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miércoles, 11 de diciembre de 2013

AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

AMERICAN ENGLISH                                                    BRITISH ENGLISH
bill                                                                                        banknote
fall                                                                                        atumn
eggplant                                                                                aubergire
zero                                                                                      nought
hunder pants                                                                         pants                                                            
block flats                                                                             appartament buildings
trunk                                                                                     boots
check                                                                                    cheque
sick                                                                                       ill
hood                                                                                     bonnets
defense                                                                                 defence
grain                                                                                      corn
lite                                                                                         light
sick                                                                                       dizzy
honor                                                                                     honour
analize                                                                                    analyse
fulfil                                                                                        fulfill
nite                                                                                         night
tyre                                                                                         tire
cookies                                                                                   biscuites
elevator                                                                                   lift
rest rooms                                                                               toilet
shoccer                                                                                   football
subway                                                                                   underground
pants                                                                                       troursers
flat                                                                                           appartament
parking lot                                                                               car park                                            
eraser                                                                                      rubber
soda                                                                                        fizzy drink
flashlight                                                                                   torch
truck                                                                                        lorry
store                                                                                        shop
candy                                                                                       sweets
fauce                                                                                        tap
pharmacy                                                                                 chemist's 




                                     

VOCABULARY

-"Breaking point": when you need help and you can´t go on with something  alone.

-Dropped (weight): Lose weight

-Purging:  make yourself to vomit

-Compulsively: a repetitive action you do without thought (adiction)

- Long/short term effects: consecuences for a long or short  period of time

 -Follow in your footsteps: you want to be like other person

-GE: Genetically Engineered. It's not natural and organic, It is changed

-GM: Genetically Modified. It's not natural and organic, It is changed

-GMO: Genetically Modified Organism. It's not natural and organic, It is changed

-Omission: you don't lie,  you don't say all the truth. (Lying by omission)


 Wheat: cereal that is used to make the bread     
                                        

Factual:  real, sure.

Dry: there is no water on it           

 Tarot readers: person that predict your future reading cards with images.

Baking powder: ingredient used to make cakes( It causes cakes to rise in the oven)  

Future tellers: person that predict the future.

   sticky batter:  rebozado pegajoso        
        
  Mix up: move or mix something.

Raw:  it's no cooked  

Banned:  something is prohibited

Crop: plants that grow in large cuantities

Plot of land: area of land



Employment: ocupation, work
Lifeguard: a person that takes care of the people in the sea or in the pool and saves them if they are in risk.
Cashiers: a person responsible for receive the payment in a shop.

Surgeon: a person that is operates other people if they are ills and its necesary to do it

Childminder: baby-sitter

Gone abroad: travel to another country

Earn money: make money 

Pollution: contamination

Soil: sand

Rubbish: trash

Lid: object used to cover the bottles

Coal: mineral that is extract from the mines and we use it to combustion

Cattle station: is where the cattle reside

Nature: environment

Per capita: per person
Cans: tins
Smog: is a mix of the words smoke and fog
Methane: a gas that produce the greenhouse
Pass a lawis when the government creates a law and this is approved

Chairperson: a person who presides a debate



Adjudicator: the person who decide the winner of the debate



Timekeeper: the person who controls the time


Speaker: the person who is talking in one moment

         

ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS

1. To take the bull by the horns: means to deal with a difficult situation in a brave and firm way.

2. Two heads are better than one: means that when two people work together they are more likely to
solve a problem than one person doing it alone.

3. To keep your head above water: means you are just managing to survive despite not having much money/time/things.

4. It´s not my cup of tea: in English, if there's something we don't like much: a sport, a type of music, a person...


5. There are plenty more fish in the sea: It means that there are other choices in a situation. It's often said to comfort someone who had a romanic break-up.

6. The icing on the cake: It's used to refer to something good which is added to an already good thing or situation.

7. It's just not cricket: is used in English to say that something is unfaur or dishonest.

8. To toy with(somebody/something): means not to take someone's feelings seriously.

9. A toyboy: is the younger boyfriend of an older person.

10. It's as good as a chocolate teapot: In English if something is completely useless we say this expression.

11. To fly the nest: means to leave your parents' home for the first time you go and live somewhere else.

12. A nest egg: is an amount of money you have saved in the future.

13.  I wasn't born yesterday: if someone is telling you a very obvious lie, you can use this expression.

14. Like a ton of brinks: it's used to express something that is very heavy. This expression can be used literally (to describe a heavy weight) or idiomatically (to describe a great surprise or someone that is overweight)
   15. It's as easy as pie: if something is very easy.

16. Pie-eyed: if someone is very drunk.

17. To have a finger in many pies: it means you are involved in lot of different activities.
18. A bad egg: in English if we want to saythat someone is bad or dishonest we call call him/her a bad egg.

19. Full of beans: In English if someone is full of beans means that he/she is full of energy.

20. I haven't got a bean: means that you have no money at all.

21. Spill the beans: In English if we want to tell us something secret, we can say to them "Spill the beans".

22. It's a hot potato: In English, if there is a delicate issue and people can't agree.

23. They're like two peas in a pod: if two people look very similar we use this expression.

24. He's gone bananas: In English if someone is very emotional and starts shouting and behawing in a crazy way, we can say this expression.

25. He got egg on his face: if someone makes a mistake which makes him/her look stupid.

26. It's a case of sour grapes: In English if somebody pretends not to be impressed by something because she/he feels jealous, we use this expression.

