Apuntes, resúmenes, trabajos, exámenes y ejercicios de Inglés de Bachillerato

My opinion about politicians

I don't understand anything about politics, but I know that we are living hard times nowadays.

First of all, there are many reasons why we do not like politicians. For example, their salaries are too high. They are liars who deceive us with lies to get our votes. Also, some are thieves, as we can see today with corruption cases. These are the major reasons that people don't like politicians.

Secondly, they can't make everyone happy; it would be impossible. It is very difficult, because we all have our own way of thinking. From time to time, we need to understand them and give them a break, is what I think.

All in all, politicians, whether we like it or not, are part of our life, because they affect us directly. They... Continuar leyendo "Opinión sobre políticos, tráfico de personas y venta de órganos: corrección y reflexión" »

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Parler des documents

The three documents under study are… / This set of documents is composed of…

An excerpt (= an extract) from a novel / a short story / a newspaper article…

written by… and published in…

A song - A poem - A painting - A movie poster - A still from a film / movie

The excerpt from… deals with / depicts / portrays / is about…

Introduire la problématique

I will see to what extent (= dans quelle mesure) these documents allow the reader / viewer to…

We may wonder how / why…

I will study how these three documents emphasize / lay the stress on / highlight / shed light on…

Introduire le plan

First, I will analyse…, then I will study… Finally, I will show that…

➔ Ne dites pas « THE document

Vocabulario de Inglés B2 por Unidades

Recopilación estructurada de vocabulario, familias de palabras, expresiones idiomáticas (idioms) y verbos preposicionales (phrasal verbs) organizados por unidades temáticas.

Comunidad, Relaciones y Éxito

Vocabulario y expresiones

• Closed community: comunidad cerrada.
• Come to terms with: asumir, asimilar, acostumbrarse a una situación.
• Get on well with: llevarse bien con alguien.
• Misunderstandings: malentendidos.
• Settle for good: asentarse de forma definitiva, vivir en un sitio.
• Earn a good living: ganarse bien la vida.
• Win over: ganarse la confianza o el favor de alguien.

Familias de palabras (Word Families)

• Sustantivo: discrimination | Verbo: discriminate | Adjetivo: discriminated.
• Sustantivo: success (éxito)

Vocabulario inglés-español por temas

1. Humor

Adjetivos

Cheeky – descarado
Clever – inteligente
Funny – divertido
Harmless – inofensivo
Hilarious – divertidísimo
Ironic – irónico
Naive – ingenuo
Offensive – grosero
Ridiculous – ridículo
Sarcastic – sarcástico
Shocking – chocante
Silly – tonto
Wise – sabio
Witty – ingenioso, divertido

Verbos de comunicación (reporting verbs)

Admit – reconocer
Advise – aconsejar
Agree – estar de acuerdo
Apologize – disculparse
Ask – preguntar
Beg – rogar
Declare – declarar
Explain – explicar
Insist (on) – insistir en
Invite – invitar
Offer – ofrecerse
Order – ordenar
Recommend – recomendar
Say – decir
Suggest – sugerir
Tell – decir
Warn – advertir

2. Expresión de emociones

Feel

VOCABULARIO

Thin - delgado
Oil spill - vertido de aceite

Fair - hermoso
Litter - basura
Crowded - poblado

Average - estatura media
Trendy - moda
Curly - rizado

Spiky - de punta
Remarkable - extraordinario

Straight - opuesto
Narrow - estrecho
Wide - ancho

Reliable - confiable
Moody - bipolar
Smoke - humo

Stubborn - cabezota
Outgoing - sociable
Cheerful - alegre

Current affairs - temas de actualidad
Successful - exitoso

Landfill - vertedero
Exhaust fumes - humo (coche...)

