Glossary, ENGLISH

ALL THE COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW: it means something is very colorful.
CHASING RAINBOWS: refers to someone who is always looking for something more exciting and rewanding but it is unlikely to find it.
PLAY WITH FIRE: do something which could be dangerous.
ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE: it means you make a bad situation even worse.
LOST FOR WORDS: you use this expression when you don't know what to say.
TO HAVE A FLASH OF INSPIRATION: it means that you get a sudden idea that helps you create or achieve what you were hoping to do.
A BIG FISH IN A SMALL POND: it means that someone is very important or have  lot of influence but only in a small area or group.
PACKED LIKE SARDINES: we use this expression  to describe people ina very crowded space.
LIKE A DUCK TO WATER: it means that you discover when you start doing a new activity that you are very good at it.
BLOW YOUR OWN TRUMPET: you are boasting about your achievements and abilities.
HAVE A BEE IN YOUR BONNET: you are obsessed with something and can't stop thinking about it.
IT'S IN SOMEONES'S GENES: when that person has te same personality traits as their parents, or does a similar job.
YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS: if you do something for me, I'll do something for you.
NOT TO HAVE A HAIR OUT OF PLACE: it means his appearance is very tidy or is perfect.

Curriculum Vitae

Hi, here you have my CV. I apply for a job as a football coach. I hope you like it.

Social science, GLOSSARY UNIT 3

STATE: it is made un up of institutions that organise the live of the people who live in the same territory. The laws ans powers are the same for everyone..
SOVEREIGNTY: supreme and unrestricted power.
CONSTITUTION: it is the collection of a country's fundamental laws.
DEMOCRACY: government by the people or their elected representatives.
MONARCHY: a form of government in which the supreme authority is the king or the queen of a state.
DICTATORSHIP: a country ruled by a dictator or dictators.
GLOGALISATION: capital can move from one country to another without border restrictions.
REGION: is a territory that usually has a strong economy and a well-defined social and cultural identity.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY: it exists between people as a result of education and a way of living or thinking.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE: it means that all citizens at voting age can participate in the elections.
LEGISLATIVE POWER: it has to make and vote on laws; and control the government. It lies with the parliament.
EXECUTIVE POWER: it has to execute the laws and set state policy. It lies with the government.
JUDICIAL POWER: it has to apply the law and punish citizens who break it.
SUPRANATIONAL: beyond the authority or jurisdiction of one national government.
MASS CULTURE: process by which different cultures become more alike, ad local characteristics are gradually abandoned.
UN: United Nations. International organisation formed by almost every state in the world.
NGO: Non-governmental organisation. Entitie with humanitarian and social aims.
CIVIL SERVANT: qualified worker that have passed an exam.
JUSTICE: the quality or fact of being just.
LIBERTY: the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself.
SUBSIDIARITY: the institutions closest to the citizens can make decisions.
CULTURE: it is the collection of common customs, knowledge and ways of living that a group of people recognise as their own.
MULTICULTURALISM: the policy of maintaining a diversity of cultures within a community.
INTERCULTURALISM: it promotes the coexistence of different groups of human beings on tha basis that cultural relations enrich everybody.
REFERENDUM: a vote on such a measure.
ELECTIONS: process by which the citizes choose their representatives in the parliament.

Social Science, AN IMPORTANT PERSON FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

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Brazil presentation

Here's the link of our presentation, I have uploaded it to SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net/Javi5_Uds/travelling-to-brazil-the-perfect-summer

Physical Education, GLOSSARY

ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS

 

You are it: te la quedas

On the floor: en el suelo

Line up: haced una fila

Let’s do…: hagamos…

Listen up: escuchad

Have a nice day: que tengas un buen día

Safety reasons: medidas de seguridad

You should: deberías

In theory…: en teoría…

Dot line: Línea de puntos

No player is allowed…: ningún jugador tiene permiso…

ENGLISH VERBS

To bounce: botar

To catch: coger

To pass: pasar

To pick up: recoger

To throw, shoot: tirar

To turn around: dar una vuelta

To warm up: calentar

To cheat: hacer trampa

To cool down: volver a la calma

To kneel: arrodillarse

ELGLISH NOUNS

Balance: equilibrio

Endurance: resistencia

Fitness: forma física

Flexibility: flexibilidad

Heart rate, pulse: frecuencia cardíaca, pulso

Speed: velocidad

Mats: colchonetas

Wall bars: espalderas

Fatty acids: ácidos grasos

Rest: descansar

Average: media

Terrain, surface: terreno, superficie

Walking: pasos

Double dribble: dobles

Sanction: sanción

 

INTERNATIONAL WATER DAY

This event is celebrated every 22 of March, it was created by the United Nations. In this event, some environmental organizations prepare activities related to preserving and improving  our water resources. People can participate by themselves too, taking care of the water  they use at home or anywhere during  this special day. Every year, the main objective changes. Some of these objectives have been "Water for XXI century", "Water for thirsty cities" and "Water and culture".
It is an international event, so people all over the world try to turn off their taps to help the environment. In fact, if we really want to help we have to take care of these aspects everyday, the 22 of March is not enough.
The main purpose of this event is to keep billions of litres of water, because lots of millions of people all around the world have never seen a bottle full of clean water.
As I said before, you can join an organization to learn some new things about what you can do to keep water or simply do it without help of other people.
For us a bottle of water is not important, but for the mayority of the people all around the world it is.

