Todavia viva

 Y coleando.. que alegria de ver.esto activo..iva🥰

Derrapando

 

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

examen 4 a--- unit 4,

4a exam
Date 4th May 2007
Student_______________________

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1. Vocabulary.
Believe
Leader
Govern the country
Power
Tower
Guide book
A money belt
A rucksack
A diary
Wax models
Common Wealth
Taking pictures


2. Reading (photocopy)




3. Correct the mistakes


I has never gone to the Queen Palace

Have you buy the tickets already?

She has arrived just in Glasgow

Have they already visited Japan?

I have been in this town since three months

Have Mary yet eaten in the new restaurant?

How long has you knew Mike?

Did James gone to the Museum?








4. Write an informal letter to your friend and then underline the informal features and change them into formal ones( 100 words)
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infinitive Past simple Past participle Translation
Get
Did
Drove
Hurt
Ver
Vender
Written
Cost
Brought
Became
Fall
Speak
Understand
Met
Left
Built
Kept
Correr
Sent
Show

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STARS LYRICS

"Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"

God that was strange to see you again
Introduced by a friend of a friend
Smiled and said 'yes I think we've met before'
In that instant it started to pour,
Captured a taxi despite all the rain
We drove in silence across Pont Champlain
And all of the time you thought I was sad
I was trying to remember your name...

This scar is a fleck on my porcelain skin
Tried to reach deep but you couldn't get in
Now you're outside me
You see all the beauty
Repent all your sin

It's nothing but time and a face that you lose
I chose to feel it and you couldn't choose
I'll write you a postcard
I'll send you the news
From a house down the road from real love...

Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...

There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave
You were what I wanted
I gave what I gave
I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm not sorry there's nothing to save

I'm not sorry there's nothing to save...

second request

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Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside
lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without
lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow
oh but God I want to let it go

come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
couldn't hide the emptiness you let it show
never wanted it to be so cold
just didn't drink enough to say you love me

I can't hold on to me
wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside
lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without
lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

Don't want to let it lay me down this time
drown my will to fly
here in the darkness I know myself
can't break free until I let it go
let me go

Darling, I forgive you after all
anything is better than to be alone
and in the end I guess I had to fall
always find my place among the ashes

I can't hold on to me
wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside
lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without
lithium- stay in love with you
oh I'm gonna let it go

peticion , request de 4a

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Don't cry to me.
If you loved me,
You would be here with me.
You want me,
Come find me.
Make up your mind.

Should I let you fall?
Lose it all?
So maybe you can remember yourself.
Can't keep believing,
We're only deceiving ourselves .
And I'm sick of the lie,
And you're too late.

Don't cry to me.
If you loved me,
You would be here with me.
You want me,
Come find me.
Make up your mind.

Couldn't take the blame.
Sick with shame.
Must be exhausting to lose your own game.
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]

Selfishly hated,
No wonder you're jaded.
You can't play the victim this time,
And you're too late.

Don't cry to me.
If you loved me,
You would be here with me.
You want me,
Come find me.
Make up your mind.

You never call me when you're sober.
You only want it cause it's over,
It's over.

How could I have burned paradise?
How could I - you were never mine.

So don't cry to me.
If you loved me,
You would be here with me.
Don't lie to me,
Just get your things.
I've made up your mind.

fiesta fin de 1er trimestre

FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!!!!!!!!!!!

maroon 5 lyrics

I was so high I did not recognize
The fire burning in her eyes
The chaos that controlled my mind
Whispered goodbye and she got on a plane
Never to return again
But always in my heart

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore

I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied
Kept playing love like it was just a game
Pretending to feel the same
Then turn around and leave again

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore

I´ll fix these broken things
Repair your broken wings
And make sure everything´s alright
My pressure on your hips
Sinking my fingertips
Into every inch of you
Cause I know that´s what you want me to do

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And my heart is breaking in front of me
She said Goodbye too many times before

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore...


traduccion:
Este Amor

I was so high I did not recognize
The fire burning in her eyes
The chaos that controlled my mind
Whispered goodbye and she got on a plane
Never to return again
But always in my heart

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore

I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied
Kept playing love like it was just a game
Pretending to feel the same
Then turn around and leave again

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore

I´ll fix these broken things
Repair your broken wings
And make sure everything´s alright
My pressure on your hips
Sinking my fingertips
Into every inch of you
Cause I know that´s what you want me to do

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And my heart is breaking in front of me
She said Goodbye too many times before

This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won´t say goodbye anymore... Yo estaba tan ciego que no reconocí
El fuego ardiendo en sus ojos
El caos que controlaba mi mente
susurró adiós y ella cogió un avión
Para no volver nunca
Pero siempre en mi corazón

Este amor me ha pasado factura
Ella dijo demasiados veces Adiós antes
Y su corazón está rompiendose delante de mí
Yo no tengo opción porque no diré adiós otra vez

Yo lo intenté todo para alimentar su apetito
que siguiera viniendo todas las noches
Es tan dificil mantenerla satisfecha
Jugando al amor que si fuera un juego
Pretendiendo sentir lo mismo
Entonces se da la vuelta y se vuelve a ir

Este amor me ha pasado factura
Ella dijo demasiadas veces Adiós antes
Y su corazón está rompiendose delante de mí
Yo no tengo opción porque no diré adiós otra vez

Yo arreglaré estas cosas rotas
Repararé sus alas rotas
Y me aseguraré de que todo esté bien
Mi presión en sus caderas
Hundiendo mis dedos
En cada pulgada de tí
Porque sé que eso es lo que quieres que haga

Este amor me ha pasado factura
Ella dijo demasiadas veces Adiós antes
Y su corazón está rompiendose delante de mí
Yo no tengo opción porque no diré adiós otra vez

Este amor me ha pasado factura
Ella dijo demasiadas veces Adiós antes
Y mi corazón está rompiendose delante de mí
Ella dijo demasiadas veces Adiós antes

Este amor me ha pasado factura
Ella dijo demasiadas veces Adiós antes
Y su corazón está rompiendose delante de mí
Yo no tengo opción porque no diré adiós otra vez...


