Thursday 16 April 2020

Tuesday 25 February 2020

SELF-ASSESSMENT
  •  What can I do that I couldn't do before?: know some culture of Canada
  •  What do I like most?: the reading clases with the dracula´s book
  •  What do I do well?: I think I usually pass the writing
  •  What am I confused about?: I´m confused about the last exam because I have done a bad exam
  •  What do I need help with?: I need help with translation
  •  What do I do in English outside the class?: I study in my house with my mother
  •  What do I need to improve?: I need to improve the grammar, and to study more vocabulary too
  •  What did I learn about culture?: I have learned some culture of the canadian winter and the african dancing, jumping up...

Monday 24 February 2020

UNIT 4

GLOSSARY

aching: causing physical pain or distress
Cheer up: To become or make happier or more cheerful.
Cut down: To reduce or make a reduction.
Slow down: Moving or going forward from higher to lower speed.
Anxious: Full of mental distress or of fear of danger or misfortune; troubled; worried.
Cheerful: Full of cheer; happy; in good spirits.
Grumpy: Unhappy and bad-tempered; grouchy.
stiff: not moving or working easily
Bruised: To injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin but causing a discolored spot to develop.
Itchy: To have or feel a tingling irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.
Sore: Physically painful or sensitive, such as a wound or diseased part.
Sprained: To overstrain or twist (the ligaments around a joint) so as to injure without a fracture or break.
Stiff: Rigid or firm.
Swollen: Overly proud or conceited.
Avalanche: A large mass of snow, ice, etc., that comes loose from a mountain slope and slides or falls suddenly downward.
Layer: A thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface.
Snowshoes: A frame shaped like a racket and attached to the shoe for walking on deep snow without sinking.
Thermal underwear: Underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures. Also called  thermals. 
accesible: easy to approach, enter, or use

UNIT 3

GLOSSARY

high-tech: a style of design for the interior of a house, apartment, office, etc., using or resembling materials or designs found in industry.
alternative: A choice limited to one option among two or more possibilities.
sustainable: (Of economic development, energy sources, etc) capable of being maintained at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage.
wireless: any system or device, as a cellular phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.
boost: To lift by pushing from below.
burn:  (cause to) be on fire
run:  To process (the instructions in a program) by computer.
crash: (Of a computer) to shut down because of something wrong with the hardware or software.
release: To free from jail, burden, debt, pain, etc.; to let go. rest: the refreshing quiet of sleep or ease
support: to maintain (a person, family, etc.) with the necessities of existence

Sunday 9 February 2020

DRACULA (chapters 1-6)

GLOSSARY

pole: long, rounded, often narrow piece of wood, metal
polite: refined or cultured
anxiously: full of mental distress or of fear of danger or missfortune
pleasant: pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable
countryside:particular section of a country, esp. a rural section
fainted: cking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc
stuck: the past tense and past participle of stick
whisper: to speak or say with soft, quiet, hushed sounds, esp. with little or no vibration of the vocal cords
sailor: one whose job is sailing; a mariner
harbour: a place of refuge or safety 
deliver: to carry and turn over to the person receiving
dust: matter in fine, powdery, dry particles