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EL BOLETIN DE INGLES AMERICANO PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES

OM News # 90 - Delivered to 39688 subscribers

ISSN 1668-4877   October 15, 2004

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grammar

INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE. In English there are two basic ways of expressing the purpose of doing something. Let us study them...
INFINITIVO DE PROPOSITO. En inglés existen básicamente dos formas de expresar el propósito de hacer algo. Analicemos ambas formas...

1.  Utilizamos el infinitivo de un verbo (to do) para hablar acerca del propósito u objetivo de hacer algo (= why someone does something):
- I went out to mail a letter. (Salí para franquear una carta).
- She called me to invite me to a party. (Me llamó para invitarme a una fiesta)
 También utilizamos el infinitivo de un verbo para expresar una justificación (= why someone has, wants or needs something):
 - They have bodyguards to protect them. (Tienen guardaespaldas para protegerlos)
- I need a can opener to open this. (Necesito un abrelatas para abrir esto)
 Asimismo es posible utilizar in order to (para, a fin de que) como sinónimo:
 - We shouted in order to get help. (Gritamos a fin de pedir ayuda)
 No se debe utilizar FOR en ciertas oraciones (un error bastante frecuente entre los hispanoparlantes):
 - I'm going to Argentina to learn Spanish (not, I'm going to Argentina  FOR TO LEARN  Spanish, or I'm going to Argentina  FOR LEARNING  Spanish).

2.  A veces se usa SO THAT (no el to infinitivo) para hablar de objetivos:
a) Cuando el propósito es NEGATIVO:
 - I hurried so that I wouldn't be late. (Me apuré para no llegar tarde).
 b) Con los verbos CAN y COULD:
 - He's learning English at OM Personal so that he can work in the United States. (Está aprendiendo inglés en OM Personal para poder trabajar en los Estados Unidos)
 c) Cuando una persona hace algo para que otra persona pueda hacer otra cosa:
 - I gave him my address so that he can contact me. (Le di mi dirección para que pueda ponerse en contacto conmigo)

THE NAVY AND THE POLICE. An old man and an old lady (both deaf and lovely) are talking in the park about their past. You will be able to practise here the INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE (highlighted in gray). Click on the imagen to listen to this funny dialogue. (Sound files in this newsletter will be available until November 1, 2004).
LA MARINA Y LA POLICIA. Un anciano y una anciana (sordos y encantadores) están conversando en el parque acerca de su pasado. Podrás practicar aquí los INFINITIVOS DE PROPOSITO (resaltados en gris). Pulsa en la imagen para escuchar este divertido diálogo. (Los archivos sonoros de este boletín estarán disponibles hasta Noviembre 1, 2004).

Old man:  I was in the Navy, you know.
Old lady:  Were you?
Old man:  Yes, I joined the Navy in 1920.
Old lady:  Really?
Old man:  Yes ... when I was fifteen ... when I left school.
Old lady:  Why did you do that?
Old man:  Oh, to see the world, to travel to other countries, to find adventure.
Old lady:  I see.
Old man:  Yes, to find adventure.
Old lady:  How exciting! How romantic!
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  How long were you in the Navy?
Old man:  Three weeks.
Old lady:  Three weeks?
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  Why didn't you stay longer?
 Old man:  To get back to London.
Old lady:  To get back to London?
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  Why did you want to get back to London?
Old man:  I had to.
Old lady:  Why? To be with your family?
Old man:  No.
Old lady:  Why?
Old man:  I couldn't stay in the Navy...
Old lady:  Why not?
Old man:  I used to get seasick.
Old lady:  So you left the Navy because you used to get seasick.
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  Well, well ...
Old man:  Yes, I used to get seasick everyday. It was terrible.
Old lady:  That's very funny, you know.
Old man:  Why?
Old lady:  Well ... you joined the Navy, so that you could see the world.
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  And then you left because you got seasick.
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  Well, I think that's very funny.
Old man:  Oh, oh! Really? Well ... what did you do when you left school?
Old lady:  Me?
Old man:  Yes.
Old lady:  Oh, I joined the police.
Old man:  The police? Why did you do that?
Old lady:  Oh, so that I could help people.
Old man:  Oh, very good.
Old lady:  So that I could catch thieves.
Old man:  Marvellous !!  
Old man:  Were you in the police long?
Old lady:  Pardon?
Old man:  How long were you in the police?
Old lady:  Ten days.
Old man:  Ten days?
Old lady:  Yes.
Old man:  Why did you leave?
Old lady:  ... I didn't like the uniform.

GLOSSARY: I joined the Navy: I enrolled the organization of military naval forces (me enrolé, me alisté en la Marina); to get back: to return (para regresar); I had to = It was necessary (tuve que hacerlo); I used to get sea-sick: I usually experienced motion sickness (me mareaba); so that I could catch thieves: to be able to seize thieves (para atrapar ladrones); marvellous = fantastic (fantástico, maravilloso); long = for a long time (durante mucho tiempo).

RESPUESTAS ACTIVIDAD DE LISTENING COMPREHENSION - OM NEWS # 89
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1.  Where is the Matrix?
     The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very room.
2.  When can you see it?
      You can see it when you look out your window. Or when you turn on your television.
3.  When can you feel it?
      You can feel it when you go to work. When you go to Church. When you pay your taxes.

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