Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés de Bachillerato y Selectividad

Vocabulari professional

Commute: viatjar (diàriament de casa a la feina)
//Dare: atrevir-se a; desafiar
// Deliver: lliurar, portar
// Earn: guanyar (diners / un sobrenom)
// Fast learner: aprendre ràpidament
// Field: sector
// Fire: acomiadar / fer fora (de la feina)
// Good at multitasking: que té facilitat per fer diverses tasques a la vegada
// Guarantee: garantir, asegurar
// Hold down a job: conservar una feina
// In charge of: responsable de (fer-se càrrec de)
// Income: ingressos, sou
// Job hunting: buscar feina
// Job offer: oferta de feina
// Land a job: aconseguir una feina
// Like clockwork: a l’hora; segons la previsió; com un rellotge
// Minimum wage: salari mínim
// On the job: treballant, a la feina
// Out of a job: sense feina, aturat/... Continuar leyendo "Vocabulari i frases útils per a la vida quotidiana" »

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- It was a long journey. He wasn't bored(although)

Although it was a long journey, he wasn't bored

- The food tasted bad. They weren't ill (in spite of the fact)

They weren't ill in spite of the fact the food tasted bad

- It was a cheap youth hostel. We decided to stay there for a week. (such...that)

It was such a cheap youth hostel that we decided...

- I was a tired after the bike ride. I went to sleep. (so...that)

I was so tired after the bike ride that i went to sleep

-They booked a beach holiday. They wanted to go surfing( so that)

They booked a beach holiday so that they could go surfing

- She didn't buy the plane ticket. She was scared of flying.( as)

She didn't buy the...as she was scared of flying.

-He'd forgotten his swimscuit. He couldn't go

Junio 2005

Too much televisión

A new study suggests that the amount of televisión young children watch may be directly related to
attention problems later in school.

QUESTIONS
1.

Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given
for only TRUE or FALSE.
a. It seems that the Attention Déficit Disorder appears when children's brains are not
stimulated.

FALSE

A.D.D. Experts say that A.D.D. Involves an over-stimulation of young developing brains
and teachers say many children in the United States are showing signs of the disorder.
b. The new study examined the effect of TV on attention problems in teenagers.

FALSE

This new study tested the idea that televisión watching by very young children is linked to
attention