OM NEWS # 154

Amiga/o:
Cientos de suscriptores/as nos escriben explicando que no pueden acceder al portal porque, al no contar con recursos para pagar una conexión de Internet, sólo descargan correos que luego leen sin conectarse.
A ellos/as va orientado entonces este boletín especial conteniendo un cuento con 10 audios para descargar gratis y vocabulario con traducción interactiva.
¿Buscabas una promoción diferente? Revisa al final del boletín los Promopacks 2007, nuestros paquetes promocionales de 2, 3 y 4 CDs. Para quienes viven en Argentina regresó el servicio PCE (pago contra entrega).
Nos vemos nuevamente el 4 de Julio !!

THIS ISSUE:

1.	Good News Novedades en el Portal
2.	Listening + Reading JUNOS - Marie Gerrina Louis
3.	Eight Free English Courses Cronograma Sugerido de Cursos
4.	OM Shopping Promopack 2007: 4 CD-ROMs
5.	Missed Issues Recupera un ejemplar no recibido
6.	Your Subscription Administra tu suscripción

Si no te has suscripto a nuestro boletín quincenal y has recibido este mensaje como un reenvío, puedes suscribirte PULSANDO AQUÍ. Agradecemos que reenvíes este boletín a amigos o parientes que puedan estar interesados en aprender y practicar gratuitamente inglés en nuestro megaportal a través de nuestros 8 cursos completos en línea y 100 tutoriales de gramática y listening..

1. GOOD NEWS

RENOVACIÓN DE TUTORIALES
En estos días hemos actualizado tres tutoriales (secciones ideales para complementar nuestros 8 cursos por medio de práctica y aprendizaje adicionales):
OM EXAM: Exámenes académicos interactivos en 6 niveles (con todas las respuestas) que puedes completar online o imprimir. PULSA AQUÍ
OM FCE: Sección complementaria de nuestro curso First Certificate en 60 lecciones. Dedicada a quienes no desean realizar el curso completo sino practicar únicamente los ejercicios del examen. PULSA AQUÍ
OM EXPRESS: 200 diccionarios temáticos parlantes. Debido a que muchos suscriptores prefieren buscar vocabulario y situaciones cotidianas por tema, en estos días agregaremos al índice alfabético actual un índice temático clasificado en 21 categorías (Alimentos, Casa, Ciudad, Cocina, Compras, Deportes, etc). PULSA AQUÍ

Recuerda una vez más el lema de nuestro proyecto:
EN OM PERSONAL TU FIDELIDAD SIEMPRE TIENE PREMIO !!

2. READING + LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Para este ejemplar hemos unificado dos secciones habituales en nuestro boletín: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (comprensión oral) y READING COMPREHENSION (lecto-comprensión o comprensión lectora), dos habilidades de práctica imprescindible.

Como ejercicio de base hemos seleccionado "JUNOS", un interesante cuento de Marie Gerrina Louis.

Antes de emprender tu "doble experiencia" ten en cuenta estas dos sugerencias:
1) Comienza tu práctica leyendo el texto completo sin escucharlo pero acercando el cursor de tu ratón a las palabras resaltadas en amarillo para leer una traducción en español adaptada al texto. Esta técnica te permitirá adquirir solvencia en tu vocabulario sin perder el "hilo de la lectura".
2) Finalmente escucha las 10 partes en que hemos dividido el cuento. Para ello puedes pulsar los 10 audios o descargarlos a tu computadora e imprimir el cuento.

JUNOS by Marie Gerrina Louis

AUDIO 1 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
Ashok and Maddie are in love, but will Maddie's father Andrew give his English daughter to an Indian? Ashok graduated from the university in 1948 and everyone was proud of him. At twenty-three, he looked like one of those mythical warriors from the Mahabharata stories. Tall, lean and good-looking, he had all the girls at the university running after him. He flirted outrageously because he genuinely liked women, and he had enough charm to handle more than one at a time. But he kept them at a distance, the vision of Maddie's smiling face always coming in between.