Differences between American(first column) and British(second column) English

Bill / banknote
Fall / autumn
Eggplant / aubergine
Zero / nought
Underpants / pants
Block flats / apartment buildings
Trunk / boot
Hood / bonnet
Check / cheque
Pharmacy / chemist's
Grain / corn
Defense / defence
Lite / light
Sick / ill
Honor / honour
Truck / lorry
Analize / analyse
Fulfil / fulfill
Labor / labour
Nite / night
Precinte / district
Tyre / tire
Cookies / biscuits
Elevator / lift
Parking lot / car park
Pants / trousers
Apartment / flat
Subway / underground
Flashlight / torch
Eraser / rubber

GEOGRAPHY, glossary unit 2

TEMPERATURE: the degree of hotness of something like a place or a person.
OASES: places with water in a desert zone where nomadic herdsmen live.
PRECIPITATION: rain fromed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere. Quantity of water that a plce reveives.
SETTLEMENT: the stablishment of a new region.
LIVESTOCK: animals kept for domestic use but not as pets.
SCRUB: an area of arid land covered with such vegetation.
HOLM OAK TREE: an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree.
LOG: a section of the trunk or a main branch of a tree.
DEFORESTATION: the action of cutting down trees.
SAVANNAH: open grasslands, usually with bushes or trees, characteristic of tropical Africa.
TAIGA: coniferous forest.
TUNDRA: high alitude zone covered by ice and composed by small plants. Its fauna is made up of birds and insects.   
JUNGLE: an equatorial forest area with luxuriant vegetation, often almost impenetrable.
DESERT: a region with no vegetation due to low rainfall.
STEPPE: an extensive grassy plain usually without trees.
DECIDUOUS FOREST: forest found in Oceanid or Atlantic climate zone with oaks, beech trees and chestnut trees.
EVERGREEN FOREST: found in Mediterranen climate zones. Formed by pines, scrub and grassland.
RIPARIAN FOREST: special forest found in Savannahs with trees.
MEADOW: an area of grassland, often used for hay or for grazing of animals.
GRASSLAND: land on which grass predominates.
CLIMATE CHANGE: progressive improvement of Earth's temperature.
ATMOSPHERE: the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth.
DROUGHT: a prolonged period of rainfall.
ACID RAIN: RAin with very small pieces of pollution that destroys natural environment.
HURRICANE: destructive storm.     
TORNADO: a violent storm with winds whirling that causes damage along its path.
TSUNAMI: a very big wave that causes a lot of damage when it arrives at the continental coast.
SANDSTORM: a strong wind that whips up clouds of sand.
FLOOD: the inundation of land that is usualy dry. 
   

Reducing the effects of climate change!!!

1. Try to use different means of transport, is better to use your bicycle or even the bus instead of a car or motorbike, they polute more.
2. We should use different renewable energy, as a result we will produce less pollution.
3. Control the factories' gas emissions to the atmosphere.
4. Reduce the use of fossil fuels.
5. Improve efficiency and energy diversification.
6. Make aware of the seriousness of this problem to future generations.
7. Preserve forests and natural environment.
8. Control the streetlights infraestructure to spened less energy.

Recycling in Hong Kong

In China, people send and receive envelopes with money inside to celebrate Chinese New Year. In Hong Kong , to recycle all the paper they use with the envelopes, the government has established a new recycling programme: they have put posters and advices in the streets, buildings, offices and shops with lots of paper bins to collect all the paper and reuse it. Lots of cities have copied this technique and they put it in practise in every special celebration in the country.

TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS OK, SO DO IT EVERYDAY!!!

GEOGRAPHICAL GLOSSARY Unit 1

INLET: thin channel of water that leads inland from the sea. Inlets created by glaciation are called fjords and are usually found on mountainous coastlines.

HEADLAND: a small area of land that projects out into the sea.

PENINSULA: a large scale headland surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can be connected to the land by a thin stretch called an isthmus.

ISLAND: a piece of land completely surrounded by water. A group of related islands close together form an archipelago.

GULF: an area of sea surrounded by land on three sides. It forms the shape of an arc. A bay is similar but generally smaller.

OCEANIC RIDGE: an underwater mountain range that generally covers a large area and reaches high altitudes.

OCEANIC TRENCH: a long depression on the ocean floor that can be thousands of metres deep.

ABYSSAL PLAIN: a flat area of the ocean floor. They are found at depths of between 3000 and 7000 KM.

CONTINENTAL SHELF: the undersea extension of a continent that descends gradually to depths of around 400 m. the shelf might extend for only a few kilometres under the sea, or it may extend for many.

