DRACULAS 5º AND 6º CHAPTERS GLOSSARY

Churchyard: Cementerio
Bat: Murciélago
Garlic: Ajo
Footprints: Huellas

DRACULA'S 3º AND 4º CHAPTERS GLOSSARY

Warning: Advertencia
Dust: Polvo
Crawl: Gatear
Spread Out: Extenderse
Faint: Desmayarse
Search: Buscar

DRACULA'S 1º AND 2º CHAPTERS GLOSSARY

Lawyer: Abogado
Evil eye: Mal de ojo
Wolves: Lobos
Sharp: Afilado
Claws: Garras
Breath: Aliento
Chapel: Capilla

SELF-ASSESMENT 2º TERM

• What can I do that I couldn't do before?

I think my speaking is a little bit more fluent than in january

• What do I like most?

I like most the speaking parts, the presentations or the classes with Abby. The videos/movies are nice as well.

• What do I do well?

I think I do well on writing texts.

• What am I confused about?

Maybe the pronunciation is a little bit tricky sometimes. And the grammar pattern "have something done" is somehow difficult to conjugate in certain tenses, such as, the ones that already have "have" as part of the verb

• What do I need help with?

I think I need help with "have something done".

• What do I do in English outside the class?

Basicaly, almost my entire youtube feed is filled with english videos. And I also usually search for things on the internet in english. I see TV programs in english as well. I also play videogames in english.

• What do I need to improve?

I think all my english skills are improvable in some sort of way.

• What did I learn about culture?

I learn a lot about the history of Dracula, different kinds of energy and also I learned about Canada's lifestyle. I learned about some different kinds of dance in the world.

UNIT 4- LIVE WELL

• New Vocabulary

Cut down: to lessen or curtail;decrease:

To bruise: to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin but causing a discolored spot to develop

To sprain: to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.

To be swollen: enlarged by or as by swelling;puffed up; tumid.

• Extra Vocabulary

Anxious: full of mental distress or of fear of danger or misfortune; troubled; worried:
Cheerful: full of cheer;happy;in good spirits:
Dynamic: vigorously active or forceful; energetic
Grumpy: surly or ill-tempered;discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
Sleepy: or showing drowsiness
Avalanche: a large mass of snow, ice, etc., that comes loose from a mountain slope and slides or falls suddenly downward
Layers: a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface
Parka: a hooded coat made of materials that protect against very cold temperatures.
Thermal Underwear: underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures
Thermometer: an instrument for measuring temperature

UNIT 3- POWER TO THE PEOPLE

GLOSSARY

• Extra Vocabulary

convert: to change into something of different form or properties
generate: to bring into existence
run: to (cause to) operate or function
store: to put away for future use
celebrate: to show that (a day) is special by having ceremonies, parties, or other festivities
develop: to come or bring to a more advanced state
participate: to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share
support: to extend help, concern, etc., to (a person, one's spirits, etc.) experiencing hardship
train: to develop the habits, thoughts, or behavior of (a child) by teaching or discipline

BUILDINGS NOW AND THEN- FURTHER INFORMATION

• WHY DO WE BUILD?

Because we, as human beings, need to cover a place to protect ourself from the changing wheather, wild beasts and get the isothermal conditions that allow us to be comfortable and healthy.And so did the first humans.

• TIMELINE

At first they were incredibly simple, so they could build them relatively fast, to let them move freely for hunting animals. Then, the neolithic revolution happend and they start creating the first aggrupations of fixed houses, because they didn't need to hunt anymore. These houses were a little more elaborated.They keep inproving the quality of they buildings for a long time but there were no new ways of building things untill the industrial revolution. From there they started using machines to build so their buildings started being cheaper. They also discovered a lot of new ways of working the steel, it soon becamed the principal material of all of they constructions. A lot of different ways of building started raising. Then after some years the plastic was invented, then they created a lot of diferent types of plastic. Then they adapted some types of plastics to building. Then we've improved our materials so they are probably in their best way with the nowadays technology. At this time the builders were like "Okay, okay, we've started not improving. Let's gather all things we've got so far... Okay, let's simplify the way of building so it can someday evolve"

• EXAMPLES

The fansworth house: The point of this house is creating a habitable space by using the minimal structure possible, the glass box. When you enter in the house first you encounter a plataform which is used like a hall. Then you have a little terrace with part of the roof hanging over it. when you are inside it, the rooms are delimited by the furniture.

The straub house: The point of this house is creating a habitable space by delimiting really consistenly the different rooms.When you enter the house, you have a lot of alternative ways of wander through it, the one that is by your left has the livingroom and a little bar and some stair that lead to a cinema and a piano room. The one in front of you leads to the kitchen and another little living room. And the one behind you leads to the laundry room, the garage and the kitchen

The rascainfiernos house: the point of this house is create a space that don't waste energy. It does this by having a 9x9 cube under ground where they create a really nice warm house. the cube is always at 22ºC thanks to the ground. Because of this you won't spend a euro in heat.