Annabel Lee

un poema de Edgar Alan Poe.

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Real Love

John Lennon was murdered 30 years ago today. This song in the video here was released many years after his death and it's one of my favourite love songs ever. It is also a good way to revise the past continuous for those of you who mix it up with other tenses.



All my little plans and schemes,
lost like some forgotten dreams.
Seems that all I really was doing
was waitin' for you.

Just like little girls and boys,
playing with their little toys.
Seems like all we really were doing
was waitin' for love.

Don't need to be alone,
No need to be alone.

It's real love, it's real,
Yes it's real love, it's real.

From this moment on I know,
exactly where my life will go.
Seems that all I really was doing
was waitin' for love.

Don't need to be afraid,
No need to be afraid.

It's real love, it's real,
Yes it's real love, it's real.

Thought I'd been in love before,
but in my heart I wanted more.
Seems like all I really was doing
was waitin' for you.

Don't to be alone,
No need to be alone.

It's real love, yeah it's real,
It's real love, it's real,
Yes, it's real love, it's real,
It's real love, it's real,
Yes it's real love, it's real,
It's real love, it's real,
Yes it's real love, it's real,
It's real love, it's real,
Yes it's real love....

Pick me up

Isabel Marrón from 4 A recommends us this song: Pick me up by Emilia de Poret. She has asked me for a translation of some of its expressions. Enjoy!



Everytime I look into your eyes
I know it only comes once in life
And now my hearts gone cold
And the one who brings it back, yeah
Is you, and I don’t wanna be without you now

So pick me up
Take me out
Turn it on, Yeah
Pick me up
Take me out
Turn it on, Yeah
And now my hearts gone cold
And the one who brings it back, Is you
Pick me up
Are you ever gonna do that?
Are you ever gonna do that?

You know it cuts deap like a knife,
And God knows how much I tried, Yeah
And now my hearts gones cold
And the one who brings it back, yeah
Is you, and I just wanna be with you tonight, yeah

So pick me up
Take me out
Turn it on, Yeah
Pick me up
Take me out
Turn it on, Yeah
And now my hearts gone cold
And the one who brings it back, Is you
So pick me up
Are you ever gonna do that?
Are you ever gonna do that?

Tell me when this could be wrong
If you stay with me tonight
Its with you that I’m alone
Hold me tight
Hold on, Hold on

Are you ever gonna pick me up

So pick me up
Take me out
Turn it on, Yeah
Pick me up
Take me out
Turn it on, Yeah
And now my hearts gone cold
And the one who brings it back, Is you
Pick me up

Are you ever gonna do that?
Are you ever gonna do that?
Are you ever gonna pick me up
Are you ever gonna do that?
Are you ever gonna do that?

Adjective order: with songs.

When we have many adjectives, they have a fixed order.

General size shape age colour participle material origin noun Head

Nice large square old green striped wooden English kitchen tables.

Very dificult?? just remember:

* Adjectives don't connect with "AND". NO: Long and black hair. YES: Long, black hair.

* Size first, colour second.

And this song can help you remember: Little Green Bag, by George Baker, from the Reservoir Dogs film by Quentin Tarantino. The song begins at 0:18 seconds.



Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag,
Got to find just the kind or I'm losin' my mind
Out of sight in the night out of sight in the day,
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my way.
Out of sight in the night out of sight in the day,
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my way.
Lookin' back
Lookin' for some happiness
But there is only loneliness to find
Jump to the left, turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs, lookin' behind, yeah!
Lookin' for some happiness
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But there is only loneliness to find
Jump to the left, turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs, lookin' behind.
Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag,
Got to find just the kind or I'm losin' my mind
Out of sight in the night out of sight in the day,
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my way.
Lookin' back on the track for a little little green bag,
Got to find just the kind or I'm losin' my mind,
Alright.
Lookin' for some happiness
But there is only loneliness to find
Jump to the left, turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs, lookin' behind.
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