Andalusia, my home

I was lucky to come into the world
In a place where everything is so special...
The sky has a brightness that enlights the soul.
The air touchs your inside to give it peace.
Eyes can admire sceneries full of beauty,
Calmness, history, hideouts with no Earth comparison...
The smell of the sea is so pleasant you want it to breathe it forever...
Its taste is so enriching you want to feel it for the rest...
Its sounds make you think you are in Paradise...
This is my home, this is my little piece of sky.
Andalusia, I love your all...

Smelling passion

An endless passion
For your light,
Your smell, your people,
your unique images...
Your flower courtyards are full of life,
Beauty and admiration.
You are my home,
My light, the source of my soul.
For everything,
my heart will be always green and white,
Córdoba...

Audrey's Biography

As this week my students wrote a composition about a biography of a famous or celebrity they know, I am going to do my own one; I choose one of my favourite actresses, the unforgettable Audrey Hepburn. They had to write an essay including born, education, life and work and personal opinion. So I will make a summary of the life and work of this wonderful woman I admire and like in a way I cannot explain easily...

Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929. Hepburn went to school in England. She continued to achieve her dance career. Although Hepburn had no experience at first, she improved fast, and reviews praised her. She was given a role in Roman Holiday. Costarring Gregory Peck, the film tells the tale of a princess who is shown around Rome, Italy, by a reporter who falls in love with her. Hepburn got an Academy Award for best actress at the age of twenty-four.

Billy Wilder signed her up in 1954 for his new film, Sabrina. Hepburn costarred with William Holden and Humprey Bogart, who was her love in the film. Hepburn shared the screen with all of the top leading men of her time: Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Rex Harrison, Mel Ferrer, whom she married in 1954 and Sean Connery. In 1959 she made her first serious film, The Nun's Story. 

After 1967, Hepburn stopped working. She had a child at age forty during her thirteen-year marriage to Italian physician Andrea Dotti. Hepburn chose to spend her time with her family and work for the international children's relief organization UNICEF. The last film, Always, featured her in a role as an angel. Hepburn lived in Switzerland with Robert Wolders for the last twelve years of her life. Hepburn continued her work for UNICEF and was named the organization's goodwill ambassador (representative) in 1988. Hepburn worked in the field, nursing sick children and reporting the suffering she witnessed. She died on the 20th of January, 1993 in Switzerland. She is still present in our lives with her films and the diary memory of her fans.

I hope this essay is useful for all English learners or can be an easy way to know the life and work of this unique actress. Moreover, I strongly recommend the book Audrey in Rome, full of details and beautiful images of this loving woman.

We are people...

Take and give love;
It has so many faces...
A smile, a necessary word,
A look, a memory, a feeling
Reminding you are a person.
Give your own,
That is all...

Enlightening with the soul

Clouds of the day...
You won't remain in my sky.
I have so powerful souls
Emerging to enlighten my day...
Thanks, my lights...
From the most sincere part of my heart,,,

Little huge steps

Taking little steps everyday.

Without almost being perceived.

They are silent

But fruitful.

Insisting on the labour,

Done the best you can.

They are little steps 

For the whole world,

Huge advances for you and the rest.

It is the ant building a firm bridge...

Translation:

Dando pequeños pasos cada día,

Apenas son percibidos.

Son discretos pero fructíferos.

Insistiendo en el trabajo hecho 

lo mejor posible.

Son pasitos pequeños para el mundo

Y a la vez enormes avances para ti 

y para los demás. 

Es la hormiguita que construye

un puente muy sólido....

Dancing in the rain

It is a rainy day;
I do not like rain very much...
But I know we need it...
It resfreshes places, animals,
Fields and souls...
And after the rain,
the sun always rises,
as it happens right now...

Looking and appreciating

Look around you,

There is something you can catch;
Look by your side,
There is someone you can help.
Look beyond your own place,
There is a spark which wants you to embrace magic.

Sunday afternoon, planning and relax...

