Topic: Summertime

It's summertime and everybody heads for the beaches or seaside resorts to spend their summer vacations.
Some prefer to go to the mountains rather than the beach but what it counts is to relax and try not to stress out about the daily grind of the cities.

On the beach, we cannot forget to carry with us a beach umbrella, sun lotion or towels in order to lie on the white sand while reading an interesting book or sunbathing. Try avoiding the sunny hours when the sun shines the most, you risk getting sunburnt or suffering from a sunstroke. To avoid this, do not forget to use sun lotion on your skin so that you won't get burnt. Otherwise, after sun lotion is required. Other parts of the body sensitive to the sun are our eyes so using sunglasses is a must.

And when thirsty! Drink enough water so that your body won't become dehydrated!

to head for : dirigirse hacia
to stress out : estresarse
daily grind: rutina
beach umbrella: sombrilla
sun lotion: crema solar
towel: toalla
to sunbathe: tomar el sol
to get sunburnt: quemarse
sunstroke: insolación
otherwise: (linking adverb)de otro modo
to become dehydrated: deshidratarse

Song: Jennifer Paige "Stranded"

Jennifer Paige " Stranded" = Varado

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBUBO3Jt9k

You know it only breaks my heart
To see you standing in the dark
Alone waiting there for me to come back
I'm too afraid to show

If it's coming over you
Like it's coming over me
I'm crashing like a tidal wave
That drags me out to sea
I wanna be with you
If you wanna be with me
Crashing like a tidal wave
I don't want to be
Stranded
Stranded
Stranded
Stranded
Stranded
So baby come back to me [Stranded]
So baby come back to me [Stranded]

I can only take so much
These tears are turning me to rust
I know you're waiting there for me to come back
I'm too afraid to show

If it's coming over you
Like it's coming over me
I'm crashing like a tidal wave
That drags me out to sea
I wanna be with you
If you wanna be with me
Crashing like a tidal wave
I don't wanna be
(Stranded)It's coming over you
(Stranded)It's coming over me
(Stranded)It's coming over you
(Stranded)Yeah yeah yeah

I miss you
I need you
Without you
I'm stranded
I love you
So come back
I'm not afraid to show

Crashing like a tidal wave
Drags me out to sea
I wanna be with you
You wanna be with me
Crashing like a tidal wave
I don't wanna
Stranded
It's coming over you [Stranded]
It's coming over me [Stranded]
It's coming over you [Stranded]
Stranded
Stranded
Stranded

So baby come back to me [Stranded]
So baby come back to me [Stranded]

(Stranded)Coming over you
(Stranded)Coming over you
(Stranded)Coming over me
(StrandedComing over you

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Bookaholic: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L.Frank Baum

"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" tells the story about a girl, Dorothy, who is carried away by a cyclone to the land of Oz. Among the characters she bumps into, there's the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow or the Tin Woodman. This gang heads for the land of Oz in order to get something in return ( Dorothy's wish is to go back home). On their way, they will have to face plenty of dangerous beings such as the Winged Monkeys or the Wicked witches.

Here's an excerpt from chapter 7 "The Journey to the Great Oz":

They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last of their bread, and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast.

'If you wish', said the Lion. 'I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you. You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast.'

'Don't! Please don't,' begged the Tin Woodman. 'I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, an then my jaws would rust again.'

But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it. And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time.

P.d. Watermelon, espero que lo entiendas :)

to bump into /bamp intu/ : encontrarse con
Scarecrow /ske:rcrou/: espantapájaros
Tin Woodman /tin wu:dmaen/ : literalmente El leñador de hojalata (hombre de hojalata
gang /gaen/: grupo
to head for /hed for/: dirigirse hacia
in return /in ritern/: a cambio
Wicked witches /wikid witchiz/: brujas malvadas
dew /diu:/: rocío de la mañana
to chop: talar, picar, cortar
axe /eiks/: hacha
deer /dier/: ciervo
to roast /roust/: asar
to beg: suplicar
jaws /djo:s/: mandíbulas
to rust /rast/: oxidarse
nuts: /nats/ castañas
supper /saper/: cena

Topic: The damage is done

Sometimes human beings can reach a level of unxecpected cruelty. Selfishness become the only path to follow leaving people you love behind. It's getting increasingly difficult to take the thorn out of my heart. The damage is done

Vocabulary : Discovery & Adventure

To climb mountains, to paddle down rivers, to trek in the jungle, or...to stay at home!

Rucksack, knapsack, backpack = mochila
road map = mapa de carreteras
hitch-hiker = autostopista
to trek = caminar con dificultad
a trek = una excursión
to climb = escalar
compass = brújula
snake = serpiente
to snake = serpentear
diving = submarinismo
diving board = trampolín
cruise = crucero
globe-trotter = trotamundos
flippers = aletas
crossing = travesía
customs = aduana
hike = excursión a pie
to roam = vagar
to stop over = hacer escala
to take a trip = irse de viaje
tripper = excursionista
to wander = ir a la aventura, deambular
thirst for adventure = sed de aventuras

Topic: Mind, body and spirit

Below there are some questions concerning mind, body and spirit. Among these questions there are body idioms and sayings that has to do with this topic.

Which things most stress you out? What stresses me out the most is being bothered whenever I am in the middle of something important, i.e, working on a report, studying or listening carefully to a foreign-language song on the radio. Generally speaking, I could say that I need a lot of concentration because I tend to get distracted very easily. Some other things that stress me out are having to deal with a lot of noise in the streets when I am at work (road works) and having to work on weekends.

Do you take any notice of superstition? Sometimes. Not necessarily superstition but déjà vus. I am prone to have dèjá vus, it is some kind of sensation lived repeatedly. It seems that everything I am living at a moment's notice is something I have already lived. I often feel this sensation and I cannot find any answer to it, maybe it is because I want to relate everything.

Have you ever had your palm read? No, never. And I've never thought about it. Actually, I don't think I believe in those things. I know there are fortune tellers and faith healers with their clientele but, personally, I wouldn't visit one. From my point of view, they only want to make money by making people hear what they want to hear and sometimes they guess right by asking too many questions to their customers. As for faith healers, that's something we should take seriously since it's not only money what is brought into game but people's health also.

Healthy body, healthy mind = mens sane in corpore sane

The eyes are the window to the soul = la cara es el espejo del alma

You are what you eat = eres lo que comes

Man does not live by bread alone = no sólo de pan vive el hombre

No pain no gain = todo se consigue a base de esfuerzos