SOLUCIONES

Preguntas elementales  Preguntas m�s dif�ciles
1. He was thirteen.
2. Yes, he does.
3. For three months.
4. Yes, he does.
5. Yes, he does.		 1. No, he doesn�t.
2. He took some more English classes and started studying again.
3. He lives �with his ears open�. He reads newspapers in English and watches the T.V and videos in English.
4. He looks it up in the dictionary, sometimes more than once!
5. Because it�s easier to learn when you are interested in the subject of a text or an article.

- Hello Emilio, welcome to Mansion Ingles. Can you tell me Emilio, how long have you been studying English?

- Erm.. hello well..erm..I�m.. I�ve been studying English from..from I was..er.. thirteen years old, but..er..there is a..a great gap until I �er.. resumed studying English when I was twenty-eight I took ..er..err.. some classes again, and ..er.. from..from..this time I�ve been studying..er�by my� by myself.

- I see, and how have you managed to learn? What systems have you used?

- Well, I�I�ll�I like to..to read..er.. in fact it�s very difficult to..to..find..er.. people that..er..er.. could �find people that ..er..er..could speak..er..with me, so I�I try to..to read and to�to watch T.V.

- Have you taken any formal courses?

- Well yes, as I told you before, I have taken..er..during three months..er..a short..er..er.. short period I think studying English in a academy.

- It must have been very difficult learning..er�by yourself so many years.

- Sure, that�s�that�s true, but I..I�am very interesting in..in..the English language. I find it..er�er�quite�er interesting for me and, well I like languages.

- And what do you do to keep in touch with English, to keep in contact with the language?

- Well, I..I..I..mm.. I live with my..my ears open, and..erm..I try to..to..to watch every.. every advice..and�or every�every sentence I see in newspapers and..erm..and I try to..to watch T.V., or see or watch videos or something...well, this is my method.

- I see, and how do you learn vocabulary, Emilio?

- Well, this is curious, but ..be..because as I told you before, I..I..like to..to read and when I find a new expression, and..er..I..I.try to..to..erm..to see th..this new word, and I..I go to the dictionary. I look..I look up the..the word or expression and I try to..to keep it..err.. very� an..and several times..er.. because..erm.. sometimes you need to go to the dictionary..er.. several times, not only once.

- I see, and finally Emilio, do you have any advice for people who are studying with Mansion Ingles?

- Well, my advice will be..er.. to be very very keen on..on English and�and ..th..th..look for the..the themes you are interested of, and�er�not to stop�mm� sometimes it�s..er..due to the..the..the themes, not the English, so you have to look your�your own subjects, the subject that you are interested. This is my advice.

- That�s very helpful. Thank you very much for your time.
 

       Vocabulario

A great gap = un gran par�ntesis
To resume = volver a tomar
Look up (a word) = buscar algo
Several = varios
Keen on something /someone= gustarle a uno algo/alguien
Due to = debido a/por causa de