She will be loved Ella será amada

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I´ve had you so many times but somehow
I want more

I don´t mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn´t matter anymore

It´s not always rainbows and butterflies
It´s compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door´s always open
You can come anytime you want

I don´t mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved

I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

I don´t mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

[in the backround]
Please don´t try so hard to say goobye
Please don´t try so hard to say goobye

Yeah
[softly]
I don´t mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Try so hard to say goobye Hermosa reina de sólo dieciocho
Ella tuvo algún problema consigo misma
El estaba siempre allí para ayudarla
Ella siempre perteneció a otro

Conduje millas y millas
Y acabé a tu puerta
Te tuve tantas veces, pero de alguna forma
Quiero más

No me importa esperar todos los días
Fuera en la esquina bajo la lluvia
Busca a la chica con la sonrisa rota
Pregúntale si quiere quedarse un rato
Y ella será amada
Ella será amada

Toca en mi ventana, llama a mi puerta
Quiero hacerte sentir hermosa
Se que suelo hacerte sentir insegura
Ya no importa más

No siempre es arcoiris y mariposas
Es el compromiso lo que no mueve
Mi corazón está lleno y mi puerta siempre abierta
Puedes venir siempre que quieras

No me importa esperar todos los días
Fuera en la esquina bajo la lluvía
Busca a la chica con la sonrisa rota
Pregúntale si quiere quedarse un rato
Y ella será amada
Ella será amada

Sé donde te escondes
Sola en tu coche
Se todo lo que hace que seas quien eres
Se que adiós no quiere decir nada para tí
Vuelve y me ruega que la coja cada vez que se caiga

Toca en mi ventana, llama a mi puerta
Quiero hacerte sentir hermosa

No me importa esperar todos los días
Fuera en la esquina bajo la lluvia
Busca a la chica con la sonrisa rota
Pregúntale si quiere quedarse un rato
Y será amada
Y será amada
Y será amada
Y será amada

[en el fondo]
Por favor no trates tanto de decir adiós
Por favor no trates tanto de decir adiós

Yeah
[dulcemente]
No me importa esperar todos los días
Fuera en la esquina bajo la lluvia

Trata de decir adiós


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hope all your dreams come true

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Oh my life is changing everyday
Every possible way
Though my dreams, it’s never quite as it seems
Never quite as it seems

I know I felt like this before
But now I’m feeling it even more
Because it came from you

Then I open up and see
The person fumbling here is me
A different way to be

I want more, impossible to ignore
Impossible to ignore
They’ll come true, impossible not to do
Impossible not to do

Now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don’t hurt me
For what I couldn’t find

Talk to me amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You’re everything to me

Oh my life is changing everyday
Every possible way
Though my dreams, it’s never quite as it seems
’cause you’re a dream to me
Dream to me

wonderful life,,,, suerte en las notas

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Here I go out to sea again
The sunshine fills my hair
And dreams hang in the air

Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
You know it feels unfair
There's magic everywhere

Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to hide and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life

Sun in your eyes
The heat is in your hair
They seem to hate you
Because you're there

And I need a friend
Oh, I need a friend
To make me happy
Not stand here on my own

Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine

I need a friend
Oh, I need friend
To make me happy
Not so alone
Look at me here
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine

el video lo pongo luego

All around me are familiar faces,
Worn out places,
Worn out faces,
Bright and early for the daily races,
Going nowhere,
Going nowhere,
Their tears are filling up their glasses,
No expression,
No expression,
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow,
No tomorrow,
No tomorrow,
And I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad,
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had,
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take,
When people run in circles,
It's a very very,
Mad world,
Mad world,
Children waiting for the day they feel good,
Happy birthday,
Happy birthday,
And I feel the way that every child should,
Sit and listen,
Sit and listen,
Went to school and I was very nervous,
No one knew me,
No one knew me,
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
Look right through me,
Look right through me,
And I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad,
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had,
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take,
When people run in circles,
It's a very very,
Mad world,
Mad world,
Enlarging your world,
Mad world...">

thanks siobhan

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good !

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me!

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And remember:

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride! "

st andrew day in scotland

Saint Andrew

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Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on the 30th November. The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew, and this is widely displayed as a symbol of national identity.
The "Order of Saint Andrew" or the "Most Ancient Order of the Thistle" is an order of Knighthood which is restricted to the King or Queen and sixteen others. It was established by James VII of Scotland in 1687.

Very little is really known about St. Andrew himself. He was thought to have been a fisherman in Galilee (now part of Israel), along with his elder brother Simon Peter (Saint Peter). Both became followers (apostles) of Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion.

St. Andrew is said to have been responsible for spreading the tenets of the Christian religion though Asia Minor and Greece. Tradition suggests that St. Andrew was put to death by the Romans in Patras, Southern Greece by being pinned to a cross (crucified). The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew which appears on the Scottish Flag.

St. Andrews bones were entombed, and around 300 years later were moved by Emperor Constantine (the Great) to his new capital Constantinople (now Istambul in Turkey). Legend suggests that a Greek Monk (although others describe him as an Irish assistant of St. Columba) called St. Rule (or St. Regulus) was warned in a dream that St. Andrews remains were to be moved and was directed by an angel to take those of the remains which he could to the "ends of the earth" for safe-keeping. St. Rule dutifully followed these directions, removing a tooth, an arm bone, a kneecap and some fingers from St. Andrew's tomb and transporting these as far away as he could. Scotland was close to the extremities of the know world at that time and it was here that St. Rule was shipwrecked with his precious cargo.

