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From VOA Learning
English, welcome to "As It Is".
I’m Steve Ember.
Today,
calendars – choosing the right
one takes time. |
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as it is: de hecho, tal como están las cosas; choosing: eligiendo, escogiendo; the right one: el más adecuado; takes time: lleva tiempo; |
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The New
Year is the time for
new beginnings. It is
also the time to
buy a calendar.
Have you bought
yours yet? |
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beginnings: puntos de partida; have you bought ... yet?: ¿ya has comprado...?; |
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With so
many choices, it
can take a lot of
time just to
choose the right one.
There are small
ones. Big ones.
Calendars that sit on a
desk. Calendars that
hang on the wall.
Calendars you can
carry around with
you. Calendars that
show a whole month,
or one day at a
time. |
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so many choices: tantas opciones, alternativas; a lot of time: mucho tiempo; small ones / big ones: pequeños/grandes ("ones" reemplaza al sustantivo "calendarios" para que el texto no resulte reiterativo); sit on: se posan, apoyan sobre; hang on: cuelgan de; carry around: llevar a todas partes; a whole month: un mes completo; one day at a time: un día por vez; |
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Of course, in
one way all
calendars are the same.
They all list
the same days
of the year in
exactly the same
order. But people do not
buy calendars just
to know
what day it is. Calendars
have become
popular gifts because
many are
filled with
beautiful pictures. |
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in one way: en cierto modo; they all list: todo ellos listan, enumeran; the same: los mismos; exactly: exactamente; the same order: el mismo orden; just to know: sólo para saber; what day it is: que día es (vuelve a revisar más arriba la gramática del punto 3: este es otro caso de "embedded question"); have become: se han convertido en; popular gifts: regalos comunes; are filled with: contienen; |
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You can
even learn from
calendars. They often
give information
about their
subject – such as
famous writers or American
Indians or flower
gardens. |
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you can even learn from: incluso puedes aprender de; often: a menudo; subject: temática; such as: tales como; famous writers: autores famosos; |
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There are
calendars about food and
about beautiful
places in the world. |
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about food: sobre alimentos; in the world: del mundo; |
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For pet
lovers, there are calendars
with pictures of
cats doing unusual
things. Three
hundred sixty-five of them
– one for each day
of the year. And of course,
there’s one more
in leap years. |
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pet lovers: amantes de las mascotas; unusual things: cosas atípicas, insólitas; three hundred sixty-five: 365; in leap years: en años bisiestos; |
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Would you
rather look at
pictures of cars? Or trains?
Or airplanes? There are
calendars with
those, too. |
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would you rather...?: ¿preferirías...?; with those too: con esas (imágenes) también; |
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Some people
do not just look
at their calendars.
They use them
to write down
important things they
must remember,
like meetings or doctor’s
appointments. |
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they use them: los utilizan; to write down: para anotar; must: deben; meetings: reuniones; doctor's appointments: turnos/citas con los médicos; |
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Busy people
can buy small
calendars to carry
around to help them
organize and plan
their life. But what
if they forget
to look at their
calendar? No worries there
– there are electronic
organizers that make
sounds to remind
people of things they
must do. These
days, if you
forget something, it is
getting harder and
harder to find a good
excuse. |
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busy people: las personas ocupadas; to help them organize: para ayudarles a organizar; and plan: planificar; but what if: pero qué ocurre si; no worries there: no hay problema con eso; electronic organizer: agenda electrónica; make sounds: suenan; to remind: para recordar; these days: hoy en dia, en la actualidad; it is getting harder and harder: resulta cada vez más difícil; to find a good excuse: encontrar una buena excusa; |
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Then, there
are some people
who do
not like little
calendars, or big ones, or
noisy electronic
ones. They are happy
just to write down
notes to themselves on
small pieces of
paper. |
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some people who do not like: algunas personas a quienes no les gusta; noisy: ruidosos; they are happy just: se conforman simplemente con; write down notes to themselves: anotarse recordatorios; small pieces: trozos pequeños; |
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Then, there’s
the matter of New
Year’s Resolutions. Have
you made yours?
More importantly,
do you keep
yours? We’ll talk
about that next. |
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matter: asunto; New Year's Resolutions: buenos propósitos de Año Nuevo; Have you made...?: ¿Ya has decidido/definido...?; more importantly: cabe destacar; do you keep yours?: ¿mantienes el tuyo? (propósito); we'll talk about that next: hablaremos de eso en el próximo boletín; |
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It’s "As It Is", New
Year’s Eve edition
from VOA Learning English, I’m
Steve
Ember. |
