FunnyLessons - Curso de Inglés

A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand.

He notices, however, that they are copying copies, not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies.

The head monk says "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original.

Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears a sobbing coming from the back of the cellar, and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks what's wrong.

The old monk sobs, "The word is celebrate, celebrate. Not celibate!!!"

	about (abáut) - acerca de
	against (egéinst) - contra
	all (óol) - todas
	by hand (bái jánd) - a mano
	celibate (sélibeit) - célibe, soltero
	cellar (sélar) - sótano
	centuries (sénturis) - siglos
	copies (kópis) - copias
	downstairs (dáunstéars) - escaleras abajo
	first (férst) - primero
	head (jed) - director, cabeza (de organización)
	hour (áuar) - hora
	however (jáuéver) - sin embargo

if (if) - si
later (léiter) - más tarde
monk (monk) - monje, fraile
nobody (nóubodi) - nadie
old (óuld) - viejo, anciano
other (óder) - otros, otras
over (óuver) - sobre
So (sóu) - así, de este modo
son (san) - hijo
there (déar) - allí
what (uót) - qué
word (uéerd) - palabra
wrong (rong) - malo, incorrecto, erróneo


Irregulares
Present	Past	Past Participle

to come (kám)	came (kéim)	come (kám)	venir
to find (fáind)	found (fáund)	found (fáund)	encontrar
to go (góu)	went (uént)	gone (gon)	ir
to hear (jíer)	heard (jérd)	heard (jérd)	oír
to make (méik)	made (méid)	made (méid)	hacer
to say (séi)	said (sed)	said (sed)	decir
to see (síi)	saw (so)	seen (síin)	ver

Regulares

Phrasal verbs

to arrive (arráiv) - llegar, arribar

to ask (ask) - preguntar

to assign (asáin) - asignar

to celebrate (sélebreit) - celebrar

to check (chek) - chequear

to continue (kontíniu) - continuar

to copy (kópi) - copiar

to cry (krái) - llorar

to help (jelp) - ayudar

to lean (líin) - reclinarse, apoyarse

to notice (nóutis) - notar, darse cuenta

to sob (sob) - sollozar

look for - buscar

point out - señalar, indicar

if there were an error in the first copy,

si hubiera un error en la primera copia

that error would be continued in all of the copies

ese error se volvería a repetir en todas las copias

We have been copying from the copies for centuries

Hemos estado copiando copias durante siglos

you make a good point

es una buena observación