MEJORA TU INGLÉS CON CANCIONES / IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH WITH SONGS: Unchained Melody And the film Ghost

A ghost is the spirit of a deceased person thought of as appearing in visible form.

Ghost or ghosts may also refer to: an apparitional experience, an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience, a person's soul.

Any spirit, relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.

Unchained Melody

And the film Ghost

Righteous Brothers

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UNCHAINED MELODY – GHOST - (film)

Unchained Melody

- Lyrics

Chorus:

Oh my love, my darling

I've hungered for your touch

A long lonely time,

And time goes by so slowly

And time can do so much,

Are you still mine?

I need your love,

I need your love

God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,

To the open arms of the sea, yeah!

Lonely rivers sigh "wait for me, wait for me"

I'll be coming home,

Wait for me.

Chorus:

Oh my love, my darling

I've hungered,

Hungered for your touch

A long lonely time,

And time goes by so slowly

And time can do so much,

Are you still mine?

I need your love, I...

I need your love

God speed your love to me

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GHOST – TRAILER

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Ghost (5/10) Movie CLIP - Oda Mae Demands Respect (1990) HD

(Film)

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Unchained Melody

- Lyrics

Chorus:

Oh my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch

A long lonely time, And time goes by so slowly

And time can do so much, Are you still mine?

I need your love, I need your love

God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,

To the open arms of the sea, yeah!

Lonely rivers sigh "wait for me, wait for me"

I'll be coming home,

Wait for me.

Chorus:

Oh my love, my darling I've hungered,

Hungered for your touch A long lonely time,

Are you still mine? I need your love, I...

I need your love God speed your love to me

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Pronunciation

Creo que esta canción no tiene grandes dificultades para la

pronunciación solo recordar algunas palabras.

Pay special attention to the following words:

Love: [luhv]

Casi todo el mundo pronuncia esta palabra con una “o”, y como mas se oye es con una “a” muy suave.

Hungered: [huhng-ger]

La “h” inicial es muy importante y la terminacion final, no se pronuncia la ”r” y si se alarga un poco la “d”.

Lonely: [lohn-lee]

Goes: [gohz]

Esa terminación final con esa “z” es la forma de pronunciar ciertas terceras personas del present simple affirmative.

Much: [muhch]

esa “u” en fonetica tiene sonido “a” pero muy suave.

Touch: [tuhch]

Aquí ocurre lo mismo que en much, mismo sonido

Speed: [speed]

recordad que la “e” en fonética tiene el sonido “i” en este caso una “i” alargada

I´ll be coming:

Aqui lo mas importante es pronunciar la “l” del futuro y la terminación del continuo “ing”

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English Pronunciation - Words ending with ION

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Listen to this long video, it is quite easy to understand and I do hope it will help you a great deal with your pronunciation problems

Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts in The New School

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Unchained Melody Karaoke

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The following video will help us to show the importance of pronunciation. How many misunderstandings we can have in life if we don´t say de words correctly. It is a funny one, I hope you like it.

You can also notice how the voice of a foreigner sounds, speaking a language which is not his mother´s tongue.

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The Italian Man Who went to Malta

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GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

LONELY (adj.): solitary. adjective (lonelier, loneliest)

1. sad because one has no friends or company: lonely old people whose families do not care for them

- without companions; solitary: passing long lonely hours looking on to the street

2. (of a place) unfrequented and remote: a lonely country road

I am a lonely person = I am a solitary person.

This a lonely road. = Not many cars or people pass along this road.

I feel lonely when I travel far away from home

Debemos distinguir entre dos palabras que el alumno suele confundir mucho LONELY (adjetivo) y ALONE (adjetivo o adverbio)

Adjective & adverb

1. having no one else present; on one’s own

[as predic. adjective]: she was alone that evening

[as adjective] isolated and lonely:

she was terribly alone and exposed

[as adverb]: he lives alone. It was a smile for him alone

Time goes by = time passes

TIME is an uncountable noun, so we have to use MUCH

SPEED: rapidity in moving, going, travelling, proceeding, or performing; celerity:

- the speed of light; - the speed of sound.

