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Carmela was sweeping the yard in front at her doorway or house with a broom made of straw. Since she became widow her body had gone from fat to thin and her two dogs suffered because of the lack of their own dear owner.
She is a woman very talkative, as they say.. when she starts to talk it is hard to turn her off .
I like to think of her like a local newspaper in flesh and bones. (dont understand this sentence)
One dog has black hairs with a tone of grey and like all small pets it has a rather angry temperament, is wary and and prone to biting. She told me that for the cleaness of his dog she need aprofessional, a specialist able to immobilize him.(Do you mean to make him stop behaving badly?)
It won't being touched absolutely. ??
I suggested she to try using food, perhaps using some goodies so that I could sedate him.
0 votedFebruary 12, 20131Cinephile week
This weekend was long in Argentina because Monday and Tuesday were holidays due to the Carnival. In my city, we don't celebrate the Carnival because at one time it was banned by the dictatorship and the people aren't used to celebrate it, but the current goverment is trying to fix everything which was destroyed by the former dictatorship, so these days are holidays again and in some parts of Argentina, there are celebrations but I don't like them because they look like cheap imitations of the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro and they're always the same, and I like something that demonstrates innovation. However, these holidays are a good opportunity to rest at home. I decided to spend my time watching movies, and I think it was a good decision, because I had much fun and I didn't spend much money.
I love cult cinema and in these days I saw: The Shining, Pulp Fiction, The Silence of the Lambs, The Crying Game, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Taxi Driver, The Virgin Suicides and Suspiria.
I liked all of them but I loved The Crying Game because I think it has an amazing screenplay. The Virgin Suicides because it has beautiful aesthetics and The Elephant Man because it's very exciting.
That's all. Have a nice day and thanks in advance for your help.0 votedFebruary 12, 20131Shrove week
This week is the Shrove Week; this week marks the transition from the winter to early springtime, and also the begining of Lent.
Traditionally Shrove was and is a pagan event but it was also adopted by Christianity who ignored (or disregarded) its origins.
During the distatorship of Franco in Spain didn't have Shrove. When the Democracy came to Spain, the Shrove came again. In Spain the Shrove is very important in a lot of villages and towns throughout Spain.
In many villages, especially those that are in remote places, the Shrove is very individual (or celebrated in a specifically local way) and totally different to other villages.
In the whole Spain the Shrove lasts one week, but mainly the two moments where the people disguise with funny fancy dress are the two weekends, especially the first Sunday which is named as Shrove Sunday and the last Sunday or "Domingo de piñatas".
In the middle of this week, nowadays, on Wednesday is celebrated "El entierro de la sardina" or "the burial of the sardine" but some centuries ago this happened on the previous Tuesday. In France is celebrated "Le Mardi gras".
This burial is a parade where people put on fancy dresses and one coffin with a huge sardine is carried on shoulders. People laugh and drink.
In teh christian tradition , Wednesday marks the fist day of Lent. This day is known as "Miércoles de ceniza" or Ash Wednesday. The meaning of this day or this week is to broke with the old life and start with a new life. For the Christian people it is a time to ask forgiveness for their sins.
Indeed, the real meaning derives from thousands of years ago in an era when people were unable to preserve some food, like meat, fishes, milk and so on. They had no choice but to eat everything up in a big feast before Lent started, hence the tradition of big feasts.
These feasts develpped into occcassions when people dressed as other people or characters. With the passage of time, people disguised critizised to the public personages or events. (Do you mean the fancy dress tradition developed into a custom of making fun of public figures?)
Nowadays the Shrove week retains this tradition but in many towns the celebrations are uniform and have no religious or historicalsignificance.
Next time I'll tell you how is the Shrove in my town.0 votedFebruary 12, 20131First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Hello for all! I´m learning english because I look interesting -it looks interesting.
My native language is Spanish, if I can to help anybody to learn I will be pleased to do so.
I´m looking for people to talk to in English let's see if I can learn something hehe!
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0 votedFebruary 12, 20131I am able to be the best
My name is Johanna I am learning English because I want to work and travel to other countries. My native language isSpanish and I grew up in Colombia.....
I enjoy to share with my family and being a lot of time with my friendsI enjoy sharing most of my time with my family and friends.
0 votedFebruary 12, 20130- Estoy aprendido Espanol y necesito ayuda Hola que tal? Me nombre es Lisa y he estado aprendiendo espanol durante tres anos con el open University en linea, pero no soy muy bueno. Me parece que habla la lengua especialmente dificil. Estudie ingles y literatura cuando era joven y todavia me encantala literatura y el arte. Sin embargo trabajo como contable. Me gusta la comida y la cultura espanol.Voy a visitar a Cuba en abril. Me gusteria ayudarle con ingles. Saludo LisaFebruary 12, 201360
