PE VOCABULARY

1.-To dodge: esquivar
2.-To roll over: darse la vuelta
3.-To tag: tocar, pillar
4.-To cheat: hacer trampas
5.-Average: media
6.-Brief: breve
7.-Line up: alinear
8.-You should: deberías
9.-Sanction: sanción
10.-Speed: velocidad

ECOLOGICAL EVENT

“Turn off the lights”

Last month, there was an event called “Turn off the lights” at New York City. Seven million people came to this ecological event to convince all the people of this city to turn off the lights of their homes at 9.30 pm during twenty minutes. Some people went to talk to the factories, others to the apartment, others to the detached houses and the rest to the departments and offices for make the work more comfortable and faster for all the people who was there. They explain to the people why they want to do this event and they said that because is an ecological symbol to consume less electricity and to make the people collaborate with the environment to pollute less. Now the people are agree to do this all twice a year.

GEOGRAPHY HOMEWORK

-Separate the paper, plastic, glasses and waste food.
-Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth.
-Don't leave the TV switched if you aren't watching it.
-Use natural light.
-Use energy-efficient light bulb.
-Use ecologycal transport.
-Don't smoke.

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

1.-The big cheese: is the most important person in a group or organization.
2.-Chalk and cheese: weuse this expression to define two peopl who are very different to each other.
3.-A little bird told me: if yo have some information but you donot want to reveal who told you, them you use this expression.
4.-To be or to have a big mouth: it means you talk to much especially about things which should be keot in secret or avoided.
5.-All the colours of the rainbow: it means it is very colourful.
6.-Chasing rainbows: refers to someone who is always looking for something more excitin and rewarding but it is unlikely to find it.
7.-If you are playing with fire: you are doing something which could be dangerous.
8.-If you add fuel to the fire: it means you make a bad situation even worse.
9.-Lost of words:
10.-If you have a flash of inspiration it meanstaht you get a sudden idea that help you create or achieve what were hopind to do.
11.-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.
12.-Cold fish: if someone is described with this expresion, it means that he/she is unfriendly and doens't show his/her feelings or emotions.
13.-Packed like sardines: to describe people who arein a very crowded space.
14.-Chock a block: example: the streets are chock a block with cars today.
15.-Like a duck to the water: it means that you discover when you star doing a new activity that you are very good at it.
16.-If you blow your own trumpet, you are boasting about your achievements and abilities.
17.-If you have a bee in you bonet about something, you are obssessed with it and can't stop thinking about it.
18.-It's in someone's genes: when that person has the same personality traits as their parents, or does a similar job.
19.-You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours: means if you do something for me, I'll do somethingfor youespecially, if it is something you would not have been able to do for yourself.
20.-If you say someone does not have a hair out of place it means their appearance is very tidy or is perfect.

RECYCLING IN HONG KONG

In Hong Kong the streets are clean, but in the periphery there are big mountains of rubbish.
This city appears well care, but its three huge landfill are full and one of them can be completely full in one or two years.
Per day comes 13000 tons of rubbish to the dump (1'3 kilos per person).
Hong Kong has a crisis of rubbish according to EDP (Enterpise Products Partners). They think to make bigger the dumps and make a .
Hong Kong Recycle, an ONG, gives reusable bags for make people separate paper, plastic, metal and glasses for recycle and the ONG collect it once a week.
Hong Kong recicles half of their residues, but the mayority of the population don't care about it because they pay more atenttion to the money.

GEOGRAFHY VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Temperate: the mildest of the Earth's tree climate zones. The temperate zones have moderate temperatures and precipitation.
Oasis: a small area in a desert with water an vegetation.
Precipitation: a form of water that falls to the Earth's surface.
Savannah: a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.
Taiga: the forest located in the Earth's northem regions consisting of evergreen trees.
Tundra: the vast, treeless area in the Artic regions with low-growing vegetation such as lichens and mosses.
Settlement: a place where people have gone to live where no or few people lived before.
Livestock: domestick animals raised on farms.
Jungle: an area with lush vegetation and high rainfall with anequatorial climate.
Desert: an area of land that receives less that 250 mm of rain per year. Deserts can be hot, coldor polar.
Steppe: a grassy plain usually without trees.
Scrub: low trees or shrubs that grow in areas with little rain.

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY UNIT 1

Mountain range: A continuous chain of mountains.

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

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

Inlet: A thin channel of water that leads inland from the sea. Inlets created by glaciations are called fjords and are usually found on mountains coastlines.

Headland: A small area of land that projects out into the sea.

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 7000m.

Continental shelf: The undersea area extension of a continent that descends gradually to depths of around 400m.

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.

Valley: A linear depression in the land. A river 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.

Plain: A large, open, flat or slightly undulating area of land.