GEOGRAPHY UNIT 3

Birth rate: the ratio of live births in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, etc, usually expressed per 1000 population per year.
Death rate: the number of deaths per unit, usually 1000, of population in a given place and time.
Natural increase: How much a country is growing.
Infant mortility rate: The death rate of infants during the first year of life.
Life expectancy:The number of years that an individual is expected to live
Birth control: Voluntary prevention of conception by a man or a woman
Family planning: The planning of when to have children.
Fertility rate: The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.
Ageing population: When the median age of a country or region increases.

VALLADOLID.

The 2nd of November, we went to Valladlid to see a concert, a castle and to see many wine. The teacher who take with us were Teresa, Luis and Gema. We stayed in Valladolid for eleven hours. Now I am going to tell you the whole trip for the beggining to the ending.
We had to stayed at the school early, at 8:30. We took the bus to Valladolid, that is 110 km away from Salamanca. When we arrived in Valladolid, we had a short free time in the city. I was with Christian, Miguel, Egoitz, Antonio, Adrian and Rodero and we were looking shoes at the Corte Ingles. Then the teachers called us to go to the theater, that is call Miguel Delibes. We saw Vox Balaenae with other schools, but we can't have a good time because the other school was talking all the act. I didn't like so much the act because I didn't understand the modern music, but I have to say that the musicians were very good and the play beautiful music.After the act, we had free time to had lunch. I stayed near the Valladolid football stadium, the Jose Zorrilla. I had lunch with Christian, Antonio, Rodero and Adrian at the top of a skate pitch. I ate a huge sandwich with a Coke. Then  I went to a supermarket an I bought chocolate and chewing gum. Then we toook the bus to go to Peñafiel, a village of Valladolid. In the village, there is an amazing castle. At the top of the castle you can see all the village and also many kilometres away. Then we went to a wine exhibition. We learnt a lot about wine and its process. After that we took the bus and we went to Salamanca. I liked so much the trip an I hhpe that we can do more.

 Peñafiel.

Vox Balaenae.

FIRST TERM SELF-ASSESSMENT

Well, my first term in English was great, but in the marks I think I can do it better, so in the next terms, I hope the marks will be betters, especially in translation. I can do many things that I couldn’t do before like speak better than other years because in this year, I have to speak always in English, without any Spanish. Other thing that I can do is improve my pronunciation, due to the exercises that we do at class with Clarissa. The thing I liked most was all the classes with Clarissa and the storytelling with the whole group. My greatest strengths was the grammar, because I study so much to have great marks and because for me is the thing I like more. My weakness strength was translation because I don’t study enough. I think I did many things well, I payed attention, I participated in class, I did all the homework… I don’t think I need help, but I think I have to study more to have the marks I hope. Outside the class, I listen to music in English but I don’t do more things in English in my free time. I need to improve at Translation, but I think in the second term I will have better marks. About culture I learnt a lot. In the first term I learnt about school trips, Australian aborigines and also about blockbusters. I hope the next term will be better. 

QUANTIFIERS, ADVERBS OF DEGREE AND ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS

SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS

 TOO AND ENOUGH.

ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS










                                                                                                         

                   ADVERBS OF DEGREE

ENGLISH VOCABULARY UNIT 2

-Profitable: making or gaining a profit, advantage, or benefit.

-Income: payment for goods or for services, or from rents or investments.

-Well-known: fully or thoroughly known.

-To release: to allow to be known, issued, published, broadcast, or exhibited.

-To sink: to fall or descend to a lower level or position.

-Box office: the office of a theater, etc., at which tickets are sold.

Adjectives to describe a film.

-Entertaining

-Hilarious

-Dramatic

-Dull

-Predictable

-Realistic

-Terrifying

-Spectacular

-Disappointing

-Enjoyable

GEOGRAPHY!!!!

How to calculate population's rates.

P.E. NOTES

Endurance and flexibility

Basketball

P.E. EXERCISES

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

Stage 1. Here both birth rates and death rates fluctuates at a high level (about 35 per 1000) giving a small population growth.

Stage 2. Birth rates remain high, but death rates fall rapidly to about 20 per 1000 people giving a rapid population growth.

Stage 3. Birth rates fall rapidly, to perhaps 20 per 1000 people, while death rates continue to fall slightly (15 per 1000 people) to give a slowly increasing population.

Stage 4. Both birth rates and death rates remain low, fluctuating slightly to give a steady population.


Nowadays the MEDCs (the more economically developed countries) have reached stage 4 (UK, USA, and Spain). Meanwhile the more developed LEDCs have reached the 3 stage (India, Mexico, Brazil, and the least developed remain al 2 stage (Chad, Nigeria, Kenya). It has been notice that since the 1990s several MEDCs appear to be entering in a new and fifth stage. This stage is where the birth rate is beginning to fall below the death rate. It is predicted that, if this trend continue, countries entering this stage will eventually see a natural decrease in their total population.

