10/31/2011

Real English - Writing Tips

We want to present this interesting video about writing tips.  We think it is going to be very useful this information taking into account everybody must to learn how to write right in the Department. Enjoy it.

10/28/2011

Music- Just the Way you are - Bruno Mars

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age. After performing in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood, he decided to pursue a musical career and moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school. He was nominated for seven Grammys at the 53rd Grammy Awards, winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Just the Way You Are".


Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day

Yeah, I know, I know, when I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so, sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look ok, I say

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are(yeah)

Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she let me
Her laugh, her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day

Oh, you know, you know, you know, I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for then just stay the same
So, don't even bother asking if you look ok
You know I'll say

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are
The way you are, the way you are

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you're amazing, just the way you are.
Yeah

Accents- Let's go Scottish!

Today's aceent is Scottish! even though it seems a bit more elaborated you can train your ear to understand it. Try watching several times this clip from the movie "Dear Frankie" until you understand what he said. You can fin the transcription at the end of this post:)
After that we have two clips, first a parody of a call center imitating various accents including the scottish and second one a comedy of 2 scottish men trapped in a elevator trying to make the voice recognition work. and finally the tips you were waiting for on How to speak scottish!





How to make a Scottish Accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALkCGVA2BU&feature=related

(Dear Frankie translation:
"Brilliant. You wouldn't be able to hear your ma shouting at you to do stuff all the time.")

10/26/2011

AUDIOBOOK - Audiobook: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity. 





10/25/2011

Real Madrid: Jose Mourinho interview

Many people consider Real Madrid a great soccer team. Listen to his couch, considered also a very controversial man.

10/24/2011

Real English - Job Interview

We hope you enjoy this video. It is a about a very important aspect in a job interview, what to say about yourself.

10/23/2011

Beautiful Day - U2

"Beautiful Day" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the first track from their 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, and it was released as the album's lead single. The song received positive reviews, and it became their fourth number-one single in the UK and their first number-one in the Netherlands. The song peaked at number 21 in the United States, the band's highest position since "Discothèque" in 1997. In 2001, the song won three Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The group has played "Beautiful Day" at every one of their concerts since the song's 2001 live debut on the Elevation Tour.


The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day

Canadian Accents

We want to present some differences between Canadian and American accents. We think it will be very useful when you have to practice your English with native speakers from Canada.

10/20/2011

TV broadcast: Junk food Regulation

Why junk food is so addictive? because it is delicious you may think. Listen to what the expert has to say  about  it. Go to the next address to see the video.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-19/professor-brownell-predicts-junk-food-regulation/3580266




STEVE CANNANE, PRESENTER: One of the world's leading junk food experts says governments will soon adopt aggressive regulations against unhealthy food manufacturers because of mounting evidence that junk food can trigger addictive eating behaviour.

As a result, he says, some companies could also be vulnerable to legal action for promoting goods with high levels of sugar, fat and salt.

Yale University's Kelly Brownell is in Australia to discuss the latest research with Australian governments and public health officials.

Margot O'Neill has the story.

MARGOT O'NEILL, REPORTER: When American film-maker Morgan Spurlock first started gorging on junk food in the documentary Super Size Me, he threw up.

But after 30 days, he said he only felt well when he ate fast food. The rest of the time he complained of feeling depressed and irritable.

MORGAN SPURLOCK, DOCUMENTARY MAKER (Excerpt from Super Size Me): I just feel really depressed, you know, for no reason. I mean, things are going great. I've had a good day.

MARGOT O'NEILL: Were these classic withdrawal symptoms?

Kelly Brownell from Yale University's Rudd Food Policy and Obesity Center says scientific research is nearing the point of linking junk food to addiction.

KELLY BROWNELL, YALE UNIVERSITY: There's more and more research suggesting that an addictive process does in fact take place and I think this will change the world debate on food and the behaviour of the food industry, because all of a sudden they're going to have to be accountable for intentional manipulation of ingredients that work on the brain like this.

There might be serious government restrictions on what could be sold to or marketed to children. It really could change things a lot.

MARGOT O'NEILL: Experiments have shown that rats exhibit withdrawal symptoms from junk food. In one experiment rats were prepared to withstand electric shocks to eat junk foot rather than go back to a regular diet. In another experiment rats habituated to both cocaine and sugar were given a choice between the two. 90 per cent chose sugar just about every time.

KELLY BROWNELL: There's studies using laboratory animals and also studies using brain imaging techniques with humans that show a very powerful effect of things like sugar on the brain. It looks very much like classic substances of abuse like heroin and nicotine and alcohol for example. The effect isn't as strong, but it's there.

MARGOT O'NEILL: Experts say it all goes back to our ancestors. Our brains are wired to crave high-energy food because our ancestors were geared for binge eating so they could withstand the lean times. Fats and sugars were biologically prized nutrients because they were so scarce. The problem these days is there's not exactly a shortage of calories on offer.