CONTINENTAL SLOPE: a steep underwater area that links the continental shelf with the ocean floor.

MOUNTAIN: a large landform that is higher than the surrounding land. A mountain range is a continuous chain of mountains.

BASIN: an area of land that is drained by a river or a lake that is lower than the surrounding area.

VALLEY: a valley is a linear depression in the land. A river valley is V-shaped due to the action of a river running through it. Glacial valleys are U-shaped because they have been formed by a moving glacier.

PLATEAU: a flat area of land which sits at a certain altitude above sea level.

PLAIN: a large, open, flat or slightly undulating area of land.

TRIBUTARY: a stream, river, or glacier that feeds another larger one.

LAGOON: a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars.

MARSH: low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes, streams, etc.

 

FOOD ORIGINS: BEER

This famous drink all around the world originated in Orient. The experts have fixed its origin between 4000-3500 b.C., and they think that it was invented by Egyptians because of their big crops of wheat and barley. This beer was dense, it wasn't fizzy and they drunk it at zoom temperature. A few years later beer started spreading all over the Mediterranean Sea.

UNIT 1: GLOSSARY AND EXPRESSIONS

TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS: means to deal with a difficult situation in a brave and firm way.

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE: means that when people work together they are more likely to solve a problem that one person doing it alone.
TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER: means TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER: means you’re just managing to survive despite not having much money/time/things.
IT’S AS EASY AS PIE: we use this expression when something is very easy.
PIE-EYED: we use this expression if someone is very drunk.
TO HAVE A FINGER IN MANY PIES: it means you are involved in lots of different activities.
A BAD EGG: in English if we want to say that someone is bad or dishonest we can call him/her a bad egg.
DON’T PULL ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET: you should never rely on only one plan in case it goes wrong.
HE GOT EGG ON HIS FACE: if someone makes a mistake which makes him/her look stupid, we can say this expression.
FULL OF BEANS: in English if someone is full of beans means that he is full of energy.

I HAVEN’T GOT A BEAN: it means that you have no money at all.

SPILL THE BEANS: in English if we want to tell us something secret, we can say to them "Spill the Beans"

IT’S A HOT POTATO: if you have and important and difficult secret or issue and people can't agree we call it "a hot potato"

THEY ARE LIKE TWO BEANS IN A POD: if two people look very similar we use this expression.

 BREAKING POINT: it is when you can't listen bad things any more.

 DROPPED (WEIGHT): when you lose weight.

 PURGING: vomit (make yourself vomit)

 COMPULSIVELY: when you do things without thinking.

 LONG TERM EFFECTS/SHORT TERM EFFECTS: things happen after purging.

 FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS: do things that other person does.

IT’S NOT MY CUP OF TEA: in English if there’s something we don’t like much then you use this expression.

I WOULDN’T DO IT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA: we use this expression if there’s something we would never do it.

IT’S AS GOOD AS A CHOCOLATE TEAPOT: in English if something is completely useless we say this expression.

HE’S GONE BANANAS: in English is someone is very emotional and starts shouting and behaving in a crazy way we can use this expression.

IT’S A CASE OF SOUR GRAPES: in English if somebody pretends not to be impressed by something because he/she feels jealous we use this expression.

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.

THERE ARE PLENTY MORE FISH IN THE SEA: it means that are other choices in a situation. It is often said to comfort someone who had a romantic break up.

THE ICING ON THE CAKE: it is used to refer to something good which is added to an already good thing or situation.

IT’S JUST NOT CRICKET: it is used in English to say that something is unfair or dishonest.

TO TOY WITH: it means not to take someone's feeling seriously.

A TOYBOY: is the younger boyfriend of an older person.

LIKE A TON OF BRICKS: it is 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 something that is overweight)

RAW: something that is not cooked.

BLAND: something without an intense flavour.

TO FLY THE NEST: means to leave your parents’ house for the first time to go and live somewhere else.

A NEST EGG: is an amount of money you have saved for the future.

I WASN’T BORN YESTERDAY: if someone is telling you a very obvious lie you can use this expression.

TO HAVE A WHALE OF A TIME: means to have a lot of fun while doing something.

SIZE OF A WHALE: it is an impolite way of saying they are large and overweight.

G.E.: genetically engineered.

G.M.: genetically modified.

G.M.O.: genetically modified organism.

OMISSION: not telling all the truth.

BANNED: not aloud, forbidden.

THE BIG CHEESE: is the most important or powerful person in a group or organization.

CHALK A CHEESE: we use this expression to define two peoplewho are very different to each other.

A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME: if you have some information but you do not want to reveal who told you, then you use this expression.
TO BE/TO HAVE A BIG MOUTH: it means you talk too much specially about things which should be kept in secret or avoided.

Welcome to my blog

Welcome everyone!!!
This is my first entry in my new blog. I love playing football and right now I cannot do it because my left hand is not OK. I like meeting my friends and I'm always thinking in sport, I love it!!!
I will use this blog to do some highschool work about my english classes.
See you! :D