Aprende el inglés auténtico de libros y películas.
Añade palabras o expresiones para aprender y practica con otros usuarios.
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Comenzar a aprender
I was just an ignorant bum who read a lot at libraries to stay out of the rain.
You know, mostly day labor jobs and flophouses.
And then, after years of hustling, I finally... I managed to...
to weasel my way into a job on the sports desk
of a local paper in northern California, which was a dream,
it's just, the only problem was, I didn't know how to write.
I mean, I could read okay, but to actually type out sentences and spelling
I didn't know anything.
In the newspaper business, this could be a problem.
Yeah, the city editor found it particularly amusing
when I spelled the word "maybe," M-A-B-E.
He called me a liar and then he fired me.
So, what did you do?
Well, I... I knew that I wanted to be a writer.
And the only thing I could do was go and beg for my job back.
So, after about three days of-of begging,
he finally said, "Okay, fine. You have two weeks, no pay.
"Maybe you can learn to be a writer."
So I worked at the paper during the day
and then at night I stayed,
typing over your short stories.
I copied them word for word.
It taught me how to type,
it taught me the English language,
it taught me spelling, grammar and how to write dialogue.
It taught me how to see.
- Smart. - It changed my life.
writer - escritor
write - escribir
which - cual
weasel - comadreja
typing - mecanografía
three - tres
thing - cosa
taught - enseñó
particularly - particularmente
english - inglés
during - durante
learn - aprender
dialogue - diálogo
amusing - divertido
begging - mendicidad
could - podría
years - años
fired - despedido
copied - copiado
worked - trabajó
after - después
stories - cuentos
newspaper - periódico
actually - actualmente
problem - problema
about - acerca de
editor - [object Object]
business - negocio
anything - cualquier cosa
found - encontró
called - llamado
finally - finalmente
short - corto
california - California
hustling - empujando
ignorant - ignorante
labor - trabajo
language - idioma
spelled - espelta
dream - sueño
libraries - bibliotecas
wanted - querido
local - local
grammar - gramática
managed - gestionado
sentences - frases
flophouses - casas de mala muerte
maybe - tal vez
spelling - ortografía
mostly - principalmente
night - noche
northern - del norte
changed - cambiado
paper - papel
weeks - semanas
smart - inteligente
sports - deportes
stayed - se quedó
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