Oct
24

TEXTO EN INGLES

Saludos a todos, este fragmento lo saque de la web de la BBC, q publica por internet noticias para gente que esta estudiando ingles, con pablabras traducidas. Os pongo una de ellas :

24 October, 2008 - Published 12:09 GMT
UK economic slowdown
Downturn snapshot

New figures released in Britain confirm that the economy has weakened sharply. Gross domestic product, or GDP, fell by nought point five per cent in the third quarter of the year. Here’s our Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker:


The news comes in the same week that the country’s Prime Minister and Central Bank Governor both said that Britain is facing a recession. The new figures, which could be revised, are consistent with that assessment, although they don’t confirm it.

Recessions in developed economies are often defined as two consecutive quarters of declining GDP, and this was the first. Most economists do however think there will be further falls in output.

This was the first contraction in the British economy for sixteen years.

Andrew Walker, BBC News, London


is facing a recession
will probably enter a period when the economy is not doing well and conditions for business are bad

be revised
looked at again and, possibly, change

are consistent with
do not contradict, are logically linked to

assessment
conclusion, finding

defined
identified, classed, categorised

two consecutive quarters
two periods of three months that come one after the other

declining
falling, decreasing, diminishing, becoming smaller

GDP
short for gross domestic product, i.e. the total production of goods and services in a country

there will be further falls in output
the production of goods and services will continue to decline

contraction
when something (here, the economy) becomes smaller

Oct
19

PHRASAL VERBS : GET, GO, lie, settle

  • GET ON WITH // GET UP TO

+get on with

llevarse bien // Do you get on with your husband?

seguir con algo // Get on with your work!

+ get up to

alcanzar, llegar// What page did we get up to in the lesson?

tramar, hacer ( travesuras) // The kids are very quiet. I wonder what are they getting up to.

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  • GO DOWN WITH // GO IN FOR

+go down with

caer  ( enfermo) // I keep sneezing. I think I’m going down with a cold.

ser recibido // Her last novel went down badly with the critics.

+ go in for

interesarse por ( algo) // I don’t understand why people going in for a career in politics.

presentarse a ( examen test) // I’m going  in for the exam

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  • lie around:pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada
    My daughter spends the whole day lying around in front of the telly (= TV)
    .
  • settle into : Establecerse en
    Have you settled into your new flat yet?

Oct
18

PHRASAL VERBS : GIVE, WORK, PUT

  • GIVE AWAY//GIVE UP

+give up:

rendirse// He handed his gun to the police officer and gave himself up.

+give away:

repartir // They gave away a free CD .

delatar// He tried to disguise ( disimular, ocultar)  himself but his voice gave him away.


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  • WORK OUT// WORK UP

+work out:

descubrir //I can’t work out how to start this machine

hacer ejercicio, trabajar duro // I keep fit by working out regularly at the gym.

+work up :

Excitar a alguien ( hasta algo) // She ’s working herself up to a terrible state ( Ella se esta poniendo en un estado terrible)

Abrir el apetito // All his phisical works makes you work up an appetite ( apetito) ( Todo su trabajo fisico hace que se te habra el apetito)

Desarrollar algo // I’m working a project up ( Estoy desarrollando un proyecto)

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  • PUT DOWN // PUT UP

+Put down:

apuntar, anotar //Let me put the date down in my diary

hacer sentir inferior// He has a way of always putting me down, and I feel so folish.

+Put up:

acoger// Stay with us . We can easily put you up for the night.

subir// The shop has just put up all its prices. I’m not going back

** Put up with sth/ sb: aguantar algo / a alguien

Oct
14

VOCABULARIO ANIMALES : CRIAS Y PARTES

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VOCABULARIO CRIAS DE LOS ANIMALES

Animal/ Nombre adulto ingles / Nombre cria ingles

Gato / cat/ kitten

Gallina / Hen / chick

Caballo/ Horse / Foal

Perro / Dog / Puppy

Oveja / Sheep / Lamb

Vaca/ Cow/ calf

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PARTES DE LOS ANIMALES

Cola: tail

Alas: wings

garras: claws

patas: paws

Plumas: feathers

Pico: beak

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EXPRESIONES CON ANIMALES

Black sheep: Oveja negra ( de la familia , como en español )

Zebra crossings: pasos de zebra

hen parties: despedidas de soltera // stag nights: despedidas de soltero

snail- mail: correspondecia por carta, tradicional

pig-headed: terco, cabezon ,obstinado

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DIFERENCIA BIG-HEADED // PIG-HEADED

pig-headed: terco, cabezon ,obstinado // =stubborn

big- headed: creido, vanidoso // = vain, conceited

Sep
28

VOCABULARIO TRAFICO

van- furgoneta

coach-autobus de linea

lorry- camion

motorbike- moto

scooter - scooter

sports car- deportivo

tram-descapotable

underground- metro

public transport- transporte publico

lane- carril

rush hour- hora punta

pavement- acera

speed limit- limite velocidad

traffic jam- atasco

road sign- señal de trafico

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