FLOW: (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream:

- From here the river flows north - Lonely rivers flow to the sea

the open arms of the sea: a poetical, literary or metaphor idea

sigh: emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar.

I'll be coming home: Es el futuro continuo, expresa que pronto llegará a casa, por eso dice o pide “WAIT FOR ME”.

Hungered: Have a strong desire, in this case, he or she has a strong desire to touch or being touched by another person.

Touch: be in contact with or bring into mutual contact

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TALK, SPEAK, TELL

- What's the difference?

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THE FILM

ACTOR AND ACTRESSES

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze & Wife Dancing At World Music Awards 1994

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Dirty Dancing - Time of my Life (Final Dance) - High Quality HD

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A Memorial For Patrick Swayze

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Patrick Swayze's Wife Lisa Niemi & Brother Donny Speak With Larry King

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Patrick Swayze - The Truth - A Barbara Walters Special

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Swayze dies - Patrick Swayze's last interview RIP

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MORE INTERVIEWS WITH HIM EVEN WITH THE OTHER ACTRESSES ON THIS PAGE

https://www.google.es/#hl=es&tbo=d&tbm=vid&sclient=psy-ab&q=patrick+swayze+interview+2009&oq=patric&gs_l=serp.1.0.35i39j0l3.87042.88652.4.91394.6.6.0.0.0.0.288.1330.0j3j3.6.0...0.0...1c.1.XeCAjYjSOYM&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=83f99912c20ad76a&bpcl=38897761&biw=1024&bih=637

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READINGS ABOUT PATRICK AND LISA´S LIFE

The Time of My Life

Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi Swayze

In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he's become one of our most beloved actors.

But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Always a fighter, he refused to let the disease bring him to his knees, and his bravery has inspired both his legion of fans and cancer patients everywhere. Yet this memoir, written with wisdom and heart, recounts much more than his bout with cancer. In vivid detail, Patrick describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.

A behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, this memoir is both entertainment and inspiration. Patrick and Lisa's marriage is a journey of two lives intertwined and lived as one--throughout their years in Hollywood and at home on their working ranch outside Los Angeles, and culminating in the hope and wisdom they've imparted to all who know them. This book will open the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn't be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love.

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Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi--The Time of My Life - One Last Dance

The funerary flowers with the ribbon bearing the name of Patrick Swayze are gone from the memorial surrounding the actor-dancer's famed star embedded at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. Fans' burned-out candles, handwritten letters, dying blooms, and mementos are all that remain of the loving tribute to a man who in 1987 exploded into stardom with his role as Johnny Castle in the film Dirty Dancing, for which he wrote and performed the song 'She's Like the Wind'. Born in Houston, Texas in August 18, 1952, Patrick Swayze passed from this life on September 14, 2009 after suffering for nearly two years from pancreatic cancer -less than a month shy of what would have been his fifty-eighth birthday.

Although Patrick became a box office star and made many successful films, including the immortal Ghost with Demi Moore, he had a burning desire- he had always wanted to make a dance film with his beautiful blonde Finnish-American wife, dancer Lisa Niemi. That dream came true in 2003 when he starred with Lisa in the film One Last Dance, which was released in other countries during the years 2004 through 2008, starting with Poland and ending with Denmark. Lisa wrote, produced, and the romantic drama, which was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She based it on a loosely-autobiographical play that she and Patrick wrote together in 1972 called Without a Word, which became a success and won six Drama Critics Awards.

One Last Dance is about three dancers with lost dreams and broken careers- and an abandoned dance piece created for them. The death of a friend jeopardizes the livelihood of a New York dance company for which he was the artistic director. A benefit is planned and the company asks the three disbanded dancers to reunite to perform the abandoned dance piece- an intricate, complex dance for three. Time, secrets, doubt, and bitterness are the dancers' enemies within. The dancers- Swayze, Niemi, and George De La Pena- therefore have to face themselves before they can face the impossible dance.

