GEOGRAPHY: VOCABULARY UNIT 3

KEY WORDS AND TERMS

Population: is a group of people who live in a territory or a place at a particular moment in time.

birth rate: number of births that take place in a population over a year per 1000 inhabitants that occur during a year in a particular place.

death rate: number of deaths that take place in a population over a year per 1000 inhabitants that occur during a year in a particular place.

natural increase: is the difference between births and deaths, and it is expressed as a percentage. This percentage shows if a population is growing, stable or decreasing in size, as well as the rate at which it does so.

infant mortality rate: Is the number of deaths of infants under 1 year

life expectancy: describes how long a person may live in years. It’s an indicator of a country’s quality of life and, as with many other indicators, there are great differences between the situations in different countries.

dependency ratio: it´s a age-population ratio ofthose typically not in the labor force

family planning: people who decide to have a x number of children.

population piramids/age-gender structures: is one way to look at the demographics of a country. Demographics are population characteristics, such as age, gender, race, religion, or language. A population pyramid looks at only age and gender. It is constructed to show how many people in a particular age group are male of female. This is done using a horizontal bar graph. The result is a clear picture of how a country's population breaks down according to gender and age, and where the most people occur according to those two pieces of information.

fertility rate: Is the number of live births by the number of women ages 15-49 in a given year per 1000.

ageing population: the percentage of a worker's retirement income that is paid out by a pension program.

population distribution and population density:the world’s population is distributed very unevenly across the globe. There are certain regions which are truly barren and others which are extremely populated and which have very densely populated areas.

MEDC:more economically developed country (rich countries)

 LEDC:less economically developed country (poor countries)

SELF-ASSESSMENT

The aspects I really liked this term have been the way of giving lessons, they are very entertaining and at the same time we have learned a lot. As well Clarissa’s class it’s very interesting and I have learned new things from other cultures.

What I liked most was the video: “Can´t stop the feeling” it was amazing and I enjoyed a lot.

My strength is the writing because we t many new expressions and vocabulary and that helps a lot. I think my weakness is the translation because I think in Spanish and translate it into English and there are expressions that changes.

I really need to improve my speaking and  participate more in class.

To practise my english outside the class I go to conversation class, I listen music in English and I often watch series in English with subtitles.

In this term I have learned very interesting things such as the growing up in Australia and New Zealand, exchange programs and movie genres. In geography with Teresa I learnt a lot of information about the territories, the natural environment and the historical evolution of world population.

Thanks for this term, Cristina and Teresa!!

What kind of films do you like more????

ENGLISH: VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Hilarious: something it's extremely funny and makes you laugh
Dull: is not too interesting and exciting
Enjoyable: something that gives you pleasure
Entertaining: interests you, or give you pleasure
Successful: something that is popular or makes a lot of money
Blockbuster: is film or book that is very popular
To sink: go down
Income: is the money that they earn or receive
Profitable: something that results in some benefit for you
Release: is a new film that just become available for people to see it
Big business
Just in time:

Bestseller: is a film of which a great number ofcopies has been sold

Awards: prize
Plot: the dialogue
If a film is a hit, it's very popular and successful
Setting: stage
Villain: villano


EXPERSSIONS FOR TALK ABOUT FILMS

•  I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! : This means that the movie was very interesting and exciting

•  The special effects were breathtaking, but the acting left something to be desired

• I have a hard time understanding the dialogue without subtitles

ENGLISH: VOCABULARY UNIT 1

Homesick: when you feel unhappy because you are away from home and are missing your family and home very much
Settle into: you adapt to your new life
Allowed to: give permission to have something
Properly: something it is done correctly and satisfactorily
Yummy!: very delicious
Painful:
Hunt: kill wild animals for food
Australian aborigines: Aborígenes australianos
Didgeridoo: Is a kind of instrument made of wood, and can be two metres long
To die- died -diying: morir
The dead: muerte
It is dead: muerto
It was very tasty: It means that it has a pleasant flavour which makes it good to eat

P.E. ENDURANCE AND FLEXIBILITY, AND BASKETBALL

Here are the notes that we have to learn for physical education this term.

1. Endurance and flexibility
2. Basketball
3. Activities of endurance and flexibility

A JOURNEY TO VALLADOLID

On Wednesdy 2nd of November we went to a school trip in Valladolid. First we went to the centre and we had free time. Later we went to Miguel Delibes cultural centre,in which we listened a contemporary music. When the concert finished we had lunch. Later we took the bus and we went to visit the wine museum and the castle of peñafiel in which we had a travel guide. After that ,we had a little lunch. Finally we returned to Villamayor.
My opinion about this school trip is that it was a good experience, we learned how it sounds the comtemporary music and we were delighted with that amazing place so we had a great time!!

