Ingles I / Ing. en Sistemas Semestre 2

  Let's learn a little about the past simple and continuous.

Choose a lesson and practice your listening...

 

COUNTING STARS Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars" Yeah, we'll be counting stars I see this life, like a swinging vine Swing my heart across the line And in my face is flashing signs Seek it out and ye shall find Old, but I'm not that old Young, but I'm not that bold And I don't think the world is sold On just doing what we're told I feel something so right Doing the wrong thing And I feel something so wrong Doing the right thing I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie Everything that kills me makes me feel alive Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars" Lately, I've been, I've been losing slee...

What is an anglicism? Anglicisms  are linguistic loans from English to other languages  , that is, to the words, phrases and idioms that, in our case, Spanish often borrows from English, despite having its own resources to say the same thing.  It is a type of  foreignism   that, depending on the case and point of view, can be classified as barbarism or as  a neologism  , depending on the reasons that motivate its use. Anglicisms are very common today, due to the great importance of English as a commercial, media and technological language, especially in  nations  and  geographic regions  that have traditionally been in contact with British or North American culture. Its majority areas tend to be adolescent  speech  , entertainment and  Internet  slang , Spanglish speakers, and specialized  languages  ​​in the scientific-technological area. Like all foreign words, Anglicisms are rejected and fought by th...