Episodio 11
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¡Hola! Soy Georgiana, tu profesora de inglés. En este episodio seguimos con los phrasal verbs más frecuentes, esta vez formados con look.
Después practicaremos gramática y vocabulario con una historia POV.
Recuerda que no necesitas memorizar todos los significados posibles. Empieza por los usos más frecuentes.
Look after
Look after significa cuidar de alguien.
Ejemplos: "I can't come with you because I have to look after my brother." / "Who's going to look after the children?"
Look down on
Significa considerar a alguien inferior o pensar que eres mejor que esa persona.
Ejemplos: "It's wrong to look down on people with less money than you." / "My boss always looks down on new employees."
Look for
Look for significa buscar, intentar encontrar algo o a alguien.
Ejemplos: "I'm looking for a dress for the party." / "Some people look for friends on the Internet."
Look up
Significa buscar información, por ejemplo una palabra, una dirección o un número de teléfono.
Ejemplos: "If you don't understand a word in English, you can look it up in a dictionary." / "You could look it up on the Internet."
Look out / Watch out
Se utiliza para avisar de un peligro o decirle a alguien que tenga cuidado.
Ejemplos: "Look out! A dog's coming!" / "Watch out! An earthquake has just started!"
Look into
Look into significa investigar o examinar algo para descubrir más información.
Ejemplos: "The detective looked into the suspect." / "We are looking into how we can improve our department."
Look forward to
Significa esperar algo con ilusión. No lo confundas con look for.
Ejemplos: "I'm really looking forward to our vacation." / "I'm looking forward to seeing you next week."
Hoy hemos visto look after, look down on, look for, look up, look out, look into y look forward to.
No te preocupes si todavía no recuerdas todos los significados: los practicaremos en la siguiente sección.
¿Quieres practicar más la expresión oral? Continúa con un curso completo de audio.
GRAMÁTICA FÁCIL
Historia POV: gramática en contexto
Lee la misma historia desde distintos puntos de vista y observa cómo cambia la gramática de forma natural.
| 01 |
Primera versión Presente |
Tim and Alfred are brothers. Tim's older than Alfred. When their parents are not at home, Tim's in charge. His duty is to look after his younger brother.
Alfred always looks forward to being alone with his brother because they have lots of fun together. They play video games, and not any video games, they play mystery games, with detectives, crimes, and police involved. Alfred is little, but he loves looking into crimes and strange things. He's great at looking for hints.
Tim respects Alfred because he's very smart. In fact, Alfred can spell any word without looking up in a dictionary. That's why Tim never looks down on his brother.
Little Alfred thinks he has the best brother. He wouldn't look for another one if he could.
| 02 |
Segunda versión Pasado |
Tim and Alfred were brothers. Tim was older than Alfred. When their parents were not at home, Tim was in charge. His duty was to look after his younger brother.
Little Alfred always looked forward to being alone with his brother because they had lots of fun together. They played video games and not any video games; they played mystery games with detectives, crimes, and police involved. Alfred was little, but he loved looking into crimes and strange things. He was great at looking for hints.
Tim, respected Alfred because he was very smart. In fact, Alfred could spell any word without looking up in a dictionary. That's why Tim never looked down on his brother.
Little Alfred thought he had the best brother. He wouldn't look for another one if he could.
| 03 |
Tercera versión Futuro |
Tim and Alfred will be brothers. Tim will be older than Alfred. When their parents won't be at home, Tim will be in charge. His duty will be to look after his younger brother.
Little Alfred will always look forward to being alone with his brother because they will have lots of fun together. They will play video games, and not any video games, they will play mystery games, with detectives, crimes, and police involved. Alfred will be little, but he will love looking into crimes and strange things. He will be great at looking for hints.
Tim will respect Alfred because he will be very smart. In fact, Alfred will be able to spell any word without looking up in a dictionary. That's why Tim will never look down on his brother.
Little Alfred will think he has the best brother. He wouldn't look for another one if he could.
Ok, this is the end of this short lesson. As you can see, just by changing a point of view of the story, you can learn grammar intuitively. Today, we've practiced the past, present, and the future tenses. Also, we've managed to review today's phrasal verbs!
Gracias por escuchar. Nos vemos en el próximo episodio.
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Look after
Cuidar de alguien.
Look down on
Pensar que alguien es inferior a ti.
Look for
Intentar encontrar a alguien o algo.
Look up
Buscar información, por ejemplo una palabra, una dirección o un número de teléfono.
Look out
Tener cuidado y prestar atención inmediata a un posible peligro.
Look into
Investigar algo.
Look forward to
Sentir ilusión por algo que ocurrirá en el futuro.
Watch out
Otra expresión que significa tener cuidado ante un posible peligro.
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