St. Rule is said to have come ashore at a Pictish settlement on the East Coast of Scotland and this later became St. Andrews. Thus the association of St. Andrew with Scotland was said to have begun.

Perhaps more likely than the tale of St. Rule's journey is that Acca, the Bishop of Hexham, who was a reknown collector of relics, brought the relics of St. Andrew to St. Andrews in 733. There certainly seems to have been a religious centre at St. Andrews at that time, either founded by St. Rule in the 6th century or by a Pictish King, Ungus, who reigned from 731 - 761.

Whichever tale is true, the relics were placed in a specially constructed chapel. This chapel was replaced by the Cathedral of St. Andrews in 1160, and St. Andrews became the religious capital of Scotland and a great centre for Medieval pilgrims who came to view the relics.

There are other legends of how St. Andrew and his remains became associated with Scotland, but there is little evidence for any of these, including the legend of St. Rule. The names still exist in Scotland today, including St. Rules Tower, which remains today amongst the ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral.

It is not known what happened to the relics of St. Andrew which were stored in St. Andrews Cathedral, although it is most likely that these were destroyed during the Scottish Reformation. The Protestant cause, propounded by Knox, Wishart and others, won out over Roman Catholism during the Reformation and the "idolatry of catholism", that is the Saints, relics, decoration of churches, were expunged during the process of converting the Roman Catholic churches of Scotland to the harsh simplicity of Knox's brand of Calvanism.

The place where these relics were kept within the Cathedral at St. Andrews is now marked by a plaque, amongst the ruins, for visitors to see.

The larger part of St. Andrew's remains were stolen from Constantinople in 1210 and are now to be found in Amalfi in Southern Italy. In 1879 the Archbishop of Amalfi sent a small piece of the Saint's shoulder blade to the re-established Roman Catholic community in Scotland.

In 1969, Gordon Gray, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland was in Rome to be appointed the first Scottish Cardinal since the Reformation. Pope Paul VI gave him further relics of St. Andrew with the words "Saint Peter gives you his brother". These are now displayed in a reliquary in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh.


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fechas examenes

3x 30 de noviembre
4x 30 de noviembre
3b 1 diciembre
4b 1 diciembre
1 bachiller 4 de diciembre
estudiar please que es muy facil animo,,, y al toro,,

trip to galdar

bienvenido smithycroft crew!!!! miss ya so much

anastacia request.. hope you like it

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Now baby come on
Don't claim that love you never let me feel
I should've known
'Cause you've brought nothing real
Come on be a man about it
You won't die
I ain't got no more tears to cry
And I can't take this no more
You know I gotta let it go
And you know

I'm outta love
Set me free
And let me out this misery
Just show me the way
To get my life again
'Cause you can't handle me
I'm outta love
Can't you see
Baby that you've gotta set me free
I'm outta love

Said how many times
Have I tried to turn this love around?
But every time you just let me down
Come on be a man about it
You'll survive
True that you can work it out all right
Tell me
Yesterday did you know
I'd be the one to let you go?
And you know

I'm outta love
Set me free
And let me out this misery
Just show me the way
To get my life again
'Cause you can't handle me
I'm outta love
Can't you see
Baby that you've gotta set me free
I'm outta love

Let me get over you
The way you've gotten over me too, yeah
Seems like my time has come
And now I'm moving on
I'll be strong yeah

I'm outta love
Set me free
And let me out this misery
Just show me the way
To get my life again
'Cause you can't handle me
I'm outta love
Can't you see
Baby that you've gotta set me free
I'm outta love

thanksgiving day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving




Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons
So here for your entertainment are some fun Holiday things for you and your family. We've got stories of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, turkeys to take home, holiday pictures for the kids to print and color, tasty holiday recipes and e-greeting cards to send your friends and family. We hope you find something you like!

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2006) is November 23rd.

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Thanksgiving Day Home
Thanksgiving Day , legal holiday in the U.S., first celebrated in early colonial times in New England. The actual origin, however, is probably the harvest festivals that are traditional in many parts of the world Festivals and Feasts. After the first harvest was completed by the Plymouth colonists in 1621, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all the colonists and neighboring Native Americans. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three day "thank you" celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. It was their good fortune that the tradition of the Wampanoags was to treat any visitor to their homes with a share of whatever food the family had, even if supplies were low. It was also an amazing stroke of luck that one of the Wampanoag, Tisquantum or Squanto, had become close friends with a British explorer, John Weymouth, and had learned the Pilgrim's language in his travels to England with Weymouth.
After the first New England Thanksgiving the custom spread throughout the colonies, but each region chose its own date. In 1789 George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed November 26 a day of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day continued to be celebrated in the United States on different days in different states until Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, decided to do something about it. For more than 30 years she wrote letters to the governors and presidents asking them to make Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.

Finally, in 1863, President Lincoln issued a White House proclamation calling on the "whole American people" wherever they lived to unite "with one heart and one voice" in observing a special day of thanksgiving. Setting apart the last Thursday of November for the purpose, the President urged prayers in the churches and in the homes to "implore the interposition of the almighty had to heal the wounds of the nations and to restore it...to full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and union." He also states that they express heartfelt thanks for the "blessing of fruitful fields and healthful skies."

In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt advanced Thanksgiving Day one week. However, since some states used the new date and others the old, it was changed again 2 years later. Thanksgiving Day is now celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
The first formal celebration of Thanksgiving in North America was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish an English settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. Canada established the second Monday in October as a national holiday, "a day of general thanksgiving," in 1957.

