Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés de Otros cursos

Vocabulario General y de Viajes

• Frozen: Congelado
• On board: A bordo
• Seals: Focas
• Claims: Reclamaciones / afirmaciones
• Perils: Peligros
• Purpose: Propósito / objetivo
• Keep in mind: Tener en cuenta / recordar
• Aware: Consciente
• Balance: Equilibrio
• Concerned: Preocupado
• Landscape: Paisaje
• Belong: Pertenecer a
• Rescuing: Rescatando
• Leak: Fuga / gotera
• Overnight: De una noche / durante la noche
• Return ticket: Billete de ida y vuelta
• Departure time: Hora de salida
• Go abroad: Ir al extranjero
• Accommodation: Alojamiento
• Passenger: Pasajero
• Queue: Cola / fila
• Youth hostel: Albergue juvenil
• Flight: Vuelo
• Airline: Compañía aérea / aerolínea
• Luggage: Equipaje
• Stay at a hotel: Alojarse en un hotel
• Go on holiday: Ir de vacaciones
• Hire a car: Alquilar un coche
• Go sightseeing: Hacer

Vocabulario en inglés con traducción

Este listado reúne vocabulario y expresiones en inglés organizadas por temas: cine y televisión, delitos y justicia, ciberseguridad, cualidades personales y phrasal verbs de uso habitual.

Cine y televisión

• The cast: elenco
• The crew: equipo técnico
• Film on location: grabar en una localización
• A live audience: público en directo
• On air: en directo (emisión)
• Plot: trama
• Scriptwriters: guionistas
• Soundtrack: banda sonora
• Special effects: efectos especiales
• The set: el plató

Adjetivos para opinar sobre una película

• Appalling: terrible
• Baffling: incomprensible
• Convincing: convincente
• Engrossing: interesante, absorbente
• Gloomy: triste, sombrío
• Gripping: fascinante
• Hilarious: divertidísimo
• Profound: profundo

Expresiones

1. Formación de Palabras y Vocabulario Esencial

Prefijos y Sufijos Comunes

• Prefijos: antibiotics (antibióticos), misconception (idea errónea), bicentenary (bicentenario), multi-coloured (multicolor), megaphone (megáfono), underpaid (mal pagado), overworked (sobrecargado de trabajo), monolingual (monolingüe), autograph (autógrafo), post-war (posguerra).
• Sufijos y palabras compuestas: bulletproof (a prueba de balas), breakable (frágil / que se puede romper), careful (cuidadoso), drinkable (potable / bebible), homeless (sin hogar), hopeless (desesperanzado), useful (útil), waterproof (impermeable).

Pares de Palabras: Adjetivo/Verbo a Sustantivo

• Hot – Heat (caliente – calor)
• Wide – Width (ancho – anchura)
• Hungry – Hunger (hambriento

Vocabulario de inglés sobre cine, trabajo y expresiones habituales

Appeal to → atraer a, llamar la atención. Awesome → impresionante, increíble. Behind the scenes → detrás de escena. Box-office hit → éxito de taquilla. Cast → reparto. Dub → doblaje, doblar. Fast-paced → ritmo rápido. Filmgoer → espectador. Leading role → papel principal, personaje principal. Outrageous → escandaloso / indignante / exagerado. Plot → argumento, trama. Predictable → predecible. Release → estrenar / lanzar / publicar. Script → guion. Sell out → agotarse. Stunt → escena de riesgo. Worth seeing → merecer la pena. Boom → auge. By leaps and bounds → a pasos agigantados. Character → personaje. Figure → figura / persona...

Análisis de la narrativa según Labov

Labov analiza la narrativa: una unidad particular del discurso que contiene unidades menores que encierran propiedades semánticas y sintácticas concretas.

Elementos de la narrativa

• Resumen (abstract): una o dos cláusulas que resumen la historia.
• Orientación: cláusulas que aportan información sobre tiempo, lugar, etc.
• Acción complicadora: cláusulas que describen los acontecimientos.
• Evaluación: propósito del narrador al contar la historia. Suele emplear el modo irrealis y es típica de las narraciones de experiencias personales.
• Resultado o resolución: conjunto de acciones complementarias que siguen o coinciden con el acontecimiento más reportable.
• Coda: cláusula final que regresa al inicio y señala

Estructuras Condicionales en Inglés (Conditionals)

Zero Conditional

Uso: Se utiliza con Present Simple siempre para expresar hechos universales o algo que siempre es cierto, así como para dar órdenes.

First Conditional

Estructura: If + Present Simple... will + Infinitive (ejemplos: will study, will go, will be).

Ejemplo: Si estudio, aprobaré (If I study, I will pass).

Second Conditional

Estructura: If + Past Simple (ejemplos: I studied, won, went)... would + Infinitive (ejemplos: would have, would go...).

Ejemplo: Si yo estudiara, yo aprobaría (If I studied, I would pass).

Third Conditional

Estructura: If + Past Perfect (3.ª columna o regular con -ed: I had studied, I had gone...)... would have + Past Participle (I would have + 3.ª columna o regular...

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They spent 66 arduous days aboard the ship. Facing such an ordeal, their faith reinforced the belief that they were fulfilling God's grand plan. Out of 102 passengers, only 41...

People in the Story

Jay Gatsby

• He came from a very rich family.
• He was an officer during the First World War.
• He studied at Oxford.
• He drove a yellow car.

Nick Carraway

• He worked in an office in New York.
• He graduated from Yale University.
• He lived next to Gatsby near West Egg.

Daisy Buchanan

• She married a very rich man.
• She travelled around Europe with her husband.
• She and her friend Jordan grew up in the same town.

Myrtle Wilson

• She was married to a garage owner.
• She often went to New York, where her sister lived.
• She had a lover.

Tom Buchanan

• He was married to Daisy.
• He had a mistress called Myrtle.
• He had an apartment in New York.
• He wanted to marry Myrtle.

At Gatsby's Party

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1 stared   2 host  ...

Práctica de Inglés: Diálogos Cotidianos

En esta sección encontrarás diálogos en inglés que te ayudarán a practicar la conversación en inglés en situaciones reales. Lee cada intervención con atención y fíjate en la pronunciación y la gramática.

Diálogo 1: Presentación y datos personales

You: (1) Good evening, sir.
Mr. Black: Good evening.

You: (2) How are you?
Mr. Black: I'm all right, but I feel a little bit tired, I'm afraid.

You: We won't take long. (3) Do you speak Spanish?
Mr. Black: No, I'm afraid I don't speak Spanish. Only English.

You: Ok, then I need to ask you some questions to fill in this form. (4) What's your full name?
Mr. Black: Andrew Black, but please call me Andy. Everybody calls me Andy.

You: Ok, Andy. (5) Where

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