along with the text at the blog page http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/saying-hello-in-spanish/ Vocabulary notes and Quizzes Online http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/quizzes-saying-hello-in-spanish-informal/ (You can always practise leaving your audio messages on Vaestro Audio Forum) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It's not unusual_No es raro (by Ed Bogus) :-) It's not unusual_No es raro We'll listen to Ed Bogus singing this nice song and we'll analyse the vocabulary. The transcription of the podcast ( with the lyrics in both languages, Spanish and English) is available at the blog. Vocabulary notes. http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/its-not-unusual_ed-bogus/ There are some quizzes to do online, ready to test your vocabulary. Give it a try! http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/quizzes_its-not-unusual/ Do you want to listen to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A fool such as I_Dizzy :-) A fool such as I _ Un tonto como yo A song by Dizzy. You can listen more of his songs visiting : http://www.esnips.com/user/DizzyDizzy The lyrics in Spanish and English to be read or downloaded at: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/a-fool-such-as-i_dizzy/ Quizzes online here: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/quizzes_a-fool-such-as-i/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Autumn leaves_Hojas de otoño (Nat King Cole) :-) You can find the lyrics in English and Spanish visiting the page: http://albalearning.com/ejercicios No olvide consultar las últimas incorporaciones a Audiolibros y Libros: http://albalearning.com/#ultimos New! You can now learn French Spanish and English by doing online quizzes and following the vocabulary with sound files. It's free. Visit http://albalearning.com/ejercicios Ahora usted puede aprender Francés, Español e Inglés haciendo ejercicios interactivo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The months of the year in Spanish (with quizzes online) You can do the online quizzes visiting the page http://scratchblog.wordpress.com This is the direct link for this quizzes http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/quizzes-5_meses-del-ano-months-of-the-year/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Colores_Colours Basic vocabulary. Colours. Vocabulario básico. Colores You can find the text and some quizzes online at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Quizzes online New quizzes online in order to help you while learning basic vocabulary. Spanish and English. Nuevos ejercicios en línea para ayudarle a aprender vocabulario básico. Visit : http://scratchblog.wordpress.com (Look for ejercicios or quizzes. Bear with me, it is not an easy task). Thanks :-) Please send your comments to me. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noticias-3_La prostata y los hombres “El miedo hace que los hombres que padecen cáncer eviten buscar ayuda”(From BBC News) Puede encontrar la transcripción, así como la versión en inglés, visitando el blog: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/noticias-3_la-prostata-y-los-hombres/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News-3_Prostate Fear 'makes cancer men shun help' (From BBC News) You can find the transcription and the Spanish version visiting: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/news-3_prostate-and-men/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I won't forget you_ By Dizzy :-) Listen to this song and read the lyrics in both languages, Spanish and English visiting the blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News-2_Insulina Diabetic girls “skip jabs to stay slim” 4th July 2007 Thousands of teenage girls may be skipping insulin injections in the hope it will make them thin. Diabetes UK estimates that up to one in three diabetic women under 30 in the UK are missing injections to help them lose weight. That would equate to up to 5,000 women under 30, of which up to 3,000 are teenage girls. The practice - which is sometimes called "diabulimia" - can have severe health consequences. http://scratchblog.w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noticias-2_Insulina Chicas diabéticas “se saltan los pinchazos para estar delgadas” 4 de Julio 2007 Miles de adolescentes pueden estar saltándose las inyecciones de insulina con la esperanza de que ello les ayudará a estar más delgadas. Diabetes UK estima que una de cada tres mujeres diabéticas menores de 30 años no se inyecta para así perder peso. Esto equivaldría a 5.000 mujeres de menos de 30 años, de las cuales 3.000 son chicas adolescentes. Esta práctica, conocida a veces como “diabulimia”, puede te ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News-1_Frozen Eggs A Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for use by her seven-year-old daughter, who is likely to become infertile. Melanie Boivin wants her daughter to have the choice of having children in the future. Should the girl opt to use the eggs and gain regulatory approval, she would effectively have a baby that was her half-brother or sister. Critics