Math Vocabulary (ongoing post)

This is a website that may be useful for us (courtesy of Rosa):
http://www.mathwords.com/a_to_z.htm

today's class (and no class next week!)

Quick summary:
We did the Harper's Index analysis of statistics (interpretation) individually and in group
Watched a TED presentation about trying new things for 30 days (see bottom of post)
Presentations were given by Jaume (the 4th dimension), Andreu (Darwin's Bot), and Oriol (wave propagation).  Thanks very much for your excellent work.
Brief overview of our textbook--hopefully we'll have bound copies by next class


Next class:
Rosa, Pijou, and Ester (did I miss anyone) will give their presentations
Student Book: p.50, 51 (especially ex.4,5 on p.51)
Workbook: p.35
I will send you a copy of a CAE/FCE before next class.
Please give me feedback on presentation feedback sheets.

Did I forget anything?

Ivory Tower Vocabulary

andreu lives in an ivory tower Andreu vive en una torre de marfil
lag retraso
wrestler luchador
auction subasta
wedlock matrimonio
incumbent titular
raid ataque
foreclose on someone's home ejecutar la hipoteca de la casa de alguien
mortgage hipoteca
lender prestador
tender a wound tratar/curar de una herida
born out of wedlock nacidos fuera del matrimonio
leaker filtrador
leak fuga
wikileaks wikileaks
whistle blower denunciante
recruit reclutar
rush week prisa semana
out a homosexual individual una persona homosexual
come out of the closet salir del armario
they're shooting in the dark se está disparando en la oscuridad
delayed onset retraso en la aparición
blackmail chantaje

Presentation Tips

Five lessons for making an unforgettable pitch
Steve Jobs speaking techniques

Volunteers for teaching/presenting 5-10 minutes this week.

I need some volunteers (3 or 4) to teach a segment (5-10 min.) from one of their classes (or a presentation) for our next class this Wednesday. 
I've contacted a couple of you--who will be the first?!
I need a few more brave souls, so please let me know if you can do it.
Thanks

Welcome to your blog!

Here's the list of vocabulary from our first class.  If you have something you'd like to add, send it to me.

putting paid to an idea (to finish off, to put to rest)
stretch the truth tramo de la verdad
they will remember you se le recuerda
he got married se casó
I have a problem Tengo un problema
We have got a problem Tenemos un problema
they tried to find trataron de encontrar
out of character fuera de lo normal
doing research haciendo la investigación
it was driven to extinction fue conducido a la extinción
unbalanced desequilibrado
imbalance desequilibrio
able to survive capaces de sobrevivir
the bird pecked the frog el ave picó a la rana
during the week durante la semana
for a week durante una semana
plague plaga
crops cultivos
pest control control de plagas
my children are growing up mis hijos están creciendo
raise children educar a los hijos
raise chickens la cría de gallinas
predator depredador
prey presa
food source fuente de alimento
more likely es más probable
she felt the same ella sentía lo mismo
it doesn't make sense no tiene sentido
How dare you! ¿Cómo te atreves!