35 Facts about President Barack Obama you may not know
5. Obama's parents divorced when he was [2 /12] years old.
2 Parents: padres, progenitores
24. Obama keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, [a Kenyan /an Indonesian] symbol of the fragility of life.
A KENYAN Carving: talla Life, lives: vida, vidas To hold, held, held: sostener, aguantar To keep, kept, kept: guardar Wooden: de madera
16. Obama would have liked to have been an [astronaut / architect] if he were not a lawyer, university professor and politician.
ARCHITECT Lawyer: abogado University professor: profesor de universidad
9. Obama was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill [at baseball / at basketball]
AT BASKETBALL skill at sport: habilidades, destreas en una actividad deportiva To be known as: ser conocido como To know, knew, known: saber, conocer
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12. Obama was known as [Barry / Berry] until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name.
BARRY To ask, -ed, -ed: preguntar, pedir, solicitar To be addressed by: llamars To be known as: ser conocido como To know, knew, known: saber, conocer Until: hasta
15. Obama had a [basketball / volleyball] court installed in the White House grounds.
BASKETBALL Basketball court: pista de basquet Grounds: terrenos
11. Obama applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard [and was accepted / but was rejected] by the all-female committee.
BUT JAS REJECTED All-female committee: Comité compuesto íntegramete por mujeres Pin-up calendar: calendario con hombres o mujeres atractivos To appear, -ed, -ed: aparecer To apply, -ied, -ied: solicitar To be rejected: ser rechazado
20. Obama [can / can't] cook chilli very well. It is his speciality as a cook.
CAN Cook: cocinero. To cook, -ed, -ed: cocinar
19. Obama [can / can't] speak some Spanish.
CAN To speak, spoke, spoken: hablar
18. Obama [can / can't ] drive [and / but] he has a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300.
CAN, AND To drive, drove, driven: conducir
10. Obama worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now [loves / can't stand] ice cream.
CANT' STAND as a teenager: como adolescente cant' stand: no poder soportar ice cream shop: tienda de helados
31. Obama's favourite films are [Gone with the Wind and Do the right thing / Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]
CASABLANCA AND ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Do the right thing: Haz lo que debas Gone with the Wind: Lo que el viento se llevó One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco.
35. Obama and Michelle Obama have two [daughters / sons] daughters
DAUGHTERS Daughter: hija Son: hijo
33. Obama [loves/ doesn't drink] coffee and rarely drinks alcohol. He [loves / hates] tea.
DOESN'T DRINK, LOVES Rarely: raramente To drink, drank, drunk: beber To hate, -d, -d: odiar
13. Obama took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film "Do The Right Thing" on their [first / second] date.
FIRST Do the right thing: Haz lo que debas, lo que tengas que hacer On a date: en una cita To take, took, taken: tomar To see, saw, seen: ver
25. Obama has read every [Harry Potter / Sherlock Holmes ] book.
HARRY POTTER Every: cada, todos/as To read, read, read: leer
34. Obama [approves of / hates] the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside.
HATES Backside: nalgas, trasero, posaderas Beneath: debajo, por debajo Sagged trousers: pantalones por debajo de la cadera To approve of, -ed -ed: aprobar, gustar, estar de acuerdo Youth: juventud Trend: tendencia To sag, -ged, -ged: combarse, caerse, hunirse.
4. Obama was born in [Honolulu, Hawaii / Jakarta, Indonesia] in 1961 to a black Kenyan father and white American mother.
HONOLULU, HAWAII To be born to a family: nacer en el seno de una familia
30. Obama's favourite music [includes / excludes] Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees.
INCLUDES To include, -ed -ed: incluir
7. Obama ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in [Indonesia / Hawaii]
INDONESIA. meat: carne roasted grasshopper: saltamontes asado snake: serpiente To eat, ate, eaten: comer
6. Obama attended schools in [Honolulu, Hawaii / Jakarta, Indonesia] until he was ten years old.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA To attend, -ed -ed: asistir Until: hasta que
2. Obama's late father was a senior economist for the [Kenyan / Indonesian] government
KENYAN late father: padre que falleció senior economist: experto economista
23. Obama uses an Apple Mac [laptop / tablet]
LAPTOP Laptop: portátil Tablet: tableta
21. Obama is [right-handed / left-handed]
LEFT-HANDED Left-handed: zurdo/a Right-handed: diestro/a
29. Obama's favourite fictional television programmes are [Mash and The Wire / House and Breaking Bad]
MASH AND THE WIRE Fictional television programme: prorama de ficción televisivo
26. Obama's favourite book is [Moby-Dick by Herman Melville / The Old Man the Sea by Heminway]
MOBY-DICK BY HERMAN MELVILLE
1. President Barack Obama's birthday's [on July 4th / on August 4th]
ON AUGUST 4TH Birthday: cumpleaños
17. Obama has his hair cut [once a week / once a month] by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21.
ONCE A WEEK Brber: barbero To charge, -d, -d: cobrar, facturar. To have your hair cut: que te corten el pelo
28. Obama's favourite artist is [Pablo Picasso / Andy Wharhol]
PABLO PICASSO
32. Obama enjoys playing [Scrabble and poker / chess and darts]
SCRABBLE AND POKER Chess: ajedrez Darts: dardos To enjoy, -ed, -ed: disfrutar, gustar mucho
27. Obama collects [Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian / Superman and Wonderwoman] comics
SPIDER-MAN AND CONAN THE BARBARIAN To collect, -ed, -ed: coleccionar.
14. While on the campaign trail Obama refused to watch CNN and had [movie / sports] channels on instead.
SPORTS Campaign trail: actos de una campaña electoral Channel: canal Instead: en lugar de To refuse, -d, -d: rehusar, rechazar While: mientras
3. Obama's name means "one who is blessed" in [Swahili / Hawaiian]
SWAHILI To be blessed: ser bendecido To mean, meant, meant: significar, querer decir
8. As a teenager Obama [took / didn't take] drugs including marijuana and cocaine.
TOOK drug, drugs: droga, drgas As a teenager: como adolescente To take, took, taken: tomar
22. Obama says that his [best / worst] habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry.
WORST Best: mejor Worst: peor To check, -ed, -ed: comprobar
