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OM News # 100 - Delivered to 44198 subscribers

ISSN 1668-4877   March 15, 2005

Hello!! In this issue you will find the first part of an interesting audio grammar and a nice story (thanks to our subscriber Christine). We also wish you all a Happy Easter with symbols, love and chocolate. If our portal is really useful for you, please RATE US by CLICKING HERE. See you on April 1.
Hola!! En esta entrega, encontrarás la primera parte de una interesante gramática con audio y una hermosa historia (gracias a nuestra colaboradora Cristina). También te deseamos unas Felices Pascuas con símbolos, amor y chocolate. Si nuestro portal realmente te resulta útil, por favor CALIFICA nuestro esfuerzo haciendo CLIC AQUI. Hasta el 1° de Abril.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Regular Verbs
Pronunciation: Group 1

A Beautiful Story
The Old Phone

Egg, Bunny & Lily
Three Icons of Easter

OM Shopping
Our special Promopack 2005

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS
Regular verbs are pronounced in three different ways in their past form.

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GROUP 1:  INFINITIVE  +  / d /
Verbs ending in voiced sound in the infinitive are followed by  / d /  in their past.
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advise

advised

aconsejar

live

lived

vivir

agree

agreed

concordar

measure

measured

medir

arrive

arrived

llegar

open

opened

abrir

believe

believed

creer

play

played

jugar

burn

burned

quemar

perform

performed

desempeñar

call

called

llamar

realize

realized

darse cuenta

carry

carried

llevar

rain

rained

llover

clean

cleaned

limpiar

repair

repaired

reparar

close

closed

cerrar

save

saved

ahorrar, salvar

change

changed

cambiar

share

shared

compartir

deliver

delivered

entregar

sign

signed

firmar

die

died

morir

slam

slammed

cerrar de golpe

dry

dried

secar

stay

stayed

permanecer

earn

earned

ganar (sueldo)

snow

snowed

nevar

enjoy

enjoyed

disfrutar

study

studied

estudiar

explain

explained

explicar

try

tried

tratar

explore

explored

explorar

travel

travelled

viajar

follow

followed

seguir

turn

turned

girar

happen

happened

suceder

use

used

usar

interview

interviewed

entrevistar

whisper

whispered

susurrar

imagine

imagined

imaginar

worry

worried

preocuparse

listen

listened

escuchar

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short stories

A BEAUTIFUL STORY: THE OLD PHONE

When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it.

Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person. Her name was "Information Please" and there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anyone's number and the correct time.

My personal experience with the genie-in-a-bottle came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the basement, I whacked my finger with a hammer, the pain was terrible, but there seemed no point in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy.

I walked around the house sucking my throbbing finger, finally arriving at the stairway. The telephone! Quickly, I ran for the footstool in the parlor and dragged it to the landing. Climbing up, I unhooked the receiver in the parlor and held it to my ear. "Information, please" I said into the mouthpiece just above my head. A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear.

"Information."

"I hurt my finger..." I wailed into the phone, the tears came readily enough now that I had an audience.

"Isn't your mother home?" came the question.

"Nobody's home but me," I blubbered.

"Are you bleeding?" the voice asked.

"No," I replied. "I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts."

"Can you open the icebox?" she asked.

I said I could.

"Then chip off a little bit of ice and hold it to your finger," said the voice.

After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. I asked her for help with my geography, and she told me where Philadelphia was. She helped me with my math. She told me my pet chipmunk that I had caught in the park just the day before, would eat fruit and nuts.

Then, there was the time Petey, our pet canary, died. I called, Information Please," and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said things grown-ups say to soothe a child. But I was not consoled. I asked her, "Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a cage?"

She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, "Paul always remember that there are other worlds to sing in."

Somehow I felt better.

Another day I was on the telephone, "Information Please." "Information," said in the now familiar voice. "How do I spell fix?" I asked.

All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. When I was nine years old, we moved across the country to Boston. I missed my friend very much. "Information Please" belonged in that old wooden box back home and I somehow never thought of trying the shiny new phone that sat on the table in the hall. As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me. Often, in moments of doubt and perplexity I would recall the serene sense of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.

A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about a half-hour or so between planes. I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, "Information Please."

Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well. "Information."

I hadn't planned this, but I heard myself saying, "Could you please tell me how to spell fix?"

There was a long pause. Then came the soft spoken answer, "I guess your finger must have healed by now."

I laughed, "So it's really you," I said. "I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time?"

I wonder," she said, "if you know how much your call meant to me. I never had any children and I used to look forward to your calls."

I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again when I came back to visit my sister.

"Please do", she said. "Just ask for Sally."

Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered, "Information." I asked for Sally.

"Are you a friend?" she said.

"Yes, a very old friend," I answered.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this," she said. "Sally had been working part-time the last few years because she was sick. She died five weeks ago."

Before I could hang up she said, "Wait a minute, did you say your name was Paul?"

"Yes." I answered.

"Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down in case you called.

Let me read it to you."

The note said, "Tell him there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean."

I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant.

GLOSSARY:  polished: lustrosa; case: caja; the shiny receiver: el brillante tubo o receptor; device: aparato; amazing: sorprendente, asombrosa; supply: facilitar, proveer; genie-in-a-bottle: un genio dentro de una botella (un espíritu invisible); tool bench: banco de herramientas (juego infantil); basement: sótano; whacked: me aplasté (me machuqué); pain: dolor; there seemed no point in crying: ponerme a llorar no tenía sentido; give sympathy: compadecerse; sucking: chupando, succionando; throbbing: palpitante; stairway: escalera; footstool: taburete o banquillo para apoyar los pies; parlor: sala de visitas; dragged it: lo arrastré; landing: pie o base de la escalera; unhooked: descolgué; mouthpiece: micrófono del teléfono; I hurt my finger: me lastimé el dedo; wailed: gemí, me quejé; tears: lágrimas; I had an audience: tenía alguien que me escuchaba; blubbered: sollozé; bleeding: sangrando; icebox: congelador; chip off: arranca, extrae; pet chipmunk: ardilla mascota; grown-ups: los grandes, los adultos; to end up: para terminar, para acabar; heap of feathers: montón de plumas, pila de plumas; deep concern: profunda preocupación; other worlds to sing in: donde cantar, en los que se puede cantar; fix: reparar, arreglar; took place: sucedió; belonged: pertenecía; as I grew into my teens: cuando fui adolescente; to have spent her time on a little boy: haber perdido su tiempo con un chico; put down: aterrizó, bajó (coloquial); a half-hour or so: una media hora aproximadamente; dialed: disqué, marqué; miraculously: milagrosamente; healed: curado, sanado; how much you meant to me: cuánto significó usted para mí; I used to look forward to: aguardaba impacientemente; over the years: con el transcurrir de los años; please do = please call me: llámame por favor; sick: enferma; she died five weeks ago: falleció hace cinco semanas; hang up: colgar (el receptor del teléfono); what I mean: lo que quiero decir.

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