Episodio 42
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Soy Georgiana, fundadora de ProfesoraIngles.com. Mi misión es ayudarte a hablar inglés con fluidez y confianza.
Hoy hablaré de los connectors, esas palabras que nos ayudan a estructurar mejor lo que decimos.
Después practicaremos con una lección basada en una historia contada desde distintos puntos de vista.
Empecemos directamente con los connectors. No te preocupes: no voy a darte teoría gramatical 🙂 Como siempre, veremos ejemplos y después practicarás los conectores en contexto con una historia.
Los conectores son palabras o expresiones que ayudan a organizar lo que dices o escribes.
Con solo utilizar unos cuantos conectores puedes mejorar mucho la fluidez y la expresividad.
Veamos algunos de los conectores más conocidos:
Cuando queremos añadir información, podemos usar BESIDES, ALSO y MOREOVER.
Por ejemplo:
"I don't want to go to the movies. Besides, it's late now."
"I want a cake and an ice cream also."
"He didn't like the birthday party. Moreover, he had to cancel his romantic date."
Cuando expresamos una causa, podemos usar palabras como SINCE y BECAUSE.
Por ejemplo:
"Since you don't want to go to the movies with me, I'll go with my friends."
"I want a hotdog and a pizza because I'm hungry."
Cuando expresamos una condición, podemos usar IF y WHENEVER.
Por ejemplo:
"If you don't want to go to the beach with me, I'll go with my friends."
"Whenever I see an ice-cream, I wanna eat it."
Cuando expresamos una consecuencia, podemos usar SO THEN y THEREFORE.
Por ejemplo:
"You've always told me that you don't like Chinese food, so then, why are you booking a table at a Chinese restaurant?"
"I'm very thirsty; therefore, I'll have a beer."
Cuando expresamos oposición o contraste, podemos usar BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THOUGH, YET o HOWEVER.
Ejemplos:
"We can go to the movies, but I don't wanna be late."
"My salary is low; nevertheless, I find the work gratifying."
"I'm on a diet, though, I want to eat a chocolate cake."
"You promised to finish the report on time, yet I'm still waiting for it."
"We didn't really need the money; however, it seemed like a phenomenal business idea."
Cuando expresamos orden o secuencia, podemos usar FIRST OF ALL, FIRSTLY, THEN o FINALLY.
Ejemplos:
"First of all, we'll go to the movies, then we'll have a drink, and finally, we'll get back home."
"Firstly, I'm not gonna tolerate this kind of behavior anymore, and secondly…. you're fired!"
Existen muchos más conectores y puedes encontrarlos en multitud de recursos. Sin embargo, creo que lo más importante es dominar primero los conectores más frecuentes e incorporarlos poco a poco a tu inglés.
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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 Singular · Primera persona |
"Good morning! Pay attention to what I'm about to say: First of all, I have an important complaint about the hotel service. I tried to get into my room yesterday; however, the door was locked. Then I thought I'd go back to the front desk, yet just before I left, the door opened, and a man showed up wearing my hotel towel and slippers. Since I'm polite, I asked him nicely what he was doing in my room. The man seemed very angry and said something in a language I couldn't understand. Whenever someone doesn't understand my language, I speak to them in English. So, I told him that unless he wanted me to call the police, he had to leave immediately. He didn't seem to understand me either, though. I was losing my patience because I didn't understand what a stranger was doing in my room. Besides, I was tired and wanted to sleep. So, I decided to go back to the reception; however, it was midnight, and there was no one there. Therefore, I thought I'd sleep on the couch and then talk to you early in the morning. Finally, I'd like to file a complaint against your hotel."
"But sir, your room is 303, but you tried to access room 302!"
| 02 |
Segunda versión Plural · Primera persona |
"Good morning! Pay attention to what we're about to say: First of all, we have an important complaint about the hotel service. Yesterday we tried to get into our room; however, the door was locked. Then we thought about going back to the reception, yet just before we left, the door opened, and a couple came along with our hotel towels and slippers. Since we're polite, we asked them nicely what they were doing in our room. The couple seemed very angry and told us something in a language we couldn't understand. Whenever someone doesn't understand our language, we speak to them in English. So, we told them that unless they wanted us to call the police, they had to leave immediately. But they didn't seem to understand us either. We were losing our patience because we didn't understand what they were doing in our room. Besides, we were tired, and we wanted to sleep. So, we decided to go back to the reception; however, it was midnight, and there was no one there. Therefore, we thought we'd sleep on the couch and then talk to you early in the morning. Finally, we'd like to file a complaint against your hotel."
"Sir and ma'am...your room is 303, but you tried to access room 302!"
| 03 |
Tercera versión Tercera persona · Pasado |
Some days ago, a woman came to complain about the hotel service. First of all, she had an important complaint about the hotel service. She said that she tried to get into her room yesterday; however, the door was locked. Then she thought she'd go back to the front desk, yet just before she left, the door opened, and a man showed up wearing her hotel towel and slippers. Since she was polite, she asked him nicely what he was doing in her room. The man seemed very angry and said something in a language she couldn't understand. The woman also mentioned that whenever someone doesn't understand her language, she speaks to them in English. And she told the man in her room that unless he wanted her to call the police, he had to leave immediately. The man didn't seem to understand her either, though. The woman was losing her patience because she didn't understand what a stranger was doing in her room. Besides, she was tired and wanted to sleep. So, she decided to go back to the reception; however, it was midnight, and there was no one there. Therefore, she thought she'd sleep on the couch and then talk to us early in the morning. Finally, she said that she'd like to file a complaint against our hotel.
However, we had to inform her that there had been a mix-up. Moreover, she was the one who tried to access room 302, instead of room 303.
Después de repetir la historia desde distintos puntos de vista, seguro que ahora ves con más claridad cómo se usan los conectores. Tómate tu tiempo y escucha la historia tantas veces como necesites.
Gracias por escuchar. Nos vemos en el próximo episodio.
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Connector
Una palabra o expresión que sirve para conectar ideas y organizar el habla o la escritura.
Besides
Se utiliza para añadir otro punto, idea o razón.
Moreover
Un conector formal que sirve para añadir información adicional.
Since
Se utiliza para introducir una razón o causa.
Whenever
Significa «cada vez que» ocurre una situación determinada.
Therefore
Se utiliza para introducir un resultado o una consecuencia lógica.
Nevertheless
Se utiliza para introducir una idea que contrasta con lo dicho anteriormente.
Finally
Se utiliza para introducir el último punto o paso de una secuencia.
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