AUDIO 2 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
One of those girls, however, was not deterred. She had been in all of his classes and graduated with the same degree, the same time he did, though she was a year older than he was. And Gowri Chandulal wanted Ashok Junos for herself.

Gowri had had the great fortune to be born into a wealthy family. And she was an only child. This was fortunate for her because she was not a very attractive child and needed all of her father's money if she wanted to secure a good husband. And that was Gowri's ultimate goal in life.

Her father Remesh, because his aims were similar to those of his precious daughter, did everything in his power to enhance her attractions. She had the best of everything from education to clothes and jewellery. If her mother had survived, Gowri might have been a very different child. Her mother's death only made her more precious to her father and it resulted in her being thoroughly and completely spoilt.

AUDIO 3 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
When Gowri's father came to Andrew's house for the first time, Andrew was puzzled to see him. Ashok and Maddie had gone to town to buy some things for the house. Motilal and his sons had gone with them so only Sita and Jawar were home. Jawar was in the garden when he saw the tall, distinguished gentleman walk gingerly up the driveway. Pursing his lips, Jawar followed him quietly into the house.

When Andrew realised that the man had come with a marriage proposal, he was astounded.

Remesh Chandulal was an important businessman. With his thick, black hair streaked with grey, and his expensive suit, he cut an impressive figure.

Andrew was impressed. The daughter of this man would be more than a suitable match for his protégé. But he wished he knew more about handling this sort of thing. Then he remembered that Sita was in the house. He called her and explained what Chandulal wanted.

AUDIO 4 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
"This is the sister of the boy," he said, introducing her to Chandulal who nodded, and then sniffed arrogantly. Andrew missed the sniff but Sita saw it and was offended. Who was this pompous ass who thought he had the right to sniff at her?

Chandulal had seen Ashok once, at a college function and had been very impressed with his manners and carriage. This woman looked common. Well, he supposed it didn't really matter. What Gowri and he wanted was the boy. That night, Sita and Motilal took Ashok aside and spoke to him.

"We have arranged a marriage for you," Sita began in her usual, blunt way.
"What?" demanded Ashok. He was angry. How dare they do that without even consulting him!

AUDIO 5 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
He looked to Motilal for support but even he seemed keen on the marriage idea.
"I don't think ..." he began.
"Sit down!" snapped Sita. "Now listen." She explained about Gowri Chandulal, and Ashok listened, growing more and more miserable all the time. Maddie, he thought, what will happen to us? His mind drifted. He remembered Gowri Chandulal or thought he did. A plain-looking girl with a mean mouth. How could they match him up with her?
"Why?" he asked his sister finally.
"Because she is a memsahib and you are a servant," replied his sister cuttingly, as she meant to do. "Because no matter how hard you try, without such a marriage, you will never reach her class. Never."
"How do you know? Perhaps the sahib will give his consent."

Jawar, who had been standing quietly, listening, laughed. "Education has caused your brain to rot. The sahib is a white man and you are an Indian. He is not going to give his white daughter to an Indian. Simple."

AUDIO 6 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
Motilal put a hand on Ashok's shoulder kindly. "Baba," he said, using the affectionate term for 'son' as he often did when he was concerned about Ashok, "you have to give in, this time. For the memsahib's sake if not for your own. You will realise in time, that this is the right decision. Please."

Moti's gentle request got through where the others' rough demands did not. Ashok put his head in his hands and nodded slowly. Moti hugged him and then warned him to tell Maddie nothing.

"She will not understand. You have not professed your ... any love feelings to her?" he asked anxiously.
"No, I am not as rash as you think."
"Good. It will be easier for her if she believes that you never loved her. If she knew the truth, she would fight this, and her father, hard. I know it for I remember her mother well and she is more like her."
Ashok looked up. "I thought her mother was a gentle lady."

AUDIO 7 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
Both Jawar and Motilal laughed softly. Then Jawar said, "She was a rock covered with cotton. It was she and not the sahib who controlled the family but she did it so pleasingly that the sahib never realised it."

