BOB DYLAN Hurricane
Hurricane Song in Youtube with English lyrics
English and Spanish lyrics
be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/ The Guerrilla Girls
We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (B1), Lamb to the slaughter, The Landlady + 4 short stories by Roald Dahl(B1), Bartleby The Scrivener (B2)
Jane Eyre
<a href="/
Jane Eyre (B1 level)
Jane Eyre, a penniless and unattractive
orphan, becomes a governess
at Thornfield Hall and falls in
love with Edward Rochester, the
guardian of her ward. But she soon
discovers that he is hiding a terrible
secret…
Lamb to the Slaughter The Landlady(B1 level)+ 4 short stories
Bartleby The Scrivener (number 23 in te list)(B2 level)
song Take me to church by HOZIER
This video, following the pursuit of a young gay couple by an angry mob, and referencing the persecution of the LGBT community in Russia, went viral soon after release.
HOZER´S song with English and Spanish subtitles (+ interview in The Guardian)
VOCABULARY related to the article from The Guardian:
“audiences of baffled teenage goths”
= …confundidas desconcertadas quinceañeras
baffle [sb]vtr (confuse, mystify) confundir⇒ vtr
desconcertar⇒ vtr
frustrar⇒ vtr
“I thought Evan really wanted to take the class; it baffles me that he didn’t”
GOTH
Goth n (follower of Gothic style) gótico nm
“Josh considers himself a Goth and wears dark clothing and eyeliner”.
Goth adj (alternative style: Gothic punk) (música, arte) gótico/a adj
“A teenager dressed in Goth clothing entered the store”.
Goth n historical (ancient Germanic tribe) (pueblo) godos nmpl
thumb
green thumb n= figurative (skill at gardening) manos de jardinero nfpl
My mother has a green thumb: everything she touches grows well.
Mi madre tiene manos de jardinero, todo lo que toca crece bien.
mano para la jardinería nf
thumb a ride,
UK: thumb a lift v expr US (hitchhike) hacer dedo loc verb
(CO) pedir chance, echar dedo) loc verb
“as a lesson in chutzpah” =unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty
= DESCARADO
fling – Flung…=
fling vtr (throw) tirar, lanzar ⇒ vtr
arrojar⇒ vtr
“Take Me to Church is indeed a remarkable song – a vibrant, lusty composition that showcases not only the hue of Hozier’s voice but also the heft of his songwriting”.
Fling flung vi arrojar echar
SHOWCASE
showcase [sth] vtr figurative (show to advantage) (figurado)
resaltar⇒ vtr
HEFT … of his songwriting
heft n (weight or bulk)=peso
MUDDLED= “what at first glance appears to be a song of simple love becomes something more muddled
muddled adj (mixed up, unclear) confuso/a adj
liado/a adj / embrollado adj / embarullado adj
muddled adj (person: confused) (persona) confundido adj
MOB = “following the pursuit of a young gay couple by an angry mob”
mob n (crowd of people) multitud nf / muchedumbre nf
PURSUIT = n (search) persecución nf / búsqueda nf
We are all engaged in the pursuit of happiness.
pursuit n (chase) persecución / nf caza nf
A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri (Level B2 One ot the short stories of the book Interpreter of Maladies lines 9-18)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri (1999)
This debut collection of nine stories won the Pulitzer prize shortly after it was published in 1999 and was named the New Yorker’s debut of the year. The stories, written with what Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times described as “uncommon elegance and poise”, deal with the diversity of Indian-American immigrant experience and the curious alchemy of love and relationships. My particular favourite in this collection is “A Temporary Matter”, a beautiful mediation on grief, love and loss as a couple try to come to terms with the stillbirth of their child.