MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

On January 16th is Martin Luther King Day.

 

Martin Luther King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil right movement which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law.

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Last & Ago

Ago

Expression of time + ago

1) An expression + ago refers to a finished time, and is normally used with a past tense, not a present perfect.

- I met her six weeks ago.

- I met her a long time ago.

- She phoned a few minutes ago.

- He was watching the television ten minutes ago.

Last

1) Last is used without the article "the". Last week, last month, etc, just before the one in which the words are said or written.

These time expression are normally used with past tenses and without articles and without prepositions.

- I had a cold last week.

- Were you at the meeting last week?

- We bought this car last year.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

Listen the song AULD LANG SYNE.
Here you are the lyrics:
Letra de Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

Eh...

Happy New Year, baby

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

Happy New Year, baby
Happy New Year, baby

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!


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WINTER SOLSTICE

Happy winter solstice.
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