TEMA 1 MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD

VOCABULARY Reality shows Drama News Cookery shows Nature programmes High quality news Reference books (libros de cosulta) Advertisements (anuncios) Sevaral (varios) Look up (buscar) Was changing back (estaba cambiando) Reliable facts Inaccurate information Source of information Fake Made up ( inventor) The rise (augmento) Rely on (fiarse de) Accurate information Trust ( confiar/creer) CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE Changing a job Visiting another country Changing schools Moving abroad Whats on TV? A time to up now? (un tiempo hasta ahora) I used to watch it all the time I used to love these drama shows Look forward to it all day. I tend to listen to the news/ to the radio Over and over (una y otra vez) He noticed (se dio cuenta) EXPRESIONS Im a big fan of.+ noun/ verb+ing Im really into+noun/ verb+ing I prefer . To noun/ verb+ing Id rather + ing TO EXPRESS DISLIKE I cant stand + noun/ verb+ing I cant stand watching some TV programs Im keen on + noun/+verb+ing Im not fond of + noun/verb+ing (no tener apego/cario) I feel + noun/+ verb+ing BOOK REVIEW Dar la opinin sobre un libro, pelcula o pgina web. 1234Introduction Summary content Analysis and evaluation of the book Conclusion

DESCRIBING BOOKS Its by someone called Its quite a well-kown Its about this family who People say its I found it Its based on It has in it. It looks like Its a really Basically it shows you CHANGES BE + USED TO (me estoy acostumbrando) I wasnt used to spending (no estaba acostumbrado) I slowly got used to being with a lot of people.

A book review tells not only what a book is about, but also how successfully the book explains itself. Professors often assign book reviews as practice in careful, analytical reading.

ADJECTIVES Amazing book (asombroso/incredible) libro Absolutely stunning (impresionante) Especially helpful

TEMA 2 METHODS OF COMUNICATION

VOCABULARY
Dressing up _ arreglarse Site pagina web Encouraged animar, alentar, fomentar Less likely - poco probable Lasting relationships duraderas relaciones. Delete your profile suprimir Benefits advantages Works out at 15 billion a day - superar Inbox bandeja de entrada To deal with ocuparse de/ encargarse de. Focus away no centrar la atencin Dont mind no importa Quit my job renunciar Or so aproximately - ms o menos And so on etc Until now hasta ahora Achievement logro Broken down romperse Annoying- irritante molesto Surfing the internet navegacin Search engine Buscador Post a comment publicar un comentario Social networking site facebooktwenty

EXPRESIONS
Expressions opinions Theyve made contact with old Ill definitely (seguramente) join a social networking friends. (comunicarse con) site. They often check old friends Ill may well connected by the end of the week. profiles. (revisar) ( puede ser que ). She doesnt mind getting work She is likely to be at work now. (probable) emails on holiday. It might be thought podria pensarse. She turns it off at night. Well have to walk tendremos que caminar I reckon you must be tired. Itll take longer to do everything se necesitar ms Theres no point in being friends, tiempo para hacerlo todo. really.(no tiene ningn sentido ser Youll be able to make decisions usted sera capaz de amigos) tomar decisions. Theres no harm (no hay ningn It might actually help us to get things done quicker. dao ) in checking your emails en realidad podria ayudarnos hacer las cosas ms from time to time. (de vez en rpidas. cuando). It might need to give a chance. es possible Its tiring + being on call all the necesitemos darle una oportunidad. time. (es agotador estar pendiente It might be nice to have a chat sometimes. seria todo el tiempo). bueno tener una charla a veces. Its difficult to relax, sometimes. Id say . Its better to talk to people face to Itll cause face. No one is an outsider on the net extrao Yet the average adems

ASK FOR CLARIFICATION What I meant to say was What exactly do you mean? So youre saying No, I was trying to say. Do you mean What Im trying to say is people. Are you saying Im saying.

SO AND SUCH + ADJECTIVES So + adjective its so cheap Such + adjective + noun its made such a difference to my life. I dindt realise (rialais) it was such a long way.

ADJECTIVES +NOUN Quick decisions with out thinking Facial expressions Real friendship Huge waste of time Urgent emails Its + Adjectives Its tiring being on call all the time (its + adj+ ing) Its difficult to relax, sometimes. (Its adj+inf) Its amazing how much I miss the buzz of work. (Its+ adj+question word)

ESPRESS POSSIBLILITY MODAL + INFINITIVE We use will to say you are sure about something in the future. People will do most of their shopping online in the future. Use might, may and could to say youre not sure about something now or in the future. I dont kown she might, may, could be at work. You can use will and may with other words to show that you are more or less sure. Nathalie will definitely be there for the meeting. Natalie will be there. Natalie will probably be there.(probablemente/seguramente) Natalie may well be there.(ser muy probable que) Likely to + unlikely to to express probability. Dont call Natalie. Shes likely to be busy at work.(probable) Shes unlikely to have her mobile switch on. Try her landline. Shes more likely to be at home than work. Shes less likely to answer if you call her mobile.