10 today = 10 ways of using one word......

Some students had a problem with single. Let´s take a look. Basically it means not more than one….see the different contexts

Some people believe in single-sex schools ( schools for only boys or girls, not mixed).

Not all children have a Mum and Dad, they belong to a single -parent family

Sometimes we do something difficult without help, single handed.

Prices usually go up a little, and we have a single figure rise ( less than 10% )

When we single out sb or sth,   we choose him/ her from a group

If you go to a singles bar, you should not find anybody married there.

In sport we talk about a men´s singles final  (individual, not in a team)

When travelling we can buy a single ( de ida) or a return ticket (de Ida y Vuelta)

She did not make a single mistake in the exam.(  ni un error)

And when we have to queue up, we usually stand in a single file ( en fila india)

10 today Some funny intelligent comments people make

"No one political party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties.”

“She said she was approaching (acercando a un edad) forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.”

“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out ( pagar la fianza) . A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set (the t.v. = the telly) , I go into the other room and read a book.”

“I was married by a judge ( juez) . I should have asked for a jury ( jurado) .”

“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.”

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

On the current crisis: We have paralysis by analysis.

A meeting is an event at which the minutes ( minutos y las actas) are kept and the hours are lost.

10 Today Travel vocabulary for planes

Preparing a flight means being very careful with the timing (organize and co-ordinate different parts) and schedule (programación)  . First the check-in time (la hora de facturar)  has to be 2 hours ahead of departure time (hora de salída), otherwise ( if not) you may join a long queue and find yourself getting to the check-in desk (mostrador de facturacion) too late and the flight attendant says “ Sorry, you cannot board or embark  ( subir el avion).”  You have to be prepared to walk along the runway (pista de aterizaje) in order to board some cheap flights and to stand around in the aisle ( pasillo ) as passengers put their luggage into the overhead locker (compartimento / armario para equipaje de mano) Now go this page and enjoy refreshing your memory with a quiz about Means of Travel
http://esl.about.com/od/vocabularyquizze1/a/v_travelquiz.htm
And finally, go to this page, move the cursor around and hear, practice and learn the right pronunciation
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/land-travel/