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Do you remember people when you see them again? You may not remember their names, but do you remember if you've seen them before and when you saw them?
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Try this test. You have to pay attention!1. Look at the faces and try to remember them.
2. Look at a 2nd group of faces and try to remember them.
3. Answer the questions:
Have you seen the faces before? Were they in the first group or the second?I was very surprised. I know that I'm terrible at remembering names and...
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What do you think about this car-plane the "Transition" which is expected to be available in 2011? Terrafugia has completed its flight testing of the Transition POC (Proof of Concept). It's a plane that you can land at the airport, fold up the wings and drive home. Great idea! 20 years from now will we all have "Transitions"? Just think of the traffic jams in the sky! Check out Terrafugia.
Vocabulary:
available: disponible
flight: vuelo
proffo: prueba, comprobació...
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It's raining. The raindrops fall into the pond or lake, puddle or pool. And in the same place drops of water pop up. Are these the same drops that fall?
Where do the droplets come from?
For non PhD's: There's a thin layer of air separating the drop from the water below. It's like an elastic sheet. The connection is pinched off and a smaller droplet is formed, again and again until the tiny droplet can be absorbed.
Once I was swimming and the rain was falling. The sunlight was com...
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We're lucky here at the UEM. Yes, we are. We have a great Tech Support team , the TIC, hidden away in Building C. They keep tabs on the main computer and solve all our computer issues. You'll see them in the cafeteria or on the bridge, or when you are desperate because your laptop refuses to obey you. Yes, we do have the occasional computer glitch, but it's usually the user who's complicating the issue. At least it is in my case. I admit it. I'm one of the computer illiterate. Well, not compl...
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You do a load of wash. The clothes go in and the clothes come out. Everything's nice and clean. You take the shirts, shake out as many wrinkles as you you can, and throw them in the dryer. You grab the socks and underwear and toss them in too. Then you're off to attend to other demands. A few minutes later you're back again. You don't want a pile of ironing, so you take out the damp shirts and hang them up. No mystery there. Your mother taught you well. A few more minutes for the rest of the ...
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We all know about the tragedy in HAITI: a major earthquake, tremors, aftershocks, another earthquake. Can you IMAGINE what it's like to be in HAITI right now?
The Haitian people need our help. Contribute! Donate a Euro; donate 50. Drop a few coins in the box as you come and go. It will all add up. And now UEM and Laureate International Universities havepromised to double our donations!
You'll see students in red VOLUNTEER vests collecting money in Building B today. There are collection...
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Please help the people in HAITI who are suffering from a 7.0 magnitute earthquake and 5+ magnitude aftershocks. The UEM VOLUNTEERS have set up tables, MAIN HALL, BUILDING A to collect money for HAITI through the CRUZ ROJA, the Spanish Red Cross . This initiative came from the 3rd and 4th year LAW students. They will be manning tables from 9:00 to 14:00 all this week. We know that it is exam time and everyone is busy, however they need more volunteers to collect money. Marta Acosta Soria and A...
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The International Space Station is often in the news,and has been since 1998. We know that there was a basic structure and that other components have been added over the years. We hear about the people on board, the difficulties they have, the experiments that are carried out. We know the ISS is up there and that it is quite an achievement.
Watch this presentation via computer graphics. You'll see the components ...
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Happy New Year! Happy 2010 ! Oh, that looks futuristic just like 2000 or 2001 did a decade ago. And what about 1-1-2010? That looks really strange, doesn't it? Well, a week has already passed and we're still sitting here, writing 2009 by mistake and staring at the computer screen, wondering what the future will hold.
Have you made your New Year's Resolutions yet? Are they the same ones you made last year and the year before? Is this THE YEAR when you're finally going to get it together? D...
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Ideas! Needs! New products! You could create a new product, find a market for it, and become the entrepreneur the world has been waiting for. Think Bill Gates and the personal computer you may be using right now. You have great ideas. Work on them.
Just think of the people who stumbled upon Post-Its. They created a glue that didn't stick very well. It was useless. "No....wait....maybe this could be useful." Add it to note paper Wow! The POST-IT was invented.
And the people w...
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You hear many songs in English every day: on the radio, in the department stores, in the mall, on CDs and DVDs, in the cinema and on TV. You might know a few words but do you know ALL the words to the most famous songs?
Here's one I know you'll recognize, and have probably heard recently. Do you know the name of it? Who's the composer? You can learn the words if you watch this link."
VOCABULARY:
department stores: grandes almacenes
the mall : centro comercial
link: enlace
Wendy
htt...
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Water-colors, long-handled brushes, and clay paint-pots.
A few tables placed on end and covered with brown paper.
Some pertinent verbs like "draw" and "design". Nouns like "easel" and "the hunt".
Expressions used when asking for something--"Pass me the brush please", when offering something--"Here's another color," and when complimenting other cave artists--"Good job! Nice work!"
Art and English:English and Art.
Active participation: verbal/artistic communication.
Vocabulary:...
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We hope you came by to try some of the 41 homemade desserts at the UEM LAB'S 2009 THANKSGIVING PIE TASTING FEAST. Did you taste the traditional American apple pies and pumpkin pies? Did you vote?