Weekend is about to end;
Sunday is touching night.
I find this day as one in which
It is possible to do what gives you
A bit of relax,
A space of calm
Listening to a beautiful song,
Reading a book or writing your thoughts...
Sunday is speaking to me:
Your new week is coming,
You will do it well,
Don't doubt it...

Treat every day like it was Saint Valentine's day

There are too many dates
Which are the 'I don't know' date;
Today is Saint Valentine's Day;
Treat every day like it was the love day.
The world does not need a day for love;
Love needs to be every day for the whole world.

Stay in love...

Listen to a revealing silence

I am here.
Listening to silences
Which speak so loud...
Perceiving the eyes
Which talk without
Saying anything
But saying too much
At the same time...
And I cannot feel unaffected...

Remain firm and learn...

Follow your own path.
If it is well done,
No matter the circunstances,
The difficulties or hard moments,..
You always have a light,

A shoulder upon you can rest your head,
A friend who is the base you can rely on,
A person who offers you a smile, a word
Which calm you...

I follow
My way...

Tal y cómo eres...

En mi segunda entrada, no he podido resistirme más...

Temprano, como siempre, y que siga... Aúno dos de mis grandes pasiones, el inglés y la música...

Un idioma rico en vocabulario, con una pronunciación nada fácil pero tan atractiva... Y él, Bruno Mars, un joven cuya carrera musical es ya tan viva que a pesar de su juventud, para mí es una leyenda, una referencia a la que se puede acudir y nunca va a dejarte indiferente. Un auténtico genio...

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

"Just The Way You Are", Bruno Mars

1. Listen to the song and once you have done it, fill in the gaps with the correct word; it is easy and fun; check it now:

thing      stars       believe       hair     stay       okay        smile         stops       change        way

Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the ____________look like they're not shining
Her hair, her ________________falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday.
Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her, she won't __________  me
And it's so, it's so sad to think that she doesn't see what I see
But every time she ask me do I look _____________?
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would ____________
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you _________________
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl, you're amazing
Just the _____________you are
Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday
Oh, you know, you know, you know I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for, then just ___________the same
So don't even bother asking if you look okay
You know I'll say
When I see your face
There's not a _______________that I would change
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world _____________and stares for a while
'Cause girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are
The way you are
The way you are
Girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause girl 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

2. Join the definition with its corresponding word:
Amazing                                                  To cease the movement
Way                                                         Something which provokes surprise
Stop                                                         Form in which something happens
Everyday                                                 Happening day after day

3. Translate this piece of the song:

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause girl 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

Bloggeando...

Hoy, 9 de febrero de 2015, muy tempranito, me encuentro iniciando mi periplo en el maravilloso mundo de los blogs... Ya me rondaba la idea desde hace mucho tiempo pero no ha sido hasta hoy cuando por fin lo he comenzado.

A mi lado, literalmente, me acompaña mi compañera de inglés, Pilar Torres, cuyo blog es un ejemplo ya para todos... Gracias por guiarme, Pilar, por ser una compañera con todas las letras, por compartir tu experiencia profesional, tus miles de recursos, tus actividades, webs de interés...

Es un lujo trabajar con gente como tú. Espero aprender cada día, lo haré, estoy llena de ilusión y ganas.

Con este diario personal de una profesora de inglés me propongo mostrar que la materia que imparto es un mundo atractivísimo de saber, aprender, disfrutar sabiendo que podemos comunicarnos en otro idioma que no es el nuestro, que nos sirve para entender esa música cuyo ritmo y letra nos atraen pero que no sabemos qué dice exactamente, porque hoy día el inglés nos rodea, está presente en nuestras vidas y créeme, es algo divertido y valioso, una herramienta muy útil para la vida laboral y para nuestra propia rutina.

Con humor, que nunca falte, elementos visuales, ejemplos y miles de recursos que tenemos a nuestra disposición, vamos a encontrar el lado divertido del inglés, lo tiene, no doubt...

Uuuuh, uuh... Esto, promete...