Vocabulario Esencial de Inglés: Deportes, Lugares, Viajes y Problemas Mundiales

Dangerous Sports (Deportes de riesgo)

• Formula 1 racing: carreras de F1
• Ice hockey: hockey sobre hielo
• Motorbike racing: carrera de motos
• Mountain bike: bicicleta de montaña
• Parachuting: paracaidismo
• Rock climbing: escalada
• Scuba-diving: submarinismo
• Skateboarding: montar en monopatín
• Surfing: hacer surf
• Wrestling: lucha libre

Places and Travel (Lugares y viajes)

Places in a City (Lugares en la ciudad)

• Shopping centre: centro comercial
• Car park: aparcamiento
• Factory: fábrica
• Skyscraper: rascacielos
• River: río
• Flats: pisos

Places in the Country (Lugares en el campo)

• Farm: granja
• River: río
• Village: pueblo
• Wood: bosque

Activities on Trips and Excursions (Actividades en excursiones y viajes)

• Buy a guidebook (map / plan of the city): comprar una guía (mapa / plano de la ciudad)
• Buy a souvenir: comprar un recuerdo
• Have a packed lunch: llevar comida preparada
• Send a postcard: enviar una postal
• Stay in a hotel: alojarse en un hotel
• Take a photo: hacer una foto
• Travel by coach: viajar en autocar
• Visit a monument (museum / art gallery / cathedral / theme park): visitar un monumento (museo / galería de arte / catedral / parque temático)

World Problems and Charities (Problemas mundiales y voluntariado)

World Problems (Problemas en el mundo)

• Homelessness: personas sin hogar
• Hunger: hambre
• Natural disasters: desastres naturales
• Pollution: contaminación
• Poverty: pobreza
• Sickness: enfermedad
• War: guerra

Helping Charities (Ayudar a organizaciones benéficas)

• Bake cakes and sell them: hacer pasteles y venderlos
• Do a sponsored run: participar en una carrera benéfica
• Organise a party / disco / concert: organizar una fiesta / discoteca / concierto
• Record a CD: grabar un disco
• Sell tickets for a lottery: vender boletos de lotería
• Wash cars: limpiar coches
• Wear something silly: vestir algo inusual o divertido
• Sell your old possessions: vender tus objetos y trastos viejos

Definiciones (Vocabulary Definitions)

• Hunger: When you haven't got enough food to live.
• Poverty: When you haven't got enough money to live.
• Homelessness: When you haven't got a home.
• Natural disaster: A terrible situation caused by nature.
• War: Violent conflict between one or more countries.
• Pollution: The process of destroying the air, water or land with chemicals or other substances.
• Sickness: When your body is not physically well.
• Factory: A place where they manufacture products.
• Souvenir: Something you buy to remember a place that you visited.
• Packed lunch: Lunch that you can carry, for example a sandwich.
• Village: A place smaller than a city or a town, usually in the country.
• Flat: A place where people live, smaller than a house.
• Skyscraper: A very tall building, typical of New York for example.