Toxic waste - residuos tóxicos

CONECTORES

In addition - además de
So - por lo tanto, por consiguiente

Although - aunque, a pesar de
Therefore - por lo tanto

However - sin embargo
As a result - como resultado

Furthermore - además
Also - también
So that - para que

In order to - para que, para
Then - entonces

PHRASAL

Modelos de Redacción en Inglés

Carta informal

INFORMAL LETTER:

Dear Vic,

How are you? What are you doing this New Year's Eve? Jean and I have decided to hold a party at home this year, and we'd love it if you could come. We're planning quite a small party with our old school friends, [...]. There will be things to eat and drink. We've decided to give the party a Mexican theme, with lots of spicy food.

Just give us a ring from the station and I'll pick you up at the station. As the party will be quite late, you'll need to stay the night. Well, I really hope you can make it. Please let me know as soon as possible.

Descripción de un lugar

DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE:

Paris is the most important town in France. It has got a famous cathedral and an important

Arthur Birling

Visión social

A lo largo de toda la obra podemos ver que es un hombre egoísta, que solo se preocupa por la reputación de su familia. Su riqueza, combinada con su posición como Lord Mayor, le permite creer que tiene una cierta superioridad frente a los demás.

Su esposa, la señora Birling, pertenecía a la pequeña nobleza terrateniente, y él solo se casó con ella para aumentar su propio estatus social. Lo vemos claramente en esta cita: “A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own”.

En cuanto a su relación con su hija Sheila, solo le interesa su matrimonio con Gerald Croft por su deseo de expandir su negocio, más que por la felicidad de su hija. Un ejemplo de cita sería: “We may look forward... Continuar leyendo "Arthur Birling en Una inspección de un inspector: personaje, capitalismo y responsabilidad social" »

Sentimental fiction

Sentimental fiction: The sentimental novel or the novel of sensibility is an 18th-century literary genre that celebrates the emotional and intellectual concepts of sentiment, sentimentalism, and sensibility. Emphasis is placed on the moral aspects of the novel in order to be accepted: novelists seek to present virtue in the best form and vice in the worst form possible. In sentimental fiction, the empire of the mother and the values given by bonds of womanhood are also sustained. Pre-Civil War women's fiction celebrates matriarchal institutions and idealizes the time of blissful connection between mother and child.

Solipsism

Solipsism: only one's own mind is sure to exist.

Romance

Romance: The European Romantic movement reached... Continuar leyendo "Literatura Estadounidense: Romanticismo, Sentimentalismo y Literatura Nativa" »

EBAU 20: Music

1)

A) Super stores can't hold the quantity of music genres that people want.

B)

1. False (line 2)
2. False (line 4)
3. False (line 11)
4. True (line 13)

2)

• a) Tower Records, which once was the most efficient location for purchasing music, is no longer visited by music lovers.
• b) If the Internet didn't exist, our world might be completely different.
• c) The consumption of music isn't catered for by super stores.
• d) Somebody wrote that the Internet had revolutionized the means of acquiring music because people could obtain music almost instantly.

3)

• a) cater for
• b) browse
• c) purchase
• d) hassle
• e) predictable

EBAU 22: Ghost Photographed: Proof or Fake?

1)

• b) False (lines 14-15)
• c) c.1) a; c.2) a; c.3) a.

2)

• a) Richard, a wise man whose methods I don't trust, is running

Primera parte: El viaje del Independence

The narrator bought a ticket for the ship Independence. The ship travelled from Charleston to New York. We sailed on 15th June but, because of certain circumstances, the ship didn't sail until almost a week later.

On the ship travelled a narrator's friend with his family, Mr. Cornelius Wyatt. He had reserved three cabins, but he travelled with his wife and his two sisters. The narrator thought that the third cabin must be for a servant, but there wasn't a servant, so he thought that they had extra baggage: an oblong, wooden box. He thought that Mr. Wyatt had bought the famous painting The Last Supper.

Un comportamiento extraño

Mr. Wyatt and his two sisters spent all their time in their cabins, but Mr. Wyatt,... Continuar leyendo "El Cajón Oblongo del Barco Independence: Misterio, Amor y Secretos en Dos Relatos" »