Unit 3: Choices, choices.

word	Meaning	Example
Bargain	Something sold at discount	These shoes were a bargain!
be married		Paul is married.
be worth	have the value of)	The dealer said the vase was worth £200
borrow	When you borrow something, you take it from someone. When you lend something, you give it to someone.
Brands	style, manner	What are your favourite brands?
charge	To ask for money	The waitress didn't charge me for my drink.
Choice	Posibility, option	There was a good choice of desserts.
Discount	reduced price	I get a 20% discount on all merchandise.
get married	To become somebody´s husband or wife	Paul will get married next year.
Half-price	at a 50% reduction in cost	I bought this dress half-price in the sale.
join in	To participate	Anyone could join in the club.
miss out	To lose an opportunity	I don´t want to miss out the party.
pick up	To improve, make better	A lesson topick up the skills
Reminder	Something to remember something.
Sales	reduced price offering	I love sales in January.
save up	To put money aside	I am trying to save up for a new wifi.
sort out	To solve, organize or plan.	Julia intended to go home early in order to sort out the dinner arrangements.
take up	(start: a hobby)	He took up swimming after the accident with the bike.
Tight	Close-fitting	She looked good in her tight jeans.
try out	To attempt	I was keen to try out wakeboarding
waste	(use inefficiently)	Don`t waste your money in one day.

New sports:

archery, rock climbing, wakeboarding, trail biking

A taste of world

sour, spicy, mild, nutritious, all mouth-watering, to set up food stalls, vegetable curry wrapped in Indian bread.

Where are you from?
Norwegian	From Norway
Dutch	From Holland
Belgiam	From Belgium
Finnish	From Finland
Welsh	From Wales

EXPRESSIONS
I can´t afford it (I can´t pay it…)
Is it worth?
What a bargain!
How to suggest: Why don´t we….? Why don´t we go to the cinema? Shall we do…? How about…? What about…? I suggest…	Answers. That`s not a bad idea, but … how about…? That could be a bit difficult. What about…? That sounds like a god plan / great idea. That woks for me / doesn’t work for me.
I`ve got my eye on…
We`re after…

Project: Philippines

Presentation Project by Emma, Eva and Lucía C.

Geography: Africa video

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Where in the world is Africa?

Africa is located in South of Europe and in Southwest of Asia.

2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States?

Africa is three times larger than The United States.

3. How is the savanna defined in the video? Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?

The savanna is the wide open grassland of Africa. It’s a grassy plain which covers the half of Africa, characterized by scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs. You can find giraffes, elephants… commonly associated to Africa.

4. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?

It’s located at the Northern coast of Africa along the Mediterranean and also there are some in the South of Africa.

5. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?

The Sahara Desert, the Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert.

6. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are ...

The main natural resources mentioned in the video are rubber trees, gold mines and oil.

FIND THE MISSING WORDS

1. Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the Cape Good Hope on South Africa and 4 600 miles from Cape Verde all the way over Somalia.

2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that region, you can see the same average temperature and average precipitation what that means is that you also see very similar plants and animals living in that region.

3. The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult barrier to cross.

4. It is not the rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the biodiversity. There are many different plants and animals species that can be found in the rain forest  and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest for so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5. The Nile is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo River which is the ninth longest river in the world.

6. Africa actually has its own version of the great lakes with famous lakes like Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika.

7. All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevated land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa.

8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like Kilimanjaro here the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on it own out of the ground.

9. The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is literally, being split apart. There are some tectonic plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest elevation in Africa, but also lakes like Lake Tanganyika that is among the deepest in the world.

Geography: Vocabulary Unit 3. Population

Word	Meaning
birth rate	The ratio of total of births to total population in a  community or area over a period of time. Also called natality.
death rate:	The ratio of total deaths to total population in a community or area over a period of time.
natural increase	How much a country is growing.
infant mortality rate	The death rate of infants during the first year of life.
life expectancy	The number of years that an individual is expected to live
birth control	Voluntary prevention of conception by a man or a woman
dependent population
dependency ratio:	It´s an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the dependent part) and those  in the labor force (the productive part).
family planning	The planning of when to have children.
replacement rate	The percentage of a worker's retirement income that is paid out by a pension program.
fertility rate	The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.
ageing population	When the median age of a country or region increases.
more economically developed country (MEDC)	Rich countries
less economically developed country (LEDC)	Poor countries
overpopulation	When the population exceeds the capacity of a country o continent.
Underpopulation	Having a population lower than is normal or desirable.

Links to Teresa´s blog:

1. Population density
2. Population pyramids
3. How to read a population pyramid
4. Demographic Transitio Model
5. The World Population Growth
6. Natural movements of population

First Term: Self Assessment

In general, English class is amusing and amazing. Our teacher has a fantastic pronunciation and her way of teaching is spectacular. In this term what I liked most was the video with my classmates and the song by Justin Timberlake because we had to work in groups, although it was difficult to organize everybody.

I think my strength is listening, perhaps because I´m used to listening to music or watching films on TV. And I think my weaknesses are writing and sometimes some spelling.

What did I do well in this term? I think I paid good attention in classes, I enjoyed them, I took part in the edition of the video and the invention of stories in class.

I think I didn´t  make enough effort because I thought that I knew more English and perhaps  I trusted myself too much. In the future I must do more effort, especially in translation and writing. We also need to improve speaking. I think that we can do projects and present them to the class. That´s the way to speak in class for more time.

In culture I learnt about Australian aborigines (I wouldn´t be a young aborigine there; it´s too hard), and about blockbusters and cinema. Outside the class I did my projects and homework, and I listened  to English music. 

Next term has to be better.