activities for ADV II (NOCHE)

Bien para esta actividad quiero que intenten escribir versos cortos en ingles -coloco esta entrada en español para que puedan entender- para practicar las habilidades en traduccion y compocision que deberian estar desarrollando vamos a tratar de componer algunos versos que van a ser publicados en ingles.
si bien parece rebuscada la forma de realizar esta practica, no haye mejor forma para demostrar que estan entendiendo como se debe componer.
estos versos que vamos a componer, los vamos a hacer en formato o estilo HAIKU.

El haiku (俳句^?), derivado del haikai, consiste en un poema breve de tres versos de cinco, siete y cinco moras respectivamente. Comúnmente se sustituyen las moras por sílabas cuando se traducen o componen en lenguas romances. Es una de las formas de poesía tradicional japonesa más extendidas. Su temática está relacionada con la naturaleza. desde Wikipedia.

cada versos estara conformado (no de forma rigida) por tres lineas de 5, 7 & 5 silabas, es decir la primera linea debera tener 5 silabas, la segunda 7 y la ultima 5 de nuevo.

entoces aclarado lo que es un haiku voy a mostrarles algunos ejemplos de como luce un haiku en español luego algunos en ingles.

1. El viento sopla
Y trae tu aroma
Divino deleite

(de mi autoria)

2. Me gustaría
Verlo todo de lejos
Pero contigo

(M. Benedetti)

3. Desde aquel día
no he movido las piezas
en el tablero
(jorge luis borges)

los siguiente sosn algunas muestras de haikus eb ingles:

1. At the over-matured sushi,
The Master
Is full of regret
(yosa, buson)

2. Green frog,
Is your body also
freshly painted?
(Akutagawa, Ryunosuke)

3. The years first day
thoughts and loneliness;
the autumn dusk is here
( Basho, Matsuo.)

como veran el haiku tanto en ingles, como en español (incluso en su idioma original el japones) no necesita de llevar rima, eso les facilitara a uds el elaborarlos pero los pondra a pensar en la medida metrica, tratar de no pasarse de los 5/7/5 en el resultado final en ingles.

suerte los pueden publicar en el blog en la sección de comentarios o los pueden enviar a mi correo electronico: soyaurinegro@hotmail.com

reading comprehension practice.... adv2 (tarde)

read the following article and answer the questiones mentioned about it.

use the technicles to read (skimming, scaning)

Presidential Elections

This year Americans elect on a new president on November 4th. It's an important event that happens once every four years. Currently, the president is always elected from one of the two main parties in the United States: the Republicans and the Democrats. There are other presidential candidates. However, it is unlikely that any of these "third party" candidates will win. It certainly hasn't happened in the last one hundred years.

In order to become the presidential nominee of a party, the candidate must win the primary election. Primary elections are held throughout each state in the United States in the first half of any election year. Then, the delegates attend their party convention in order to nominate their chosen candidate. Usually, as in this election, it's clear who will be the nominee. However, in the past parties have been divided and choosing a nominee has been a difficult process.

Once the nominees have been selected, they campaign throughout the country. A number of debates are usually held in order to better understand the candidates' points of view. These points of view often reflect their party's platform. A party platform is best described as the general beliefs and policies a party holds. Candidates cross the country by plane, bus, train or by car giving speeches. These speeches are often called 'stump speeches'. In the 19th century candidates would stand on tree stumps to deliver their speeches. These stump speeches repeat the candidates basic views and aspirations for the country. They are repeated many hundred of times by each candidate.

Many people believe that campaigns in the United States have become too negative. Each night you can see many attack ads on the television. These short ads contain sound bites which often distort the truth, or something the other candidate has said or done. Another recent problem has been voter turnout. There is often less than 60% turnout for national elections. Some people don't register to vote, and some registered voters don't show up at the voting booths. This angers many citizens who feel that voting is the most important responsibility of any citizen. Others point out that not voting is expressing an opinion that the system is broken.

the United States maintains an extremely old, and some say inefficient, voting system. This system is called the Electoral College. Each state is assigned electoral votes based on the number of senators and representatives that state has in Congress. Each state has two Senators. The number of representatives is determined by the states population but is never less then 1. The electoral votes are decided by the popular vote in each state. One candidate wins all of the electoral votes in a state. In other words, Oregon has 8 electoral votes. If 1 million people vote for the Republican candidate and one million and ten people vote for the Democratic candidate ALL 8 electoral votes go to the democratic candidate. Many people feel that this system should be abandoned.

q1: How often does the United States hold presidential elections?

q2: What is the 'third party'?

q3How many times has a third party won in the last 100 years?

q4:What must a person do to become a presidential nominee?

q5: Where is the nominee chosen?

q6:What is the main purpose of the debates?

Q7:What is the party platform?

ejercicios en voz pasiva ADV II tarde

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_gaps.htm

Presente simple -enlaces-

bien en los siguientes enlaces podrán encontrar información que les ayudara a estudiar para el examen del próximo martes 15 de noviembre

link 1:

http://www.aprende-gratis.com/ingles/curso.php?lec=presente-simple

link 2:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present_simple_(ingl%C3%A9s)

link 3:

http://www.aprenderinglesfacil.es/2008/03/presente-simple-simple-present-tense.html

buena suerte nos vemos el martes ESTUDIEN!!!!!

passive voice exercises

well click the following links and try to resolve the exercises about the "passive voice"
example 1:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?06

exercises 2.
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive