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They had married very young, both were only 22.

Axel already had had a huge record of women he has slept with – he started at the age of thirteen – and did not stop this passion after marriage. No, of course not. He tried to conquer every female in such a rude way, that colleagues and friends all feared losing their partners and husbands one day because of his behaviour.


Alex’s wife Alicia was stunning. She had long, wonderful black hair and large dark eyes. Her movements were graceful and she was very well educated. 
 

Alicia was indeed a beauty with the soul of an angel. She was the dream for every man. Talented in all the household duties but also a gifted teacher. Children loved her. 

Of course, Alicia did realise and knew about her husbands unfaithfulness. He was hurting her regularly by his behaviour but she seemed to be okey with it. Some people could actually not understand her. Almost at every party she was after a few minutes already alone, because her husband disappeared with another woman and returned to her side only shortly before leaving time.

Alicia always kept her most charming smile and everybody around adored her. But at the same time they all could not believe that a woman could live with such an evil man who treated his wonderful wife in such a humiliating way.

Over the years people came to the conclusion, that she must be kind of a saint!


* * *

After a few years Alex had enough of his adoring wife. He wanted freedom. Total freedom to sleep with all these wonderful women in the world. Without having to hear the same question over and over agian: ‘And what will happen when your wife finds out?’ 

He decided to get rid of his wife. His plan was cruel and simple. He intended to invite her to Portugal. They would live in a romantic hotel and visit one of her beloved castles. He would write a goodbye letter in her name. They would climb up to a special tower with a small terrace. There he would give her the letter and place it in her bag. She should read it later at night because, as he will say, it is a new proclamation of his love. But in reality he wrote her letter of goodbye to the world.

Then he would push her from the tower. A fall that she would never survive. The whole action would then look like a suicide. People would understand it, because of his many escapades and bad behavior. And so he would regain his freedom. His world would belong to him, open 24hours a day for his hunting for women. What a paradise!

* * *

They arrived late afternoon in the luxury hotel from where one had a splendid view over to the imposing castle.. After a delicious dinner they went to bed. Alex hardly closed his eyes. He was so excited about what was going to happen the next day.

He looked at her when she was already sleeping with a divine smile on her face. Only for a short moment he felt a portion of guilt. He fought it down immediately. He had the right to do what he planned!

It was a wonderful day and after breakfast they walked uphill to the castle. He would have liked to dance and sing, so happy did he feel.

They walked a while around in the castle. Then he suggested to climb said tower. As always when he proposed something, she agreed, smiling gently.

He started to climb the stairs. She followed at a certain distance and seemed to study the structure of the tower and especially the spiral stairs with the interesting marble railing. He arrived at the top floor. One could walk through a tunnel over to a small, romantic corner terrace which was a famous place for princesses in ancient times, as mentioned in historical descriptions of the place. The tunnel led in a curve to the side balcony and therefore it was rather dark inside. For a moment one felt like being in a ghost house. 

They both had been here several times and he said over his shoulder to her, before disappearing in the tunnel: ‘I expect you on the balcony with a surprise!’

He stepped out of the tunnel and saw directly in front of him the great gap between two giant wall teeth. His blood cooked, his heart went wild. This was the place! In a moment it all would be over!

He turned around and fixed his eyes full of expectation in the direction of the way out of the dark tunnel, where she would appear in a few seconds. He looked at the stone face above the exit of the tunnel, the giant face of a male creature with wild hair and widely open eyes looking directly into his face, and he felt suddenly a terrible guilt. He got very upset about himself and made ugly grimaces. He fought against himself desperately and stared angrily at the wall.

When all of a sudden a tall figure came out of the wall. Or did the figure come out of the tunnel and he could not distinguish things anymore because of his bad conscience and murderous intention? The frightening figure stood there, had a dark green cloth over the upper part of the body. The face seemed to have a large open mouth.

Alex started to shiver all over his body. He saw double and was frightened to death. There was no way to escape. And then he read what was written on the chest of the monster: ‘Thou shalt not kill!’

This all took his breath away. In a desperate action he moved backwards, lost his balance and plunged with a terrible shriek through the gap. In his hands he held the letter he had written in her name.

* * *

Alicia stepped out of the tunnel, moved slowly over the terrace to the wall, looked down to the ground and fainted. She fell into the arms of a tall, very handsome man with a huge camera in front of his chest. Voices and shouting could be heard. A group of tourists came through the tunnel and reported that they had seen Alex standing there and staring at the wall, mumbling and making grimaces towards the huge carving on the wall above the door, then stepping backwards, stumbling and falling off the tower with a piece of paper in his hand. They described him to have been totally disoriented and showing an almost mad expression on his face.

The police came and started the necessary investigations. After questioning all of the witnesses they all climbed down the narrow stairs. For the police it was clear after reading the letter Alex was still holding, that he actually had planned to murder his wife.

Alicia fainted again and a doctor had to take care of her. They carried her to the ambulance car. But after some minutes and drinking a glass of water, she seemed to be okay. She asked the police with a fine voice: ‘Do you still need me or can I go back to my hotel?’ The chief investigator offered to accompany her. But then the tall man in green with the camera said: ‘Oh, I will accompany her. I live in the same hotel!’

Alicia and the man walked side by side, both with bowed heads and not paying attention to the crowd of people. Before they reached the main street leading into town, they both turned around and looked up at the castle.

And she said to him: ‘You were just brilliant, my love!’ and then asked, still looking at the castle: ‘How did you do it in the end, after all our planning over the past months?’

‘Well, I just moved up my large T-shirt over my head and at the same time holding the camera in front of my face. It must have looked like a terrible monster stepping out of the tunnel wall. When he read the words ‘Thou shalt not kill’ on my undershirt, he freaked out, stumbled backwards and fell.’

Then they turned around and disappeared into the town.
 
 

An unexpected death

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När vi rättat de NP i Engelska såg vi endel missar som var ganska vanliga. Detta inlägg fungerar som en sammanställning av dessa.
 
 

Presentera sig

My name is …                =      Mitt namn är/jag heter

What is your name?        =      Vad är ditt namn/vad heter du?

I am 41 years old.           =      Jag är 41 år gammal

How old are you?           =       Hur gammal är du?

I have got one dog.         =       Jag har en hund

What have you got?        =       Vad har du?

 

I = jag

You = du (dig)

He = han

She = hon

It = det, den

We = vi

You = ni

They = de

 

I am = jag är                    I’m

You are = du är                you’re

He is = han är                   he’s

She is = hon är                  she’s

It is = det är                      it’s

We are = vi är                   we’re

You are = ni är                  you’re

They are = de är               they’re

 

I am not                             I’m not, (I ain’t)

You are not                       you’re not, you aren’t

He is not                            he’s not, he isn’t

She is not                           she’s not, she isn’t

It is not                              it’s not, it isn’t

We are not                        we’re not, we aren’t

You are not                       you’re not, you aren’t

They are not                     they’re not, they aren’t

 

And = och

But = men

If = om

Then = när, sen

Or = eller

 

When = när

Where = var

Why = varför

What = vad

Who = vem

How = hur

 

that  = den där, det där (det)

This = den här, det här

 

cat = katt

the cat = katten

cats = katter

the cats = katterna

 

wait = vänta

 

to = att, till, i, på…

It’s good to know English. = Det är bra att kunna engelska.

I walk to school. = jag går till skolan.

It’s ten minutes to three. = klockan är tio i tre.

Listen to music = lyssna musik

 

Too = också

Two = två

 

Want = vill

 

Do you want to hear them? = Vill du höra dem? ( göra du vilja att höra dem)

Do you like ice-cream? = gillar du glass? (göra du gilla glass)

 

USA, the United States of America

About = om (det handlar om något)

 

Knife = kniv

wife = fru

 

Me = mig

You = dig

Him = honom

Her = henne

Us = oss

You = er

Them = dem

 

My = min, mitt, mina

Your = din, ditt, dina

His = hans

Her = hennes

Its = dess

Our = vår, vårt, våra

Your = er, ert, era

Their = deras

 

Go = gå, åka, resa

By bus = med buss

 

With = med

Do = gör

 

Watch = titta på

Time = tid, dags

 

Of course = självklart

It’s already eight o’clock = klockan är redan åtta.