The screenplay may have been derived from Patrick and Lisa's successful play but the movie is disappointing and Lisa's acting ability falls short of her brilliant dancing, especially since the dancer-actress seemed to feel she needed to always project her voice, as if she were in a stage play. Yet, One Last Dance is worth seeing if only as a tribute to the love between Patrick and Lisa now that he is gone- and to see the dancing. In one scene, Patrick is alone in the dance studio and although the scene ultimately ends in his frustration because of an old injury (mirroring a real-life knee injury sustained from playing high school football), his solo dance is breathtaking to watch. Also, the choreography for the resurrected intricate dance for three and its brilliant execution- the film's climax- is riveting. In fact, Patrick makes the film a must-see.

Patrick and Lisa's memoir book The Time of My Life and its audio version will be released as scheduled on September 29, 2009. The title was taken from the song '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' in Dirty Dancing sung by Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers fame and Jennifer Warnes. The book tells of Patrick's background, his jump to fame, and his and Lisa's enduring love- teenage sweethearts, Patrick was nineteen and Lisa was fifteen when they first met. They married four years later in 1975 and have been hopelessly in love and devoted to each other ever since.

Trivia:

Although Lisa created just about every aspect of One Last Dance, she did not choreograph it, even though she (and her mother-in-law, Patsy Swayze) choreographed the 1980 mega-hit film Urban Cowboy, starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. The choreographers for One Last Dance were Alonzo King, Dwight Rhoden, Doug Varone, and Patsy Swayze.

Dirty Dancing was choreographed by Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison (who was Vivian in the film). Ortega chose '(I've Had) the Time of My Life' - composed by Previte, DeNicola, and Markowitzy - to be the finale song for the dance flick. Even though a low-budget movie starring unknowns, the American film became a colossal box-office hit. It has to be one of the best romantic dance films ever.

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Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi - The Time of My Life

On the 14th September 2009 the star of movies such as "Dirty Dancing", "Road House" and "Next of Kin" Patrick Swayze sadly passed away after a long and often public battle with pancreatic cancer. But just weeks before he passed away and along with his wife Lisa Niemi he completed his memoir "The Time of My Life" and the fact that he did so despite being in advances stages of cancer shows his passion and determination for everything he did.

It was back in January 2008 when Patrick Swayze was delivered the devastating news that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, after feeling a bit unwell and believing he had some form of simple stomach trouble. As you would expect "The Time of My Life" touches on this subject, the diagnosis and his battle to beat the odds and survive until they found a cure for this deadly form of cancer. As we know he sadly didn't but he did survive a lot longer than expected fighting it all the way just as you would expect. But "The Time of My Life" is much more than just about his fight with cancer, it's about his life, his loves, his passion the ups and downs, the battles to be a recognized movie star and his fall into alcoholism and depression as well as much more.

Born in 1952 Patrick soon became immersed into the world of dance, learning his skill at his mum's Patsy's dance school where he would later go on to meet Lisa. But as well as being passionate about dance he also played American Football and what would almost become a recurring theme in Swayze's life he had his first major knock back when he suffered a serious knee injury during a game, something which not only ended his football ambitions but would cause more issues as he pursued his passion for dance and ballet as well as gymnastics leading him eventually to movies.

As such "The Time of My Life" covers the bases when it comes to his movie an TV career giving us a look at such memorable movies such as "Dirty Dancing", "Ghost" and "Roadhouse" as well as several other lesser known but equally good movies. What is nice is that although Swayze goes into detail on various movies, especially his and Lisa's work behind the scenes when it came to rewrites and casting, he doesn't ever come across as being egotistical. His honesty when it came to his performances is charming as well as the working relationships he had with various stars in particular Jennifer Grey who he starred with in more than just "Dirty Dancing".

Another thing which comes across from Swayze's frank look at his own career is his struggle to be taken as a serious actor rather than just the dancer who acts. You get a sense that it got to him that he desired and worked hard to be taken seriously as an actor yet often came up against barriers when it came to producers and directors who didn't want to cast him because of that tag of being a dancer.

Intertwined between all this of course is Swayze's personal relationships such as that with his wife Lisa which went through more ups and downs than you might imagine. Plus his closeness to his father who when he sadly died lead to Swayze's issues with drinking and also depression. As with Swayze's honest approach to his career he is open about the more personal side of his life revealing elements which may take many fans by surprise yet his honesty again wins you over, his admittance of his own faults shows that he had no delusions of grandeur in fact he was a very average guy who although worked hard was also fortunate to make it as a movie star and appreciated that fact.

