Wednesday, May 22, 2013

nb1 22-23/5/13


Homework: Ex. 3, p. 89 and grammarbank 11C p. 144 + ex 2 p 90 (vocabulary).

People in Murcia:
People dress fashionably and elegantly  for special occasions.
People treat tourits very well, we are friendly and polite.
People drive very fast and dangerously and they speak on the phone.
People  normally eat at home at lunchtime during the week but it depends on the job and the season.
People don’t speak foreign languages very well but they try and we are communicative.
People usually are very noisy when they watch a football match, they go crazy when their team plays and wins.
People decorate their houses with plants and the decoration is a little ornate sometimes. Perhaps we aren’t very good at decoration.
People in Europe:
People are more serious, colder and less communicative than in Spain but Mediterranean people are similar.
Mediterranean food is normally better and healthier.
Italian and Greek drivers are the worst.
The houses in the north and in the south are different. In the north houses are bigger. In the south people usually live in flats but not always.
The weather is worse than in Spain. It’s colder and rainier.

attachment /əˈtætʆmənt/ UK  US  sustantivo
 (archivo) adjunto [en informática]

download /daʊnˈləʊd/ UK  US  verbo [transitivo]
bajar, descargar [de Internet]

log /lɒg/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 log on phrasal verb, también log in
 (en informática) entrar en el sistema, iniciar una sesión
log off phrasal verb, también log out
 (en informática) salir del sistema, finalizar una sesión

ˌsocial ˈnetworking ˌsite, también ˌsocial ˈnetworking ˌwebsite sustantivo
sitio de redes sociales

Los adverbios dan información sobre el verbo:
- She walks slowly / fast
y añaden información sobre un adjetivo:
- He is very friendly (este es un adjetivo que la gente suele confundir con 1 adverbio).
u otro adverbio:
- She sings really beautifully.

Los adjetivos aportan información extra sobre un nombre:

She is an intelligent woman.
This car is incredible.
I like yellow t-shirts.


My friend plays football very (adv) well (adv). He is really (adv) good (adj).

People in Murcia:
People dress with their best clothes for special occasions.
People treat tourists very well and politely. But sometimes shops are more expensive for tourists than for locals J.
People drive very fast and we are angry when we drive.
Some people eat healthily, Mediterranian food, but some people eat a lot.
People speak foreign languages not very badly but our president speaks English very badly.
People are very competitive. Some people go crazy when they watch a football match but less than in other countries.
People decorate their houses comfortably, we are very practical because we spend a lot of time out.

auction /ˈɔːkʆən/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
subasta
 •  verbo
 [transitivo] subastar

research /ˈriːsɜːtʆ, rɪˈsɜːtʆ/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
research (into/on sth) investigación (de/sobre algo)
 •  verbo [transitivo/intransitivo] (3ª persona singular del presente -ches)
investigar
to research (into) sth investigar algo

It’s more popular WITH men (más popular entre los hombres).


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