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Hello again. Welcome, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 52 recorded for August 2012.
Este mes, en el nivel básico practicamos hablando sobre la rutina diaria - Our daily routine
And in the intermediate section, some gerunds and infinitives, and opposites.
In the advanced section, some more idioms and more words which have multiple meanings.
As usual there's a business English exercise and many more ways to improve your English and take it to the next level. 
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So come on! - ¡Vamos alla! - let's get started con el nivel básico y la rutina diaria - Daily Routine. Voy a decir algunas expresiones relacionado con la rutina diaria y tu tienes que decir la traducción en inglés antes que la digo yo. Luego, repitela para practicar la pronunciación. Are you ready? ¿Estas listo?
despertarse  - to wake up   Repite: to wake up  
levantarse - to get up Repite: to get up
desayunar - to have breakfast Repite: to have breakfast
ducharse - to have a shower Repite: to have a shower        
vestirse - to get dressed Repite: to get dressed
ir al trabajo - to go to work Repite: to go to work
llegar al trabajo - to get to work Repite: to get to work
empezar el trabajo - to start work Repite: to start work
tomar un café - to have a coffee Repite: to have a coffee
Repite: I wake up at 6.30. - I get up at 6.35!
I get up late on Sundays.
I have coffee and toast for breakfast.
I have a shower before breakfast.      
I get dressed quickly (rápido) - I get dressed quickly.
I go to work by bus.
I get to work at 7.45.
I start work at 8 o'clock.
I have a coffee at 10.30.
Very good!  - ¡Muy bien!
 
In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some gerunds and infinitives.
After the verb surprise is it a gerund or an infinitive? - It's an infinitive. I was surprised to see or I was surprised to discover or I was surprised to hear etc.
What about the adjective busy? Is busy followed by a gerund or infinitive? I was busy....doing the report (gerund) - Repeat: I was busy doing the report  - She was busy answering her emails - They were busy getting ready for the party.
What about 'Thank you for....' - It's the preposition 'for' you should focus on because you always put a gerund after any preposition. Thank you for helping me. Repeat: Thank you for helping me. - Thanks for giving me a lift. I can't thank you enough for letting me stay for the weekend.
After the expression 'to be worth' (vale la pena) - What do you think, gerund or infinitive? It's worth.....+gerund - It's worth visiting the Louvre if you're in Paris. It might be worth trying different software - Are you sure it's worth going by car?
After 'be used to' which has the meaning of estar acostumbrado/a a is it gerund or infinitive? - 'be used to' - It's gerund - I'm not used to driving on the right. Repeat: I'm not used to driving on the right. - Are you used to eating so late? ¡OJO! -  It's the used to that means soler, tener el hábito de that takes the infinitive - For example, I used to live in London. I used to drive on the left. I used to have dinner at 6 o'clock.
What about after the expression to be happy? - I'm happy......to see you. - Repeat: I'm happy to see you - - I'm happy to see you again - I was happy to learn that you're coming to vi