3 EXPRESSIONS TO IMPROVE YOUR CONVERSATION SKILLS

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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

CHARLES DICKENS BBC

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Illustration of Charles Dickens © Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classic English literature. He was the quintessential Victorian author. His epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction of contemporary life are unforgettable.

His own story is one of rags to riches. He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. The good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine was short-lived because his father, inspiration for the character of Mr Micawber in 'David Copperfield', was imprisoned for bad debt. The entire family, apart from Charles, were sent to Marshalsea along with their patriarch. Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as loneliness and despair. After three years he was returned to school, but the experience was never forgotten and became fictionalised in two of his better-known novels 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations'.

Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist. His own father became a reporter and Charles began with the journals 'The Mirror of Parliament' and 'The True Sun'. Then in 1833 he became parliamentary journalist for The Morning Chronicle. With new contacts in the press he was able to publish a series of sketches under the pseudonym 'Boz'. In April 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth, daughter of George Hogarth who edited 'Sketches by Boz'. Within the same month came the publication of the highly successful 'Pickwick Papers', and from that point on there was no looking back for Dickens.

As well as a huge list of novels he published autobiography, edited weekly periodicals including 'Household Words' and 'All Year Round', wrote travel books and administered charitable organisations. He was also a theatre enthusiast, wrote plays and performed before Queen Victoria in 1851. His energy was inexhaustible and he spent much time abroad - for example lecturing against slavery in the United States and touring Italy with companions Augustus Egg and Wilkie Collins, a contemporary writer who inspired Dickens' final unfinished novel 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'.

He was estranged from his wife in 1858 after the birth of their ten children, but maintained relations with his mistress, the actress Ellen Ternan. He died of a stroke in 1870. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml

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In spite of/ Although, etc
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Gramática variada repaso
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ENLACES CAUSATIVO

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EJERCICIOS PASIVAS 3er. TIPO

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PASIVAS

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ENLACES PASIVAS

EXPLANATION


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http://www.weblearn.in/active_passive/
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http://www.studyandexam.com/passive-voice-for-tense.html


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Reasons for using the passivehttp://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/engineering/passive/1.1.xml


USE OF BY +AGENT
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htmlhttp://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passive1b.html


http://www.english-for-students.com/Passive-Voice-Without-Agent.html

https://www.rit.edu/ntid/rate/sea/processes/passive/grammatical/agents

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AMISH BBC

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EJERCICIOS DE TODO

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WHITNEY HOUSTON III

At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's bestselling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits such as The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale.

She had the perfect voice, and the perfect image: A gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.

She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.

Addiction woes
But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanour and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime.

"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Bobby Brown by her side.

'The time that I first saw her singing… it was such a stunning impact.'
—Clive Davis, Houston's longtime mentorIt was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone.

She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin.

Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform.

"The time that I first saw her singing in her mother's act in a club … it was such a stunning impact," Davis told Good Morning America. "To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine."

Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album debut in 1985 with Whitney Houston, which sold millions and spawned hit after hit. Saving All My Love for You brought her her first Grammy, for best female pop vocal. How Will I Know, You Give Good Love and The Greatest Love of All also became hit singles.

Another multiplatinum album, Whitney, came out in 1987 and included hits like Where Do Broken Hearts Go and I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

Early critical praise
The New York Times wrote that Houston "possesses one of her generation's most powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks of intensity."

Houston's decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through much of her career. She was even booed during the Soul Train Awards in 1989.

"Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?" she told Katie Couric in 1996. "You're not black enough for them. I don't know. You're not R&B enough. You're very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dies.html

WHITNEY HOUSTON II

Death of Whitney Houston is NOT a time for politics, Mr. Bennett
Por Mikel Alger
12 de febrero 2012 08:37 PM EST
Vincular a Whitney Houston has died, and one word that is on everyone's minds is drugs. Many assumed that her death was drug-related, and even though that is a possibility, everyone needs to wait. However, Tony Bennett is using her death as some ridiculous political platform, saying that drugs need to be made legal; a stupid thing to say at a time like this.

Some are confused as to why legal access to drugs would make anything better. His reasoning is that so many stars have been killed lately by drugs. Some are downright disgusted about his comments, saying that it was alcohol that killed Amy Winehouse, which is a legal substance. Michael Jackson also died of drugs, but not the kind of drugs that could or should be made legal.

The main problem is that no one knows what happened to Whitney and people can't go around assuming things; especially a person who is as famous as Tony. Aside from that, legalizing drugs wouldn't help any kind of situation. There can't be countries with legal drug use. Marijuana is one thing, but these stars aren't using marijuana. Logically, the United States can't legalize crack because crime rates would go through the roof and citizens who decide to use would throw their lives away.

His comments are some of the most ridiculous that many have ever heard, and at the worst possible time to give them. Rest in Peace, Whitney.

http://www.impre.com/la-gente-dice/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978939900

WHITNEY HOUSTON I

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/whitney-houston-reaches-the-end-of-her-song

CONDICIONAL

PÁGINA EJERCICIOS CONDICIONAL
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CONDICIONAL

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CONDICIONAL

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CONDICIONAL

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CONDICIONAL

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WISH/ IF ONLY

CONDICIONAL

HEALTHY EATING

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LINGUEE DICTIONARY

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USED TO/ TO BE USED TO

MODAL VERBS

HEALTHY LIFE AND EXERCISE

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ORACIONES FINALES

ORACIONES FINALES