Wednesday, March 20, 2013

nb1 20-21/3/13


Homework: ex. 4 p. 57 and 160, vocabulary + ex. 6 writing (a memorable night), p.57.

The day after tomorrow.

last
1 most recent or nearest to the present time:
I hadn't seen him since the last meeting.
last night/week/year etc
Did you see the game on TV last night?
They passed the law last August.
BUT
Interest in golf has grown rapidly in the last ten years.
Things have changed since the last time (=the most recent occasion) you were here.

When was the last time (that) you bought a donut?
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que compraste un Donut?

A long time ago.

The Way of St. James or StJamesWay (Spanish: El Camino de Santiago)

GPS /ˌdʒiː piː ˈes/ sustantivo (= Global Positioning System)
1 (sistema) GPS
2 (plural GPSes) (dispositivo) GPS

sunset /ˈsʌnset/ UK  US  sustantivo
1 atardecer
before sunset
antes del atardecer
2 puesta de sol
a beautiful sunset
una hermosa puesta de sol

To be on holiday.
On my last night.

embarrassed /ɪmˈbærəst/ UK  US  adjetivo
1 I feel/she is etc embarrassed me da/le da etc vergüenza
He felt so embarrassed.
Le dio tanta vergüenza.
I was embarrassed by her directness.
Su franqueza me hizo sentir incómoda.


eight /eɪt/ UK  US  número
ocho
bought /bɔːt/ UK  US   pasado & participio de buy
knight /naɪt/ UK  US  sustantivo
1 (en la Edad Media) caballero
night /naɪt/

souvenir /ˌsuːvəˈnɪə/ UK  US  sustantivo
souvenir, recuerdo

memorable /ˈmemərəbəl/ UK  US  adjetivo
 memorable


scarf /skɑːf/ UK  US  sustantivo (plural scarves o scarfs)
1 bufanda
2 pañuelo [para la cabeza, el cuello]


questionnaire /ˌkwestʆəˈneə/ UK  US  sustantivo
cuestionario

couple /ˈkʌpəl/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
1 par
Could you bring  a couple more  chairs?
¿Puedes traer un par de sillas más?
2 a couple of un par de, unos -as
I'll only be a couple of minutes.
Vuelvo en un par de minutos.
3 pareja
a married couple un matrimonio.

Go for a swim / have a swim (darse un baño en el mar, rio…)

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