Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Murder in the classroom vocabulary

argument
1.
an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention;altercation: a violent argument.
2.
a discussion involving differing points of view; debate: Theywere deeply involved in an argument about inflation.
3.
a process of reasoning; series of reasons: I couldn't follow hisargument.
4.
a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point: This is astrong argument in favor of her theory.
5.
an address or composition intended to convince or persuade;persuasive discourse.

it's none of none of your business! no es asunto asunto tuyo!
argue discutir
argument discusión
argue discutir
give up a baby for adoption renunciar a un bebé en adopción
fall in love enamorarse
ratio (pronunciation) proporción (pronunciación)
grateful to someone Agradecemos a alguien
grateful for something agradecido por algo
mate pareja
mating season temporada de apareamiento
offspring
sibling
hijos
hermanos
rectangle rectángulo
navel ombligo
belly button ombligo
mollusk molusco
seed semilla
that's why... es por eso que ...
visually pleasing agradable a la vista
pleasing to the eye agradable a la vista
visually appealing visualmente atractivos
I am pleased with your work Estoy satisfecho/contento con su trabajo
on purpose a propósito
renaissance Renacimiento
facing the wall frente a la pared
the same thing happens when... lo mismo sucede cuando ...

Sunday, February 12, 2012

The Scale of the Universe, Part 2

Cosmos, everything that is, everything that was and everything that will be. This is the second version of the scale of the universe, a very interesting flash application that shows the extraordinary varieties of the universe we live in.

Audio Notes 8/2

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Poetry in motion

Today:

  • presentations
  • poetry
  • putting a lot of effort into listening to people explain their holidays (CAE).


Next time: take another look at the CAE, presentations.

Homework:
Prepare your presentation
Workbook p.35,22,9 (choose one)
Watch a TED video, and be able to summarize and give your opinion, example below.



Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Poem

Please don't forget to bring a short poem to class tomorrow. We are going to work on perfecting your poetic abilities using prepositions tomorrow...

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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