 

What time is it?/ What’s the time? = hur mycket är klockan?

 

 

On = på

One = ett

 

 

In the morning/evening = på morgonen/kvällen

For breakfast we can have =  till frukast kan vi ha

What are you interested in? = Vad är du intresserad av?

What are your interests? = Vad har du för intressen?

What does it say? = Vad står det (i texten)?

Get to know = lära känna

2 -3 = Two to three

Will = ska

Want = vill

Look like = se ut som

During = under (om tid)

 

Some = några

Who, which, that = som (who om människor, which om djur och saker, that om allt)

 

Marine =marint, har med vatten att göra

 

Ordningstalen

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

 

Länders engelska namn

Greece

Belgium

France 

Germany

United Kingdom

Spain

Italy

Sweden

Finland 

Norway

Denmark

Etc.

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Asians, Blacks, (Afro-Americans), Hispanics, and Whites - they are all part of the history of gangs. History does repeat itself and gangs are not a new phenomenon. Their history has been traced back to the post Revolutionary War days and originally they formed as a means of self-protection and as social clubs. In the early nineteenth century , Irish immigrants formed the first street gangs in New York City. Later with the arrival of immigrants of many ethnicities, other gangs began to form, mostly by race or culture. 

 

The gangs of today  wear colors or particular types of clothing and come from every ethnicity, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White. They use nicknames to identify themselves. They use drugs and alcohol and conduct criminal activity that includes assaults and murder.

 

Gangs always have, and always will, continue to grow in numbers as long as Community Leaders, Law Enforcement, School Districts, and Parents turn their heads or until a tragedy Occurs!

 

Originally, gangs formed in order to protect themselves and their neighborhoods from others. The evolution of gangs later turned from protecting the neighborhood to violence and the sale of drugs. Today, in Los Angeles, as predicted years ago, by gang members themselves, a race war exists between Black and Hispanic gangs. Unfortunately, in their quest for power and control, the race wars have now reached beyond gang member against gang member, to killing totally innocent children and adults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wordlist:

hispanics - latinoamerikan                     repeat - upprepa                     

 trace - spåra                                       phenomenon - fenomen, företeelse

the post revolutionary war days - tiden efter amerikanska revolutionen

immigrants - invandrare                        self protection - självförsvar                

19th century - 1800 tal                         the arrival - ankomsten

ethnicities - etniciteter, människor med olika ursprung, asiater, mörka, vita mfl.

mostly - mestadels                             particular - särskilda

clothing - kläder, beklädnad                 nick-names - smeknamn

identify - identifiera, känna igen            conduct - begå

that includes -- som inkluderar             assaults - överfall, angrepp

continue - fortsätta                              grow - grew - grown - växa

in numers - i antal                               as lons as - så länge som

comunity leader - samhällsledare         law enforcement - brottsbekämpning

parents - föräldrar                                occur - uppstå

originally - från början                          in order to - för att, med anledning av

neighborhoods - stadsdelar, grannskap evolution - utveckling

violence - våld                                    as predicted - som väntat, som förutsagt

exists - pågår,existerar                        unfortunately - olyckligtvis

in their quest - i deras strävan, sökan   reach - nå

beyond - bortom                                  innocent - oskyldiga

 

Translation:

Asiater, svarta (afroamerikaner), latinoamerikaner och vita - de är alla med i gängens historia. Historien återupprepar sig och gäng är inte en ny företeelse. Deras historia har spårats till tiden efter revolutionärskriget ( amerikanska revolutionen) och från början bildades dem med anledning av att skydda sig själva samt som sociala klubbar. I början av 1800-talet bildade Irländare de första gänen i Ney York City. Senare när många invandrare av olika etniciteter kom började även andra gäng att bildas, främst genom ras och kultur.

 

Dagens gäng bär färger eller särskilds typer av kläder och kommer från olika etniciteter, asiater, svarta, latino och vita. de använder smeknamn för att känna igen sig själva. De använder alkohol och droger och begår kriminella handlingar som inkluderar överfall och mord.

 

Gäng har alltid, och kommer alltid, fortsätta att växa i antal så länge som samhällsledare, brottsbekämpning, skoldistrikt, och föräldrar vänder ryggen mot eller tills en tragedi inträffar.

