additional vocabulary

I have	tengo
I've got	Tengo
less focused on profit	menos enfocados en la ganancia
more humane	más humana
guilt	culpa
pushing for new projects	impulsando nuevos proyectos
take a step forward	dar un paso adelante
prioritize	dar prioridad a
give me an example	dame un ejemplo
family obligations	las obligaciones familiares
how far would you go to get ahead?	¿hasta dónde van a salir adelante?
anxiety	ansiedad
meander	meandro
wander	vagar
eager	ansioso

The apprentice interview

Today we watched a video clip for "The Apprentice" and conducted an interview (p.58,59) p.61 accurate writing (i before e, except after c, or when sounded as "a" as in neighbour and weigh. p.57#7 conversational strategies poems (thanks Pijo and Andreu) Homework: Have presentations ready next week: Angels, Gabriel, Ramon, Carles, Oriol.  (backups: Esther, Rubén, Andreu) Write a paragraph explaining and giving your opinion on one of the statistics from Harper's Index handout. Write a short poem (doesn't have to rhyme) optional: finish p.60 Vocabulary: Live, life, alive, die, death, dead Write down Pretend Try/intend Resist/last Do you feel like having…? Join/enter Something comes off/falls off Full of blood/covered in blood

Look at something

Make up an exam

Out of touch with reality

In touch with reality

Daily tasks, daily routine

Improve/get better

Highly motivated

Better at something

So far, until now, up to now, up until now, as yet,

thus far, up to the present, up to this time,

up to this point in time

Audio Notes 25/1

Audio notes 25/01/2012

Notebook 1 pp. 97~99
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Jaume's presentation graphic (scale of the universe)

The Scale of the Universe
http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/index.php

Names of large numbers

English, like some other languages, treats large numerals as nouns (cf. "there were ten soldiers" and "there were a hundred soldiers"). Thus,dozens is preferred to tens, while hundreds and thousands are also completely acceptable.

Plurals of numbers differ according to how they are used. The following rules apply to dozen, score, hundred, thousand, million, and similar terms:

• When modified by a number, the plural is not inflected, that is, has no -s added. Hence one hundred, two hundred, etc. For vaguer large numbers, one may indifferently say several hundred or several hundreds.
• When used alone, or followed by a prepositional phrase, the plural is inflected: dozens of complaints, scores of people. However, eithercomplaints by the dozen or complaints by the dozens is acceptable (although differing in meaning).
• The preposition of is used when speaking of nonspecific items identified by pronouns: two hundred of these, three dozen of those. The ofis not used for a number of specific items: three hundred oscilloscopes. However, if the pronoun is included with the specific item, the ofis used: five million of those dollar bills.

Today's efforts

Today we:
read/listened to "So Long Marianne" by Leonard Cohen as a warm-up
gave speeches
took 5 minutes to write spontaneously about something, with follow-up questions

HW:
prepare your presentation for next week if it's your turn (max 10 minutes)
phrasal verb handout

Vocabulary:

absent-minded	despistado
distracted	distraído
put things together	poner las cosas juntas
take things apart	desarmar las cosas
prank	broma
prankster	bromista
every cloud has a silver lining	no hay mal que por bien no venga
scar	cicatriz
everday things	cotidiana las cosas
training wheels	ruedas de entrenamiento
inspired by	inspirado por
plant	infiltrar, colocar
set a goal	establecer una meta
reach a goal	alcanzar una meta
with the naked eye	a simple vista
devil's advocate	abogado del diablo
upset about something	disgustado por algo
put a strain on the relationship	poner una tensión en la relación
put a strain on something	poner una tensión en algo
storm	tormenta
live through something	sobrevivir, vivir
worthy	digno
it's worth it	vale la pena
trustworthy	digno de confianza
seaworthy	en condiciones de navegar

Speeches and Presentations

Notebook 1 pp. 75~76
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