Aprenda inglés con un mensaje en una botella

De una declaración de amor a una solicitud de trabajo, Nicola White ha descubierto 30 mensajes en botellas a lo largo del río Támesis. Aprenda nuevo vocabulario.

Transcripción en inglés

Nobody likes junk mail ...

But this pile of rubbish might contain just what Nicola White is looking for.

She hunts for messages in bottles on the banks of the River Thames in England.

Nicola’s found over 30 in three years, including a declaration of love and an appeal for a job.

It seems, in this case, bottling up your emotions is a good way of sharing them.

Vocabulario

junk mail correo basura

hunts busca

banks riberas

declaration of love declaración de amor

bottling up (en este caso) reprimir

Watch the video online: Message in a bottle http://bbc.in/1t4Q5Zc

Ejercicios

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC stories. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

junk mail / hunts / banks / declaration of love / bottling up

1. So a typical __________ might be: "Older brother loves younger sister." If, however the woman was older, it would be: "Older sister loves younger brother."

2. Officials say people should complain to the Direct Marketing Association or the Office of Fair Trading if they continue to receive __________ after requesting not to.

3. Tens of thousands of people have lined the __________ of the Qiantang River in China to watch the world-famous annual tidal bore.

4. Police are __________ for vandals who slashed 13 tyres on vehicles in Grouville belonging to a St Martin-based used car dealer.

5. "_________ these harmful emotions is the worst thing that we can do and invariably makes matters worse," he said.

Respuestas

1. So a typical declaration of love might be: "Older brother loves younger sister." If, however the woman was older, it would be: "Older sister loves younger brother."

Source: Vietnam: Where saying 'I love you' is impossible

http://bbc.in/1s4G6Vs

2. Officials say people should complain to the Direct Marketing Association or the Office of Fair Trading if they continue to receive junk mail after requesting not to.

Source: Junk mail crackdown to see launch of website

http://bbc.in/1tYim5f

3. Tens of thousands of people have lined the banks of the Qiantang River in China to watch the world-famous annual tidal bore.

Source: China tidal bore draws huge crowds along Qiantang River

http://bbc.in/1AQZa8e

4. Police are hunting for vandals who slashed 13 tyres on vehicles in Grouville belonging to a St Martin-based used car dealer.

Source: Jersey Police hunt Gorey tyre slasher

http://bbc.in/1oUkpk2

5. "Bottling up these harmful emotions is the worst thing that we can do and invariably makes matters worse," he said.

Source: Boxing trainer Gerry Storey backs mental health campaign

http://bbc.in/1u1BxY5