{"id":5005,"date":"2016-12-29T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2019-06-04T13:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T19:15:46","slug":"la-quinceanera-de-rubi-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/la-quinceanera-de-rubi-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"la quincea\u00f1era de rub\u00ed in english"},"content":{"rendered":"

la quincea\u00f1era de rub\u00ed<\/strong>, rub\u00ed ibarra’s 15th birthday party in the small town of la joya, matehuala in the state of san luis potos\u00ed, mexico, was the\u00a0viral\u00a0senasation of december 2016. a local invitation to rub\u00ed’s party posted on facebook\u00a0grew to become a national and even\u00a0international human interest story\/business opportunity.<\/p>\n

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the invitation to rubi’s quincea\u00f1era was only meant for neighboring communities.<\/em><\/h5>\n

english speakers\u00a0around the world read about the event. in a report from the associated press<\/a>, the indian website\u00a0hindustantimes.com\u00a0<\/strong>said this about\u00a0the origin of the story<\/p>\n

rubi\u2019s bash<\/em> gained<\/em> national and international notoriety<\/em> in early december after a local event photographer posted on his facebook page a video of the girl\u2019s father describing a down-home<\/em> birthday party complete with food, local bands and horse races.<\/h4>\n

a bash<\/strong><\/em> is a\u00a0big party<\/em>. gain<\/em><\/strong><\/a> in this context means atttract<\/em>. notoriety<\/strong><\/em> is negative fame<\/em>. down-home<\/strong><\/em> means rural<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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tostadas charras, one of the\u00a0sponsors<\/span><\/i><\/em>\u00a0of rub\u00ed’s quincea\u00f1era, provided rub\u00ed masks for everybody. (afp)<\/h6>\n

rub\u00ed’s mother (anaelda garc\u00eda) explained that rub\u00ed’s father (crescencio ibarra)<\/p>\n

had only been referring<\/em> to everyone in the neighbouring communities, not the world, but by then the video had been picked up<\/em> dozens of times on youtube and had been seen<\/em> by millions, sparking<\/em> tributes by musical stars, jokes and offers of sponsorships<\/em> by companies.<\/h4>\n

past perfect<\/strong><\/a>, used to describe\u00a0multiple events in the past, appears\u00a0three times in this explanation.\u00a0\u00a0had been picked up<\/strong><\/em> and had been seen<\/em><\/strong> are examples of passive voice<\/strong> as well.\u00a0pick up<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means redistributed by other channels<\/em>.\u00a0spark<\/strong><\/em> means provoke<\/em>. sponsorhsip<\/em><\/strong> means companies have paid for services or supplies<\/em> for rub\u00ed’s quincea\u00f1era in exchange for publicity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

rafa fernandez de castro<\/strong>‘s article<\/a> on fusion.com<\/strong> believes the lines\u00a0between life and the internet got blurred<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/em>, which is\u00a0another example of passive voice.\u00a0blurred<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means unclear<\/em>. blurred lines<\/strong><\/em> was a gigantic hit for robin thicke<\/strong>, t.i.<\/strong> and \u00a0pharrell<\/strong> in 2013.<\/p>\n