Thanks

Do you remember the text that you had to translate into Spanish as part of the exam last Friday? Here it is, just in case you have forgotten it

DON’T THROW IT AWAY, GIVE IT AWAY!!

The Freecycle website calculates that they’re saving 300 tons of waste a day. In one year, that’s the equivalent to four times the height of Mount Everest. It’s clearly an environmentally friendly scheme, but it has an additional important advantage: members obtain objects that they need, but can’t afford to buy. Their slogan is ‘Changing the world, one gift at a time.’

And now, some of your suggestions:

- La página web de 'El circulo gratis' ...

- En un año es como una equivalencia de escalar el Monte Everest cuatro veces...

- En un año es un peso equivalente al de cuatro veces el peso del Monte Everest ...

- En un año este montón equivaldrá a ...

- En un año es equivalente a cuatro toneladas de hielo en el Monte Everest...

- Es una inmensa equivalente a cuatro veces la altura del Monte Everest...

Thanks for making me smile and even laugh sometimes!!

I expect you do not mind my using these examples to show the rest of the class how funny your translations were. In general, the exams were quite good and I know that all these mistakes are due to all the stress you have been suffering from so many exams in the last two weeks of the term.

Thanks again!

Perfect for a Halloween Party

I have found the perfect house for a Halloween Party. There is no need to redecorate it. It is already old and creepy. As you can see in the pic, it is painted in black and full of decorations on the façade.
It has been empty for a couple of years, so I guess it will be full of spiders, bats, worms and probably there is an old skeleton of a cat or a dog hidden in the cellar.
As it is in very bad conditions, I am sure there will be a lot of strange noises produced by walls falling apart, creaking floors and empty water pipes.
There is no electricity, of course, so we will need candles and torches, which will make fantastic dancing shadows during the party.

Would you like to come to this scary, terrifying party??

If so, you will have to answer these questions:

1.- Where do vampires keep their money?
2.- What do you call a witch in a desert?
3.- What musical instrument does the skeleton play?
4.- What do ghosts serve for dessert?
5.- When is it bad luck to meet a black cat?

THE LAST LAUGH

Happy Anniversary!

Jack and Betty are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
-" Betty, I was wondering: have you ever cheated on me? "
-" Oh Jack, why would you ask such a question now? "
-" Please, Betty, I really want to know. "
-" Well, all right. Yes, three times."
-" Three? When were they?"
-" Well, Jack, remember when you were 35 and you really wanted to start the business on your own and no bank would give you a loan? Remember how one day the bank president himself came over to the house and signed the loan papers, no questions asked? "
-"Oh, Betty, you did that for me! I respect you even more than ever! So, when was number 2? "
-" Well. Jack, remember when you had that last heart attack and you were needing that tricky operation, and no surgeon would touch you? Remember how Dr Edwards suddenly decided to do the surgery himself, and then you were in good shape again? "
-" I can't believe it! Betty, I love that you should do such a thing for me, to save my life! I couldn't have a more wonderful wife. You must really love me, darling! I couldn't be more moved. When was number 3? "
-" Well, Jack, remember a few years ago, when you really wanted to be president of the golf club and you were 17 votes short?
XDDDDDDDDDD

Removed from the magazine SPEAK UP!