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PREPOSICIONES IN - ON - AT

Agradecemos al Prof. Alfonso Nolasco Ros (el moderador mexicano ADDI denuestro chat principal) su colaboracin para este boletn.

La utilizacin de las preposiciones [IN, ON, AT] con expresiones de lugar, tiene

muchos matices. A continuacin vamos a indicar sus principales usos, si bien la mejormanera de dominarlas es indudablemente mediante la prctica.

INa) Dentro de un espacio cerrado:in the bedroom / in my office / in your pocket / in hospital / in prison / in bedin the front / in the back of a car (pero: at the front / at the back of a cinema, of abuilding)O dentro de un objeto:in that book / in the water

b) En un lugar abierto (sitios determinados con unos lmites definidos):

in the park / in the street / in the garden / in the queue

c) Con pases y ciudades:in Spain / in Madrid / in my country / in this town

ONa) Sobre una superficie, con contacto fsico:on the table / on the wall / on the floor / on my shoulder / on page 103 / on thesecond floor

b) Con las expresiones:on the left / on the right

ATa) Lugar determinado:at the door / at the window / at the trafic light / at the top of the page / at the bridge

b) Con las expresiones:at home / at school / at work / at the office / at the bus stop / at the airport / atsomeone's house

c) Con acontecimientos:at the party / at the meeting / at the conference

d) Tambin se puede utiliza con edificios, con un significado diferente al de

"in":at the museum (en el museo: puede ser dentro o justo fuera)in the museum (dentro del museo)

e) "AT" se utiliza cuando se menciona donde tuvo lugar un acto:This morning I visited the painting exposition at the National Museum.Yesterday we had dinner at the new Chinese restaurant.

f) O con lugares abiertos con agua: "at": al lado; "in": dentro.

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at the river (en la orilla del ro) / in the river (dentro del agua)at the lake / in the lakeat the swimming pool / in the swimming poolat the sea / in the sea

Si bien el significado vara, en muchos casos con un mismo sustantivo se

pueden utilizar diferentes preposiciones:in the car (dentro del coche)on the car (sobre el coche)at the car (dentro o justo al lado el coche)

4. COMPRENSION AUDITIVA

EL CASO DEL VENDEDOR DE GLOBOS. Una historia en la que interviene el DrDeLator, detective de San Francisco, Estados Unidos. Trata de descubrir la solucinde este misterio. Como de costumbre, intercalamos vocabulario bilinge para facilitartu comprensin y aprendizaje de vocabulario y expresiones.

Pulsa la palabra "AUDIO" para escuchar. Para descargar acerca la flecha del ratn a"AUDIO" y con botn derecho selecciona la opcin "Guardar Archivo (o Destino)Como" y guarda el archivo en tu computadora.

THE CASE OF THE BALLOON MAN AUDIO

Inspector Winters is talking with Dr. DeLator...

WINTERS: The whole police force is looking for Izzy the Balloon Man, whokidnapped little Dennis Farrell.

police force: all the police (la Polica); balloon man:a man sellingballoons (vendedor de globos); kidnapped:stole a child (rapt)

DELATOR: Doesn't anyone know where Izzy hangs out?

hangs out: lives, resides (vive, merodea);

WINTERS: Nobody knows anything about him. Once a week he stops hisold truck by the Farrell estate and gives out popcorn and pinkballoons. The kids love the funny faces he makes as he puts theballoons to his lips and huffs and puffs as he blows air into

them. Last Thursday Izzy made his usual stop and drove off... orso it appeared. Later, Sam Potts and the Reverend Bevin were inSam's backyard, which is next to the Farrell property. Samnoticed one of Izzy's balloons stuck high up in his oak tree.Since there was no wind to blow it loose -in fact, the day was socalm that there had been no wind blowing all day- Sam got along ladder and climbed into the tree.

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estate:house, property (propiedad); gives out:distributes (reparte);kids: children (nios, pibes, chavales); faces he makes: the funnyways in which he distorts his face (muecas que hace con su cara); huffsand puffs: blows, emits puffs of breath (sopla, echa soplidos); droveoff: drove (his car or truck) away (se alej en auto); Reverend:title ofrespect for a clergyman (el Reverendo); backyard: garden behind a

house (jardn trasero); stuck:sticked (atascado, enganchado); to blowit loose: cause the balloon to be free (soltarlo, dejarlo suelto); ladder:device for climbing up and down (escalera de mano);

DELATOR: How do you know all this? Did Sam tell you?

WINTERS: Yes, and the Reverend Bevin, who was there with him, saw theballoon in the tree, too, and saw Sam go up to get it. Well, fromthat height -about twenty feet- Sam said he could see over theFarrells' twelve-foot wall. As he released the balloon, he glancedinto the Farrell yard. He said he saw the Balloon Man put youngDennis into his truck and drive off. He told the minister what hehad seen. Neither man thought much of it until they heard thatDennis was missing. Yesterday, Dennis's father received a notestating that Dennis was being held for ransom and thatinstructions would follow.

released: let free (solt, dej en libertad); glanced into: took a brieflook at (ech un vistazo a); the minister: the clergyman (elsacerdote); held for ransom: kept as a prisoner while payment isdemanded for release (secuestrado con pedido de rescate);

DELATOR: Well, Inspector, putting together everything you've told me, Ithink that Sam Potts is the kidnapper, and not the Balloon Man!

putting together: adding up mentally (atando cabos).