Glossary

Scrumptious" means Delicious

"ASAP" means As Soon As Possible.

Success: the favorable result of something attempted

Tuxido: smoking

To be fond of: to like doing a thing; get pleasure of

To run the risk: to do something although something bad might happen because of it

Failure: a failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success

Though: even if

Massive: terrible

Burned down to a crisp: to burn something totally or very badly

To blend: put together

Burglar: one who commits housebreaker

Rob: to take something by unlawful force

Murder: the unlawful killing of a person

Suspects: one who can have done a crime

Hijack: to seize  by threat or by force, For ransom or political aims

Earthquake drill: to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety but not real only a rehearse

Food supplies non perishable: food that is use and kept in cause of emergency

Warn about: to advise (someone to do something)

Warn off: to advise (someone to do something)

Warning: the act of one that warns. something that serves to warn

Without warning: without notify

Ash: the gray or black powdery matter that remains after burning:

Drown: to die from being put under water

glossary

living it up : you living enjoy the place
gold rush : fiebre del oro
silicon valley
lettuce:lechuga
raw fish:pescado crudo
draught: sequia
dude: colega
that´s hecka cool: a lot of
so bomb: delicious
why are you putting me on blast? me estas dejando en ridiculo
you are rocking those slees : vistes bien
sunstroke :insolacion

Pale = colorless.

Sun-tanned = with a dark skin colour because of the sun.

Limp = too soft.

To blow your nose = Sonarse los mocos

To sniff = to inhale through the nose, usually in short rapid inspirations.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do =  Donde fueres, haz lo que vieres

London

For me , I like London because it's closer to muy country than New York , also because it has fewer flight hours than New York. Also I choose it because I have been there and I like so mucho the experience with my friends. I left wachting for ser a little more of London because de couldn't see much of the city because de only go one day.  London it's a beautifull city , there are fewer people than un New York. I don't like many people in the city I feel stressed. I really liked their food and his hospitality. I choose London because in the future I would live there or go in the summer. I think that London it's a big city and one of the nicest I have seen , also I would like to ride the wheel to see the city from the top

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

-In Japan, the number four is pronounced the same as "death", and 9 as suffering.

-The clothing is usually more striking in the southern Nordic while trying to avoid personalities.

-The OK sign with his thumb and forefinger in Turkey means the year and is used to call a man invested.

-In Arab countries avoid left (impure) in contact or gestures.

-The thumb or index has risen obscene meaning in many Mediterranean areas.

-The Arabs do not trust people in a hurry for them means that the other does not want relationship but only money.

Unit 10 Geography glossary

MORTGAGE: a loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.

OFF-PEAK SEASON: the less busy annual period.

PEAK SEASON: the busiest annual period.

RECESSION: a business cycle contraction/ a general slowdown in economy activity.

CEREALS: grasses grown for the edible components of their grain.

DOMESTIC TOURISM: tourism in which tourists do not leave their own country.

PEAK SEASON: the busiest annual period.

RECESSION: a business cycle contraction/ a general slowdown in economy activity.

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: a landscape that has been transformed by people to cultivate crops and/or rear livestock.

HIGH-SPEED-RAIL: a type of rail transport involving high-speed trains.

LARGE-SCALE TOURISM: travel and accommodation offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.

SPECULATION: investment in stocks, property or other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.

CROP: a cultivated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.

CULTURAL HERITAGE: the things, places and practices that define who we are as individuals, as communities, as nations or cultures.

TOUR OPERATORS: a company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.

Unit 10 Geography glossary

MORTGAGE: a loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.

OFF-PEAK SEASON: the less busy annual period.

PEAK SEASON: the busiest annual period.

RECESSION: a business cycle contraction/ a general slowdown in economy activity.

CEREALS: grasses grown for the edible components of their grain.

DOMESTIC TOURISM: tourism in which tourists do not leave their own country.

PEAK SEASON: the busiest annual period.

RECESSION: a business cycle contraction/ a general slowdown in economy activity.

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: a landscape that has been transformed by people to cultivate crops and/or rear livestock.

HIGH-SPEED-RAIL: a type of rail transport involving high-speed trains.

LARGE-SCALE TOURISM: travel and accommodation offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.

SPECULATION: investment in stocks, property or other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.

CROP: a cultivated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.

CULTURAL HERITAGE: the things, places and practices that define who we are as individuals, as communities, as nations or cultures.

TOUR OPERATORS: a company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.

Unit 9 Geography glossary

INFRASTRUCTURE: the basic physical and organizational structures needed for an economy to function.

MARKET: the meeting of buyers and sellers of goods and services.

EXPORTS: goods or services that are sold outside the country where they are produced.

FREIHT: goods or produce transported by ship, aircraft, train, lorry or van.

PRIVATE SERVICES: services that are offered and managed by private companies.

PUBLIC SERVICES: services that cover the basic needs of the population and contribute to its well-being.

RETAIL: a type of trade in which businesses sell small quantities of goods directly to consumers.

TRADE BLOC: a group of countries that join together to form an area with special trade regulations.

TRANSPORT NETWORK: the connection of road, railway lines, ports or airports that facilitate the transport of goods and/or people.

WHOLESALE: trade in which buyers purchase large quantities of goods and sell them, in smaller quantities, to other companies. BALANCE OF PAYMENT: a record of all monetary transactions between a country and the rest of the world

BALANCE OF TRADE: the difference between the monetary value of the exports and the imports of a country.

TOURISM: a sector dedicated to travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.

TRADE: the buying and selling of goods to meet the needs of the population.

BARTERING: a system used before the invention of money, involving the exchange of certain goods for others.

CAPITAL FLOW: the movement of money.

EXPORTS: goods or services that are sold outside the country where they are produced.

FREIHT: goods or produce transported by ship, aircraft, train, lorry or van.

IMPORTS: goods or services that are brought into a country from abroad for sale.

INFORMATION SOCIETY: a society in which the creation, distribution, and manipulation of information has become the most significant economic and cultural activity.