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ENGLISH MATTERS 4|<strong>2018</strong><br />

Thankfully, many New Orleans sights can be enjoyed<br />

without ever standing up. The city’s streetcars are some of<br />

the oldest in the United States. If you’re looking to head out<br />

a bit further, then a riverboat cruise would do you good. These<br />

cruises offer not only breathtaking views of the Mississippi,<br />

but they also have restaurants serving authentic New Orleans<br />

cuisine and live jazz bands that keep the atmosphere lively.<br />

If you’re willing to leave the city altogether, tours of pristine<br />

plantations and wild swamplands are a short drive away.<br />

Gaga Over NOLA<br />

You’d be hard-pressed to find a city that can combine<br />

disparate parts as seamlessly as New Orleans does. Whether<br />

you’re into urban architecture or natural beauty, rowdy bars<br />

or refined restaurants, a piece of history or a new novelty, New<br />

Orleans has got it all. It’s a modern city that has maintained<br />

some Old World charm. Everyone may be looking for something<br />

different once they arrive in New Orleans, but tourists<br />

and locals alike can agree that any experience in New Orleans<br />

will undoubtedly be unforgettable. <br />

Marie Laveau’s<br />

Mausoleum<br />

in St Louis<br />

Cemetery, New<br />

Orleans.<br />

TYPICAL SPANISH MISTAKES IN ENGLISH<br />

Give me it! No No, No!<br />

Although this is basic grammar, I have found that some<br />

intermediate students still make this grammar mistake.<br />

When in a sentence, we replace the object with the object<br />

pronoun we must always use the object pronoun before the personal<br />

pronoun.<br />

Let's make this point more clear with examples<br />

- Show me your passport or Show your passport to me - Show it<br />

<br />

to me! but never say: Show<br />

<br />

me it!<br />

- Give me my book! or Give my book to me! - Give it to me! and <br />

<br />

never say Give me it!<br />

<br />

- Send me the fax or send the fax to me! - Send it to me! and never<br />

<br />

Send me it!<br />

<br />

The same happens with the plural object pronoun<br />

<br />

<br />

- Give her the documents or Give the documents to her. Give them<br />

to her but never say Give her them! <br />

More examples<br />

- Pass me the salt, please - Pass it to me please but not Pass me it.<br />

- Bring some candies for the kids! - Bring them for the kids but not<br />

Bring the kids them.<br />

Hope it is clear now and hope this helps!<br />

Juan Manuel Leiva<br />

TEFL ENGLISH TEACHER<br />

http://alcalaenglish.es/<br />

Alcala de Henares.<br />

Phone contact +34 625483677<br />

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to head out | partir, ir<br />

cruise /kruːz/ | crucero<br />

breathtaking | impresionante<br />

pristine | aquí: puro, virgen<br />

swampland | marisma, pantano<br />

seamlessly | perfectamente, sin<br />

problemas<br />

rowdy | tumultuoso<br />

alike | por igual<br />

undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/ | sin<br />

duda<br />

unforgettable | inolvidable

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