Picture of the Day: Energy Efficiency

Question

Hello Everybody! Welcome to the Picture of the Day!

This is a game where we can practice languages and have fun at the same time!

The rules are very simple and remain exactly as RelaxingCup designed them.

• Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the responses you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes as well as the language accuracy.

• Pon tu comentario/ título/ pie de foto a esta imagen (ambos en español y inglés) y vota por las respuestas que te gusten. La mejor respuesta será seleccionada mañana, tanto por la cantidad de votos como por la corrección en el uso del idioma.

• Please, give everyone a chance and only post one caption and no photos.

• Por favor, deja que todos tengan una oportunidad y pon solo una respuesta, sin fotos.

Please help each other with your English/Spanish sentences. And above all, have fun!

Here is the previous Picture of the Day: "Now... How do I get to those Bananas?

And here is today's picture:

:) - Raja-jani, Jul 23, 2014

Hola amigo , gracias . - ray76, Jul 24, 2014

Answer 1

Ahora un neumático pinchado sería más inoportuno .

A punctured tyre would be most unwelcome now.

muy? - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 2

Have you ever had a weird feeling that there's something following you?

¿Alguna vez has tenido una sensación extraña de que hay algo que te sigue?

Nice work Ann, you can also put 'sensación extraña' but up to you - perhaps 'de que hay ...' :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

de que hay algo siguiendote or de que hay algo 'que' te sigue ;) - 003e54f5, Jul 24, 2014

Funny. Good job, Ann :) - FELIZ77, Jul 24, 2014

Answer 3

Mi amiga padece de vértigo y dice que mirar este foto le hace sentir un poco enferma.

My friend suffers from vertigo and says that looking at this photo makes her feel a bit sick.

Great job :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

;-) - pml222, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 4

I hate the trips up the mountain, even though its great exercise, but the trips down the mountain are truly scary.

Odio los viajes hacia la cima de la montaña, aunque es ejercicio bueno, pero los viajes hacia abajo de la montaña son verdaderamente espantosos.

Odio los viajes hacia la "cima" de la montaña, a pesar de que es un gran ejercicio, pero los viajes hacia abajo de la montaña.. - 003e54f5, Jul 23, 2014

Yo también! - pml222, Jul 23, 2014

espantosoS ;) (horrible, atrocious, awful) - scary could be escalofriantes or me dan miedo - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

espantoso can also be frightening. So scary is not a reach. - gringojrf, Jul 23, 2014

you're right, terrifying as well - I meant to put 'as well' on the end of my post but accidentally hit return too quickly, my apologies. :) 'truly' (no e) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

although=aunque and even though= a pesar de or its a great exercise thought. :) - 003e54f5, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 5

Ciclista: Ahora no hay corriente eléctrica por eso estoy obligado a llevar el teleférico a la estación.

Cyclist: now there is no electric current that is why I am obliged to carry the cable-car to the station.

obligado 'a' (instead of 'de') and teleférico (cable car) ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

Gracias Kiwi - porcupine7, Jul 23, 2014

de nada, you're doing really well :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 6

Si él estuviera jalando el teleférico, la cuerda estaría más tirante - quizás sea una cuerda de seguridad para sostenerlo a través de una grieta en el otro lado del de la montaña.

If he were pulling the cable car, the cord would be tenser more taut- perhaps it is a security cord to carry him across a crevice on the other side of the mountain.

Or the cable car is catching up as he slows down. - gringojrf, Jul 23, 2014

Good job Bosque, just a little gender agreement 'de la montaña'. Also for the English did you mean 'more taut'? (tenso or tirante is good for that) :) - - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 23, 2014

Gracis, Kiwi; I do not know why I did that (the gener error, not a hard one). I will accept more taut- although I think tenser is more tense and is an option. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 23, 2014

:) - FELIZ77, Jul 24, 2014

Answer 7

Lo hago, pero no tengo ni idea de lo que está delante.

I am doing it, but I have no idea what's ahead.

:) - FELIZ77, Jul 24, 2014

Answer 8

El última etapa del Tour de Francia.

The last stage of the Tour de France.

Ray, you need gender agreement here: La (not el ) última etapa etc....I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Jul 24, 2014

The word 'última' takes the appropriate gender article. It is not one of the exceptions where you have a feminine noun that takes a masculine article, eg: el agua, el sistema, el problema, etc.... :) - FELIZ77, Jul 24, 2014

Answer 9

El ciclista: << ¿Porqué siempre mis amigos eligen que tengo que llevar a remolque el teleréfico cada vez que se arevia! íProbablamente fue una equivocacion (o un descierto) decirlos que tenía muchas ganas de perder peso y mantenerme en forma! >>

The cyclist: “Why do my friends always choose me to pull (ie: tow) the cable car every time it breaks down?! It was probably a error of judgement to tell them that I really wanted to lose weight and keep fit!“

Editor's note/s: I am asking the readers to imagine that the line from the cable car is fixed to the back of the bicycle and that the cyclist is towing it! lol Certainly, there is a visual suggestion of this ..even though, in reality, the line probably passes behind the cyclist I am hoping that the illusion is sufficient to engage the readers imagination

Corrijan mi español, por favor

Answer 10

Taking energy conservation to the next level.

Tomando conservación de la energía para el siguiente nivel.