When Maddie was told, by her father of all people, that Ashok's marriage was arranged, she blanched. Sita who was serving them dinner, watched her carefully. Then, like the true lady that Maddie was, she rallied and said that she would enjoy going to a traditional Indian wedding. Andrew laughed, not suspecting anything, and said that he rather looked forward to it too.

AUDIO 8 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
Later, when they were alone, she asked Ashok carefully, "Is it what you really want?'
"Yes. She will bring with her a good dowry and, more importantly, her father is offering me a good position in his company."
"But you don't say whether you love her, Ashok," she said gently.
His eyes seemed to grow smaller, as if he were feeling a lot of pain. "Sometimes love is not as important, memsahib."
"What else could be more important?" she demanded, angry that he was referring to her as memsahib when he'd always called her Maddie.

AUDIO 9 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
He turned on her angrily. "Gratitude! I owe your father for everything that I am today. If not for him, I might have died on the streets from hunger, or from cold or disease. What you get from him is your right, and you don't have to bother yourself with paying him back. But I owe him a debt and shouldn't I at least be grateful? I never want him to regret bringing me into his home."
"Ashok ... I ..." she stopped, tears running down her face. He loved her but he would never admit it now because of her father.
"You are upset, memsahib. Would you like to lie down?" he asked, her angry equal being replaced by a sympathetic servant.

AUDIO 10 << pulsa para escuchar o descargar.
When she didn't stop crying, he said quietly, "Forgive me, Maddie, but I cannot do what I want to do and still retain my pride or peace of mind. If marrying Gowri will give me both, then I shall marry her."

And he was gone. Behind a heavy velvet curtain, unseen, Jawar nodded his approval.

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3. INGLES GRATIS PARA TODOS: 8 CURSOS COMPLETOS

Amiga/o: Ya no tienes excusas para aprender inglés gratis por Internet!!

Con el objeto de no hacer tan extenso nuestro boletín evitamos copiar aquí la lista completa de cursos gratuitos. En su reemplazo, hemos incorporado en el portal un nuevo documento denominado "CRONOGRAMA SUGERIDO PARA NUESTROS CURSOS GRATUITOS DE INGLES".

El mencionado cronograma propone un ordenamiento por niveles de los 8 cursos que ofrecemos gratuitamente e informa, entre otras cosas, las direcciones de acceso a cada curso y a las respectivas instrucciones y ayuda de audio. Puedes acceder a este nuevo documento PULSANDO AQUÍ.

4. OM SHOPPING

Si vives fuera de Argentina, puedes adquirir nuestros productos sin gastos adicionales mediante tarjeta de débito o crédito (con formulario de pago en español y SSP - Servidor Seguro de Pago) o por medio de un giro electrónico de Western Union pagando a esta empresa una comisión.

Si vives en Argentina Capital o Interior, ahora puedes comprar -sin recargos- nuestros productos por contra-reembolso expreso de Correo Argentino. Solicitas a info@ompersonal.com.ar el producto de tu interés, lo recibes al día siguiente en tu hogar o lugar de trabajo y le pagas al cartero.

Recuerda que desde Argentina también puedes adquirir nuestros productos con tu tarjeta de débito o crédito, en dólares, sin recargos ni gastos adicionales.

Los precios de nuestros productos ya incluyen todos los gastos de envío hacia el Exterior (demora aprox. 4/5 días) y dentro de Argentina.

CONSULTA AQUÍ nuestro catálogo completo de productos donde podrás analizar el CD-ROM # 2 (Intermedio a Intermedio Avanzado), el exitoso OM LISTENING CD-ROM o las tres versiones de nuestros PROMOPACK 2007, integrados por 2, 3 y 4 CD-ROMs.

5. MISSED ISSUES (Recupera un ejemplar no recibido)

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6. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION (Administra tu suscripción)

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MUCHAS GRACIAS POR LEERNOS.

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