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Lionel Ritche: Stuck on You

Stuck on you
I’ve got this feeling down
Deep in my soul
That I just can’t lose
Guess, I’m on my way
Needed a friend
And the way I feel now I guess
I’ll be with you till the end
Guess I’m on my way
Mighty glad you stayed

I’m stuck on you
Been a fool too long I guess
It’s time for me tocome on home
Guess I’m on my way
So hard to see
That a woman like you could wait
Around for a man like me
Guess I’m on my way
Mighty glad you stayed

Oh, I’m leaving on that midnight train tomorrow
And I know just where I’m going
I’ve packed up my troubles
And I’ve thrown them all away
Because this time little darling
I’m coming home to stay

I’m stuck on you
I’ve got this feeling down
Deep in my soul
That I just can’t lose
Guess, I’m on my way
Needed a friend
And the way I feel now I guess
I’ll be with you till the end
Guess I’m on my way
I’m mighty glad you stayed

IT’S (HIGH) TIME – Itt az ideje/Legfőbb ideje, hogy …

“It’s (high) time” kifejezést többféleképpen is használhatjuk:

a) Jöhet utána közvetlenül az alany, akire vonatkozik a mondat, ebben az esetben a jelen időt (a kötőmód – subjunctive miatt) egyszerű múlt idővel (Past Simple) fejezzük ki.Ebben az esetben azt is sugallja a mondat, hogy, bár itt az ideje valaminek, valószínűleg már késő bármit is tenni.Például:

It’s time you went to bed. You’ll have to get up early tomorrow.– Itt az ideje, hogy lefeküdj aludni. Holnap korán kell kelned.
It’s high time I bought a new pair of jeans.– Itt az ideje, hogy vegyek egy új farmer.
It’s about time this road was completed. They’ve been working on it for months. – Itt az ideje, hogy befejezzék végre az út javítását. Már hónapok óta dolgoznak rajta

b) Ha szertetnék azt sugallni, hogy itt az ideje valaminek, és még van idő arra, hogy megtegyü, illetve ha nem mondjuk meg, hogy kinek kéne valamit csinálnia, hanem általánosságban beszélünk, akkor a következő szerkezetet használjuk:

It’s time (for somebody) to do something

It’s time (for you) to go to bed.– Itt az ideje, hogy ágyba menj.
It’s time to say goodbye. – Itt az idő elbúcsúzni.
It’s time for breakfast.– Itt az idő reggelizni.

Leap year happens every four years. Every four years an extra day is added to the calendar, making the length of the year 366 days, instead of the normal 365.

Why does that need to happen?

The calendar is supposed to match the solar year, in other words, the length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun once. But things aren’t quite that simple. It actually takes the Earth 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds to complete its orbit (about 365 1/4 days). Those extra hours gradually add up so that after four years the calendar is out of step by about one day. Adding a day every four years allows the calendar to match up to the solar year again.

However, because the solar year isn’t exactly 365 days, even adding a leap day every four years means that the calendar is still out of step by 11 minutes and 14 seconds each year. Over the course of 400 years this would add up to three extra days. In order to solve this problem it was decided to leave out the leap year three times every 400 years. So, the new rule was, a century year (1600, 1700, 1800, etc.) would only be a leap year if it was evenly divisible by 400. This means that the year 2000 was a leap year, but 2100 will not be.

Who figured all this out?

The Egyptians were the first people to think of adding a leap day to the calendar every four years. Later, the Romans copied the idea. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII reformed the Julian calendar (introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE). By Pope Gregory’s time the calendar had drifted 14 days off track. He neatly solved this by lopping ten days off the calendar, telling everyone that the day after October 4th was going to be October 15th. Bad luck for people with birthdays during that time!

The early Roman calendar, way before Julius Caesar’s time, began the year with March. It consisted of ten months, each lasting about 30 days, ending with December. They didn’t seem to have counted the winter months. It is thought that two extra months, January and February, were added sometime around 715-673 BCE. This would have made February the end of the year, which might explain why a leap day was added to that month. Later it was decided to start the year with January, as that month contained a festival dedicated to Janus, the god of gates (and, later, all beginnings)

With the current system of adding leap days, it will be 3,300 years before the calendar is again off by a day.

Other nations have different calendars and different methods of keeping the calendar in line with the solar year. A day, or in some cases a month, gets added every few years, according to the organization of the particular calendar. The Chinese, for example, add a month about every three years, whereas in Islamic Hijri calendar a day is added 11 times during a 30-year cycle.

It’s pretty confusing, but just remember that for our calendar:

Thirty days hath September,

April, June and November;

All the rest have thirty-one

Save February, she alone

Hath eight days and a score

Til leap year gives her one day more.

Did You Know?

There is a tradition that women are allowed to propose marriage to men on leap days. One day in the 5th century, St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick about the unfairness of the system which only allowed men to propose, so he decided to let women do the asking once every four years!

source: Geography For Kids

Do you remember what the numbers were mentioned in connection with?

Key:

Complete the expressions with the words in the box.