GEOGRAPHY: DESCRIBING A LANDSCAPE

• Sahara Desert

      The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert and one of the harshest environments on the planet. It        is the largest desert in the world

• Description 

  At 3.6 million square miles (9.4 million square kilometers), the Sahara, which engulfs most of        North Africa. The desert covers large sections of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania,    Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.

The Sahara is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the western edge, the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea on the east, and the Sudan and the valley of the Niger River on the south. The Sahara is divided into western Sahara, the central Hoggar (Ahaggar) Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Air Mountains, an area of desert mountains and high plateaus, Ténéré desert and the Libyan desert, which is the most arid region. 

• Climate of Sahara

The Sahara’s northeasterly winds can reach hurricane level and often give rise to sand storms and dust devils. Half of the Sahara receives less than an inch of rain per year, and the rest receives up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) per year. The infrequent rain is usually torrential.The temperature variation is high because it has a cold nights and hot days. Due to this kind of climate in the sahara the landscape is mainly desertic with big dunes and few trees.

• Flora

Due to the dry condition, the Sahara contains almost no flora.  From the Mediterranean vegetation which covered the Sahara mountains before they became a desert. Plants were adapted to the climate to reduce evaporation and increase water absorption: very small leaves, very long roots which can reach the most humid, water accumulation in the tissues and leaves covered with wax (succulent).

      Red Acacia Tree 

                                                                          Doum palm

• Fauna

Animals have also created some strategies to preserve water and avoid hot weather: thick skin and underground life like the scorpions and insects, recuperation of water steam in pulmonary air by condensing it in nostrils, production of drained faeces and concentrated urine for some birds, loss of sudoriferous glands,  clear colored skin to reflect the sun, search for water and food at night, accumulation of water in internal pockets, increase of internal temperature to avoid perspiration…

Camel

Dromedary


Adax


Fenéc fox

                                                 

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

VEGETATION:

Oak

                                                                             Beeches

Thickets

Heather

Meadows

Cork oak

Taiga forest: type of forest made up of
 ever green tree like firs 

Firs

Tundra

Birches

                                                                                        


                                                                                      

                                                                                        

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

FAUNA:

Seal


Fallow deer


Stork


Vulture


Marten



Mink


Chamois


Marmot

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

Land and coastal relief

PLATEAU: is a large area of high and fairly flat land

RAVINE: small canyon (barranco)

ESTUARY: is the wide part of a river where it joins the sea

BASIN: an area of land containing a river or a lake thst is lower that the surrounding area (depression)

PENINSULA: a piece of land surrounded by water on all the side except one

ISLANDS: a piece of land completely by water. A group of islands called ARCHIPELAGO

CLIFFS: is a high area of land with very steep side, especially one next to the sea

BUTTES: hill or mound (cerro)

MESAS: is a large hill with a flat top and steep sides

CREEKS: small stream

FLOOD PLAIN: (llanuras de inundación)

BUTTE

ESTUARY

                                                                                                                                              

                 

                            

                                                                                                                                          

RAVINE

                                                                                                       

UNIT 1 GEOGRAPHY: VOCABULARY

RAINFOREST: is a thick forest of tall trees which is found in tropical areas

WILD PIG: animal (jabalí)

COAST: land by the sea

MOUNTAIN RANGE: group of mountains

HILL: colina

OASIS: is small area in a desert where water and plants are found

EARTHQUAKE: is a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the earth´s crust

POPULATION: is all the people who live in a country

RAINFALL: measure of rain (precipitación)

STREAMS: riachuelo

DAM: pantano

DUE TO: debido a

NEW VOCABULARY

GUIDELINES: is something that can be used to help you plan your actions or to form an opinion about something

COLLOCATIONS 

GO ABROAD: go to another country

FOREIGNENS: is someone who belongs to a country that is not your own

HUMBE HOUSE: a poor house

BARN: is a building on a farm

OFF WE GO: let´s go (nos vamos)

INDEED:

CRUMBS: are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits or cake

NEVER EVER: nunca jamás

SWEEP: barrer

STARTER UNIT VOCABULARY:

Hi everyone! These are my new words learned in this week.

TOOL: herramienta

WILLINGNESS: you always want to participe

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR

LITTERING: throwing things to the floor

DISRUPT: disturs

APOLOGISE: to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult

LIPDUB

SLEEPOVER: party at night with friends and pijamas

EXHAUSTED: be very tired

GET USED TO

COMPLAIN/COMPLAINT: when you don´t like something

WELCOME

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