Brazil presentation

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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.