RUSSELL KEAST, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY: The food environment's changed dramatically over the past 50 years, and arguably we could say that change has been greater in the last 50 years than any other time in our - in known history.

MARGOT O'NEILL: At Deakin University, Dr Russell Keast's research has shown how eating a high fat diet can reduce the feeling of fullness and stimulated the need to eat even more, another hallmark of addiction.

RUSSELL KEAST: We really need to figure out how to activate these fullness mechanisms or these satiety mechanisms in foods to stop the overconsumption.

MARGOT O'NEILL: The highly engineered taste sensation of manufactured food is also to blame.

KELLY BROWNELL: We've become accustomed to this explosion of sensation when we eat a food. The companies are working with scientists now who are doing brain imaging research to find out how the brain can be triggered in the most effective way to want certain foods or to respond to advertisements for those foods.

The major question is: what does this all mean? Where do we go with this? Well I think the implications could be tremendous.

For example, could the industry be held legally liable and financially culpable for intentionally manipulating ingredients that are making people sick if these ingredients hijack the brain?

MARGOT O'NEILL: Russell Keast remains cautious about comparing overconsumption of junk food to drug addiction. He also worries that the fight against the worldwide obesity epidemic could fail if food companies aren't part of the solution.

RUSSELL KEAST: The food companies really are doing exactly what they should be doing and that is producing foods which we like, and there would be great consumer backlash if those appetite compounds - you know, the fats, salts and sugars - were dramatically removed from foods. We've got to enjoy our food.

KELLY BROWNELL: The whole food system has become perverted. We - what used to be natural foods are now a concoction of chemicals with a list a mile long of ingredients. All these things, we don't know how these things work on the brain. We don't know whether they're all safe, but yet they're put into foods with abandon. And some people have even asked whether certain foods like a sugared beverage or a Twinkie or a chip should even be considered a food.

MARGOT O'NEILL: Kelly Brownell says industry makes too much money from unhealthy foods to switch voluntarily, that fat taxes and marketing constraints are needed. One study in the UK found that it could cost more than $13 billion in lost food sales if UK adults returned to 1980 body weight levels by losing about eight kilogram each simply by reducing their calorie intake.

KELLY BROWNELL: The industry hasn't responded at all to this because I don't believe they see it as a threat yet, which is a big mistake. I think it's a tremendous threat to them.

MARGOT O'NEILL: The Australian Food and Grocery Council was asked to comment, but declined.

Margot O'Neill, Lateline.






AUDIOBOOK- ( Penguin Audio Book Break: Spooky Halloween - 1 )

Penguin Audio Book Break: Spooky Halloween- 1


 

Real English - Better Sleep Tips

We hope you enjoy these tips to sleep better. While you practice your listening, you can take advantages from this video.

Misery - Pink & Steven Tyler

According to Billboard, Pink was rated No. 13 on the list of Artists of the Decade and No. 1 Pop Song Artist of the Decade (2000–2009). She has also scored eleven Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 US hits, including eight as a solo artist, and has won three Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards and two Brit Awards. Pink was also voted best recording artist of 2009. The People's Chart, announced through BBC Radio 1, declared Pink as the 11th Most Played Artist on UK Radio of the decade 2000 to 2009. Forbes Magazine in 2010 named Pink the 27th most powerful celebrity, with $44 million earned between June 2009 and June 2010.



Shadows are fallin' all over town
Another night and these blues got me down
Oh, misery! I sure could use some company
Since you´ve been gone I ain't been the same
I carry the weight like an old ball and chain
Guess its all meant to be
For love to cause such misery
Oh misery! Oh misery!
Tell me why does my heart make a fool of me
Seems its my destiny
For love to cause me misery
And, oh! I've been down this road before
With a passion that turns into pain
And each time I saw love walk out the door
I swore never get caught again
But ain't it true? It takes what it takes
And sometime we get too smart to leave
One more heartache for me
Another night of misery
Oh! And oh misery! Oh misery!
Tell me why does my heart make a fool of me
Oh misery! Oh misery!
Tell me why, why, why, why, why, why does this
heart make a fool of me
Seems its my destiny
For love to cause misery, oh
Misery
Guess its all meant to be
For love to cause me misery, oh, no, yeah
Misery


British Accents

Now we want to share with you a collection of the regional accents within Britain.


10/12/2011

Broadcast.Halle Berry Interview HD


Listen to Halle Berry talking about Nalah,  her adopted daughter. The adoption is a  great experience for those people who are willing to  start a family. This is not the case of  the majority of Salvadorean women, because we live in a country with a high natality rate considering our poverty level. Don't you think so?  

AUDIOBOOK - TE LORD OF TE RING (The Fellowship of the Ring)

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel  The Lord of te Ring by the English author J.R.R.Tolkien. It takes place in the fictional universe Middle earth. It was originally published on July 29, 1954 in the United kingdom The volume consists of a Prologue titled "Concerning Hobbits, and other matters" followed by Book I and Book II.











