martes, 11 de febrero de 2014

ENGLISH

To ask for the moon: to make unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to achieve or to obtain 
when you hold the fort : it means you take care of a place when the person normally in change is away 
Under the table : is a frase used to describe secrtive behaviour often suggesting corruption or illegality 
The horse around: means to behave a silly way making noise and causing distruption
When you say someone has chickened out: you mean they have failed to do something or they haven´t tried to do it because they were afraid 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

ARBITRATOR: a person chosen to decide a dispute or settle differences.
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY: one of 17 regions that form part of the Spanish territory with its own devolved government.
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY: a system of government in which the king is the head of state but the parliament chooses the government.
COUNCILORS: government officials that, together with the mayor, make up the town council.
THE CROWN: the part of a constitutional monarchy represented by the king.
DECENTRALISED GOVERNMENT: a system of government in which decision-making is devolved to a local level and therefore closer to the citizens.
EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY: autonomous communities’ power of making and passing laws related to town planning, housing, monuments, health care and education.
EXTENDED FAMILY: type of family made of grandparents, parents and children.
LIFE EXPECTANCY: the number of years a person or population is expected to live.
ILLITERACY: inability to read or write
MAYOR:  person who governs the town council of a municipality.
MINISTERS: government officials that, together with the president, make up the Spanish cabinet.
MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE: Cortes Generales’ request to the president to resign due to a common disagreement with the government’s politics.
MUNICIPALITY: the most basic administrative body in the Spanish territory.
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNITY: other countries’ impossibility of having influence in a country’s laws.
NUCLEAR FAMILY: type of family made up of parents and children.
POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: a society in which the economy is has undergone a shift from production of goods to the provision of services.
PROVINCE: an administrative body made up of several municipalities in the Spanish territory.
SAME-SEX MARRIGE: type of family in which both parents are a same-sex couple who have adopted children.
SELF-GOVERNMENT:  a system of government in which a community or region has authority to govern itself without the intervention of any other authority.
SHARE AUTHORITY: autonomous communities’ power of developing the laws passed by the Parliament and adapting them to their territory features.
SINGLE PARENT FAMILY: type of family made up of a mother or a father and children.
STATUTE OF AUTONOMY: a law describing the institutions, laws and responsibilities for each of the autonomous communities in the Spanish territory.
SUBSIDIARITY: the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level so that services are closer to the citizens.
TOWN COUNCIL: the organization that governs each municipality in Spain.
WELL-BEING: the level of satisfaction of a population as measured by education levels, healthcare, life expectancy and consumption.

miércoles, 5 de febrero de 2014

Social Science

Do you think that having a Constitution is important for us?
I think that is important for us because the constitution says the rights and duties of the people and also the constitution puts what we can do or not. It´s important for the countrie because if we do not have it  this would be an uncontrolled



domingo, 26 de enero de 2014

geography

·        BUDGET: a sum of money to be used for a specific purpose by a
·        CAP: the Common Agricultural Policy. 
·        CFP: the Common Fisheries Policy. 
·        CITIZENSHIP: the condition or status of a citizen, With its rights and Duties. 
·        COHESION: the act of uniting or staying together. 
·        COMMON MARKET: a market based on common policies and the free movement of goods, services, people and capital. 
·        DEVELOPMENT: the act or process of growing or making progress. 
·        DUTY: something you must do. 
·        FRAGMENTATION: when production Processes Occur in different phases, in different places.

·        Monetary union: The sharing of the same currency Between Two or more state. In 1992, the concept of a junction was monetaru Agreed upon in the EU 

·        Ombudsman: A government official who investigates or body complains by private Citizens against Government Institutions 
·        government. 
·        Outsourcing: Part of a company's work is sent to another company, sometimes in a different country, porque's cheaper or more efficient option 

·        Self-sufficient: Being able to meet one's needs without external assistance 

·        Solidarity: A junction or fellowship created from common Responsibilities and interest, feelings or ministering purposes

miércoles, 15 de enero de 2014

domingo, 15 de diciembre de 2013

CV

THE DAY OF NO MORE RUBBISH


This day consist on recycling all of the bottles ,cans, papers... For this day all of the rubbish recollected we save trees , flowers all type of plants when some people were recollecting the rubbish that people forgot to pick up, athers are planting trees , flowers...
Because for every can or bottle you collect, you can plant a tree others plan a flower. And this tree is always yours because all of the people planted one per 50 cans. This way everyone recycles and care for a tree or a plant