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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
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http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/land-travel/

10 Today Phrasal verbs to do with sport

When you want to do sport you usually sign up ( apuntarse) at a club. This may mean working out ( doing a lot of exercise) a lot to get fit, it could mean working off all those extra kilos ( exercising to lose weight)  from overeating at Christmas. As many people sign up as drop out every month (dar se de baja) , not to mention those who give up as they lose interest over time (dejar de hacer algo). Sport also means kicking bad habits too (dejar de hacer algo ) , like smoking.

Many clubs point out that if you do not put in a lot of effort  and keep up with the training ( maintain) then you will not be able to try out for the team (demonstrate your abilities to get into, enter, a team) and so your interest soon drops off ( diminishes).Some say winning isn´t everything, taking part is the key bit and I go along with them ( I agree with them).