THE TRUCK STOP!

Passage No. 22 – May 14, 1999/Composicion No. 22

THE TRUCK STOP/LA PARADA DE CAMINONES

 The truck stop is an important business in the United States.  Las paradas para camiones ha convertido en un negocio importante en Estados Unidos.

A stop must pump at least 250,000 gallons of fuel a month to stay in business.  Una parada debe bombear por lo menos 250,000 galones (946,000 m4) cada mes para permancer vigente.

Truckers buy about 10 billion gallons of fuel each year.  Los camioneros compran alrededor de 10 billones de galones de combustible cada año.

This has helped push truck stops into expanding their services to attract more business.  Todo esto ha causado que la parada de camiones expandiera sus servicios para atraer mas negocios aun.

 You can now find barber and haircare shops, salad bars and restaurants, dance and resting lounges, telephones, banks, shopping areas, video games, showers and T.V. rooms and other services such as religious items and counselling in truck stops.  Se puede encontrar peluqueros, estilistas, tenedor libre de ensalada, restaurantes, salas para bailar y descansar, telefonos, bancos, areas para hacer compras, y otros serviciios tales como articulos religiosos y asesoriamiento ahi.

In one truck stop there was even a cat and rocking chair because the owner believed the truckers were lonely guys.  En una hasta habia un gato y una silla mecedora porque el dueño creia que los camioneros fueran individuos "solitarios".

He made the cat available for them to pet it.  Hizo el gato disponible para que lo mimen.

Women are about 4 percent of the workforce and truck stops also cater to them.  Las mujeres son alrededor de 4 per ciento de la personal del pais y los parados de caminones tambien les provee.

In September of 1988 the person running for President, George Bush, thought truck stops were so popular that he campaigned in one in Illinois.  En Septiembre de 1988, la persona apostando para Presidente era George Bush.  El penso que las paradas de camiones eran muy populares y asi hizo una campaña en uno en Illinois.

He ate a taco salad with chili and left a 50 dollar tip!  En esta, comio una ensalada mexicana que se llama "taco" y ¡dejo de propina cincuenta dolares!

 Questions:

Cuestionario:

1.  How much fuel must a truck stop pump a month to stay in business?

1.  ¿Cuanta cantidad de combustible debe bombear una parada de camion para poder mantenerse vigente?

2.  Describe the new truck stops comparing them to the old ones.

2.  Describe las paradas de camiones actuales, y comparelos con los de antes.

3.  Is dancing allowed in some truck stops?

3.  ¿Se permite bailes en algunas paradas?

4.  Is it common to find animals in truck stops?

4.  ¿Es comun encontrar animales en las paradas?

5.  Why do truck stops try to have services for women?

5.  ¿Por que hacen servicios disponibles para mujeres?

The importance of Lent! (Scroll down for English!)

Hola Chicas!

En estos dias ustedes preguntan una y otra vez , Por que tanto dolor y sufrimiento?  Justo, ayer para Jueves, antes de Ramos, habia un parrafo que se llama "En el Jardin".  Estaba en el librito que heredi de mi Tia Regina que se murio hace poco a los 100 anos!  El librito se llama "Cuaresma para Ninos, un pensamiento para cada dia".  (Lent for Children, A Thought a Day).

EN EL JARDIN

En el Jardin nuestro Senor empezo Su Pasion Sagrado.  Era una vision de nuestros pecados que le causo gritar, "Padre, si sea posible, quitame este caliz de sufrimiento, pero que sea su voluntad y no la mia".  Nuestro Senor confiaba en su Padre Divino, y acepto todo que se lo mando.

Cuando tengas tristeza, que en algun momenta venga, acuerdate que Tu Padre Divino, la ha mandado, y El no se equivoca.  El manda, siempre con Amor, lo que sea lo mejor para Ti.

Dici esto durante el dia:

"Que se haga Su Voluntad, rapidamente dire con distreza,

Al aparecer cualquier signo de tristeza"!

IN ENGLISH:

From a booklet I inherited from Aunt Regina, who died not to long ago at the age of 100!  The booklet is called "Lent for Children, A Thought a Day", and this passage from Thursday before Palm Sunday answers questions some friends have been making about so much suffering!

IN A GARDEN

In a garden out dear Lord began His Sacred Passion.  It was the vision of our sins that caused Him to cry, "Father, if it be possible, let this chalice of suffering pass from Me--but Thy Will, not Mine, be done".  For Our Lord trusted His Heavenly Father, and accepted all that He sent Him.

When sorrow comes to you, as it surely will, remember your loving Father sent it, and He makes no mistakes.  He sends, always in love, the thing that is best for you.

Say often through the day:

"Thy Will be done", I'll quickly say, As soon as sorrow comes my way.

                                          So be it!  Karla

THE AMAZING AMAZON!!!

Passage No. 21/Composicion No. 21

 CHICO VIVE

The Amazon, a huge remote rain forest in Northern Brazil, is the magic mountain of ecology.  Los Amazones son una selva gigante y remoto en el norte de Brazil y es como una montaña magica de la ecologia.

