song Take me to church by HOZIER
This video, following the pursuit of a young gay couple by an angry mob, and referencing the persecution of the LGBT community in Russia, went viral soon after release.
HOZER´S song with English and Spanish subtitles (+ interview in The Guardian)
VOCABULARY related to the article from The Guardian:
“audiences of baffled teenage goths”
= …confundidas desconcertadas quinceañeras
baffle [sb]vtr (confuse, mystify) confundir⇒ vtr
desconcertar⇒ vtr
frustrar⇒ vtr
“I thought Evan really wanted to take the class; it baffles me that he didn’t”
GOTH
Goth n (follower of Gothic style) gótico nm
“Josh considers himself a Goth and wears dark clothing and eyeliner”.
Goth adj (alternative style: Gothic punk) (música, arte) gótico/a adj
“A teenager dressed in Goth clothing entered the store”.
Goth n historical (ancient Germanic tribe) (pueblo) godos nmpl
thumb
green thumb n= figurative (skill at gardening) manos de jardinero nfpl
My mother has a green thumb: everything she touches grows well.
Mi madre tiene manos de jardinero, todo lo que toca crece bien.
mano para la jardinería nf
thumb a ride,
UK: thumb a lift v expr US (hitchhike) hacer dedo loc verb
(CO) pedir chance, echar dedo) loc verb
“as a lesson in chutzpah” =unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty
= DESCARADO
fling – Flung…=
fling vtr (throw) tirar, lanzar ⇒ vtr
arrojar⇒ vtr
“Take Me to Church is indeed a remarkable song – a vibrant, lusty composition that showcases not only the hue of Hozier’s voice but also the heft of his songwriting”.
Fling flung vi arrojar echar
SHOWCASE
showcase [sth] vtr figurative (show to advantage) (figurado)
resaltar⇒ vtr
HEFT … of his songwriting
heft n (weight or bulk)=peso
MUDDLED= “what at first glance appears to be a song of simple love becomes something more muddled
muddled adj (mixed up, unclear) confuso/a adj
liado/a adj / embrollado adj / embarullado adj
muddled adj (person: confused) (persona) confundido adj
MOB = “following the pursuit of a young gay couple by an angry mob”
mob n (crowd of people) multitud nf / muchedumbre nf
PURSUIT = n (search) persecución nf / búsqueda nf
We are all engaged in the pursuit of happiness.
pursuit n (chase) persecución / nf caza nf
A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri (Level B2 One ot the short stories of the book Interpreter of Maladies lines 9-18)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri (1999)
This debut collection of nine stories won the Pulitzer prize shortly after it was published in 1999 and was named the New Yorker’s debut of the year. The stories, written with what Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times described as “uncommon elegance and poise”, deal with the diversity of Indian-American immigrant experience and the curious alchemy of love and relationships. My particular favourite in this collection is “A Temporary Matter”, a beautiful mediation on grief, love and loss as a couple try to come to terms with the stillbirth of their child.
Benjamin Clementine CORNERSTONE
CORNERSTONE (Lyrics)
I am alone in a box of stone
When all is said and done
As the wind blows to the east from the west
Onto this bed, my tears have their solemn rest
I am lonely, alone in a box of stone
They claim they loved me but they all lying
I am lonely alone in a box of my own
And this is the place, I now belong
Its my home, home, home, home home home home home x2
It wasnt easy getting used to this
I used to scream
Its not true, that its only when the door is locked
That nobody enters
Cause mine has been open till your demise
But none had come, well who am I,
What have i done wrong?
Ive been lonely, alone in a box of my stone
They claim to be near me but they were all lying, its not true
Ive been lonely, alone in a box of my stone
This is the place I know I now belong
Its my home, home, home, home home home home home x2
Friends, I have met
Lovers have slept and wept
Promises to stay had never been kept
This bare truth of which most wont share
I hope you share, I hope you share
Cuz I have been lonely
Alone in a box of my own
They claim to love me and be near me
But they are all lieing
I have been lonely, alone in a box of my stone
And this is the place I now know I belong
Its my home, home, home, home home home home home x2
Cinema and Literature
ROMEO and JULIET by Shakespeare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKXFiA7fePg
n In the director’s chair: Baz Luhrmann (from minute 6.50)
Review
The classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director Baz Luhrmann to a post-modern Verona Beach where swords are merely a brand of gun and bored youths are easily spurred toward violence. Longtime rivals in religion and business, the Montagues and the Capulets share a page from the Jets and Sharks of West Side Story when they form rival gangs. Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) is aloof toward the goings-on of his Montague cousins, but after he realizes that Juliet (Claire Danes) is a Capulet at the end of one very wild party, the enmity between the two clans becomes the root of his angst. He relies heavily — and with serious consequences — on his rebel gender-bender of a friend, Mercutio (Harold Perrineau Jr.), and Father (not Friar) Lawrence (Pete Postlethwaite) for protection and support. Romeo is, of course, exiled, and it looks like Juliet will be forced into an arranged marriage with the bland Paris (Paul Rudd). It ends, as Romeo and Juliet must, when Romeo hears a tragic piece of misinformation and brings his suicide wish to what was meant to be Juliet ‘s temporary tomb. This time, though, the turf and the weapon of choice have taken a turn toward the surreal. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
lORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (Peter Brook -1963)
In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding’s legendary novel about the primitivism lurking beneath civilization becomes a film as raw and ragged as the lost boys at its center. Taking an innovative documentary-like approach, Brook shot Lord of the Flies with an off-the-cuff naturalism, seeming to record a spontaneous eruption of its characters’ ids. The result is a rattling masterpiece, as provocative as its source material.
THE SCARLET LETTER by Nathaniel Hawthorn
In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older … See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders
Writers: Tankred Dorst (scenario Der Herr klagt über sein Volk in der Wildnis Amerika), Ursula Ehler (scenario Der Herr klagt über sein Volk in der Wildnis Amerika), 3 more credits »
Stars: Senta Berger, Hans Christian Blech, Lou Castel
My Mother, the Crazy African. Amanda Ngozi Adichie
My Mother, the Crazy African
Amanda Ngozi Adichie
Short Stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Country of the Blind by H.G.Wells
The Country of the Blind by H.G.Wells ( E4º ESO-B1)
Low-intermediate level of The Country of the Blind
englishreaders.org
The Country of the Blind PDF (start from page 175)
The Country of the Blind
or
The Country of the Blind by H.G.Wells
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