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Newbie - Jet-lag

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Hosts: Liliana,  JP
ID: 0076
Difficulty: Newbie
Published: February 25, 2008
Topics: time, jet lag
Functions: expressing how you feel, asking the time
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Lesson Introduction

What time is it back home? Trips to Latin America don't usually need a big adjustment, but if you're going to Spain, you're going to need a jet lag strategy. In today's lesson, we'll talk about jet lag, or as we say in Spanish, "jet-lag."

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jpvillanueva says
¡Hola todos! Before you go on your tour of the Spanish-speaking world, be sure to check the timezone. Mexico and Central America is in the same time zone as Chicago, Winnipeg, and Houston. Bogota, Caracas, and Lima are in the same time zone as New York and Miami. The rest of South America is either an hour or two hours before that. Spain, of course, is six hours ahead of Miami, nine hours ahead of Seattle. Remember, conquering your jet lag isn't just about getting your sleep schedule on track; you also have to think about your eating schedule. Eating and sleeping on the new time zone's schedule will help you adjust faster. And don't forget your bottle of tourist water; hydration is important! Anyone have jet lag stories? English is great; extra points for Spanish!
February 24, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
Cuando fui a San Francisco traía jet lag porque venía de China, entonces nos quedamos dormidos mas de 14 horas y perdí casi un día.
February 25, 2008 from the Web.
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estibalitz says
Hola a tod@s, I really hate having jet lag... but I can't avoid it if you love to travel (like I do,je). So here you are my story: It was my third night suffering from jet lag, so I could not believe it when I awoke at 3:00 a.m. once again, but this time, unfortunately for me, my boyfriend was sleeping like a baby, so I could not turn on the TV... well, in an attempt to be nice and to not disturb him... I ended up reading a magazine in the bathroom sitting on the toilet... for 2 hours! Acabé leyendo una revista en el baño, sentada en la taza del váter durante 2 horas!!!
February 25, 2008 from the Web.
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kshipley says
Hola todos, Jet-lag no es divertido! Tengo algunas pildores naturales que ayudan a veces-se llaman-"No Jet Lag" de New Zealand. Tambien, "Travel Ease" hierbes son bueno. Viajo mucho de China y necisito esos. Tengas buens viajes!
February 25, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says
He utilizado las pastillas de "no jet lag" también. Las funcionó muy bien. "melatonin" es una otra cosa que pueda ayudar.
February 25, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says
Estoy pensando que no es correcto decir "he utilizado esas pastillas" mejor decir "he tomado esas pastillas"
February 26, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
kikuyu Great correction "he tomado esas pastillas". En mi caso, tomo "nytol' o "tylenon PM". Me gustaría probar las de "no jet-lag".
February 26, 2008 from the Web.
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willig says
HMMM, mi vida es jet lag....todo el tiempo :-)
February 27, 2008 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says
I try to "go natural" to conquer jetlag. Before I go to the airport, I cut out any stimulants (coffee, cigarettes, etc), as well as any depressants (alcohol) and I don't eat or drink anything that will affect my metabolism until I know I'm over jetlag. When I arrive, I immediately start eating on the schedule, whether I'm hungry or not, and then I force myself to stay up until it's bedtime. I usually adjust within a day or two. For me, it's much easier to travel west (adding time to my day) than traveling east (subtracting time to my day). When I was taking students overseas, I advised them not to shop until they were over jetlag. I discovered that a lot of them did comfort shopping. Later, when they were over jetlag, they realized they had spent their parents' money on a) crap they didn't really want, or b) stuff they could have bought back home. There was one student in Paris who INSISTED that we stop at the Gap to buy (drum roll)... a white T-shirt. The first time I went to Europe as a student, I took a nap in the middle of the day, while my roommates all took a walk. I slept for the rest of the day, and didn't hear my roommates pounding on the door until I woke up five hours later. Two days later, I was still jetlagged, but my roommates, who had been forced to stay awake by my super-nap, were totally over it.
February 27, 2008 from the Web.
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lvalmoria says
Viena y Praga son 8 horas menos de Melbourne, y el vuelo dura dieciocho horas. When I first made the trip as a student on a class tour I felt very, very baffled; I thought I would be 'clever' and open my window shutter to see what life looked like over Russia and found that we were flying into sunrise permanently for about three hours until we landed in Austria, where--surprise--the sun was rising. Travelling from Melbourne to anywhere save the Pacific or New Zealand subtracts time from my day. Since then I have found that, like JP, it is much easier to travel west. I agree that eating and sleeping on schedule helps one get over jetlag quickly. A long-haul flight usually prepares one for the eating schedule at the destination--I can't recall what we ate from Singapore to Vienna but I do remember eating 'lunch' several times. Upon arrival, my professor made us walk several hours on a walking lecture (so we had to pay attention!) with a lunch break, so by a few days later we were over it. I use the walking strategy with my guests who come to visit from Australia--if it's their first long-haul trip they're not always appreciative! *g*
February 28, 2008 from the Web.
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pegasus says
Hallo WILLIG, I like your Pic but didn't know, they are having Tornados in the Continental Airlines fleet nowerdays!!! I myself am quite familiar with this fighterbomber...331 Squadron. Saludos desde Deutschland
March 1, 2008 from the Web.
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willig says
HOLA! I wish I had a Tornado! I never flew one but this picture was too cool and I had to use it. I keep telling Continental to buy some but they don't carry enought passengers. My hat is off to you and good luck to the 331 squadron. dave
April 18, 2008 from the Web.
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jeraldina says