It is the lung of the World and needs to be protected from destruction.  Es conocido como "el pulmon" del mundo y necesita proteccion para que no se destruya.

An anthropologist who has worked there for ten years said, "It is the people who live from the forest who will save the forest".  Un antropologo que ha trabajado ahi por diez años ha dicho, "es la misma gente que vive en la selva que la va a proteger.

Many of those people are poor people and Indians who have grouped together to defend their simple way of life.  Mucha de esta gente son personas pobres y indigenas quienes han agrupados para defender su forma sencilla de vida.

One of their leaders, Chico Mendes, was murdered in 1988.  Uno de sus lideres, Chico Mendes, fue asesinado en 1988. 

He once said, "I want to live to defend the Amazon".  Alguna vez el proclamo, "Quiero vivir para defender la Amazona".

All the aggression of the developers and the fears of losing that important green abundance were focused into his death.  Toda la agresion de promotores y los temores de perder esa abundancia, importante y verde canalizaban en la vida de Chico.

The whole world is looking towards the Amazon for solutions to the problem of destruction and Chico Mendes has become a symbol of peaceful protest for environmentalists.  El mundo entero mira a la Amazona para soluciones a los problemas de destruccion, y Chico Mendes se ha convertido en un simbolo de protesta pacifica para ambientalistas.

Questions: / Cuestionario:

1.  Describe the rain forest.

1.  Describe la selva.

2.  Why is the rain forest the lung of the World?

2.  ¿Por que se llama la selva "el pulmon" del mundo?

3.  How do the Indians live in the rain forest? / 3.  Describe como las indigenas viven en la selva.

4.  Do developers protect the land in the Amazon in some cases?

4.  ¿Los promotores protegen a la tierra en la Amazona en algunos casos?

5.  Can you name other people who fight for ecology?

5.  Comente sobre otra gente que lucha para proteger a la medioambiente.

FOR FUN!!! START THINKING ABOUT IT!

Why English is so hard to learn?

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 
4. We must polish the Polish furniture. 
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out. 
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.
8. I did not object to the object.
9. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 
10. They were too close to the door to close it. 
11. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 
12. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in
eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. 

English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. 

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

You cannot buy boots in Boots, you cannot buy virgins in Virgins, you
cannot buy threshers in Threshers, and the Superdrug chain is a
disappointment. 

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find
that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig
is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?

One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats
vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an
asylum for the verbally insane.

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

We ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet
that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a
wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your
house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by
filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race which, of course, isn't a race at all).

That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the
lights are out, they are invisible.

And finally, how about when you want to shut down your computer you have
to hit "START"?

Poem-Song..."LA ULTIMA MIRADA"...From listening to the song by Vicentico "Solo un Momento"!

LA ULTIMA MIRADA /26  Febrero, 2013

(Dedicated to Vicentico!)

Algo me decia tus ojos

Que las sonrisas y afectos ocultaban…

Fue una Mirada trabada en el silencio de un segundo,

Permitido entre la muchedumbre…

O quizas simplemente habilmente robado?

Y esa Mirada hablo, conto todo lo que quisieses decir.

Expreso lo hondo de todo lo que te pasaba…

Paso tan repentinamente,

Y se perdio en el festejo de tenerte todavia!

                                         Por: Karla

THE LAST GLANCE

Your eyes said something that your smiles and affections hid.

It was a glance caught in the silence of a second, allowed amongst the multitude.

Or perhaps simply skillfully stolen?

That glance spoke all you wished, or had, to say,

And told about your deepest intimacy.

It passed by so quickly!

And got lost in the festivities of having you still, with me!

                       By: Karla

A WOMAN'S WORK!!!

Passage No. 20/Composicion No. 20

ABIGAIL ADAMS

It was not easy for Abigail Adams to be the wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams.  No era facil para Abigail Adams ser la esposa del segundo Presidente de los Estados Unidos, John Adams.

Often she is known only as a devoted wife and mother.  Muchas veces ella esta conocida solo como una esposa dedicada y mama.

Actually, she experienced bitterness from her self-sacrifice to liberty's demands.  Realmente, ella sufrio amargor a los exigencias de la "libertad".

There was abuse from journalists and physical and financial hardships as she moved from a quiet country life to European courts and the Presidential mansion.  Habia mal trato de las periodistas, y privacion material ya que se mudo de una vida tranquilo en el campo rural a los cortes europeos y la mansion presidencial.

The price of Abigail's patriotism and ambition was frequent loneliness.  El precio de su patriotismo y ambicion consistia en frequente soledad.

Her husband, who was named John, and her son, who was John Quincy, were away for years at a time.  Su marido, de nombre "John" y su hijo, "John Quincy" iban de viaje por temperados de años enteros. 

Her son, John Quincy became the sixth President.  Este hijo, "John Quincy" se convertio en el sexto presidente.

Her letters give a valuable picture of her society and times.  Las cartas de Abigail ofrecen un cuadro valioso de esos tiempos y la sociedad.

