A great article, about London, for practising reading skills.
Also a video to practise listening. I suggest you read the comments left by the
people who have read the article, you could even comment yourself? Great
subject matter for a conversational class.
El Centro de Inglés (Caravaca) has embarked on a business relationship with London based Solonegocio. Solenegocio was set up to assist Spanish people who want to start and develop a UK business. The company helps Spanish peoplewith thinking through their business strategy for the UK market and with the legal and practical processes of setting up as either self-employed or a limited company. They can be found on the internet (www.solonegocio.com Spanish) and have a Facebook page. Later this year, with the assistance of Solonegocio, we hope to investigate ways businesses around Caravaca and the rest of Murcia can develop stronger links with the UK. Hopefully this will give Murcian companies and products greater exposure to the British market place. If you want further information please contact us in the usual way.
Article in Spanish about Solonegocio: http://www.eliberico.com/actualidad/actualidad/reinounido/3344-pon-en-marcha-tu-idea-con-solonegocio.html
English may be the universal language, but there are just some words that cannot be translated. Have a read of this article that appeared in the Metro newspaper yesterday ......
Interested in Spanish football? Interested in practising reading in English? Well the last few weeks has been a bonanza for you!
Firstly Graham Hunter, Sky Sports journalist (amongst other things) released his book about the rise of the current Barcelona team.
Its a great read and I was at the recent book launch in London where I had the pleasure of interviewing Graham for the True Faith football fanzine.
Practice your listening skills with these short videos of Graham talking about the book, Graham is from Aberdeen in NE Scotland.
Next up Jimmy Burns new book "La Roja". Jimmy Burns was born in Madrid in 1953 and contributes Spanish language media outlets and publishes his books in Spanish translation as Jimmy Burns Maranon. Jimmy's book is a really good read too all about the history of Spanish football, fascinating stuff.
Also listen to Jimmy talking about the book......Jimmy talks about his book here (pod-cast) Jimmy although born in Madrid he grew up in London and Lancashire. Good pod-cast to practice your listening.
Jimmy Burns, the Anglo-Spanish Journalist and Author, has had this recent article published in the Tablet. His article focuses on "La Crisis" but mixes fiestas and other Spanish things...in Jimmy's own style, a good read!
As some of you know I spend a lot
of time working in London and when I return to Caravaca, at the weekend, Teresa
and I like nothing more than to have a few drinks around the town.
Last Saturday night we ended up
in the pub Calle Mayor, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a couple of Guinness’.
Anyone who has drunk Guinness will know that after a couple (2) of pints it can
become quite heavy, so it wasn’t long before we were onto our favourite, gin
& tonic. There is nothing quite like a Spanish gin & tonic and I
remember a few years ago reading an article by Michael Robinson, the Spanish TV football commentator, in which he said the same.
One of the waiters in the Calle
Mayor did a great job upselling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upselling)
special types of gin & tonics infused with herbal tea and strawberries,
which were very nice. The mixer (the tonic) was quite a new brand of premium tonic
water called Fever Tree (http://www.fever-tree.com/)
which is also very nice. On the flight back to London, this afternoon, I was surprised
to see an article, in the in-flight magazine, devoted to Fever Tree and the two
London entrepreneurs Tim Warrillow and Charles Rolls who are the brains behind
the brand that has apparently become the most sought-after accompaniment to gin
in Spain. The article also referred to bars in Barcelona (http://www.bobbygin.com/) dedicated solely
to gin and it is in these types of joints (bars) that Fever Tree has taken
hold. Incidentally Tim Warrillow, 36, first showed entrepreneurial nous
(knowledge) at Newcastle University, where he started a company hiring out his
friends as waiters while taking his management and marketing degree. Newcastle
of course being the home city of Teresa and I, so another small link.
See below a good Spanglish video
which can be used as a listening exercise, the video is in Spanish and English.
A great article, about London, for practising reading skills.
Also a video to practise listening. I suggest you read the comments left by the
people who have read the article, you could even comment yourself? Great
subject matter for a conversational class.
