VOCABULARY UNIT 6

-Well-meaning: having or based on good intentions
-Thoughtless: not thinking enough; careless
-Mistreat: to treat badly or harmfully
-Tough: strong and long-lasting // capable of great endurance; hardy
-Neglect: to pay no attention or too little attention to

VOCABULARY UNIT 3

Burglar: person who steal things
Robbed: something is robbed when someone steal it
Murder: person who kill another person
Suspects: people who can be the person that had comited a crime
Armed: person who has an arm (like,for example, a gun)
Hijack: person who rob airplains
Mug: rob violently
Witness: person that saw the crime
Gang: criminal
Punish: penalty for offence
Drug dealer: person who traffic with drugs
Kidnap: to carry off by force or trickery
Ransom: amount of money
Civilians: citizens

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Survivor:  that survives
Flood: a great flowing or overflowing of water
Safe: offering security from danger
Injure: to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
Collapsed: to fall down or cave in suddenly
Mud: a fine-grained soft wet deposit that occurs on the ground after rain, at the bottom of ponds, lakes, etc
Ash: pieces of the gray or black powdery matter that remains after burning
Warn: to advise
Fearless: not afraid
Foot: bottom
To be fond of: you like very much something
Shelter: a building serving as a temporary place to live 
Homeless: people who have nowhere to live
Drowns: to die or kill by immersion in liquid 

DISASTERS

     NATURAL DISASTERS                                               MAN MADE DISASTERS

Earthquakes                                                                        Oil spill

 Tsunami                                                                               Pollution

                              Tornados                                                                             Fires

                              Volcano eruption                                                                 Acid rain

                              Huracanes                                                                           Global warming

                              Storms                                                                                Deforestation

                             Asteroids

                             Lightnings

                             Floods

                             Landslides

                             Sand storms

                             Droughts

VOCABULARY UNIT 1

Living it up: living well/enjoying your time.
Drawght: when there isn't water like in a desert.
Hood: short for neighborhood.
Dude: you.
Alrihty: okay.
"That'd hecka cool!": Hecka would mean the same as very, as in, "that is very cool" hecka is only used in the Bay Area.
"Yo, let's bail!": Yo is short for you, and bail to leave.
"That burrito is so bomb!": bomb means very good, as in "that burrito is very good" or "that burrito is very tasty".
"Breo, why you putting me on blast?": to put someone "on blast" is to call them out in front other people to embarrass someone in public.
"Why did you call me out in front of Jessica?": To call someone out is to reveal another's mistake in front of other.
"You are rocking those choes": to "rock" something means to wear it with style.
Heavy: when something is very sad or depresing.

NEW YORK OR LONDON

I prefer to go to New York City because we were in Ramsgate two years ago but we only had one day to visit London and that is what the reason I want to return to London, but really in London, like the students that were in 4th ESO last year becausewhen we went there we didn't spend so much time, but even so I want to go to New York for many other reasons:
-If we go to New York it will be an exchange and because of that we will meet new people that will probably be very nice and friendly.
-We will spend more time in New York than we were in London.
-We will visit a lot of interesting places like Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the Brooklyn Bridge, etc.
-It has a good weather.
-It is a fantastic idea and oportunity .
-If our class or the 4º ESO classes go some day we will enjoy it as much as possible and it will be a fantastic experience.
I hope we will go this year because we want so much to do this trip all together :')
Bye :)

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

This are the differences I found in a webpage:

The perception is different and often selective:

• Expressions are differentiated according their importance: for the Inuits (Eskimos) snow is part of their everyday life, so many words exist to describe it. Similarly the Zulus use many words for the color "green”.
• In Arabic countries the odors (of condiments, coffee etc.) are often perceived in more differentiated ways than e. g. in northern America.
• In Asian countries the perception of time is rather past-oriented (ancestors, values), in Latin American countries as well as southern European countries rather present-oriented, and in western Europe as well as Noth America rather future-oriented.

Behavior and gestures are interpreted differently:

• Shaking the head in a horizontal direction in most countries means "no”, while in India it means "yes”, and in hindi language the voice lowers in pitch at the end of a question.
• Showing the thumb held upwards means in Latin America, especially Brazil, but also in many other countries "everything’s ok”, while it is understood in some Islamic countries as well as Sardinia and Greece as a rude sexual sign. Furthermore, the sign of thumb up may signify the number "one" in France and a few other central european countries.
• "Everything ok” is shown in western European countries, especially between pilots and divers, with the sign of the thumb and forefinger forming an "O”. This sign means in Japan "now we may talk about money”, in southern France the contrary ("nothing, without any value”), in Spain, some Latin American countries, Eastern Europe and Russia it is an indecent sexual sign.
• In North America as well as in Arabic countries the pauses between words are usually not too long, while in Japan pauses can give a contradictory sense to the spoken words by the meaning of pauses. Enduring silence is perceived as comfortable in Japan, while in Europe and North America it may cause insecureness and embarrassment. Scandinavians, by Western standards, are more tolerant of silent breaks during conversations.
• Laughing is connoted in most countries with happiness - in Japan it is often a sign of confusion, insecureness and embarrassment.
• In the UK Ireland and Commonwealth countries, the word "compromise” has a positive meaning (as a consent, an agreement where both parties win something); in the USA it may rather have negative connotations (as both parties lose something).
• In Mediterranean European countries, Latin America and Sub Saharan Africa, it is normal, or at least widely tolerated, to arrive half an hour late for a dinner invitaiton, whereas in Germany and Switzerland this would be extremely rude.
• If invited to dinner, in many Asian countries and Central America it is well-mannered to leave right after the dinner: the ones who don’t leave may indicate they have not eaten enough. In the Indian Sub-Continent, European and North American countries this is considered rude, indicating that the guest only wanted to eat but wouldn’t enjoy the company with the hosts.
• In Africa, saying to a female friend one has not seen for a while that she has put on weight means she is physically healthier than before or had a nice holiday, whereas this would be considered as an insult in Europe, North America and Australia.