In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.

Why Turky

The turkey tradition was really pushed by Benjamin Franklin, who wanted to make it the United States national symbol because it is a quick runner, wary, with sharp eyesight, and exhibited a regal stance, at least to Franklin. While the bald eagle nudged out the wild turkey for our official national symbol, Norman Rockwell has probably made the image of the family Thanksgiving turkey even more famous, and certainly more mouth watering.

Tradition
The American traditions of Thanksgiving revolve around a huge and lavish meal, usually with Turkey as the centerpiece. For those who do not like Turkey, a Roast or Prime Rib is common. As tradition has it in most families, a special prayer of thanks precedes the meal. In many homes, family members will each mention something they are very thankful for.
Thanksgiving is a time for families to create traditions and memories that last a lifetime.

LAURA´s TIP of the DAY (THanks so much gato)

laura dijo...
Pues como miembro mismamente de otro departamento de inglés (esta vez peninsular) os saludo y os congratulo en esta fantástica idea.

silvia, eres la más mejor!

My suggestion:

If you dont like reading, watch all the tv you can in English with subtitles. It´s an amazingly fast way of interiozing grammar and also a fun way of learning slang and current language features. Besides being the cheapest way of keeping in touch with the language (the other way being travelling to an English speaking country)

When renting a dvd, select the English audio and the English subtitles. You can also go to youtube and check out some of the older sitcoms and find out if you can watch them in English with subtitles. It might be hard to find some of the popular sitcoms because of copyright problems, but there´s always something interesting you can learn from.

That's all folks!

12:26 PM

suggestions and food for thought are wanted

please add any idea or crticism...
gorgeous day in paradise..

4a exam

1. Vocabulary
Wheelchair rental
Lost and found
ATM machina
First aid
Toilets
No smoking
Amazing
Amusement park
Carrusel
Electric trolley car
Fireworks
Scary
Scream

2 Read the text and check your answers
The amusement park industry started in medieval Europe with pleasure gardens.These Gardens were outside the big cities and had live entertaintment, dancing, games fireworks and few rides. These gardens were very popular until the 1700s, but the political difficulties of that time caused them to close.
In the late 1800s, the industry moved to America. At that time, people in many citues used electric trolley cars for transport.The trolley companies wanted more people to use their cars at the weekend, so they built amusement parks at the end of the lines. Even though they were simple parks with picnic areas, restaurants, games and only a few rides , people loved them.
Then in 1893, things changed. The World´s Fair opened in Chicago.The Fair introduced the Ferris Whee land other popular rides and was an amazing success.
From then on the amusement park industry grew. As the industry grew, there were more kind of rides. The became scarier an more daring! By 1919, there were over 1500 amusement parks in America. Today, millions of people all over the world enjoy amusement parks.
Answer:
1. What were pleasure gardens?





2. Why did the pleasure gardens eventually close?




3. Why did the trolley companies build amusement parks?






4. What happened at the World´ s Fair in Chicago?



5. What happened to the rides as amusement parks became popular?






3. Write the sentences in the correct tense.
I ( write)_________________ a letter at the moment
She (play) _____________tennis every monday
My brother (not cook) _______________dinner tonight
Your friend _(read)____________many books
The girls(buy)___________ new clothes right now
My mum (organise)_______________our school trip every year

5. Make questions of the previous sentences.
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6. Choose and place the correct time expression

We are going to the cinema (now/every night)

Jill can´t satnd loud music so she goes to rock concerts. ( always/never)

Do you work ? (Now/ every day)

Steve plays basketball (this week/ once a week)

I drink coffee in the mornings, but now I´m driking tea ( usually/seldom)









7. Error correction
My friend have a big house

My favourite singer are Ricky Martin

I like to go to the scary rides

Michael love fireworks

What are his favourite song?

Million of people do enjoy amusement parks

Does they life here ?

Peter never is happy.


8 Write 100 words about :
a) A day in the amusement park
b) The best day in your life, ( what you did)
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verbs exams

Present simple Past simple Past participle translation
begin
came
broke
cut
found
traer
hurt
know
kept
dar
Golpear, pegar
dirigir
beber
leave
eat
dream
fall
have
flew
olvidar


NAME_________________________
CLASS________________

trip to san jose

fotillos de los niños mas guapos del mundo

for eliana

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petitions to the dj

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Every night in my dreams
I see you. I feel you.
That is how I know you go on.

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never go till we're one

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

There is some love that will not
go away

You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

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sugerencias llevadas

cambio de one y vertigo de u2.. que ya no estaban disponibles y cambio de la version de stand by me... feliz dia a tod@s.

links interesantes y refranes

http://www.english-online.org.uk/index.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/global/
http://www.madridteacher.com/Activities/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/


Refranes

Refrán en inglés Interpretación o equivalencia
A bad workman always blames his tools. Para el mal oficial, no hay herramienta buena.
All cats are grey in the dark. De noche todos los gatos son pardos.
All good things come to an end. Todas las cosas buenas tienen un final.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. Más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer.
Dead dogs don't bite. Muerto el perro, se acabó la rabia.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. No hagas una montaña de un grano de arena
Easy come, easy go. Como viene, se va.
Empty vessels make most noise. Mucho ruido y pocas nueces.
Experience is the best teacher. La experiencia es madre de la ciencia.
False friends are worse than bitter enemies. Los falsos amigos son peores que los implacables enemigos.
Grin and bear it. Sonríe y sopórtalo.
Half a loaf is better than no bread. A falta de pan, buenas son tortas.
He that cannot obey cannot command. Hace falta saber obedecer para saber mandar.
Health is not valued till sickness comes. La salud no es conocida hasta que es perdida.
Ill weeds grow apace. La mala hierba nunca muere.
Knowledge is no burden. El saber no ocupa lugar.
Man proposes, God disposes. El hombre propone y Dios dispone.
Necessity is the mother of invention. La necesidad es la madre del ingenio.
Necessity knows no law. La necesidad carece de ley
No man is content with his lot. Nadie está contento con su suerte.
Nothing seek, nothing find. Quien busca halla.
Old habits die hard. Las viejas costumbres tardan en desaparecer.
You reap what you sow. Lo que siembres recogerás.

