tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post4091448483945251697..comments2024-03-28T00:13:35.600-04:00Comments on Living in Potrerillos: No TimeJoycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188454310320707737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post-33014113037273165422008-05-21T09:00:00.000-04:002008-05-21T09:00:00.000-04:00I know--"force" certainly is the operative word he...I know--"force" certainly is the operative word here. What I have found that helps is to just print out an article that even looks vaguely interesting and save it to read later. I truly dislike spending a lot of time at the computer. I find it uncomfortable for reading. Still like my hard copy!<BR/><BR/>I find that I have more patience and am far more likely to look up words in the dictionary with a hard copy. Also, given the way I'm doing Spanish "classes", once every two weeks for an hour with our friends, if I run across a phrase I just can't figure out or want to know why a certain construction was used, I can highlight it and ask Maritza. That worked out really well last night. I had no idea what a "gusano barrenador" was--"gusano" is the general name for fly or caterpillar larvae but nothing in the dictionary for "barrenador". Turns out that's the term for the screwworm, an incredibly nasty parasite that plagues primarily cattle but can be a problem with dogs and humans as well. I found out so much from Ricardo that I intend to do a separate post about it. Sometime.<BR/><BR/>JoyceJoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188454310320707737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post-31465298826531041232008-05-21T08:06:00.000-04:002008-05-21T08:06:00.000-04:00Reading the newspaper is a good idea for improving...Reading the newspaper is a good idea for improving Spanish, but I just haven't been able to forse myself to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com