Los españoles son capaces de escribir mal la palabra inglesa 'because' hasta 237 veces.

Los españoles pueden escribir la palabra inglesa 'because' de 237 formas distintas e incorrectas —como becouse, becaus, beacuse, becuose—, y los errores más comunes los cometen en términos como 'which' (el cual), 'comfortable' (confortable), 'accommodation' (alojamiento), 'possible' (posible), 'believe' (creer), 'different' (diferente), 'bicycle' (bicicleta), 'environment' (medio ambiente) y 'beautiful' (bonito), en los que suelen olvidar letras. Así lo revela un estudio realizado por Cambridge English Corpus, un software lingüístico de errores en inglés elaborado por la editorial de la Universidad de Cambridge que, con motivo del 20 aniversario del Corpus, ha publicado los 50 errores más comunes de los españoles en el uso de la lengua de Shakespeare. Concretamente, refleja que los españoles tienden a "comerse" letras, cambiarlas de posición o incluso añadir alguna de más; que les resulta más fácil escribir correctamente sustantivos que verbos y que la opción de 'escribir como suena' "sigue totalmente vigente". Asimismo, de los resultados se desprende que los españoles escriben el inglés mejor de lo que lo hablan y que el 30% de sus fallos son de gramática. También revela como "muy frecuente" la adición de una 'e' al comienzo de palabras que empiezan por 's' como 'specific', 'spectacular' y 'specialized'. Cambridge English Corpus ha codificado 42 millones de palabras Por otra parte, se repiten las confusiones con los 'falsos amigos' —palabras que se escriben de forma muy similar en ambas lenguas pero cuyo significado es dispar— como en: 'assist' (que significa 'ayudar' y no 'asistir a un evento'), 'actual' (que quiere decir 'de hecho', no 'actual'), 'comprehensive' (cuya traducción es 'completo' y no 'comprensivo'), 'sympathetic' (que significa 'compasivo', no 'simpático') y 'fabric' (que quiere decir 'tejido', no 'fábrica'). Para llegar a estas conclusiones, 

Cambridge English Corpus ha codificado 42 millones de palabras obtenidas del análisis de los exámenes de más de 200.000 estudiantes.

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Ylvis - The Fox

Bazinga!!!

Martin Luther King Jr - I have a dream

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader. He worked to make America a more fair, tolerant, and equal nation. He was one of the main leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Because of this movement, civil rights laws were passed to protect voting rights and end racial segregation in the United States. In recognition of his tireless efforts to win civil rights for all people through nonviolent means, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the third Monday in January.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an important leader in U.S. history. Prospective citizens may be asked about Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights during the naturalization test. “What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?” and “What movement tried to end racial discrimination?” are two questions on the civics test.

Bram Stoker's 155th anniversary

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.

Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by ProfessorAbraham Van Helsing.

Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration,colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.

source: www.wikipedia.org

Here you have a website in which you can find his  novels free: link 

Katherine Parr

If you want to listen a little bit of her figure, listen to this video  carefully:

KATHERINE PARR


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How to Plan an Easter Egg Hunt Party

Long ago people gave gifts of eggs carved from wood or precious stones. The first sweet eggs that were eaten were made in the last 100 years from sugar or marzipan. Since then chocolate eggs have become popular and these are given on Easter Sunday.
In some countries parents tell their children the Easter Hare or Bunny has hidden chocolate eggs and they race to find them round the house or garden. Children in other countries decorate hard-boiled eggs at Easter time by painting or dyeing them.
In some countries such as the United States egg rolling is a popular Easter game. This is usually done with coloured eggs. One of the most well known events is held in America on the White House lawn. Children and parents push the eggs along through the grass with wooden spoons.





EASTER EGG HUNT PARTY
 Decorate the house and yard where you're holding the party with lots of pastel-colored helium balloons, streamers, and paper cutouts of eggs, rabbits, and carrots.

Fill several dozen multicolored plastic eggs with candy, small toys, and money (think quarters and fifty-cent pieces). Write "Congratulations" on a bright sheet of paper; fold it up and put it in one of the eggs.

Hide all the eggs. Make some easier to find for the little kids, and some much more difficult for the older children.

Set up a table inside with colored - but blank - paper bags, colored markers and stickers. When the children arrive, have them decorate and personalize a bag for the Easter egg hunt. The hunt begins after everyone has decorated his or her bag.

When all the eggs are found, ask who found the special egg with "Congratulations" in it. Award the recipient a prize like a huge chocolate egg or bunny.

Encourage the children to take part in an egg toss and egg relay race. (See the Related eHows for game instructions.)

Serve refreshments after the egg toss. Good choices are pink fizzy punch, sandwiches with the crusts cut off, decorated Easter cookies and baby carrots.