james blunt you are beautiful

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James Blunt - You´re Beautiful Lyrics
James Blunt - You're BeautifulMy life is
brilliant.My life is brilliantMy love is
pure.I saw an angel.Of that I'm sure.She
smiled at me on the subway.She was with another man.But I won't lose no sleep on that,'Cause
I've got a plan.You're beautiful.
You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's
true.I saw your face in a crowded place,And I
don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be
with you.Yes, she caught my eye,As we walked
on by.She could see from my face that I was,Fucking
high,And I don't think that I'll see her
again,But we shared a moment that will last 'till the
end.You're beautiful. You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.I saw your face in
a crowded place,And I don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be with you.La la la
la la la la la laYou're beautiful. You're
beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.There must be an angel with a smile on her face,When she
thought up that I should be with you.But it's time to
face the truth,I will never be with you.

ahi va la letra de stand by me

When the night has comeAnd the land is darkAnd the moon is the only light we seeNo, I won't be afraidOh, I won't be afraidJust as long as you standStand by me, so* Darling darling stand by meOh, stand by meOh stand, stand by me, stand by meIf the sky that we look uponShould tumble and fallOt the mountainShould crumble to the seaI won't cry, I won't cryNo, I won't shed a tearJust as long as you standStand by me, and(Repeat * 2 times)Whenever you're in troubleWon't you stand by me, oh stand by me

stand by me

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one, by U2

One U2
Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you
Now you got __________to blame

You say
One ________________
One life
When its one need
In the night
Its one love
We get to share it
It leaves you baby
If you dont care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you _____________ had love
And you want me to go without

Well its too late
Tonight
To drag the _____________ out
Into the light
Were one
But were not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come tor raise the dead
Havew you come here to _____ _________
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me ___________
Now its all I got
Were one
But were not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

You say
Love is a ________
Love a higher law
Love is a ____________
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I cant be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One ____________
One life
You got to do what you should

One life
With each other
Sisters
_______________

One life
But were not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other

One......
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i want to break free lyrics, queen

Want To Break Free
Words and music by John Deacon

I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows God knows I want to break free

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows I've fallen in love

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free

I've got to break free
I want to break free yeah

I want I want I want I want to break free....






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examen 3X

Text: The science of DNA
Imagine :
We are at the scene of a crime. The Police haven´t got a lot of evidence. They´ve got one small hair from the criminal´s head. But with that hair, they´ve got a lot of information about the criminal, thanks to the science of DNA.
Every person on this planet has got DNA in their body. And every person´s DNA is different. Scientists can look at one hair from a person´s head and say , for example :
The person is a man
He hasn´t got brown eyes
He´s got black hair
He´s tall and thin.
Thanks to the scientists, we´ve got a picture of the criminal!

1. Cambia las frases para hacerlas verdaderas

The police have got a lot of evidence.

They´ve got a hair from the criminal´s moustache

The criminal is a baby

The criminal has blue eyes

The criminal is short

The criminal has got brown hair.

We´ve got a picture of the scientists



2. Vocabulary
Violinist
Irish
Keyboard
Uncle
Song
Singer
moustache
Pop
cousin
Nose
Private detective
Can
Watch
Sea
Dark
Missing
Rainbow

3. Possessive adjectives :
Cambia las palabras subrayadas por el adjetivo posesivo adecuado.
My cousins have got a dog, ________ dog is beautiful.

We´ve got a car.________ car is a Seat.

Mary has a friend, ______ friend is pretty.

You´ve got exams. ________ exams are easy

My sister´s got a tv. ____________ TV is very big


4. Detecta los errores y corrígelos.

My friend have a big house

My favourite singer are Ricky Martin

Ines´s sister is very beautiful

My brother hasen´t hair black

What are his favourite song?

Mary and his uncle are in Paris

He has 15 years old

My grandmother´s name is Peter

5. Escribe 100 palabras
a) Sobre tu grupo favorito, tu música favorita… etc..
b) Sobre tu familia _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Traduce
What´s your favourite pop group ?

Who is your favourite male singer ?

My cousins are in Glasgow

The drummer is thirty six years old

Has Nina a computer ?

I haven´t got a watch

Our house is very big and has 3 rooms

7. Describete fisicamente (ojos, pelo, altura....)
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U2 lyrics, vertigo

UNO, dos, tres, CATORCE!Turn it up loud, captainLights go down, it's darkThe jungle is your headCan't rule your heartI'm feeling so much stronger thanI thoughtYour eyes are wideAnd though your soulIt can't be boughtYour mind can wanderHello, Hello (¡Hola!)I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Donde esta?)It's everything I wish I didn't knowExcept you give me something i can feel, feelThe night is full of holesAs bullets rip the skyOf ink with goldThey twinkle as theBoys play rock and rollThey know THAT they can't danceAt least they know...I can't stand the beatI'm asking for the chequeThe girl with crimson nailsHas Jesus round her neckSwinging to the musicSwinging to the musicOh, Oh, OhHello, Hello (¡Hola!)I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Donde esta?)It's everything I wish I didn't knowBut you give me something I can feel, feelCheckmated,Just fun,you'll need it!All of this, all of this can be yoursAll of this, all of this can be yoursAll of this, all of this can be yoursJust give me what I want and no one gets hurt...Hello, Hello (¡Hola!)I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Donde esta?)Lights go down and all I knowIs that you give me somethingI can feel you are teaching me howYour love is teaching me how, how to kneel, kneelYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah , Yeah
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amusement park reading

