A short tour (1:24) of British accents

Received Pronunciation (RP) is regarded as the standard accent of Standard English in the United Kingdom, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms. RP is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England", although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales.
It is important not to confuse the notion of Received Pronunciation – a standard 'accent' – with the standard variety of the English language used in England that is given names such as "Standard English", "the Queen's English", "Oxford English", or "BBC English". The study of RP is concerned exclusively with pronunciation, while study of the standard language is also concerned with matters such as grammar, vocabulary and style. An individual using RP will typically speak Standard English, although the reverse is not necessarily true (e.g. the standard language may be pronounced with a regional accent, such as a Scottish or Yorkshire 'accent'; but it is very unlikely that someone speaking RP would use it to speak the Scots or the Yorkshire 'dialect').

You Wanted A Hit, by LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem was an American alternative dance band from New York City. It was fronted by singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records. The group released three critically acclaimed albums: their eponymous debut (2005), Sound of Silver (2007) and This Is Happening (2010); the last brought them commercial success, charting in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. The band is a three-time Grammy Award nominee.
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Note the pronunciation in tough /tʌf/ and enough /ɪˈnʌf/

You Wanted A Hit

 You wanted a hit
But maybe we don't do hits
I try and try
It ends up feeling kind of wrong

 You wanted it tough
But is it ever tough enough?
No, nothing's ever tough enough
Until we hit the road

 Yeah, you wanted it lush
But honestly you must hush
No honestly you know too much
So leave us, leave us on our own

 And so you wanted a hit
Well, this is how we do hits
You wanted the hit
But that's not what we do

 You wanted it real
But can you tell me what's real?
There's lights and sounds and stories
Music's just a part

 Yeah, you wanted the truth
And then you said you want proof
I guess you're used to liars
Saying what they want

 And we won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies
'Til you take us home

 No, we won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies anymore
We can't be your babies
'Til you take us home

 Yeah, you wanted it smart
But honestly I'm not smart
No, honestly we're never smart
We fake it, fake it all the time

 Yeah, you wanted the time
But maybe I can't do time
Oh, we both know that's an awful line
But it doesn't make it wrong

 You wanted it right
No out of mind and out of sight
No dirty bus and early flight
No seven days and forty nights

 Yeah, you wanted a hit
But tell me where's the point in it?
You wanted the hit
But that's not what we do

 And we won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies
'Til you take us home

 No, we won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies anymore
We can't be your babies 
'Til you take us home

 And we won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies
'Til you take us home

 No, we won't be your babies anymore
We won't be your babies anymore
We can't be your babies 
'Til you take us home

Sight, a short sci-fi film

"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.

+++
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

10 English Idioms for Communication & Miscommunication

Con el siguiente vídeo podrás entender expresiones como "Ir directamente al grano" o "andarse por las ramas". ¿Cómo traducirías los siguientes idioms ingleses al español?

1. to drop someone a line: to contact someone by phone or email
2. to get ahold of someone: to contact someone (usually by phone)
3. to keep someone posted / to keep someone in the loop: update, inform someone about recent information
4. to hear through the grapevine: to hear the news indirectly, not directly from a person involved
5. to beat around the bush: to avoid talking directly about the main issue
6. to get right to the point: to talk directly about the main issue
7. to talk at cross-purposes: to talk about two completely different issues
8. to get their wires crossed: mistake in communication leading to a misunderstanding
9. to be playing phone tag: to telephone each other several times, but not be available to talk
10. to put your foot in your mouth: to feel ashamed of what you just said.

Pincha aquí para ver el vídeo. Comprueba tu pronunciación y entonación.

Charla con subtítulos del fotógrafo Iwan Baan

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.

Arcade Fire - Reflektor

Arcade Fire – Reflektor Lyrics
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New York I love you. LCD Sounsystem


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

Humor, serie Little Britain: Carol in Spain.

Vídeo de 2 min de la serie de humor Little Britain, con transcripciones y explicaciones. En este capítulo, Carol Beer trabaja en  algún lugar de las islas Baleares como agente de turismo. Pero no parece estar muy interesada en su trabajo, como siempre.
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Hong Kong honey



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


Hong Kong Honey. Play video

Hong Kong’s a really intense city. It’s the city that never sleeps.
Hong Kong Honey is really an organization. It’s not a company and it’s not a money-making project.
It’s really about connecting local people with local beekeepers and (1) supplying / fulfilling /
distributing them with local honey.