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

In the unit that we are studying in geography, there is new vocabulary about population that we have to learn for the exam. The vocabulary is:

• birth rate
• death rate
• natural increase
• infant mortality rate
• life expectancy
• birth control
• dependent population
• dependency ratio
• family planning
• population piramids/age-gender structures
• replacement rate
• fertility rate
• ageing population.
• population distribution and population density
• a more economically developed country (MEDC) and less economically developed country (LEDC)
• overpopulation and under population.

MODAL VERBS!!

DESCRIBING A LANDSCAPE

This landscape is located on the north east coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Mossman and Cairns. Australia is situated into the hot zone and also it's into the temperate zone at the south. In the hot zone, in  the northen part of the country, the temperatures are very high all year, but if we settle on the expecific climate, it is tropical climate. The characteristics of this climate are the high temperatures all year. There are two seasons, the rainy season (summer) and the dry season (winter). The savannas are common in tropical zones. It's a huge plain with tall grass. Its coulour varies. It is green in the rainy season, and yellow in the dry season.There are also scatterd shrubs.
In the Daintree rainforest are many types of fauna and flora. Crocodiles, kangaroos, butterflies, Green tree frog, lizards, jabirus, Boyd's Rainforest Dragons, Spectacled Flying Fox are different animals of this rainforest. About plants, there are cauliflory, daintree fan palm, Native Hibiscus, Banana tree.

The Daintree Rainforest.

  

     Daintree fan palm.                                                                                                    Native Hibiscus.

   Stinging tree plant.                                                                                                      Cauliflory.

Boyd's Rainforest Dragons.                                                                                            Green tree frog.

                                                                                       
               

  Spectacled Flying Fox                                                                                                                  Jabiru.                                                                                               

ENGLISH VOCABULARY UNITS 1-2

Peer:one who is the equal of another in abilities or social status.

Tool:an instrument for some purpose or work.

Threaten;to make a statement or promise that one will punish or harm.

Sidebar:a short news feature or story, as in a newspaper, that appears alongside a longer story and adds to it.

Set up:an act or instance of setting up or getting ready.

Disrupt:to cause disorder or turmoil in.
Available:suitable or ready for use.

Development:the act or process of developing;growth; progress.

Device: a thing made for a particular purpose, esp. a mechanical or electric invention.

Tasks:a piece of work assigned to a person.

Littering:objects strewn or scattered about.

Complain:to express dissatisfaction, resentment, pain, grief, etc.;find fault.

Apologise:to make an apology.

Get on well:to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of.

Dubbing:the conferring of knighthood;accolade.

Embarrased:to (cause to) become ashamed, uncomfortable, or ill at ease.

Disappointed:related to or marked by disappointment.

Jokes:a short, humorous story with a word or phrase that ends it and causes laughter.

Foreigners:a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration.

Humble:not proud or arrogant.

Barn:a building for storing hay and grain, and often for keeping animals.

Yawn:to open the mouth, usually involuntarily, and breathe in deeply, sometimes with a sighing sound and a large breath out, often caused by drowsiness or boredom.

Stamp:to strike with a forceful, strong, downward movement or push of the foot.

Seldom:rarely.

Bioling:having reached the temperature when a liquid turns into a gas.

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY UNITS 1-2

Plateau: a land area having a level surface raised much higher above nearby land.

Plains:a large, flat area of land not higher than nearby areas.

Glacier: an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and gathering over the years and moving very slowly downward or outward.

Stream: a body of water flowing in a channel, as a brook.

Estuary: part of the mouth of a river in which its current meets the sea's tide.

Spring: the place where water comes up from the ground.

Surface:the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing.

Anthropic: of or pertaining to human beings or their span of existence on earth.

Daw:a barrier to obstruct or control the flow of water, built across a stream or river.

Crops: the plant, or the product of a plant, produced while growing or when gathered.

Collide:to strike each other forcefully.

Livestock: the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.

Cattle ranching: large farm animals, as cows and steers, raised for their meat or milk.

Oaks:a tree or shrub of the beech family, which bears the acorn as its fruit.

Beeches:a tree having a smooth gray bark and small, triangular nuts.

Shrubs:a woody plant smaller than a tree.

Thickets:a dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees.

Heather:a heath plant having small pinkish purple flowers.

Holm oak:an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree widely planted for ornament: the leaves are holly-like. when young but become smooth-edged with age.

Cork oak:an avergreen mediterranean oak tree, with a porous outer bask from which cork is obtained.

Steppe:a wide or vast plain, esp. one without trees.

Evergreen:having green leaves throughout the year.

Birches: a tree having a smooth, peeling outer bark and close-grained wood.

Boar:a male pig kept for breeding.

Fallow deer:a Eurasian deer, with a fallow or yellowish coat.

Stork:a wading bird having long legs and a long neck and bill.

Marten:the fur of such an animal, generally a dark brown.

Chamois:a small antelope much like a goat, of the high mountains of Europe.

Mink:a semiaquatic weasellike animal.

EPIC PRESENTATION!!!!!!!!!

Hello, welcome to my english blog. I hope you like it and share with your friends to have more pageviews. In this blog I'll write about new vocabulary that I have learnt at the English class and also some works or projects, english expression that we have to use in the real life and so much excitement.