A Brief History of the Disney Parks
Disneyland opened to a star-studded fanfare on July 17th, 1955. The opening of "the Happiest Place on Earth" was a media event that, even as late as the 1990's, has rarely been exceeded for glitz, glamour, excitement, and drama. Walt Elias Disney himself dedicated the park and each of the individual "lands" within it's bermed boundaries. Main Street USA, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland made up the lineup at that time. New Orleans Square, Critter Country (formerly Bear Country), and Toontown have since been added. Each of the original lands has been altered -- and had new attractions added -- over the years.
Disneyland was Walt's dream. For years he dreamed and hoped of building a "little family park" where parents could take their children for a day of fun -- for both kids and adults. The amusement parks of the 1920's and 30's were tawdry, dirty, sleazy places. The short-lived turn-of-the-century family ambience of Coney Island had turned into a hard-boiled rough and tumble atmosphere. Other parks across the country were no better. By the early 1950's, Cedarpoint, in Ohio, had begun to pass it's apex and began a steady decline as did Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Kennywood Park (both of which have experienced tremendous improvements in the 1980's and '90's). Still, Walt felt that it was possible to build a different kind of park...a "themed" park that had fun attractions and a beautiful atmosphere...a park that wouldn't decline into an ugly, gaudy, cheap place...a park that "would never be completed -- as long as there is imagination in the world."
The first incarnation of what eventually became Disneyland was planned to be built at the Disney Studio lot on Hyperion Avenue in Burbank. Walt's grandiose plans for attractions soon made it clear that the small lot wouldn't be anywhere near large enough. With no money, and many other projects underway already, Walt shelved his ideas for the time being.
The second world war had a devastating effect on the Disney Studios. The facility was taken over by the military. The studio spent the duration producing military training films and war bonds sales pitches and designing unit insignia and emblems. Many of the studio animators were inducted into the military. It took years for the company to recover from the war's consequences.
Finally, with the studio back in good running order, Walt's attention returned to his theme park. A breakthrough occurred in 1953 and 1954 when Walt figured out how to finance his park. Television, which was sweeping the country at the time, needed good, family-oriented programming. One of the major networks, NBC wasn't interested. Ironically ABC -- the same network that The Walt Disney Company now owns, was. The deal included a year-long television show that would provide frequent updates on the construction of the new park. The rest of the show was filled with Disney's signature material. True Life Adventure films, Disney's precious stock of animated shorts, and several live action serials, enjoyed a new popularity in 1954 due mostly to the television show "Disneyland".
Construction of "The Happiest Place on Earth" was completed in one year, a tremendous engineering and planning success that is still to be admired. Joe Fowler (incidentally the namesake of "Fowler's Harbor" where Columbia is berthed on the Rivers of America), hired by the Disney Company to manage the construction effort, did a tremendous job. Even though plagued by strikes, shortages, and a lack of freeway transportation to the area (The Santa Anna freeway wasn't yet complete as far as Anaheim during most of the construction). Admiral Joe kept things on track.
During it's original construction and during the first decade of operation, Walt kept his own hand on the design of Disneyland. The first actual rendering of the park, drawn by Herb Ryman, was personally directed by Walt. The drawing was instrumental in securing the balance of the financial backing Walt needed. The design of Sleeping Beauty's castle, so named because the movie by that name was soon to be released, the concepts of many of the attractions, the high standards for the landscaping -- Bill Evan's domain, and much else is directly attributed to Walt. Furthermore, the Jungle Cruise, the Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rivers of America, the Fantasyland dark rides, Storybookland and many other attractions...all were conceived or developed or somehow improved by Walt's personal involvement.
The one thing that Walt couldn't control, though, was what happened just outside of the border of the Anaheim, California property. As it turned out, the effects were staggering. As expected, subdivisions sprang up all around -- Walt had intentionally located Disneyland smack dab in the center of the projected population center of the Los Angeles area. What wasn't expected was the high-rise hotels, restaurants, tourist traps, and such...Walt was able to keep the bawdy carnival atmosphere out of Disneyland, but he couldn't keep it out of Anaheim. Furthermore, the Disney financial experts soon realized the incredible boon that hotel resort income would have been. The Disneyland Hotel, always the flagship hotel in Anaheim, wasn't owned by the Walt Disney Company until the Michael Eisner era almost forty years after Disneyland's gates opened.
Walt always said there would never be another Disneyland. And, of course, relocating the park to get away from the Anaheim area was out of the question. Besides, Disneyland was a tremendous success. The problem wasn't Disneyland...the problem was the financial constraint that dictated the original, small size of Disneyland. A seed was germinated in Walt Disney's fertile mind. The idea for another park located far enough from Disneyland so that it wouldn't compete with the older sibling, but large enough to have room for hundreds of new ideas, was born.
The concept was tested in 1964. Disney's Imagineering department built four attractions for the New York World's Fair. There were two main reasons for Disney's heavy involvement. First, Walt planned to move the attractions to Disneyland at the conclusion of the fair. This would provide additional attractions at the park with most of the cost borne by the sponsors of the fair exhibits. Second, the 1964 fair was a test...to see if the East coast populace would respond to Disneyland-like entertainment.
The fair was a tremendous success. The four attractions, It's a Small World, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Primeval World (portions of this fair exhibit were added to the Grand Canyon diorama on the Disneyland Railroad route), and Progressland (later called the Carousel of Progress when moved to Disneyland) were among the most popular of the fair. Disney learned a great deal about new ride and attraction technology. The boats of It's a Small World proved to be a very efficient way of moving a huge number of people through the attraction and the audio-animatronics of Mr. Lincoln and Progressland astounded fair visitors. Most important, Disney learned that the East cost could easily support a Disney park on an even greater scale than Southern California.
Planning for Walt Disney World (WDW) began in earnest even before the '64 fair. At the conclusion of the fair Disney secretly began buying up property in central Florida. The box office success of Mary Poppins provided support to the company coffers right when the land purchases and attraction development began. In fact, a separate company that Walt founded, called Mapo (since the movie's success financed the moonlighting outfit), was the focus of the Florida project for several years. Mapo was eventually merged into the Imagineering department several years later.
Walt Elias Disney died on December 15th, 1966. Walt's brother Roy postponed his planned retirement to take the reins of the company and start construction in Florida on another Magic Kingdom. Plans included several of Disneyland's excellent attractions. Some, like the Hall of Presidents, were expanded from their California counterparts. Others, like Pirates of the Caribbean, were cut back leaving just a flavor of their west coast cousins. Also, several new attractions, like the Country Bear Jamboree and Space Mountain were included...and eventually versions were built in Disneyland as well.