As with many memoirs there are the unexpected revelations, details on how he got on and sometimes didn't get on with people as well as the various personal problems he suffered. But it never feels forced, it never feels like he's trying to be sensationalist by mentioning something you may not have known. It does make it more interesting to read these revelations but it doesn't become the focal point of "The Time of My Life", which sometimes happens when big name stars delve into their pasts.

It has to be said that reading the final chapter where Swayze goes into more detail about his battle with cancer whilst making the TV Show "The Beast" is hard going. You get a sense of his enthusiasm for life and that he was striving every day to not only get the most out of it but to beat the cancer. Yet as we know he sadly didn't live much longer after he wrote those words and there is a poignancy to them.

As a whole "The Time of My Life" is a good memoir and will be a must read for those who were fans of Patrick Swayze and his movies. It's easy to read and very honest with no sense of egotism at all as he recounts the ups and downs of his life. Plus as is often the case it features a selection of wonderful photos illustrating those various moments in his life and in his movie career.

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Lisa Marriage Profile

http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/patrickswayze.htm

Together, as a team, Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze worked together and dealt with success, disappointment, addiction, and loss. Then the two of them coped together with Patrick's cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Here is more information about the extraordinary marriage of Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze and Lisa's life after Patrick's death.

Kelly Lynch: "Like any great marriage, they seem to move together as one person ... They're like a single organism. They love each other and it's apparent. The partnership is for life."

Source: Serena Kappes. Patrick & Lisa: A Love Story. People.com. 9/14/2009.

Born:

Patrick Wayne Swayze: August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas.

Lisa Niemi aka Lisa A. Haapaniemi: May 26, 1956 in Houston, Texas.

Died

Patrick: Patrick Swayze died on September 14, 2009 at their ranch near Los Angeles, California. Patrick died at the age of 57 after losing his courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Richard Corliss: “Swayze left this life with a grace and dignity befitting the men he had so often embodied. That's how heroes die." Source: Richard Corliss. "Patrick Swayze."

Time Magazine. 9/28/2009. pg. 22.

Lisa: "I didn't feel him leave when he actually stopped breathing. I feel him here. I feel like he hasn't left. I can feel every contour of his hand in mine."

Source: Hilary Shenfeld. "Patrick Swayze's Wife: I Feel Like He Hasn't Left." People.com. 10/30/2009.

How Patrick and Lisa Met:

Lisa and Patrick met when she was 15 years old. Lisa was one of Patrick's mother's dancing students.

Patrick about meeting Lisa: "I robbed the cradle. All these girls were studying with my mum and I used to go and check them out in their leotards - it was like being in a candy store ... She didn't buy any of my nonsense. We spent half our dates in total silence as she wouldn't talk to me if she thought I was putting on an act."

"We were friends for a long time before we became lovers. We even lived and slept together for a year before we had sex. That wasn't easy."

Source: Lester Middlehurst. "Drink, suicide and why I turned against Hollywood." DailyMail.co.uk. 11/29/2005.

Wedding Date:

Patrick and Lisa were married on June 12, 1975 in Harris County, Texas (Houston area) when Patrick was 22 years old and Lisa was 19 years old. Lisa wore a handmade wedding dress. Their wedding was in the backyard of her home in Houston. Their wedding reception was at the dance studio that Patrick's family owned. Wedding Photo

In May 2008, Patrick and Lisa renewed their marriage vows.

Children:

Lisa and Patrick do not have any children. Lisa miscarried twice.

Patrick: "We have an unspoken language after all these years." Though the couple had hoped to have children after suffering a miscarriage on Valentine's Day in 1990, it wasn't to be. "We just missed our window; we got so focused on our world and our careers that we missed the boat."

Source: Serena Kappes. Patrick & Lisa: A Love Story. People.com. 9/14/2009.

Residence:

Patrick and Lisa have ranches in Los Angeles and in New Mexico.