She was a champion of women's rights.  Ella era conocida como una defensora de los derechos de la mujer.

She encouraged her husband to "remember the ladies" when drafting the nation's new legal system.  A la vez, incentivava a su marido a "tener presente a las damas" cuando preparaba el sistema legal nuevo de la nacion.

Questions:

Cuestionario:

1.  Can you name some Presidents of the United States?

1.  Nombre algunos Presidentes de los Estados Unidos.

2.  What would being the wife of a President be like?

2.  Describe como seria la vida de un presidente.

3.  Do you enjoy being on your own for long periods of time?  Explain.

3.  ¿Disfrutes estar a solas por largos periodos de tiempo?  Comente acerca de esto.

4.  Talk about how letter writing has changed.  How do people communicate?

4.  Comente acerca de cartas en comunicacion.  ¿Como se suele comunicarse la gente actualmente?

5.  Do you know about any other mothers of Presidents.  Talk about them.

5.  Comente acerca de las mamas de presidentes.

THE LUNG OF THE WORLD!!!

Passage No. 21/Composicion No. 21

 CHICO VIVE

The Amazon, a huge remote rain forest in Northern Brazil, is the magic mountain of ecology.  Los Amazones son una selva gigante y remoto en el norte de Brazil y es como una montaña magica de la ecologia.

It is the lung of the World and needs to be protected from destruction.  Es conocido como "el pulmon" del mundo y necesita proteccion para que no se destruya.

An anthropologist who has worked there for ten years said, "it is the people who live from the forest who will save the forest".  Un antropologo que ha trabajado ahi por diez años ha dicho, "es la misma gente que vive en la selva que la va a proteger.

Many of those people are poor people and Indians who have grouped together to defend their simple way of life.  Mucha de esta gente son personas pobres y indigenas quienes han agrupados para defender su forma sencilla de vida.

One of their leaders, Chico Mendes, was murdered in 1988.  Uno de sus lideres, Chico Mendes, fue asesinado en 1988. 

He once said, "I want to live to defend the Amazon".  Alguna vez el proclamo, "Quiero vivir para defender la Amazona".

All the aggression of the developers and the fears of losing that important green abundance were focused into his death.  Toda la agresion de promotores y los temores de perder esa abundancia, importante y verde canalizaban en la vida de Chico.

The whole world is looking towards the Amazon for solutions to the problem of destruction and Chico Mendes has become a symbol of peaceful protest for environmentalists.  El mundo entero mira a la Amazona para soluciones a los problemas de destruccion, y Chico Mendes se ha convertido en un simbolo de protesta pacifica para ambientalistas.

Questions: / Cuestionario:

1.  Describe the rain forest.

1.  Describe la selva.

2.  Why is the rain forest the lung of the World?

2.  ¿Por que se llama la selva "el pulmon" del mundo?

3.  How do the Indians live in the rain forest? / 3.  Describe como las indigenas viven en la selva.

4.  Do developers protect the land in the Amazon in some cases?

4.  ¿Los promotores protegen a la tierra en la Amazona en algunos casos?

5.  Can you name other people who fight for ecology?

5.  Comente sobre otra gente que lucha para proteger a la medioambiente.

TIME TO EAT GUYS!/A COMER, GENTE!

Passage No. 19/Composicion No. 19

 THE PIZZA FACTORY/LA FABRICA DE PIZZA

 When Angelo and Alessandra were very young mother used to make pizza.  Cuando Angelo y Alessandra eran joven, mama solia hacer pizza. 

She would take some flour, yeast and warm water and knead it all together.  Ella tomaba harina, levadura, agua tibia y amasaba todo junto.

Then she gave a piece of the dough to Alessandra and some to Angelo.  Luego, ella daba un pedazo de la masa a Alessandra, y tambien a Angelo.

"Now, you children make what you want to with the dough", she commanded.  "Ahora, chicos, hagan lo que quieren con la masa", ella ordenaba.

Angelo made a snake at first and then he decided he preferred  to make a turtle.  Angelo hizo una vibora a principios y despues decidio que preferia hacer una tortuga.

Alessandra tried to make an animal, but it looked like a rock.  Alessandra intento hacer un animal, pero se veia como una roca.

Then mother cooked the children's creations with the pizza.  Entonces, mama cocino las creaciones de los chicos junto con la pizza. 

After admiring them, the children ate them all up.  Despues de admirarlos, ¡los chicos comieron todo!

 Questions:/Cuestionario:

 1.  Do you know how to make bread and how do you do it?

1.  ¿Sabes cocinar pan y explique como se hace esto?

2.  What other foods do you know how to cook?

2.  ¿Que otras comidas sabes cocinar?

3.  Is it good to let children be creative and in what ways?

3.  ¿Es saludable la creatividad para los niños, y en que formas?

4.  What other forms can be shaped out of bread dough?

4.  ¿Que otras formas son posibles hecho de masa de pan?

5.  Discuss:  Bread is fattening.

5.  Comente sobre el dicho, "el pan engorda".