The Magic Kingdom is very similar, but is not an exact duplicate of the park in California. For one thing, many of Walt's personal touches aren't in Florida. On the other hand, the Magic Kingdom is physically larger and therefore better able to handle large crowds than is Disneyland. Disneyland has more attractions than the Magic Kingdom. Although most of Disneyland's attractions are in Walt Disney World (perhaps with minor changes), not all of them are in the Magic Kingdom. Star Tours, for example, is located at the Disney-MGM Studios and not the Magic Kingdom.
A major innovation for the Florida complex, compared to Disneyland, was the addition of Disney-owned and operated resort hotels. Three resorts were included in the first phase of construction, the Contemporary, the Polynesian, and the Golf Resort (now known as "Shades of Green", and available only to Department of Defense and Military employees.) A Disney-owned and operated campground, Fort Wilderness, also was included. Even with the four resorts, the Disney Company was concerned about the lack of hotel rooms in the Orlando area in the early 1970's. To avoid having an empty Magic Kingdom just because of a lack of rooms, the hotel plaza was built. Seven hotels were built and are operated outside of the Disney Company, even though the hotels are actually located on Walt Disney World property.
Soon after the opening of WDW, Roy Disney retired and the Disney Company was taken over by Card Walker. Walker ran the company until 1984. The company languished during those years. Almost no new attractions were added to the parks and the animation studios fell into a doldrums of epic proportion. Disneyland and Walt Disney World became museums that displayed the history of Walt Disney.
As the Disney Company wilted during the Card Walker years, takeover rumors became the rule of the day. Finally, in 1984, Walker stepped down and, for a very brief time, Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller, was made chairman. Miller would probably have proven to be well able to bring the company back to it's former glory, but before Miller could take action, an investor take over coup (which included Roy's Son, Roy Disney, now the Vice-Chairman of the Walt Disney Company) installed Michael Eisner in the Chairman's seat. Under Eisner's direction, the company (and the theme parks) began a strong rise to their current pre-eminence in the entertainment industry.
One pot of gold that Eisner soon decided to mine was the themed resort business. Walt Disney World was originally built with several themed resorts. The Contemporary, Polynesian, and Fort Wilderness campground were all very unique in their day....and remain so today. However, in the early 1980's, as EPCOT moved from plans to construction, the Disney Company struck a deal with a developer to build additional hotels on WDW property. In fact, the developer was granted rights to all future resort hotel construction at WDW. The Walt Disney World Swan and Walt Disney World Dolphin hotels are the result of that deal...hotels that are smack in the middle of WDW property but are not operated by the Disney Company. When the new management team took over that decision was quickly overturned and the Disney Company began to develop and built and operate it's own themed resort hotels.
The number of Disney-owned and operated resort hotels has grown considerably since that time. Now it is also possible to stay at the Grand Floridian, Yacht and Beach Club resorts, Boardwalk Inn and Suites resorts, Caribbean Beach, Dixie Landings, Port Orleans, Old Key West, and the All Star Sports and Music Resorts.
Each of these resorts is themed, much like the various areas within the theme parks. When you walk into Dixie Landings, for example, you feel like you're in the old ante-bellum South. The Caribbean Beach Resort's atmosphere reeks of steel drum music, Spanish-influence architecture, and the white sand beaches of Trinidad and Tobago. At night time, the torch-lite walkways of the Polynesian resort highlight the south seas feel of that wonderful resort.
The Disneyland Hotel was purchased outright by the Disney Company in the early years of the Eisner era. Although not themed, as it's Florida counterparts are, the Disneyland Hotel remains the companies West coast flagship resort, and boasts direct monorail transportation to Disneyland.
Walt Disney World was always intended to be different from Disneyland. EPCOT, the "Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow", was a cornerstone of the planning from the very beginning. EPCOT, a planned community with real-life inhabitants, never turned out to be an actual town. Even so, EPCOT Center -- a kind of permanent world's fair -- is one of Walt Disney World's jewels...a place to have fun and learn about all of those issues that communities deal with every day. Land usage, the ocean environment, transportation, health services, energy management, technology, and the sharing of culture are all highlighted in this unique place. Walt was personally involved in the early plans for EPCOT, but was not involved in the final incarnation -- or the construction. The park was completed in 1981.
In 1989, the Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park opened it's gates at the WDW complex. The Studios includes a recreation of the golden Hollywood era of the 30's. Art deco buildings, a gas station with red-colored gasoline in glass-tank pumps, and the Chinese Theatre highlight the Hollywood and Vine and Sunset areas of Downtown Hollywood. An example of "California Crazy" architecture, a giant dinosaur, is the location of a fast food stand along a small lake. The Studio's attractions include a stunt show, a sound effects demonstration, television show, rides based on famous films, a backlot movie-making tour, and a very unique animation studio tour is available. Several attractions are based on the movie industry and are just plain fun. Star Tours, based on the George Lucas Star Wars trilogy, and The Great Movie Ride, are examples. The Great Movie Ride takes you on an audio-animatronic tour of many of the most famous movies of all times. Star Tours is a flight simulator attraction that features a successful attack on the Death Star trench ala Luke Skywalker. It's no secret that the Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park was built in response to the success of Universal Studios in California...and the announcement that Universal intended to build a theme park in the Orlando area. The park has some similarities to the two Universal parks, but certainly has a unique Disney atmosphere. Over the years since this park opened, it has been expanded a few times, albeit slowly and modestly. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror was added in 1994, and the most recent addition is a 10,000 person amphitheater in which the spectacular night time show Fantasmic! is held.
Disney's Animal Kingdom, a themed zoological park with all of the magic that the Walt Disney Company can muster, opened in 1998. The park includes several spectacular shows, an African safari (which features real animals in their "natural" habitats), and Countdown to Extinction (which takes you back to the cretaceous period for a visit with our dinosaur friends. A whole new section of the park, Asia, is slated to open in the late Winter of 1999.
Of course, in addition to the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, the Studios, and the resorts, Walt Disney World also includes three water parks (Typhoon Lagoon, River Country, Blizzard Beach), a zoological park (Discovery Island), a nightclub complex (Pleasure Island), and a Disneyfied (to coin a term) shopping center (Village Marketplace).
Disneyland has always made use of various modes of transportation -- both for the purpose of moving people, as well as the fun of using unique or unusual means of conveyance. The Disneyland railroad, the people mover, the monorail, the main street carriages and vehicles, and the boats form a large transportation system. Another innovation at WDW versus Disneyland is the incredible transportation system. Buses, boats of several sizes and shapes, trams, trains, and monorails are designed into the greatest non-public transportation system in the world. If you stay at a Disney resort on the property of WDW, you will be able to take full advantage of the ability to move from place to place...without needing your own vehicle.
Disneyland has a lot of wonderful things to see and do, but WDW has a huge number of wonderful things to see and do. The two places are almost incomparable. If I had a single day to spend at a Disney theme park I would choose Disneyland without a passing thought. If I have a week, though, I'll go to WDW. In fact, in one full week it's not possible to see everything at the Florida complex. I know, I've tried.

