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Aquí les tengo un chiste que recibí hoy de uno de mis colegas.
¡ qué les guste!
Rosemary
Al and Joe are bungee-jumping one day. Al says
to Joe, "You know, we could make a lot of money running our own
bungee-jumping service in Mexico." Joe
thinks this is a great idea, so they pool their money and buy everything
they'll
need; a tower, an elastic cord, insurance etc.
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They travel to Mexico and begin to set up on
the square. As they are constructing the tower, a crowd begins to
assemble. Slowly, more and more people
gather to watch them at work. When they had finished, there was such a
crowd they thought it would be a good idea to
give a demonstration. So Al jumps. He bounces at the end of the cord,
but when he comes back up, Joe notices that he
has a few cuts and scratches.
Unfortunately, Joe isn't able to catch Al, and
he falls again, bounces and comes back up again. This time, he is bruised
and bleeding. Again Joe misses him. Al
falls again and bounces back up. This time he comes back pretty messed
up --
he's got a couple of broken bones and is almost
unconscious. Luckily, Joe finally catches him this time and says, "What
happened? Was the cord too long?"
Barely able to speak, Al gasps, "No, the bungee
cord was fine, it was the crowd. What the heck is a Piñata?"
VII. CINE LIT UPDATE (See last week's Bole
for days and times):
Dear Cine-Lit Participant:
1) Please make your hotel reservations
ASAP in order to assure
yourselves to the lowest rate. (Days
Inn, 6th AVE, Portland, OR
1.800.325.2525)
2) There will be a banquet on Saturday evening.
The cost is $20.
Please plan on joining everyone at Portland's
premier Spanish
Restuarant, Fernando's Hideaway.
3) Please check out the Cine-Lit website
for program and screening
information:
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~fvalerio/hispaniccinelit.html
¡Hasta pronto!
VIII. LAS PALABRAS SEMANALES by Kenneth
Barger. To subscribe to La Palabra Diaria, contact Ken Barger
at KennethBarger@cs.com. Ken reads so much,
it's amazing he even has time to do this compilation. So many of
you
have written to say how much you enjoy his addition
to our humble little Bole.
Esquilar: v. To shear, to fleece.
Las esquiladoras eléctricas cortan la lana
de manera más rápida y pareja y
causan menos estrés en los animales que
las primitivas tijeras utilizadas por
los lugareños para esquilar las alpacas.
Mike Ceaser. "Trasquilando la riqueza de
la vicuña." Américas, febrero
2000, pág. 11.
Reseña: nf. sketch, outline;
review (of a book, movie, etc.); review
(military).
Jorge Luis Borges, uno de los escritores latinoamericanos
más influyentes del
siglo XX, escribió miles de páginas
de ensayos, reseñas de libros, reseñas de
películas, prólogos, artículos
de enciclopedias y notas sobre artículos y
cultura.
Barbara Mujica. "Borges, huesos y chapucerías."
Américas, febrero 2000,
pág. 60.
Modelo de marco de alambre: nm. Wire-frame
model.
Basándose en las medidas de estos animales,
Richard utilizó un modelo de
marco de alambre en 3D para descubrir que una
ballena jorobada hambrienta
puede retener casi 57 mil litros de agua en una
sola ingestión.
National Geographic en Español, enero 2000,
sección "Entre bastidores".
Virreinato: nm. Viceroyalty
Estas mismas vías de intercambio les sirvieron
en el siglo XVI a los
exploradores, misioneros y colonizadores españoles
para establecer el Virreina
to de Nueva España, que abarcaba los actuales
México, Texas, Arizona,
California y el sur de Colorado.
Carlos G. Vélez Ibáñez.
"Emigración mexicana hacia Estados Unidos". Investig
ación y Ciencia, noviembre 1999, pág
63.
Escarlata: adj. inv. Scarlet; nf.
(path.) Scarlet fever.
Antes de la llegada de los europeos, por esas
rutas viajaban comerciantes y
mercaderes de plumas de color rojo escarlata
de la sureña Tamalhuipas,
amosaicados espejos del México central,
campanillas de cobre de Zacatecas,
entre otros artículos de lujo, y puede
que también alfarería.
Carlos G. Vélez Ibáñez.
"Emigración mexicana hacia Estados Unidos". Investig
ación y Ciencia, noviembre 1999, pág
62.
IX. WAFLT, SPRING REGIONAL.
I apologize for not getting this in the BOLE
earlier. Truly, I should have done this weeks ago, and the persistent
(appropriate) nagging of a core group of socios
has finally paid off!
Our FOURTH chapter idea share (the Northwestern
one) will occur at the March 25th Spring Regional at Mount
Vernon High. Your interest in Idea Shares
has been high-- at Spokane, at Longview, at Grand Coulee (although no one
has written to tell me how this one went), and
now at Mount Vernon. Co-hosting the Northwestern region's idea share
are socia Rosemary Leiva and Northwestern Vice
President Paloma Borreguero. As usual, bring 30 xeroxed copies of
your idea, and be prepared to spend 3-5 minutes
explaining it and fielding questions!
Thanks to AATSP socias Susan Redd and Katy Armagost,
we have a strong program for the WAFLT Spring
Regional. The Board wishes to encourage
every socio to refresh themselves with some collegial stimulation.
To attend the Spring Regional, contact Susan
Redd, WAFLT Spring Regional Chair, 20145 Cook Road, Burlington,
WA 98233-9604. You may also phone her at
Mount Vernon High School, (360) 428-6100 x2090.
X. A NOTE ABOUT NEXT YEAR.
Exciting things are in the works for next year:
A Merengue Dance Lesson/Dominican Culture Workshop, A
TPR-Storytelling Workshop, and the usual great
Idea Shares and Film Festival event. (I hope to be back from Spain
in
time for the Film Festival. I also plan
to work on acquiring a "theta"...thi theñor, I do. I just
adore Castillian Spanish!)
XI. NATIONAL WEB PAGE UPDATED.
Visit http://www.aatsp.org. Lots of people
groused to me about the August 1999 meeting being featured as late as last
week! I passed it on. They do listen.
Also, take a moment to see what Edu Tobar has added to our page,
http://www.users.uswest.net/~eledu/aatsp.
Hasta la próxima,
Jay
REPEAT ITEMS:
I. ENHANCING INSTRUCTION IN YOUR FOREIGN
LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: INCREASING
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THROUGH INTERACTIVE LEARNER-CENTERED
ACTIVITIES: A
SEMINAR BY BARBARA SNYDER
Spokane: March 27, 2000
Bellevue: March 28, 2000
I have seen Barbara in action and can recommend
this seminar to you: it will be fast-paced, thought-provoking, and
chock full of activities you can bring to your
classroom the very next day. Barbara is a recipient of the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
(ACTFL) Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language
Education at the Secondary Level.
The cost of the seminar, which is sponsored by
the Bureau of Education and Research (BER), is $159, and they will
accept a School District Purchase Order.
You can receive Washington state clock hours or graduate level university
credit.
You can register at http://www.ber.org or call
1-800-735-3503.
Washington State Juan de Fuca Chapter, AATSP
"Todos a una."