El domingo 25 de enero celebramos el 250 aniversario de nuestro poeta nacional Robert Burns. Comeremos nuestro plato nacional el "haggis" ( ¿¿¿¿un animalito que va corriendo por las montañas????) con nabo y patatas. ¡Qué rico!

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,                 cheerful

Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!

Aboon them a' ye tak your place,                 Above

Painch, tripe, or thairm:                                 paunch/guts

Weel are ye wordy of a grace worthy

As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,

Your hurdies like a distant hill,                             buttocks

Your pin wad help to mend a mill                         skewer

In time o' need,

While thro' your pores the dews distil

Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,                         wipe

An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,                         skill

Trenching your gushing entrails bright                     Digging

Like onie ditch;

And then, O what a glorious sight,

Warm-reekin, rich!                                                 -steaming

Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,

Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,                 bellies/soon

Are bent like drums;

Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,                     burst

'Bethanket!' hums.                                                                                                      

Is there that owre his French ragout

Or olio that wad staw a sow,                                 sicken

Or fricassee wad mak her spew

Wi' perfect sconner,                                             disgust

Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view

On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,

As feckless as a wither'd rash,                         weak/rush

His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,

His nieve a nit;                                                 fist/nut

Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash,

O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,

The trembling earth resounds his tread.

Clap in his walie nieve a blade,                             choice

He'll make it whissle;

An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned,                     trim

Like taps o' thrissle. tops/thistle

Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,

And dish them out their bill o'fare,

Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware                     watery

That jaups in luggies;                                 splashes/porringers

But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,

Gie her a Haggis!                                                            TO THE HAGGIS

Feliz año Nuevo a todos. Lo que pasa en South Queensferry por ahora podría ser de película…

La tradición de bañarse en el Río Forth el primero de enero es una tradición muy interesante?????

“The Loony Dook”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7806037.stm

Estamos coversando del cine con nuestros amigos en España

Quién es tu actor escocés preferido?

        

Quieres hablar  un poco del actor/de la actriz o de una película suya?

Esta es la bandera de Escocia- conocido como "Saltire" o la cruz de San Andrés

Esta bandera es el Estandarte Real de Escocia

Este es el puente ferrocaril que se ve desde la aula del español!

Bienvenidos al nuevo BLOG de la clase de español. Esperamos poner aqui noticias y anuncios y cualquier otra cosa de interés. Bueno las noticias de esta semana ... ya hemos esteblecido contacto con el Instituto Secundario en Alepderete en las afueras de Madrid. Los alumnos ya están comunicando por email para poder conocerse un poco.

Si le interesa ver el Instituto español aqui está su dirección de web

http://www.educa.madrid.org/web/ies.alpedrete.alpedrete/

Y para los que no hablan castellano...

Welcome to our Spanish BLOG. We hope to post news and announcements here and any other items of interest. The big news this week is that we have made contact with the Secondary school in Alpedrete in the outskirts of Madrid. The pupils are now communicating by email and getting to know on another.

If you want to have a look at the Spanish school see the website address above.

Welcome to the new QHS Rincon Espanol blog!