Patrick: "We try to run our ranch like a wildlife preserve. If you live your life very close to the environment, you realize that if people pull together and change one thing, one time, it'll break this vicious victim cycle that we're all in ... It's a timber farm and we're trying to fix mismanaged forests. We have about 700 head of cattle and we're turning it into a wildlife preserve. I love the idea of owning as much land as I can and protecting it from greedy grandchildren for the future."

Source: "Patrick Swayze -- The Cult King." News.com.au

Occupations:

Patrick: Actor, dancer, producer.

Lisa: Actress, spokeswoman for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, writer, choreographer, dancer, singer, producer.

Serena Kappes: "His love for Lisa inspired Patrick ... to pen the hit ballad "She's Like the Wind" for the blockbuster [Dirty Dancing] movie's soundtrack. Writing that song, "I just felt at that time that I'm very, very lucky to have a woman who thinks I hung the moon" ... And though they didn't appear together onscreen, Patrick practiced all his dance routines for the movie with his wife."

Source: Serena Kappes. Patrick & Lisa: A Love Story. People.com. 9/14/2009.

Quotes About the Marriage of Patrick and Lisa:

Lisa: "In some ways I look at the anniversary and I think, 'It's either going to knock me down or it's going to make me stronger. And I know I'm stronger now. The fact that I've had some good days definitely gives me hope that I can have more ... I'm looking at doing some things like picking out the most beautiful tree ever, and planting it in an extraordinary spot ... Sometimes there won't be any wind, so I like to think [it's Patrick]. I do sense his presence [in the wind chimes], and I like that. Just because he's gone now doesn't mean that love doesn't go on."

Source: Julie Jordan. "One Year After Patrick Swayze's Death, His Wife Celebrates His Legacy." People.com. 9/14/2010.

When Patrick's drinking became a problem in 2003, Lisa and Patrick separated.

"He was imploding pretty badly. I didn't think he was going to live through it and I didn't want to watch that."

Source: Hilary Shenfeld. "Patrick Swayze's Wife: I Feel Like He Hasn't Left." People.com. 10/30/2009.

Lisa: "I've spent two thirds of my life with him ... My regret is that I didn't tell him that I loved him enough over that entire 34 years. I am so grateful for what I had and my connection to him, and part of me believes that I will see him again and I'm just going to have to go on until then."

Source: Elizabeth Leonard. "Patrick Swayze's Widow: I will See Him Again." People.com. 10/27/2009.

Patrick about the key to a long term marriage: it "I suppose it's about keeping love alive, learning how to fall in love over and over again, not taking each other for granted, forgiveness, trust. Whatever is, it works for us."

Source: Lester Middlehurst. "Drink, suicide and why I turned against Hollywood." DailyMail.co.uk. 11/29/2005.

Patrick: "We're big believers in, arguments are okay as long as it's not about your ego, but it's about a mutual goal –- trying to create something special."

Source: Serena Kappes. Patrick & Lisa: A Love Story. People.com. 9/14/2009.

Patrick about being married: "I like being married. I'm sort of like a loyal sheepdog, sometimes to a fault."

Source: "Patrick Swayze -- The Cult King." News.com.au

Lisa about Patrick: "I give him a lot of credit for not making me feel overshadowed or left out."

Source: TV Guide interview. Tribute to Lisa

Patrick about working with Lisa: "We've always been a team. We raise horses together, run a music business and a wildlife preserve together. We have an unspoken language after all these years. We just celebrated our 30th anniversary."

Source: Courtney Hazlett, People. Vol. 64, No. 10. pg 37. 9/05/2005.

Patrick about Lisa: "She's a huge inspiration. She's never lost the vision, and I did. I got beat down by the business and the world and ... does anybody really care about doing a film that could really make a difference and really touch people's lives? And she's like a pitbull and never quits."

Source: Randall King. "Swayze crazy about 'Peg."Canoe.ca. 3/10/2001.

Don Swayze: "He looks into her [Lisa's] eyes and he see nothing except, 'Everything is going to be okay.' No matter what he's going through, it's okay. She's just there."

Source: Serena Kappes. Patrick & Lisa: A Love Story. People.com. 9/14/2009.

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