martes, 20 de mayo de 2014
jueves, 8 de mayo de 2014
GLOSSARY UNIT 8 (SOCIAL SCIENCE)
Mechanization: the use of machinery in the production
process.
Mining: the process of extracting minerals from the
ground.
Mineral: a naturally occurring solid chemical
substance.
Fossil
fuels: fuels that are
formed by the decomposition of buried organic material, and exposure to heat
and pressure.
Industry: any economic activity that produces a
service or transforms raw materials into consumer goods.
Energy: power that comes from the utilization of
physical or chemical resources.
Biomass: organic material used as a fuel that
releases energy when burned.
Management: guarantee that the usable products function
efficiently and ensure that high-quality goods are produced that can be sold at
competitive prices.
Workforce: the employees required to produce goods and
services.
Wind
turbine: they transform
the energy produced by the wind into electricity.
Solar
panel: they convert
solar energy into electricity.
Renewable
energy: energy sources
that are inexhaustible.
Non-renewable
energy: energy sources
that their supplies are limited.
Traditional
energy: energy sources
that are most commonly used.
Alternative
energy: energy sources
that are still being developed.
Heavy
industry: it uses large
quantities of resources.
Light
industry: it produces goods
that are ready for consumption.
Cutting-edge
industries: they employ
advanced technology.
Craftsperson: a person who makes products using basic tools
and manual labour.
miércoles, 7 de mayo de 2014
IDIOMS
1.-To be on the right track/To be on fire
you are doing or thinking something in a way which could lead you to a good outcome.
2.-If
you say you are as busy as a bee
or call yourself a busy bee
it means you are very busy.
3.-To go under the knife to have an
operation
4.-If
someone is two faced, it
means they say nice things about someone to their face but say bad things about
them behind their back.
5.-To
feel blue means to feel sad.
6.-A grey area/Shades of grey is a
topic with not clear solution often because there are no known rules or because
it is hard to decide what is right or wrong.
7.-Pie in the sky to talk about
something good that we would like to happen but which is unlikely to.
8.-In
English, if someone wastes time trying to create something that has already
been made, we say they’re reinventing
the wheel.
lunes, 21 de abril de 2014
jueves, 27 de marzo de 2014
HANDBALL (PHYSICAL EDUCATION)
WARM UP
a.-)
General warm up:
·Activation: Cardiovascular activity: Jogging.
·Articular movement: “swimming”, rotate the wrist
outside and inside, move the legs
outside and inside, in pairs, with a ball, we
throw the ball to our partner and vice versa.
·Stretching: quadriceps, calf muscle, adductor, dorsal, biceps,
triceps, shoulder, neck.
b.-)
Specific warm up:
·MATAO: this
game consists of two people that are in different places but in front of
each other and the rest of the
people between them. One person on one of the sides
has a ball and he/she has to
eliminate the people in the middle by throwing the ball to
them and the other person too.
·CATCH-CATCH (WITH A BALL): this game consists of one person who has to
catch the
others by touching them with a ball
and he/she can throw it to catch someone. When the
ball hits someone, this person has
to sit down on the floor . To save the people who are
sitting down they have to take the ball,
and if that person wants to save other people
that is sitting down, he/she has to
pass it to these people.
sábado, 22 de marzo de 2014
SMS VOCABULARY
0 - nothing
2 - two, to, too
2DAY - today
A - a / an
B - be
B4 - before
BC - because
BF - boyfriend
BK - back
BRO - brother
BT - but
C - see
D8 - date
DNR - dinner
EZ - easy
F8 - fate
GF - girlfriend
GR8 - great
HOLS - holidays
HV - have
I - I, it
Its - it is
KDS - kids
L8 - late
L8R - later
M8 - mate
NE1 - anyone
PLS - please
PS - parents
QT - cutie
R - are
SIS - sister
SKOOL - school
SMMR - summer
U - you
WR - were
A3 - anyplace, anytime, anywhere
ASAP - as soon as possible
B4N - Bye for now
BAU - business as usual
BRB - I'll be right back.
BTW - by the way
CUL - see you later
CWOT - complete waste of time
FTF - face to face
FYI - for your information
GMTA - great minds think alike
HAND - have a nice day
HRU - how are you
ICBW - it could be worse
IDTS - I don't think so
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IYKWIM - if you know what I mean
JK - just kidding
KOTC - kiss on the cheek
LOL - laughing out loud
LSKOL - long slow kiss on the lips
LTNS - long time no see
Luv U - I love you.
Luv U2 - I love you too.
MON - the middle of nowhere
MTE - my thoughts exactly
MU - I miss you.
MUSM - I miss you so much.
NP - no problem
OIC - oh, I see
PC&QT - peace and quiet
PCM - please call me
ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing
RUOK - are you ok?
THNQ - thank you
U4E - you forever
UROK - you are okay
WUCIWUG - what you see is what you get
WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
XLNT - exellent
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