27. A second bite of the cherry: In English if we try to do something a second time because we failed at first, we use this expression.

28. Don't pull all your eggs in one basket: you should never rely on (trust) only one plan in case it goes wrong.

 29. I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China: We use this expression if there's something we would never do it.

 30. To have a whale of a time: means to have a lot of fun doing something.

31. Size of a whale: it is an impolite way of saying they are large and overweight

 32. "Take it with a pinch of salt": take something with calm.


33.  If you blow your own trumpet: you are boasting about your achievements and abilities

34. If you have a bee in your bonnet about something: you are obsessed with something and you can't stop thinking in it

35. It's in someone's genes: when that person has the same personality traits as theirs parents, or does a similar job

36. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours: if you do something for me I'll do something for you, especially if it is something you wouldn't have been able to do for yourself

37. If you say someone does not have a hair out of place: their appearance is very tidy or is perfect.

38. Lost for words: you are sock of something and you don't know what to say

39. To have a flash of inspiration: you get a sudden idea that helps you to create or achieve what you were hoping to do

40. A big fish in a small pond: if we describe someone with this expression, it means that he/she is very important or have a lot of influence but only in a small area or group

41. Cold fish: if someone is described with this expression it means that he/she is unfriendly and doesn't show her/his feelings or emotions

42. Packed like sardines: to describe people in a very crowded space. In a place enclosed

43. Chock a block: to describe people in a very crowded situation. In the street

44. Like a duck to water: it means that you discover when you start doing a new activity that you are very good at it




lunes, 9 de diciembre de 2013

GEOGRAPHY-UNIT 2

Landscape:  A sinonym is scenery

Temperature:  It´s physical magnitude that measures the warmth or coldness of a body or the atmosphere

Oasis: It is an area with vegetation and water that is isolated in the desert

Precipitation: rainfall

Riparian forest: It isdeciduous forest growing on both sides of the river courses

Grassland: It´s a biome formed by a succession of herbs and grasses, which develops in a temperate climate and experiences a warm season in the summer and cold in the winter season.
Settlement: place where is established a person or a community of people
Livestock: group of grazing animals that are bred for their exploitation
Scrub: land with bushes and weeds

Holm oakMediterranean tree that can be deciduous or evergreen

Logging: the work of felling, trimming, and transporting wood

Deforestation: destruction of a forest through logging or natural causes

Savannah: is a very big plain in the tropical climate

Taiga: vegetation formation with abundant coniferous forests

Tundra: vegetation of polar regions where there are't trees, and the ground is covered with mosses and lichens

Jungle: covered ground of very lush vegetation typical of tropical zones

Desert: a region that is almost devoid of vegetation because of low rainfall
Steppe: an extensive grassy plain usually without trees

Deciduous: the trees that lose their leaves during a part of the year

Evergreen: the trees that keep their leaves always

Meadows: large plain covered with grassy


NATURAL DISASTERS

Drought: long period of dry weather

Acid rain: rain that contains a high concentration of pollutants

Hurricane: Wind with a enormous force, usually originated in tropical areas, which revolves in large circles

Tornado: is like a hurricane

Tsunami: a big wave generated by an earthquake on the seabed

Sea levels rising: increasing the sea level by melting

Sandstorm: dust storm

Polar caps are melting: the ice is becoming water because of the pollution and the greenhouse

Flood: a place cover of water

Climate change: weather modification has taken place about his record at regional and global levels.

Greenhouse effect: phenomenon in which certain components of a gas atmosphere planetary retain some of the energy emitted when the soil has been heated by solar radiation.

Atmosphere: is the layer of gas surrounding a celestial body.

GEOGRAPHY- UNIT 3

StateThe supreme public power within a sovereign political entity


 Sovereignty: The authority to rule over an area. In a democracy, the people have sovereignty because they vote for the government

Constitution: A collection of a country's fundamental laws that shape the government, institutions and rights and obligations of citizens

Democracy: A government in which the people have power, exercised either directly or through elected representatives

Monarchy:  Form of government in which the head of state reside in one person, usually a king or queen, through heredity and lifelong.


Dictatorship: A system of government in which one person with absolute power governs. they are supported by a political party, an ethnic group or the army

Globalisation: The integration and development of worldwide economic system

Regional: Relative to the region

Cultural diversity: The quality of diverse or different cultures

Universal suffrage: All adults can vote in elections of a democratic system

Legislative power: Make the laws. It is done by the parliament

Executive power: Execute the laws and the state policy. It is done by the government

Judicial power: Apply the laws and judge and punish the citizens who break it. It is done by the tribunals

Supranational: Beyond the authority of one national government

Mass culture: A worldwide culture characterised by similar patterns of consumption 

UN: Is a supranational organisation composed of over 190 member states. It was founded in 1945 to promote peace, security and economic development

NGO: An entity with humanitarian and social aims

Civil servant: A person who occupies a position or employment in the public service

Justice: Law, reason, fairness

Liberty: Freedom

Subsidiarity: Trend from state to subsidize community or private agencies

Culture: The knowledge, ideas, traditions and customs that characterize a people or an age

Multiculturalism: the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation

Interculturalism: It affects or refers to two or more cultures

Referendum: Juridical procedure by which is subjected to popular vote a law or a matter of special

Elections: Elections that we held to elect the representatives of the political parties in the House of Representatives and Senate