Well 149 people voted for "THE BEST COOK AT THE UEM" AWARD"
1st place went to Valerie Clark of the UEM LAB and her 10 year old daughter Isabel de Moya for their APPLE CAKE. In 2nd place was Maria Power of the UEM LAB with her Irish Banofee Pie.
"Honorable Mention" goes to Joseph Parker for co...
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-Wendy Frankel
It's autumn! It's fall! It's "otoño"! Where are all the children? Why aren't they out here kicking up the leaves? And where are the other people? They should be out taking a walk or sitting on that empty bench.
Get out and look at the leaves, before they all turn brown.
Who's locked behind these shades and bars?
-wendy frankel
VOCABULARY:
kicking: dando patadas
empty bench: banco vacio
taking a walk: tomando un paseo
shades and bars: persian...
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http://comunidad.uem.es/blogfiles/shakespeare/PosterforGREASE.doc
Alberto Aparicio and Antonio Garcia, who are doing double majors in Sports Science and Physiotherapy, truly are the "best entertainers at the UEM LAB". They put on quite a show yesterday, actually 2 shows. And they got everyone up and moving. This was definitely a kinetic, total physical response activity, and it was in ENGLISH! We handed out song sheets and quickly discussed the vocabulary and grammar or lack of it. We san...
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We have a 3-day weekend! There's a holiday this Monday. All holidays should be on Mondays. In fact, in the U.S. most holidays are celebrated on Mondays so that everyone who can, gets a 3-day weekend. We should do that in Spain!
And then there's Thanksgiving. That's a 4-day weekend! Yep, it's always a 4-day weekend, because Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday in November so that everyone who wants to can get home for the weekend. The airports, train stations, bus depots and highways are crowd...
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Halloween Eve: Madrid, 1975
In 1975 Halloween hadn’t yet arrived in Madrid. Only the foreigners, the ex-pat community celebrated this childhood classic at private parties and bilingual schools. Halloween costumes and decorations were nowhere to be found. October 31st was the eve of All Saints Day, and that was that.
The film “Halloween” appeared a few years later. And then in 1982 a little extra-terrestri...
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What's your biggest challenge right now? --To LEARN English or to IMPROVE your English! That's right. You need to be able to communicate in English, read in English, write and understand spoken English. And you need to do it NOW!
How are you going to do this? You're too busy! You work or study 9 or 10 hours a day. Then you have to get home and pay attention to your family. You need to spend at least a few minutes with your spouse and the kids. Or maybe you just need time for your friends. ...
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There's always a lot of foot-traffic on the bridge at the UEM and this week was no exception. In fact, there were more people than usual. 18 NGOs, non-governmental volunteer organizations, set up their stands around campus and gave out information about volunteering on the bridge. UEM LAB Reporters were out there too, encouraging students and employees to register for English and handing out "I speak English" stickers. Lots of you stopped for a chat, in English, of course!
I speak Engli...
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"Three Cups of Tea" : One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time.
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
This is an important book.......right now! It's an outsider's inside look at what schools mean to people who want to educate their children, especially their daughters, and can't. It shows first hand what Mortenson was willing to do to bring hope to isolated villages, in this case in Pakistan and Afganistan.
He found a need and found a way to fulfill that need...
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The Blog experts at work! Here they are on a recent visit to the UEM LAB.
Oscar and Diego are always willing to help the bloggers get their acts together.
They are the problem solvers, the ones who work incognito. They keep the Blog up and going, and respond to the cries of , "Help! Ayúdame! I can't upload the photos." The spacing is off!" and a big etc. Thank you Oscar and Diego!
Wendy
Vocabulary:
are always willing: siempre están dispuestos
get your act together : espabíl...
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Your attention please!
The UEM LAB Reporters are here!
INSTANT INTERVIEWS ON THE BRIDGE
Cross at your own risk! Watch out !
We want to talk to YOU in ENGLISH!
Some Advice:..........STOP!... Talk to us!..... Practice your English!
That's why we're out there in the sun, in the rain, in the snow!
Note:
When the UEM LAB REPORTERS are on the bridge YOU instantly become a member of 2 separate groups:
You either stop to talk to us or you don't.
It makes NO D...
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We hope a lot of you got to English-speaking countries this summer. We did.
Rod took his UEM LAB logo to Derwent Water in the Lake District, Cumbria, England.
Victor, a professor in electronics and communications, sent a photo from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Cristina and Victoria visited Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
Maybe some of you did too!
From Scotland we received photos from Lorraine, "A couple of adorable highland cows having an evening snack! And ...
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George Gershwin's "Summertime"---- Have you heard this song? Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Scarlett Johnsson and many other recording artists in between have sung it. SUMMERTIME? Doesn't your summer vacation seem like a long time ago?
Sit back, close your eyes and listen to this song for a couple of minutes.
What were YOU doing in the summertime? I'll be attaching more of YOUR pictures in the next few days. Keep sending them in.
Megan says ...
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Here's the first edition of the map: UEM LAB REPORTERS around the world!
Alba Bueno and Javier Tejero, 2nd year medical students, were checking out the map when I took these photos this morning.
Come down to the UEM LAB in Building A to see the map yourselves. You'll see that many of you sent photos, some from as far away as Japan and Brazil. Others came from Hawaii, California, Pennsylvania and Washington DC, There were several from England and Ireland and Germany. And...
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