Vocabulary list unit 1 exam 29th October


TEXTS:

- Feeding Africa:

To be on the border of…, starvation=hunger, scientifically modified corn ( maiz transgénico), to ban=to prohibit, safety concerns (motivos de seguridad) food, crop (cosecha, cultivo), disease, soil, to lack, role, improvement, to address = deal with = face, supporters, stocked, produce (producto alimenticio, o de resultado de la manufacturación), tasty, to harm, the environment, to disrupt, troublesome = annoying, weeds, the world’s biological diversity, research.

- Ultra thin Barbie: girls potentially in danger:

To claim, eating disorder, shape = physical form, slim = thin, to grow up, worry (noun= preocupación), dolls, large = big, dissatisfied, thinness, researcher, finding, to suggest, the risks of…, to make somebody aware of (concienciar a alguien sobre algo), unachievable, to exert some influence on …, to influence somebody, choice.

- Food for the hungry

Growing = increasing, wasted by, supermarket chain, wide, range, ready-made, sell-by date, to be disposed of, to dump, costly (adjective), landfills, the ozone layer, to approach, to reduce prices, to donate, consumption, surplus, charity, to provide somebody with something, long-term, short-term, poverty, life-lives, to afford, to take responsibility for, needy, to ensure, to resell, arrangement, to benefit from, to save, expense, landfills, to collect.

Words you included in your essays: “is man destroying the planet?”
The environment.
Pollution / to pollute “the river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories”
El río ha sido contaminado con residuos tóxicos de las fábricas locales”
Contamination / contaminated “the blood sample was contaminated with a virus”
“La muestra de sangre fue contaminada con un virus”
The ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gasses (gases de efecto invernadero), The melting of polar ice caps (el deshielo de los casquetes polares),
Global warming / climate change
The temperature has increased , it has risen (la temperatura ha subido)
A rise in sea levels, fumes (humos tóxicos). Factories release gases into the atmosphere.
To make people aware of (conscious of) environmental issues; awareness (concienciación)
To care about: to take care of (cuidar, preocuparse por algo o alguien)

- Eating less meat could save lives

Widespread, hear disease, meat consumption, (el consumo de carne) to slow down, climate change, deforestation, rainforest, to chop down=to cut down trees, to raise cows (cattle) criar ganado, to look after, to cut down on something (reducir el consumo de algo), dairy products, to switch (cambiarse), average.

- Affordable, accessible options for all.
Affordable, health care coverage, currently, to lack health insurance, to be at risk of…, employers, to provide (somebody) with, nowadays, trend, to slow down, on the open market (comprarlo a precio de mercado) to suffer from…, to be based on…, improvement, to rely on…, disabled, current (current coverage: la cobertura actual), to go down, step, no matter: sin tener en cuenta, (no matter their health status or medical history: sin importar su condición de salud or su historial médico), at fair costs, prioritize, policy, to take into account.

Song:
Somebody that I used to know:
An ache /eik/ un dolor.
You can get addicted to a certain kinda (kind of) sadness : te puedes hacer adicto a un cierto tipo de tristeza.

Worksheets: (hojas de fotocopias)
Prefixes:

Independent, impolite, undo, co-driver, to disapprove, to misbehave, illogical, to unzip, to misinform, to disagree, to agree, to overeat, prehistoric, trans-Atlantic, amoral, to mishear, to misinterpret, international, to oversleep, irrelevant, to disbelieve, overcrowded, to misunderstand, post- natal, prenatal, to misfire, disappointed, to misunderstand, to dislike, to replace, to return, to mistake, to overcook, to undercook, to misread, to overcharge.

Unit 53-54 (to infinitive, -ing practice)

Verbs followed by another verb in –ing form:
To enjoy, to mind, to suggest, to stop, to postpone, to admit, to avoid, to imagine, to finish, to consider, to deny, to risk, to fancy, to give up, to put off, to go on, to carry on, to keep, to keep on.

Verbs followed by another verb in the infinitive form:
To offer, to decide, to hope, to deserve, to promise, to agree, to plan, to manage, to afford, to threaten, to refuse, to arrange, to fail, to forget, to learn, to seem, to appear, to tend, to pretend, to claim.



Unit 1 vocabulary in your student’s book:
(page 5): To clear away (plates), to recommend, to book, to make up your minds, mild, spicy, fillet steak.
(page 9): health-food restaurant, professional trainer, to rest, food poisoning, to raise cattle, vaccine=vaccination.
(page 10): daily diet, (huge) appetite, exhausted, to recover, physical strength, nutritious food, to lose weight, to lose your appetite, to gain weight, quick recovery, poor health, balanced diet, balanced meal, to watch –your-weight, light meal, to catch a cold, discomfort, underweight, unfit, multi-vitamins, edible, inedible, healthy, unhealthy, packaged, pre-packaged.
(page 11): to turn out, to put somebody back on track.
(page 12) : compulsory education, in my opinion, consequently, as far as I am concerned, as I see it, it seems to me, I strongly believe.

Unit 1 vocabulary in your workbook:
To live on (they seem to live on biscuits, sweets and cola), to be in the best of shape, to recover from, nourished.

Text in the student’s book: A FAT MAN WALKING. (page 7)

To catch the attention, attempt, to figure out = to understand, on the west (east, north, south) coast, challenge, to transform= to turn into = to change; eventually (finalmente), celebrity, to reach the stage, breath, to realise, to improve, aim=purpose, the more…the more, to go on a journey, to become aware of…, stretch, to sign, deal, ordinary people, achievements, to get over (problems) = to overcome problems, to face, to overeat.


Por último, no olvidéis la página 3 del cuadernillo, la que vimos en clase. Vocabulary builder (por detrás del libro)
(Last, but not least, don’t you forget page 3 in your workbooks) vocabulary builder (at the back of the book)


GRAMMAR:
- Verbal tenses (paying special attention to present perfect, past perfect, present perfect continuous and past perfect continuous)
- Prefixes.
- Verbs followed by –ing, to infinitive.
- Connectors: cause, result and purpose.