10/10/2011

Real English - Academic Success at University

Today we want to present this interesting video. Queen Chioma gives us the key to achieve a fantastic degree. We hope you find useful tips on it for your academic performance. Enjoy it.

10/07/2011

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Growing up, she developed a love for country music, especially Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton. By the age of 10, she began performing around her hometown, at festivals, fairs and sang at karaoke contests. She started writing songs at the age of 12, and this was the same time she got her first guitar.




We were both young when I first saw you,
I close my eyes, and the flash back starts.
I'm standing there. On a balcony of summer air.

I see the lights,
See the party the ball gowns.
I see you make your way through the crowd,
You say hello
Little did I know...

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone,
I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
Tts a love story baby, just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quite because we're dead if they know
So close your eyes, Escape this town for a little while
Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run
You'll be the prince, I'll be the princess
Tts a love story baby, just say yes

Romeo save me, try to tell me how it is
This love is difficult, but its real,
Don't be afraid we'll make it out of this mess
Its a love story baby, just say yes, oh,

I was tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think.
He fell to the ground, and pulled out a ring

Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone
I love you and thats all you know
I talked to your dad, you'll pick out a white dress
Its a love story baby, just say yes
Oh, Oh, Oh
We were both young when I first saw you


About Canadian Accent, Eh?

Canadian accent has many influences in its whole, we can easily identify, american , brittish and even autralian nuances in it! Test yourself and good listening to everybody!











10/05/2011

Broadcast. Breaking news!!! Steve Jobs' speech


Steve Jobs, Chief executive officer and  co- founder of  apple computer and Pixar Animation Studios has passed away today. The creator of the ipod, the iphone, definetely, a genius. Let's  Listen to his speech and learn  some interesting  facts about his life and his great success.  His sickness, cancer  was just one of many  challenges. May his soul rest in peace.

10/04/2011

AUDIOBOOK- THE INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

Today we present some chapters of the Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles is a 1994 American drama and horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. The film focuses on Lestat  and Louis, beginning with louis` transformation into a vampire by Lestat in 1791. The film chronicles their time together, and their turning of a twelve year old Creole girl, Claudia, into a vampire. The narrative is framed by a present day interview, in which Louis tells his story to a San Francisco reporter.
The film stars Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst, with Antonio BAnderas and Stephen Rea co-starring. The film was released in November 1994 to generally positive critical acclaim, and received Oscar  nominations for Best art direction and Best Original Score Kirsten Dunst was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.






Real English - Our Planet

Now we are presenting some videos about the care of envinroment and the need to do it for our children. Watch it and express your opinion about it.




10/03/2011

Real People - How to improve listening skills

This our new section for the week; it is about us, the students in the Foreign Language Department at the University of El Salvador. We hope you like it so much. Let's see the answers of our partners about the difficulties of listening skills. Enjoy it.




10/02/2011

Michael Jackson - The Earth Song

Our planet needs our help. What can we do to help this nature?Michael Jackson was worried about all the damage we have caused to our planet. Who else to heal this planet but us.? Enjoy his great voice and see how much of the beauty this planet is losing every day. Definetely, a great song with a a perfect video and an urgent message to make us reflect on the necessity to care for the planet.


What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain...
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth these weeping shores?

Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo
Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo

What have we done to the world
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son...
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth these weeping shores

Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo
Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo

I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far

Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo
Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo
Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo
Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo

Hey, what about yesterday
(What about us)
What about the seas
(What about us)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us)
I can't even breathe
(What about us)
What about apathy
(What about us)
I need you
(What about us)
What about nature's worth
(ooo, ooo)
It's our planet's womb
(What about us)
What about animals
(What about it)
We've turned kingdoms to dust
(What about us)
What about elephants
(What about us)
Have we lost their trust
(What about us)
What about crying whales
(What about us)
We're ravaging the seas
(What about us)
What about forest trails
(ooo, ooo)
Burnt despite our pleas
(What about us)
What about the holy land
(What about it)
Torn apart by greed
(What about us)
What about the common man
(What about us)
Can't we set him free
(What about us)
What about children dying
(What about us)
Can't you hear them cry
(What about us)
Where did we go wrong
(ooo, ooo)
Someone tell me why
(What about us)
What about baby boy
(What about it)
What about the days
(What about us)
What about all their joy
(What about us)
What about the man
(What about us)
What about the crying man
(What about us)
What about Abraham
(What was us)
What about death again
(ooo, ooo)
Do we give a damn

Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo

Welsh Accent!


Hello there This week's accent is the Welsh, meaning South Wales in the United Kingdom. Its is not attached here due to certain incompatibilities of the player, but you will find it by clicking on the link below. We will continue checking on the United Kingdom accents in the following weeks! Good Listening!

How To Speak With A Welsh Accent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq-mEejECcU&feature=relmfu