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"Sight" es un cortometraje de ciencia ficción, pero ¿seguirá siendo ciencia ficción dentro de unos años?  May-raz y Daniel Lazo nos sitúan en un futuro donde las aplicaciones como Google Glass están por todas partes. Puedes seguir la transcripción más abajo.

Sight, a brilliant and disturbing short sci-fi film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, imagines a world in which Google Glass-inspired apps are everywhere. This is their graduation project from Bezaleal academy of arts.

SIGHT

Excellent!
Perfect!
Good job!
Excellent!
Well done!
+++ complete

Welcome

Snails zombies from your backyard

Life is a journey, and in this journey we all want to do more, experience more, feel more, and live with no boundaries. And why shouldn't we? Sight-Systems presents Sight-Seeing. Feel free to go anywhere.
Reminder:
Date at 9 pm. Choose outfit.

Patrick. Patrick?
Oh! Hi! Hi Daphne, how are you?
Sorry
It's OK
You look great
Thank you
A new jacket
Thanks. It's actually, it's a... it's a sports jacket, so... so that's, that's official +++ looks.
What do you mean?
Sorry?
What's the difference between a sports jacket and a normal one?
I guess a sports jacket is for... people who want to look good even when they're chased by the police. Ha ha.
Oh, yeah.
Anyway, I hope you're hungry as this place has the best burgers in town.
Oh, actually I'm vegetarian
Oh
Yeah
Really? Cause... cause you didn't say it in your profile, so...
Well, I don't write everything on my profile, so...
Uh, you wanna go somewhere else?
No, no, no, no, i't ok. I'll find something on the menu.
Well, how about a glass of wine for starters.
Yea, great.
So... are there... any other things in your profile that you didn't write about that I should know, or...

Aren't you scared of jogging by yourself in the city?
Not really. Besides, I'm about to hit level 5 in Marathon Master.
Pretty impressive!
I know, ha ha. Mm, what is scary, though, from my last route, my sight crashed. So scary. I didn't see anything, I couldn't find my way home.
Sight doesn't crash
Oh, it did! I was totally lost, I didn't see anything.
That doesn't happen since their last pack.
Do you work there or something?... really?
Yeah...
Wow! What do you do there?
Nothing serious, I'm just a simple engineer.
Actually, I read about your company in the news
Uh
Is it true that you guys ++++ and manipulate people's sights?
No. It is bullshit. But anyway, I don't wanna talk about work. Not when I'm here with such a pretty lady.

You know, you really got me.
You know, I can tell what you thinking right now.
Really? What?
Well, finished our drinks what are we going to do?
ha ha
How about we go to my place, for a nightcap?
Well, if you're so good at reading my mind, you should know what I'm going to say.

Here it is, +++++
Nice place you got here
It's alright, I guess.
A toast for a perfect night.

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What's that? A dating app?
No, no, no, no, no.
Oh my God, I cannot believe this, just my luck, a freaking gay junkie. Disgusting!
Wait
Do not touch me, you creep!
I said wait... And let's try this again.

Credits: 
Daniel Lazo
Eran May-raz
Hanan Revivo
Boaz Bachrach
Actors: 
Ori Golad 
Deborah Aroshas

El fotógrafo Iwan Baan nos muestra cómo la gente construye hogares en lugares insospechados, guiándonos por los apartamentos familiares de la Torre de David, un rascacielos de 45 pisos inacabado y abandonado en el centro de Caracas, por una ciudad sobre el agua en Nigeria, y por un pueblo subterráneo en China. Sus magníficas imágenes celebran la capacidad de la humanidad para sobrevivir y construir una casa en cualquier lugar.
Escucha la charla que ofreció en TED y guíate con los subtítulos en español. Después puedes escucharla de nuevo con subtítulos en inglés y mejorar tu pronunciación.

