It´s not a very promissing introduction. So far you might think it is just another borind dairy of a woman of no importance -nice to quote Wilde in a first paragraph-. Actually, it doesn´t pretend to be a dairy per se. It is the need of practicing my English writing and to improve my grammar, and oerhaos, if it works well enough, I ould even expand my vocabulary. If I had the chance, I would rather do this orally, having interesting conversations with somone else who speaks Englis. Properly, a native one. But, interesting conversation isný something available at any place or moment. In fact, it is quite unusual even in the mother tongue. So, I decided to talk to an imaginary myself some decent ideas that can be shared with no shame with anyone who might, by chance, find my writings on line. If in any case, you wish to provide your impressions about my words, please try to focus on what I have just pointed: grammar, languag uses and vocabulary. If there is something of your persona...
Llevaban ocho horas arriba del auto. El pronóstico se había equivocado una vez más y no había llovido. El calor de enero a la siesta en esa ciudad de cemento y hormigón era insoportable. Era un auto modelo 95... no tenía aire acondicionado. Bajar las ventanillas no parecía una buena opción porque del asfalto emanaba un vapor ardiente que invadía la estructura metálica y haciendo sentir todavía un par de grados más la temperatura. A pesar del calor, tomaban mate... amargo y con la yerba un poco lavada. No era de buen paisano tomar el mate frío, así que el mate humeaba incesante mientras uno manejaba y el otro trataba de ubicarse en el mapa. Un bocinazo los sacudió de pronto y le hizo pegar un volantazo al que manejaba. Un colectivo viejo les había pasado raspando... Unos metros más adelante, el chirrido de una frenada y después chapas que se doblan, gritos y quejidos que se podían escuchar incluso entre el ensordecedor ronroneo de los motores. - Doblemos acá - dijo el copiloto. - ...
As I had previously commented, this is not a regular diary. The numbers of the days are just the habit of giving some order to our thoughts and experiences. An awful habit, if you allow me to point. Also as I had promised, this lines are about my current reading. I'm reading Jane Austen… It´s a nice reading… easy going I´d say. I confess that it hasn't really fulfilled my expectations. She is usually pointed as an example of a narrator of her times, specially about the ideas and stereotypes about women. Indeed, she describes the picture of how society was and the places and roles given to women, but the deepness of that is not really in the stories themselves. Actually, the stories are quite ordinary and simple, in some ways predictable and the characters aren't so well defined. You can easily figure out which role each of them play and the main attitudes and virtues they have. Of course, it doesn't mean that her books aren't valuable, especially when you get to k...
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