Phrasal Verbs, Vocabulario Idiomático y Biografía de Albert Einstein: Aprende Inglés

Vocabulario en inglés: expresiones y palabras clave

BE ECONOMICAL WITH THE TRUTH - No decir toda la verdad
BLUNTLY - Sin rodeos
DENY - Negar
FAKE - Farsante
FALL FOR STH - Tragarse algo
GOSSIP - Cotilleo
HOAX - Broma pesada
MAKE UP - Inventarse
OWN UP - Reconocer
PIGS MIGHT FLY - Cuando los cerdos vuelen
PRETEND - Fingir
TELL TALES - Contar chismes
TWO TIME - Poner los cuernos
WHITE LIE - Mentira piadosa

Phrasal verbs

• BACK UP - Apoyar
• COVER UP - Ocultar
• POINT OUT - Señalar
• TAMPER WITH - Manipular

Vocabulario sobre creencias y opiniones

• ACTIVIST - Activista
• AGNOSTIC - Agnóstico
• ATHEIST - Ateo
• BE CONVINCED - Estar convencido
• BELIEVE IN - Creer en
• CONDEMN - Condenar
• CONDONE - Aprobar
• DISAPPROVE OF - Estar en contra de
• ENVIRONMENTALIST - Experto en medioambiente
• EXTREMIST - Extremista
• JUSTIFIABLE - Justificable
• LEFT WING - De izquierdas
• MAINTAIN - Mantener
• OPPOSE - Oponerse a
• PC - Políticamente correcto
• RECKON - Creer
• RIGHT WING - De derechas
• SUPPORT - Apoyar
• TERRORIST - Terrorista

Expresiones idiomáticas

• BLACK AND WHITE - Blanco y negro
• PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - Hacer de abogado del diablo
• POINT OF VIEW - Punto de vista
• SEE EYE TO EYE - Coincidir
• SIT ON THE FENCE - Ver los toros desde la barrera
• WIND SB UP - Hacer enfadar a alguien

Adjetivos con preposición

• KEEN ON - Aficionado a
• SKEPTICAL ABOUT - Escéptico sobre
• OBSESSED WITH - Obsesionado con
• FUSSY ABOUT - Quisquilloso con
• GRATEFUL TO SB FOR STH - Agradecido a alguien por algo
• BRILLIANT AT - Genial en
• RESPONSIBLE FOR - Responsable de
• CONCERNED ABOUT - Preocupado por
• DIFFERENT FROM - Diferente de
• SUITABLE FOR - Adecuado para

Verbos con preposición

• CONCENTRATE ON - Concentrarse en
• COPE WITH - Soportar
• HEAR ABOUT - Oír hablar de
• HEAR OF - Oír lo de
• RELY ON - Lograr
• THINK ABOUT - Opinar de
• THINK OF - Pensar en

Biografía: Albert Einstein

BIOGRAPHY: Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist, although most people probably know him as the most intelligent person who ever lived. His name has become part of many languages when we want to say someone is a genius, as in the phrase, "She's a real Einstein". He must have been pretty brainy to discover the theory of relativity and the equation E=mc².

In 1999, Time magazine named Einstein as the Person of the Century. No one could have guessed this would happen when he was at school. He was extremely interested in science but hated the system of learning by heart. He said it destroyed learning and creativity. He had already done many experiments, but failed the entrance exams to a technical college.

He didn't let this setback stop him. When he was 16, he performed his famous experiment of imagining traveling alongside a beam of light. He eventually graduated from university, in 1900, with a degree in physics. Twelve years later he was a university professor and in 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics. He went on to publish over 300 scientific papers.

Einstein is the only scientist to become a cult figure, a household name, and part of everyday culture. He once joked that when people stopped him in the street, he always replied: "Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein." Today, he is seen as the typical mad, absent-minded professor, who just happened to change our world.