Continue reading the New York Times article, by Liz Alderman…

                                       Photo: Ilvy Njiokiktjien for The New York Times

El fotógrafo Alberto García-Alix entre los cuatro nominados en el Deutsche Börse photography prize 2014

Nomenee = nominado, candidato.

The pick of the bunch = lo mejor de lo mejor, la flor y nata.

Quiff = tupé.

Photography buff = amante de la fotografía,

Mischievous = travieso, pillo.

Continue reading the article in TheGuardian, by Sean O’Hagan… 

Don’t confuse pronunciation with accent. Good pronunciation doesn’t mean that we all have to talk like the Queen of England. As long as your pronunciation is understandable and pleasant that’s fine, if people struggle to understand you then you may need to try and reduce your accent, but unless you are an actor, and you need to play different roles, or you want to become a spy, it’s not worth trying to get rid of your accent.

That said, successful speaking is more than just knowing how to pronounce words correctly.

Enunciation is is the act of speaking clearly and concisely, making each word sound as clear as possible, without sounding as if you think the person you are talking to is an idiot.

Elocution is about putting the right emphasis and nuance into what you are saying. Even kids born and bred in the UK take elocution lessons.

Just a perfect day
drink sangria in the park
And then later when it gets dark
we go home

Just a perfect day
feed animals in the zoo
Then later a movie too
and then home

Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
you just keep me hanging on

Just a perfect day
problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
it’s such fun

Just a perfect day
you made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
someone good

Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
you just keep me hanging on

You’re going to reap just what you sow                           to reap: cosechar  /  to sow: sembrar
You’re going to reap just what you sow
You’re going to reap just what you sow
You’re going to reap just what you sow

Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Song: New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down
Album: Sound of Silver
Released: 2007
Label: DFA Records/Capitol Records

Lyrics:

New York, I Love You
But you’re bringing me down                        to bring down: hacer desaparecer/caer; hundir;                                                                                  abatir

New York, I Love You
But you’re bringing me down

Like a rat in a cage                                         cage: jaula
Pulling minimum wage                                 to pull: estirar           wage: salario

New York, I Love You
But you’re bringing me down

New York, you’re safer
And you’re wasting my time

Our records all show
You are filthy but fine                                    filthy: sucio, asqueroso

But they shuttered your stores                       to shutter: cerrar
When you opened the doors
To the cops who were bored
Once they’d run out of crime                         they’d = they had      to run out of (something):                                                                                                                        quedarse sin (algo)

New York, you’re perfect
Don’t please don’t change a thing

Your mild billionaire mayor’s                          mild: tierno, suave, apacible
Now convinced he’s a king

So the boring collect
I mean all disrespect

In the neighborhood bars
I’d once dreamt I would drink

New York, I Love You
But you’re freaking me out                          to freak (somebody) out: asustar,
                                                                       poner los pelos de punta (a alguien)   

There’s a ton of the twist                              Referencing The Beatle’s “Twist & Shout,”                                                                                               implies that New York still has the culture, 
                                                                       just not the pep and excitement it once had.

But we’re fresh out of shout                        

Like a death in the hall
That you hear through your wall

New York, I Love You
But you’re freaking me out

New York, I Love You
But you’re bringing me down

New York, I Love You
But you’re bringing me down

Like a death of the heart
Jesus, where do I start?

But you’re still the one pool
Where I’d happily drown                                    to drown: ahogarse

And oh.. Take me off your mailing list
For kids that think it still exists
Yes, for those who think it still exists

Maybe I’m wrong
And maybe you’re right
Maybe I’m wrong
And myabe you’re right

Maybe you’re right
Maybe I’m wrong
And just maybe you’re right

And Oh..
Maybe mother told you true
And they’re always be something there for you
And you’ll never be alone

But maybe she’s wrong
And maybe I’m right
And just maybe she’s wrong

Maybe she’s wrong
And maybe I’m right
And if so, here is this song

Hong Kong honey
Read the transcription and choose the right word between brackets