said the work, presented at a fertility conference in Lyon, was deeply concerning. But the doctors from the McGill Reproductive Center, Montreal ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noticias-1_Ovulos congelados Una madre canadiense ha congelado sus óvulos para que su hija de siete años,que puede ser infértil, los pueda usar en el futuro. Melanie Boivin quiere que su hija tenga la opción de tener hijos en el futuro. Si la niña optase por usar estos óvulos y conseguir la aprobación legal, tendría un bebé que sería su medio hermano o hermana. Los críticos denuncian que este caso, presentado en una conferencia sobre fertilidad en Lyon es muy preocupante. Pero los doctores del Centro de Reproducció ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sweet Love_ by Rakesh Paul This is a poem I came across in esnips . Please listen to it and read it in the blogpage http://scratchblog.wordpress.com or in Rakesh Paul's esnips page http://www.esnips.com/web/finaldestination Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lesson 1_study.com Lesson 1 in Study.com You can find the transcription visiting http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/lesson-1_studycom/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Study.com classes If you want to attend real classes online with real teachers and real students from all over the world visit http://study.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodbye to love_FredEric White :-) Goodbye to love_Adios al amor Originally sung bye "The carpenters" we'll listen and study this song today bye FredEric White. The lyrics and translation at: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/songscanciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Summer wind_Rick Lake :-) Summer Wind _Viento de Verano. A song that was sung by Franck Sinatra. Today we will listen to Rick Lake whose performance is simply perfect . Congratulations Rick and thanks a lot!!. Listen to the song and the translation into Spanish. The text (and a link to Rick Lake site) is available at: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/songscanciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Easy Grammar_Ser+Prombres Personales Presente de Indicativo del verbo Ser Pronombres Personales Yo soy..I am.. El texto en http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/beginners/grammar/ French version: http://espagnolblog.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/serpronombres-personales-fr/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions: Levantarse con el pie izquierdo Usual expressions in Spanish and the equivalent in English: Levantarse con el pie izquierdo_Get up on the wrong side of the bed You can find the text and vocabulary (free) at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Numbers_Numeros-1-10_en-sp Numbers from 1 to 10_Números del 1 al 10 1 _ Uno _ One 2_ Dos _ Two 3_ Tres _ Three 4_ Cuatro _ Four 5_ Cinco _ Five 6_ Seis _ Six 7_ Siete _ Seven 8_ Ocho _ Eight 9_ Nueve _ Nine 10_ Diez _ Ten http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spanish eyes_Dizzy :-) This beautiful song was sung by Engelbert Humperdink in the past. Now we will listen to Dizzy. Terrific! Thanks Dizzy! Esta preciosa canción fue cantada por Engelbert Humperdink en el pasado. Ahora escucharemos a Dizzy. ¡Genial! ¡¡Gracias Dizzy!! If you want to listen to Dizzy singing more songs visit : http://www.esnips.com/web/Dizzy-MyKindaMusic Si desean escuchar más canciones de Dizzy visitad esa página You can find the transcription of the podcasts, the lyrics in both, Spanish and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dictado-002 (Dictation) We'll try to learn new vocabulary by listening and writing this short dialogue. Try to write what you listen and then compare your writing with the text you'll find in the pdf file that can be found in the blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Contigo aprendi_Ruben García :-) This is a Bolero, originally sung by Luis Miguel, though it was Armando Manzanero who wrote "Contigo aprendí" and made it world wide famous. This is a version made by Ruben Garcia. Congratulations Ruben and thank you very much :-) You can find the lyrics in the blog(songs/canciones) http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Perfidia_Nat King Cole :-) There are songs that will remain in our memories forever, like this one "Perfidia" or "Treachery" in English. Listen to this beautiful song in Spanish and see what the lyrics mean in English. Open the pdf file please.