Por favor compara No son horas de llamar con la siguiente frase en Newbie lección Call Me:

Ya no son horas para llamar.

¿Cuál es mejor, de llamar o para llamar?

April 1, 2009 from the Web.
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romuald says

Hola Jeraldina,

Pienso que es mejor decir: "Ya no son haras de llamadas" y "Ya no son haras para llamar". Hay que comparar con otros amigos.

Take good care,

Friendly yours,

FELIX Joseph-Romuald 

May 5, 2009 from the Web.
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jeraldina says

Hola romuald,

Gracias por sus pensamientos. Hay que tanto aprender.

Jeraldina

May 5, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

corrections to pdf

June 15, 2009 from the Web.
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cdowis says

porque aquí  == proquequi

an example of word bridging

October 25, 2009 from the Web.
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donperigo says

cdowis

hi there this lesson may help

You will need to train your ear to cope with this type of thing which is where the spanishpod lessons excel. Although you may think it would be better to hear people speak slowly and enunciate it is completely unnatural and will ultimately do you no favours. In the real world people will use contractions mumble swallow various letters and talk with diverse accents and the only way to cope with this is to practise listening to them do it (from day 1) hang in there, you've learnt how to do this once before, purely by listening. You can do so again. 

October 25, 2009 from the Web.
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marcobestgen says
Me encanta el jet lag porque una vez me permiti, porque no estaba dormiendo durante la noche, ver a muchisimos episodios de 24 sin tener ganas de dormir. ¡Me encantaba tener jet lag por esta razon !
October 31, 2009 from the Web.
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marcobestgen says
Me encanta el jet lag porque una vez me permiti, porque no estaba dormiendo durante la noche, ver a muchisimos episodios de 24 sin tener ganas de dormir. ¡Me encantaba tener jet lag por esta razon !
October 31, 2009 from the Web.
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evandar says

I've never had jet lag, I've only taken flights from Norway to Spain or England. :)

December 29, 2009 from the Web.
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evandar says

¿Es una falta?:

¿Qué horario tiene la oficina?
(What schedule do you have at the office?)

To my Norwegian mind it looks like there should be an "en" between "tiene" and "la", but I'm not sure.

December 29, 2009 from the Web.
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yennyhernandez09 says

evandar

No es una falta,podemos decir:

¿Qué horario tiene la oficina?: Aquí preguntamos el horario de la oficina en general,por ejmplo:

El horario de la oficina es de 9:00 a.m. a 6:00 p.m. (The office is open from 9 to 6.)

¿Qué horario tiene en la oficina?

Aquí se utiliza para preguntar el horario de una persona,en este caso sería tiene (Usted,Él o Ella ).

Su horario es de 9 a 6. (His schedule at the office is  from 6 to 9)

 

 

December 29, 2009 from the Web.

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