A Little More Disney Information:
Reviews of Other Disney-Related Stuff books and CDs!
A Brief History of the Disney Parks just an overview, but worth reading!
A Tribute to Walter Elias Disney the text of Eric Severeid's eulogy of Mr. Disney, December 15, 1966
The Boycott and the Bible the reasons behind the anti-Disney boycott(s), and my own Bible research on what I should do about it
Plush Revenge - A Shopping Story about how I bought over $353.00 worth of Disney stuff for $18.56.
About the WebMaster:
Brian and His Family some background on my own family
Michael's Story a bit more information on how we adopted our littlest boy
Growing Families International a great organization for parents
Christian Family Services a link to my favorite adoption agency
Email Brian if for some odd reason you want to contact me...
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LYRICS, love generation

Love Generation lyrics
Bam, bam, baba bam, bam,)(baba bam, bam, baba bam babam.......)From Jamaica to the world,this is just love,this is just love,Yeah!Why must our ____________play in the streets,broken hearts and faded dreams,listen up to everyone that you meet,don't you worry, it could be so __________Just look to the rainbow, you will seesun will shine till eternity,I've done for much love in my heart,No-one can tear it apart,Yeah,Feel the love _______
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,Feel the love generation,C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon yeah,(whistling.....)Feel the love generation,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahFeel the love generation,Ooohhh yeah-yeah,Don't worry about a thing,it's gonna be alright,Don't worry about a thing,it's gonna be alright,Don't worry about a thing,it's gonna be alright,Gonna be, gonna, gonna, gonna be alright,Why must our children play in _____ _______broken hearts and faded dreams,listen up to everyone that you meet,don't you worry, it could be so sweet,Just look to the rainbow, you will seesun will shine till eternity,I've done for much love in my heart,No-one can tear it apart,Yeah,(whistling.....)


(Bam, bam, baba bam, bam,)(baba bam, bam, baba bam babam.......)From Jamaica to the world,this is just love,this is just love,Yeah!Why must our children play in the streets,broken hearts and faded dreams,listen up to everyone that you meet,don't you worry, it could be so sweet,Just look to the rainbow, you will seesun will shine till eternity,I've done for much love in my heart,No-one can tear it apart,Yeah,Feel the love generation,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,Feel the love generation,C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon yeah,(whistling.....)Feel the love generation,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahFeel the love generation,Ooohhh yeah-yeah,Don't worry about a thing,it's gonna be alright,Don't worry about a thing,it's gonna be alright,Don't worry about a thing,it's gonna be alright,Gonna be, gonna, gonna, gonna be alright,Why must our children play in the streets,broken hearts and faded dreams,listen up to everyone that you meet,don't you worry, it could be so sweet,Just look to the rainbow, you will seesun will shine till eternity,I've done for much love in my heart,No-one can tear it apart,Yeah,(whistling.....)

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