( You can find it in the blog, songs/canciones section) http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dictado-001_Inicial This is a simple dictation for you to test. For very beginners. Please let me know if you'd love this kind of stuff. For the text visit the blog: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teddy Bear_Dizzy :-) (This song was originally sung by Elvis Presly. Honestly, this version is terrific! Congratulations Dizzy!!) Baby let me be.. Cariño déjame ser... You can find the lyrics in both languages in the blog (songs/canciones) http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website South of the border_Ed Bogus :-) This is a song by Ed Bogus. Congratulations Ed! Thanks for allowing me to play it in the podcast :-) South of the border... Al sur the la frontera... You can find the lyrics in both languages in the blog(songs/canciones) http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions-08: Como el perro y el gato (en-sp) Usual expressions in Spanish and the equivalent in English: Estar como el perro y el gato_At each other's throat You can find the text and vocabulary (free) at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ You can get the equivalent in French visiting http://espagnol.podomatic.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It's now or never_Elvis Presley :-) It's now or never..._ Es ahora o nunca... The text in the blog: (songs/canciones) http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The months of the year-en Enero _ January Febrero _February Marzo _March Abril_April Mayo_May Junio_June Julio_July Agosto_August Septiembre_September Octubre_October Noviembre_November Diciembre_December You can find the French version at http://espagnol.podomatic.com Visit the blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Los meses del año Enero Febrero Marzo Abril Mayo Junio Julio Agosto Septiembre Octubre Noviembre Diciembre You can find the French version at http://espagnol.podomatic.com Visit the blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The days of the week in Spanish The days of the week _ Los días de la semana Lunes (Monday) Martes (Tuesday) Miércoles (Wednesday) Jueves (Thursday) Viernes (Friday) Sábado (Saturday) Domingo (Sunday) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Man and Woman_Victor Hugo Man is the most elevated of creatures, Woman, the most sublime of ideals... El hombre es la más elevada de las criaturas La mujer, el más sublime de los ideales... You can find the poem at (Puede encontrar el poema en) http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/poetrypoesia/ If you want to read and listen to the French version, please visit http://espagnol.podomatic.com/entry/2007-05-11T11_40_46-07_00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions-07: Dar la lata a alguien (en-sp) Usual expressions in Spanish and the equivalent in English: Dar la lata al alguien_To be a pain in the neck You can find the text and vocabulary (free) at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website La vie en rose_Louis Armstrong :-) This is a beautiful version of the song "La vie en rose" made by Louis Armstrong. You can find the version made by Edith Piaff at http://espagnolblog.wordpress.com This English-Spanish lyrics can be found at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amazing picture! As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did....The whole transcription and the amazing picture athttp://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stand by me_Ben E. King :-) When the night has come.... Cuand la noche ha llegado... Find the lyrics in both languages (English and Spanish), some vocabulary and the video at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/songscanciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions: Coger el toro por los cuernos Usual expressions in Spanish and the equivalent in English: Coger el toro por los cuernos_Grasp the nettle You can find the text and vocabulary (free) at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ele-in-02-A phone call A phone call _ Una llamada de teléfono Vocabulary in context. The transcription can be found at: http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/lessons/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Crazy _By Likita :-) We will study this song, "crazy", and listen to our friend singing it. Doesn't she make a great job? Sure she does! Congratulations Likita! Crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely... Loca, loca por sentirme tan sola... The lyrics and vocabulary can be found at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/songscanciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poetry_Poema 20_Pablo Neruda (Spanish) Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche... Puede encontrar el texto en http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/poetrypoesia/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poetry_Poema 20_Pablo Neruda (English) Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche... I can write the saddest lines tonight... The poem in English. You can find the poem in both, English and Spanish, at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/poetrypoesia/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Quizas, quizas, quizas _Nat King Cole :-) Quizás, quizás, quizás _ Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps You can find the lyrics in both languages with some vocabulary at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/songscanciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions: "A ojo de buen cubero"-en-sp A ojo de buen cubero _ by the rule of thumb The text and vocabulary in the blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joke: The hell (el infierno) Una adolescente volvió a casa triste después de haber pasado la tarde con su amigo... You can find the text in English and Spanish in my blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions: "Acostarse con las gallinas"(en/sp) You can find the transcription (free) at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions: En un abrir y cerrar de ojos "En un abrir y cerrar de ojos"...Muy deprisa, rápidamente "To do something in a flash" Visit the site for the expression in a context http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/lessons/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions: Estar hasta la coronilla “Estoy hasta la coronilla” _ Estar harto “I have had it up to my eyeballs!”