1.    every _______ and again

2.    the sooner __________ better

3.    _______ no time

4.    in __________ time

5.    in the long __________

6.    ________ minute now

7.    as ________ as possible

8.    in the _________ future

9.    ________ schedule

10._________ the time

11.in the __________ term

12.on ___________

Key:

1.    now

2.    the

3.    in

4.    good

5.    term

6.    any

7.    soon

8.    near

9.    behind

10.  at

11.  short

12.  schedule

Complete the sentences with the expressions from the table above.

1.    Borrowing their car will be a good solution _____ but we’ll have to buy one for ourselves eventually.

2.    I don’t smoke but _________ I feel tempted at a party to have a couple of cigarettes.

3.    I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings in high school but you know _______ I was just a kid and really stupid.

4.    ‘When would you like to come?’ ‘___________’.

5.    ‘How are you getting on with your redecoration project?’ ‘I still can’t believe it but we are _______. It’s a miracle.’

6.    If you decide to visit us, please inform me ______ so that I would be able to prepare.

7.    We have got to buy a new coffee machine _________. I won’t survive without my morning coffee.

8.    I’ve heard that they are going to open a new shopping centre in our neighbourhood _________. I can’t wait!

9.    Don’t worry, dear! You mommy is going to be here ________ .

10.  I’m sorry, guys but I can’t go out with you tonight. I’m really _______ with my thesis and I’ll have to finish it by the end of next week.

11.  I know it seems impossible now but believe me, you’ll benefit from all this hard work  ___________.

12.  The journey was quite enjoyable. It felt like we got to Austria _______.

Key:

1.    in the short term

2.    every now and again

3.    at the time

4.    the sooner the better / as soon as possible

5.    on schedule

6.    in good time

7.    as soon as possible

8.    in the near future

9.    any minute now

10.  behind schedule

11.  in the long term

12.  in no time

a) on time
b) just in time
c) have a hard/rough time
d) it’s about time
e) pressed for time
f) run out of time
g) take time off
h) stall for time

Complete the sentences.

1) I’m sorry. I won’t be able to arrive ………. tonight.
2) I hope you don’t ………. at your new workplace. I heard the boss was a terrible bully.
3) I have to ……….. from work because I haven’t had a holiday for years.
4) The deadline is tomorrow and we will ………. if we don’t hurry up with the project.
5) ………. you showed up! I was worried sick something had happened to you.
6) Look, it doesn’t help if you ………. . Just make a choice and be done with it.
7) Can I call you back later? I have loads of work and I am really ………. .
8) She arrived ………. to see the end of the race.

Answers: 1) a, 2) c, 3) g, 4) f, 5) d, 6) h, 7) e, 8) b

on time – időben, megadott időre/időpontban
just in time – pont időben (valamihez)
to have a hard/rough time – nehézsége/nehéz dolga van
it’s about time – épp ideje (volt)
to be pressed for time – időzavarban van/kevés az ideje
to run out of time – kifutni az időből
to take time off – szabadságot kivenni
to stall for time – húzni az időt

2. I met her ….. the afternoon.
A: by
B: in
C: on
D: to
E: for

3. I did things differently ….. the New Year.
A: on
B: at
C: in
D: by
E: to

4. My dog used to be afraid ….. night.
A: on
B: in
C: to
D: at
E: for

5. You could not go shopping ….. working hours.
A: on
B: for
C: at
D: to
E: in

6. I had breakfast ….. seven o’clock.
A: in
B: at
C: on
D: to
E: under

7. I made a very good plan ….. once.
A: in
B: on
C: at
D: since
E: by

8. Many of Europe’s great cathedrals were built ….. the Middle Ages.
A: on
B: at
C: to
D: in
E: since

9. I wrote again ….. six weeks time.
A: on
B: for
C: at
D: to
E: in

10. I rang him ….. Friday.
A: in
B: to
C: since
D: for
E: on

11. I spent a lot of money ….. my holiday.
A: on
B: in
C: for
D: at
E: to

12. I paid the phone bill ….. March.
A: on
B: in
C: at
D: behind
E: since

13. I knew what I would do ….. Monday.
A: in
B: on
C: at
D: to
E: since

14. Peter and I arrived ….. the same time.
A: at
B: on
C: in
D: to
E: for

15. I learnt to drive ….. two weeks.
A: on
B: in
C: at
D: to
E: up

16. He was a fast runner. He could run 100 meters ….. 11 seconds.
A: on
B: to
C: in
D: for
E: up

17. We got married ….. 1990.
A: on
B: at
C: to
D: in
E: under

18. My brother is out of work ….. present.
A: in
B: on
C: for
D: since
E: at

19. I hoped the weather would be nice ….. the weekend.
A: on
B: in
C: to
D: since
E: at

20. He was 15 minutes late for the meeting. He did not come ….. time.
A: in
B: to
C: up
D: on
E: before

Megoldások:
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.E
6.B 7.C 8.D 9.E 10.E
11.A 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.B
16.C 17.D 18.E 19.E 20.D