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Hola. Soy Georgiana, tu profesora de inglés. Mi misión es ayudarte a hablar inglés con fluidez.
Bien, empecemos.
La palabra BEAR se utiliza normalmente como sustantivo para referirse a un gran animal cubierto de pelo al que, según la imagen popular, le encanta la miel. En la segunda parte de este pódcast conocerás a dos osos muy divertidos: Yogi y Boo-Boo.
La palabra BEAR también puede ser un verbo. En ese caso tiene varios significados:
Algunos de ellos son sostener, soportar, mostrar, aguantar o dar a luz.
Por ejemplo, si digo “I can't BEAR it”, quiero decir que no puedo tolerarlo o soportarlo. Es demasiado para mí o me hace sentir muy mal.
Veamos algunos ejemplos más:
Normalmente utilizamos el verbo to BEAR cuando necesitamos aceptar o soportar algo, especialmente algo desagradable:
Ejemplos:
"The pain was almost more than Jason could bear." "How can you bear to eat that food?"
Hay otras expresiones parecidas. En lugar de decir “I can't bear it”, también puedes decir “I can't stand it” o “I can't put up with it”.
Ejemplo:
"I love going to the beach, but my sister can't stand it."
"I just can't put up with my friend's dog."
Podemos utilizar la palabra BEAR de muchas maneras distintas.
Por ejemplo, cuando tienes que afrontar algo doloroso, podemos decir que BEAR the pain, es decir, soportas el dolor:
Ejemplo:
"Sometimes it's hard to bear the pain of being lonely."
En otras ocasiones tienes que asumir la responsabilidad por las consecuencias negativas de tus actos. Entonces podemos decir que BEAR the consequences, es decir, afrontas o asumes las consecuencias:
Ejemplo:
"She's quitting her job anyway, so; she won't be here next month to bear the consequences."
Eso es todo por ahora. Espero que hayas disfrutado aprendiendo nuevas expresiones con la palabra BEAR.
Ahora, practiquemos.
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IMPROVE YOUR SPEAKING
Mini-Story: Speaking Practice
Answer the questions aloud with short and quick responses. Repeat the Mini-Story several times to improve your speaking and listening.
Yogi and Boo-Boo were two bears who lived in Jellystone Park.
Were Yogi and Boo-Boo tigers?
No. No. They weren't tigers. They were bears.
Were they sheep?
No. No. Yogi and Boo-Boo were bears.
Did they live in Jellystone or a zoo?
Not a zoo. They lived in Jellystone Park.
Where did the two bears live?
In Jellystone Park. The two bears lived in Jellystone Park.
Yogi was a grizzly bear, and he used to say he was smarter than the average bear.
Was Yogi a polar bear?
No. Not a polar bear. He was a grizzly bear.
Was Yogi smart or dumb?
Smart. Not dumb. He was smarter than the average bear.
Yogi always came up with a plan to steal the tourist's picnic baskets.
Did Yogi sometimes come up with a plan?
No. Not sometimes. He always came up with a plan.
What was his plan?
He planned to steal the tourist's picnic baskets.
Whose baskets did Yogi want to steal? Boo-Boo's Baskets?
No. No. Not Boo-Boo's baskets. He wanted to steal people's picnic baskets.
His friend Boo-Boo always tried to stop Yogi from getting in trouble.
Did Yogi's friend try to stop him?
Yes. Yogi's friend, Boo-Boo, always tried to stop him.
Who tried to stop Yogi?
Boo-Boo. Yogi's friend tried to stop him.
Yogi tried to stop Boo-Boo, right?
No. No. Not Yogi. It was Boo-Boo who tried to stop Yogi. Not the other way around.
Boo-Boo couldn't bear Yogi stealing picnic baskets. So he often asked his friend to hunt for food.
What couldn't Boo-Boo bear?
He couldn't bear Yogi stealing picnic baskets.
Boo-Boo asked Yogi something about hunting. Right?
Yes. He asked Yogi to hunt for food instead of stealing picnic baskets.
Yogi's friend wanted him to steal baskets, right?
No. No. Boo-Boo didn't want Yogi to steal anything. He wanted him to hunt for food.
Yogi used to say hunting is for losers, and a picnic basket had everything a bear needed.
Did Yogi say that hunting was for losers or winners?
For losers. He said that hunting is for losers. Not for winners.
Was the picnic basket everything a bear needed?
Yes. According to Yogi, the picnic basket was everything a bear needed.
Yogi couldn't bear the consequences of stealing. So he always ran away from the forest ranger.
Did Yogi bear the consequences of stealing?
No. He didn't bear the consequences. So, he ran away from the forest ranger.
Why did Yogi run away? To avoid the consequences of stealing?
Yes. He ran away to avoid the consequences of stealing. He didn't want to bear the consequences of his actions.
So Boo-Boo ran away from the ranger, right?
No. No. Not Boo-Boo. Yogi! He ran away from the ranger.
Thanks for listening, and I’ll see you in the next episode.
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Vocabulario
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bear
oso grande y pesado cubierto de pelo.
bear
soportar o tolerar algo difícil.
bear in mind
recordar y tener en cuenta algo importante.
unbearable
demasiado doloroso o desagradable para poder soportarlo.
grizzly bear
gran oso pardo que vive en Norteamérica.
polar bear
gran oso blanco que vive en regiones árticas.
bare
sin cubrir o sin ropa; homófono de bear.
burden
responsabilidad pesada o problema difícil.
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