 

Från början, bildades gängen för att skydda sig  och sitt område från andra. Gängens utveckling ändrades senare  från försvar av området till våld och att sälja droger. Idag, i Los Angeles, som förutspått för flera år sedan, av gängen själva, pågår ett raskrig mellan svarta och latinoamerikanska gäng. Olyckligtvis har, i deras sökan efter makt och kontroll, det nu sträckts sig bortom ett krig gängmedlem mot gängmedlm, till att de nu har börjat döda totalt oskyldiga barn och vuxna.

 

Amanda 

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Jonas was frightened. He heard the guard clatters his keys as he unlocked the door. It slowly opened and they entered a room, identical to the one they just left. In front of them, another lattice door and on the other side, a small dime courtyard, where four men where playing cards. All of them looked like hard assassins and Jonas couln’t spot any kindness in their eyes. Still, Jonas had no idea in how great danger he was. The guard slammed the door behind him, he was left alone.

 

Two of the men, Chino Suarez and Jésus, were known as complete lunatics that killed for fun. Chino Suarez was the first of the four men that got up. He was barefoot and looked at Jonas heavy boots.

 

”Nice shoes”, he said.

 

The other three men had risen to. Suarez grabbed Jonas's arm and pulled him into a hallway that led in the oppsite direction from the eastern part of the room, the part where Jonas came from. The hallway led to a notorious place from where one seldom returned. Jonas knew as soon as he heard the cries from the Chonchocoros, that something was about to go terrably wrong.

 

”Let him be”

”Leave him alone”

 

Jonas recognized several voices and he could clearly identify the worry in their cries, as the other prisoners screamed in the small hatch in Chonchocoros door.

 

His adrenalin rose and he twitched his arm with all his might from the grip of Chino Suarez. Then he backed with his back against the bars, prepared to fight for his life.

 

The men however returned to their seats only looking at Jonas. He didn’t know what to do, so he kept standing there. The four men looked calm and confident. Jonas was sure they would come after him again as soon as the sun had set. For the first time in jail, he was really scared.

 

Encounter = möte, sammanstötning

the solitary confinement = Isoleringscell

clattering = skrammla

lattice door = gallerdörr

dime = dunkel

courtyard = innergård

assassin = yrkesmördare

lunatic = galning

spot = känna igen

kindness = godhet

Still = ändå, fortfarande, ännu

barefoot = barfota

rise - rose - risen = stiga upp

hallway = korridor

notorious = ökänd

seldom = sällan

recognize = känna igen

hatch = lucka

Chonchocoros = ett fängelse i bolivia

with all his might = med all sin styrka

however = hur som helst

calm = lugn

confident = självsäker

as soon as = så fort som

the sun has set = solen har gått ner

 

 Outside Chonchocoro

 

Amanda 

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Today we have been worikng with the song "Dumb ways to die".

DUMB WAYS TO DIE

Set fire to your hair
Poke a stick at a grizzly bear
Eat medicine that’s out of date
Use your private parts as piranha bait

 

Ref. Dumb ways to die,
so many dumb ways to die,

dumb ways to die -ie -ie, so many dumb ways to die

 

Get your toast out with a fork
Do your own electrical work
Teach yourself how to fly
Eat a two week old unrefrigerated pie

 

Invite a psycho-killer inside
Scratch your drug dealer’s brand new ride

Take your helmet off in outer space
Use your clothes dryer as a hiding place 
Keep a rattlesnake as pet
Sell both your kidneys on the internet
Eat a tube of superglue
“I wonder what this red button do?”

 

Dress up like a moose during hunting season
Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason
Stand on the edge of a train station platform
Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing
Run across the tracks between the platforms
They may not rhyme, but they’re quite possibly the...

 

Dumbest ways to die -ie, Dumbest ways to die -e, Dumbest ways to die -ie, So many dumb,

So many dumb ways to die 

 

1. Underline all the verbs you can find in the text with a nice colour.

2. Write them down here below and translate them. Write them in present and past tense.

3. Choose six different ways to die, write them down and translate them.

 
 

4. Underline ten difficult words and translate them.

5.  Translate the text.

Best of luck!

Amanda

Dumb ways to die