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.

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