LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTION

LANDSCAPE

This is a landscape that it is located in Granada (Andalucia) it's a Mediterranean climate, here  in Granada the temperatures are high in the summer and mild in winter, the temperatures are mild because the proximity of the sea, the vegetation here is evergreen like pines, oaks... the precipitation are not abundant it only rains in spring and autumn , here in the picture it was took in spring and that why the trees are very green and there are not dry, here live animals like mice, rabbits, hares, and snakes, the rivers here have a irregular flue due to the seasonal variations in precipitations

ENGLISH Unit 1

Vocabulary

• Rude: A person that is impolite

• Compulsory: putting into force by law or rules

• Fair: free for injustice
  

• Dishonest:  A person that not tell the truth

• Short-sighted: A person that didn't see to much

• Blue-eyed: A person that has blue eyes

• Absent-minded: A person that not pays to much attention

• Big-headed: A person that didn't give the reason easily 

• One-armed: A person that only has one arm

• One-leged: A person that only has one leg

• Brown-haired: A  person that has brown hair

• Blonde-haired:  A person that has fair hair

• Nevertheless:  Synonym / nonetheless

• However: Synonym / on the other hand

• Cocky: A person that is arrogant

• Ambitious: A strong desire for achievement

• Currency: Money in circulation on a country 

• Demonstration: A protest of something unfair

• Bustling: A place that is very busy

• Surgeon: a physician that specializes in surgery

• Robe: a long outer garment

• Goggles: protection glasses used by scientist in the laboratory

• Beakers: a glass container used in the laboratory

• Chores: a small job to do

• Posh: a person that is elegant and luxurious

• Plenty: Full suply

• Cockney : A special London accent

 
Expressions

• "Settled into": To become established 

• "I'd better go": You should go because you will be late

• "No news, good news": If there aren't news that is good because it doesn't pass nothing bad

GEOGRAPHY Unit 2

Vocabulary

• Mountain: high elevation on the Earth's surface, which can be grouped in mountain ranges

• Valleys: areas of lowland surrounded by uplands (normally mountains), often with a river running through
• Plateau: large areas of flat or slightly hilly land and unlike plains, higher than the land around them
• Plains: large areas of flat or slightly hilly land not much higher then the sea level, formed by accumulation of sediment by erosion
• Glacier: large mass of ice  that forms at the top of a mountains and moves like a river

• Stream: flow of water with less volume than a river, which can dry up at certain times of the year

• Delta: Accumulation of materials (sand and stones) deposited by the river in a shallow part of the coast where it meets the sea and often triangular-shape
• Estuary: mouth of a river open to the sea originates on coasts with strong tides

• Gulf: Are deep inlets of the sea 

• Beaches:Are formed on low coasts by the accumulation of sand and gravel

• Capes:Are large areas of high coastal land that stick out into the sea

• Cliffs: are high, steep rock faces, especially at the edge of the sea

• Continental shelf: is a submerged plain, which is an underwater extension of a continent 

• Abyssal plain: is a large expanse of land at the bottom of the ocean at round 5500m deep 

• Continental slope: is the incline from the continental platform down to the abyssal plain

• Isthmus: a narrow strip of land with water on both sides that connects to larger land mosses

• Bay: part of a large body of water that extends to the shorelir

• Island: a land mass smaller than a continent surrounded by water 

• Channel: wide  straight or waterway between two land masses that lie close

• Lake: a body of fresh or salt water with land around all sides

GEOGRAPHY Unit 2

Fauna and Vegetation

 of climates in Europe and Spain

GEOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO Unit 1

Unit 1 Vocabulary:

• Coast: the final part of a continent that ends on the ocean 

• Ocean: a big bulk of water

• Mountain Range: a lot of mountains together in a row

• Valley:  place between mountains 

• River: water that flows down from the mountains to the oceans

• Lake: a small water bulk on the countries

• Oasis: place in the desert were you find water

• Desert: a big bulk of sand that is located in places near the Tropic

• Archipielago: many islands together

• Continent: many countries together

• Island: a big bulk of land that is located in the middle of the ocean or a sea

• Flood: when a river had too much water and it spread out covering citis, villages...

• Earthquake: a suddenly move of the earth plaques

• Volcano: when the lava spread out from the centre of the Earth

• Population: the total number of people

• North east:

• South east:

• Industry:places in witch you transform raw materials in new products

• Agriculture: this is a work in witch you obtains vegetables and fruits

• Natural Resources: resources that are found in the nature like wood, water... 
• Timber: the wood used for construction

• Dam: a barier to control the flow of water 

• Irrigation system: a system used to water the crops

ENGLISH PORTFOLIO Unit 0

                        Unit 0 Vocabulary:

• Disruptive: causing disorder

• Reluctance: not inclined to do something

• Selfish: caring only for oneself

• Unwillingness: a not cheerfully agreeing or enthusiastic about doing something
  

• Littering: a condition of disorder or untidiness

• Device: a thing made for a particular purpose
  

• Rehearsal: is a performance before acting in front of a public 

• Attachments: is the part of an email in witch you can add something like music, videos, pictures...  
• Complain: make a protest of something 

• Apologise: when you make something wrong and you excuse.

• Fortnight: a period of fifteen days

• Hire: to pay for  the temporary use of something

• Lie-in: to lie on your bed or in a sofa... 

• Mind(v): to pay attention, Example: Mind the step!

• Foreigner: a person of another country

• Stumble: to make a mistake

• Update: to bring up to date

• Knitting:  to make by joining wool threads clothes

• Harm: to do damage or injury

                              Expressions 

• "sleep a wink": don't sleep anything 

• "invite .... over": when  you invite someone to your flat, home...

• "to be .... in to": you was very focus on it

• "fell asleep": you are very tired and you sleep 

• "get fired": to lay off your work

• "it's ages": many time