_to be fed up For the text visit http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/lessons/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Usual expressions in Spanish/English “Faltarle un tornillo a alguien” _ Estar loco http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/lessonslecciones/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website El Lobo y el Cabritillo_Fábula Era temprano en la mañana y el momento en el que las cabras iban a pastar. El cabritillo y su mamá seguían al rebaño hacia el campo donde circunvalaban un arroyo... Visit the page below for the transcription http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/tag/my-podcasts/short-storieshistorias-cortas/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wolf and the little Goat_Fable The fable of the wolf and the little goat. Finde the text visiting http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/fable_the-wolf-and-the-little-goat/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website El Astrónomo_Fábula Versión española de la Fábula de Esopo "El Astrónomo" Consultar el texto en http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Astronomer_Fable English version of the fable ( Spanish one will follow tomorrow) The transcription and comments can be found in the blog http://scratchblog.wordpress.com/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website La Verbena de la Paloma (Spanish Music) After having worked so hard during this week we can sit back and relax for a bit… Let’s listen to a fragment of “La verbena de la Paloma” composed by Tomás Bretón in 1894. Tomás Bretón was a spanish violinist, director and composer. Después de haber trabajado tanto durante durante esta semana, podemos relajarnos un poco… Escuchemos un fragmento de “La verbena de la Paloma” compuesta por Tomás Bretón en 1894. Tomás Bretón fué un violinista, director y compositor español. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Los Ratones y el Gato Una gran familia de ratones vivía en una gran mansión. La vida fue siempre buena con ellos ya que siempre había comida en abundancia, sobre todo en la cocina. Pero un día, el dueño de la casa trajo un gato. Desde entonces la vida de los ratones fue miserable. El gato merodeaba día y noche. Los ratones no osaban salir de sus madrigueras porque el gato estaba siempre al acecho. Con el paso de los días los ratones estaban más y más débiles porque no se aventuraban a salir de sus madrigueras ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Mice And The Cat. Attention!!! Now at scratchblog.wordpress.com The Mice And The Cat There lived several families of mice in a big mansion. Life was good for them as there was always an abundance of food, especially in the kitchen. But one day, the master of the mansion brought home a cat. Since then, life became miserable for the mice. Day or night, the cat would prowl the mansion. The mice dared not come out of their dens because the cat was always lurking around. As the days passed, the mice became weaker and weaker because they could not venture ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fox And The Grapes.Attention!! Now at http://scratchblog.wordpress.com It was a very hot and sunny afternoon. A fox, which had been hunting the whole day, was very thirsty. "How I wish there was some water," the fox thought to himself. Just then, he saw bunches of fat and juicy grapes hanging from a vine above his head. The grapes looked ripe and ready to burst with juice. "Oh, my! Oh, my!" the fox said as his mouth began to water. "Sweet grape juice, quench my thirst!" The fox stood on tiptoe and stretched as high as he could, but the grapes were out of h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website La Zorra y Las Uvas Fábulas de Esopo. La Zorra y Las Uvas Era una tarde muy soleada y calurosa. Una zorra, que había estado cazando todo el día, estaba muy sedienta. “Cómo me gustaría encontrar agua”, pensó la zorra. En ese momento vió un racimo de uvas grandes y jugosas colgando muy alto de una parra. Las uvas parecían maduras y llenas de zumo. “¡Oh, oh!” dijo la zorra mientras la boca se le hacía agua. “ El zumo dulce de uva sacia my sed!”. La zorra se puso de puntillas y se estiró todo lo alto que pudo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poetry Sonnet 43_E.Barrett Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee wi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website