A lot of people actually think bees are naturally aggressive and likely to (2) sting / bite / buzz. I (3) discovered / hit on / came across that they’re actually really quite friendly and they’re only likely to (4) sting / bite / buzz if you agitate them in any way or cause any threat to them.
There’s not really that many (5) green spaces / vegetation / foliage within the city and so it was
always going to be a (6) dare / challenge / breakthrough to see if bees can actually survive and
harvest honey in the city

People are very (7) detached / unaware / uninterested from where their food actually comes
from. Food, or the origins of food, has kind of become a mystery now. Bees actually help pollinate (8) nearby / precisely/ roughly one third of our food. Without them, we’d be in (9) big /
seriously / important trouble; we’d have to do hand pollination.

I (10) check on / look into / call on the bees and open the hives about once a week. When I’m
working with the bees, I move very slowly, I’m really relaxed so everything’s really calm, it’s almost Zen-like.

I got this email from this young woman and her (11) ancient / old / elderly mother was actually
interested in keeping bees on her rooKop. Her mother grew up in the really rural part of China and her father was actually a beekeeper so she has this natural connection to nature and also to bees.

We moved the beehive to a roof and it makes me happy to think that she can (12) dwell on /
reminisce / look down on and think about her childhood when she grew up on the farm.

My name’s Michael Leung. I live in Yau Ma Tei in Hong Kong and I’m a product designer and beekeeper.

Valentine's Day by David Bowie


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4R8HTIgHUU

Valentine told me who’s to go
Feelings he treasured most of all
The teachers and the football stars
It’s in his tiny face
It’s in his scrawny hands
Valentine sold his soul
He’s got something to say
It’s Valentine’s day
The rhythm of the crowd
Benny and Judy down
Valentine sees it all
He’s got something to say
It’s Valentine’s day
Valentine told me how he feels
If all the world were under his heels
Or stumbling through the mall
It’s in his tiny face
It’s in his scrawny hands
Valentine Knows it all
He’s got something to say
It’s Valentine’s day
Valentine, Valentine
Valentine, Valentine
It’s in his scrawny hands
It’s in his icy heart
It’s happening today
Valentine, Valentine
It’s in his scrawny hands
It’s in his icy heart
It’s happening today
Valentine, Valentine

Directors: Indrani and Markus Klinko
Executive Producers: Indrani, Markus Klinko, GK Reid 
Production Designer: GK Reid
Post Production: Double Exposure Studios and the Mill
All photos: Jimmy King


Music video by David Bowie performing Valentine's Day. (c) 2013 ISO Records, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

Wanna be in L.A. by Eagles of Death Metal

Eagles of Death metal. Wanna be in L.A.play video

Eagles of Death Metal
Wanna be in L.A.
From the Album Heart on

Lyrics:
I came to L.A. to be rock and roll,
along the way i had to sell my soul,
I made some good friends that make me say,
I really wannabe in L.A.

I took the time to get to beverly,
Laid some rockettape roll on the 180?
Allen and natasha always make me say,
I really wannabe in L.A.

( I really wannabe in L.A wahahoo)
( I really wannabe in L.A wahahoo)
( I really wannabe in L.A wahahoo)

I take the city in the dead of night,
I'm burning gas untill i feel allright,
The sunset honeys always make me say,
I really wannabe in L.A.

I came to L.A. to be rock and roll,
along the way i had to sell my soul,
I made some good friends that make me say,
I really wannabe in L.A.

5 verbos compuestos con GET - Phrasal Verbs With 'Get'

1. Get behind with. Quedarse atrás en algo
2. Get something over with. Hacer algo aunque no te guste
3. Get around / round something. Evitar, sortear
4. Get over something. Recuperarse de algo
5. Get at something. Querer llegar, decir

Traducir los phrasal verbs ingleses es complicado. Try to understand the following explanations, courtesy of Oxford online English.

Circular Economy

Vídeo subtitulado en español sobre la economía global y la sociedad de consumo.
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